MeisterLabs

What MeisterLabs does

MeisterLabs GmbH is a Vienna-headquartered, privately held software company founded in 2006 by Till Vollmer and Michael Hollauf that builds cloud-based collaboration and work management tools. Its product portfolio comprises MeisterTask (the core work management platform for projects, tasks, and documentation), MindMeister (a collaborative mind-mapping tool launched in 2007 and credited as the world's first such tool), and MeisterNote (a documentation module integrated into MeisterTask). The suite is delivered as SaaS via web, native iOS and Android apps, and Windows/Mac desktop clients, hosted on an ISO 27001-certified data center in Frankfurt, Germany, and is GDPR, CCPA, and Trusted Cloud compliant.

The business model is a tiered per-seat subscription: a free plan limited to three projects and 20 AI prompts per month, a Pro plan at $13/user/month (annual), a Business plan at $25/user/month, and an Enterprise plan with custom pricing, multi-year contracts, SSO, compliance exports, and dedicated customer success. The Meister Bundle packages MindMeister and MeisterTask together at a 30% discount. Revenue mechanics rely on a multi-channel GTM — a product-led free tier with self-serve upgrades, comparison-page SEO aimed at Trello/Asana/Monday switchers, community and Academy-driven education, enterprise field sales for the Business and Enterprise tiers, and a wide integration surface (Slack, Microsoft Teams, GitHub, Zendesk, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox). The company has raised $52 million in a 2021 round led by Verdane Capital and operates with 60 employees across 25+ nationalities, serving 41 million registered users worldwide with notable enterprise customers such as LBBW, Allianz, Jägermeister, Ritter Sport, Sparkasse, and VR-Bank Würzburg.

Name

MeisterLabs

Legal name

MeisterLabs GmbH

Website

https://meister.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

MeisterLabs is a Vienna-based, privately held SaaS company that builds cloud-based collaboration tools — MeisterTask (work management), MindMeister (mind mapping), and MeisterNote (documentation) — for SMBs and enterprises, monetized via tiered per-seat subscriptions (Free, Pro, Business, Enterprise) plus the Meister Bundle, serving 41 million registered users with strong DACH enterprise adoption.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Work and Project Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Low-Code/No-Code Integration Builders (BPAMAOAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise Foundation Model Integration & APIs (Connectors, Governance, Deployment) (HDAAACAO), Tools & Platforms Training (Jira, Azure DevOps, MS Project, Smartsheet, etc.) (EDABAHAH)

Keywords

• Work management software
• Project management platform
• Collaborative mind mapping
• Team task management
• Kanban project tracking

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. MeisterTask Subscription Plans: Tiered SaaS subscription model with four plans: Free (limited features), Pro ($13/user/month annual), Business ($25/user/month annual), and Enterprise (custom pricing). Annual plans offer up to 28% savings vs monthly billing. Revenue generated through recurring per-seat subscription fees with automatic renewal after minimum contract term.
2. Meister Bundle Subscription: Bundled offering combining MindMeister and MeisterTask (with MeisterNote) at discounted rate of $16.45/user/month (Pro Bundle, saving 30% from $23.50) and $28.35/user/month (Business Bundle, saving 30% from $40.50). Revenue from bundled seat subscriptions with annual billing.
3. Academic and NGO Discounts: Reduced pricing for students, educators, and educational institutions through dedicated academic and NGO plans.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

MeisterLabs develops and sells a cloud-based collaboration software suite including MeisterTask (work and project management), MindMeister (collaborative mind mapping), and MeisterNote (project documentation), delivered as SaaS via web and native mobile/desktop apps. The products are sold primarily to business teams and enterprise organizations on tiered per-user subscriptions, with enterprise features such as SSO, compliance exports, and dedicated onboarding.

Product overview

MeisterLabs offers a suite of digital productivity tools centered around collaborative work management. The core product portfolio includes MeisterTask (work management platform with projects, tasks, and documentation), MindMeister (collaborative mind mapping tool), and MeisterNote (documentation module integrated into MeisterTask). The company also offers the Meister Bundle, which packages MindMeister and MeisterTask together at a discounted rate. All products are delivered as cloud-based SaaS with mobile and desktop applications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MeisterTask: Secure work management platform that gives teams a central source of truth for projects, tasks and documentation.
• MindMeister

Products and services

• MeisterTask Cloud-based work and project management platform providing teams with a central source of truth for projects, tasks, and documentation, including Kanban boards, Timeline/Gantt views, recurring task automations, custom reports, roles and permissions, AI-powered features, and integrations with Slack, MS Teams, Google, GitHub, and Zendesk; sold via tiered per-user subscriptions to teams and enterprise organizations.
• MindMeister Intuitive collaborative mind mapping tool used by students, teachers, and professionals to visualize ideas and information, brainstorm, and organize concepts in real time.
• MeisterNote Documentation platform integrated with MeisterTask, providing notes, pages, and content management capabilities alongside tasks and projects for centralized knowledge management.
• Meister Bundle Combined subscription packaging MindMeister and MeisterTask (including MeisterNote) at a 30% discount versus separate purchase, enabling a seamless transition from mind mapping and ideation to actionable task management and documentation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Save up to 28% with annual billing vs monthly payments
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability4 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• LBBWminorOthersLBBW (Landesbank Baden-Württemberg) is a major German bank using MeisterTask and appears as a customer logo on the pricing page.
• AllianzminorOthersAllianz, a global insurance company, uses MeisterTask and is featured as a customer logo on the pricing page.
• Ritter SportminorOthersRitter Sport, the German chocolate manufacturer, is a MeisterTask customer featured on the pricing page with logo display.
• FischerminorOthersFischer (FiSCHER, Akku Fischer) is a German manufacturing company using MeisterTask and appears as a customer logo.
• JägermeisterminorOthersJägermeister, the German digestif liqueur brand, uses MeisterTask and appears on customer logos section.
• SparkasseminorOthersGerman savings banks (Sparkasse Mainfranken Würzburg, others) using MeisterTask for bank administration and collaborative workflows.
• VR-Bank WürzburgminorOthersVR-Bank Würzburg, a German cooperative bank, uses MeisterTask as featured on the free trial page with customer quote from Head of Bank Administration.
• Tom BuehlmanncoreOthersTom Buehlmann serves as Non-Executive Chairman on Meister's advisory board, providing governance oversight.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Asana: Public work-management SaaS offering tasks, projects, and portfolio views to teams — the closest direct competitor to MeisterTask, with overlapping PLG funnel, per-seat pricing, and SMB-to-enterprise coverage. Meister publishes explicit Asana comparison pages.
• monday.com: Public work operating system serving SMB through enterprise with similar tiered per-seat SaaS model; direct overlap with MeisterTask's project, task, and automation capabilities and explicit comparison pages published by Meister.
• Trello (Atlassian): Kanban-style work management tool owned by Atlassian; competes directly in the same free/upgradable per-seat model MeisterTask targets, and Meister publishes explicit Trello comparison and easy-import flows.
• Wrike: Enterprise-focused project management platform with Gantt, custom dashboards, and proofing; competes with MeisterTask's Business/Enterprise tier on workflow visualization and SSO/compliance positioning.
• ClickUp: Single-platform productivity tool bundling tasks, docs, whiteboards, and goals at aggressive per-seat pricing — competes directly with MeisterTask on horizontal work-management breadth and freemium funnel.
• Smartsheet: Spreadsheet-driven collaborative work management platform with strong enterprise presence in regulated industries — overlaps with MeisterTask's enterprise segment and timeline/Gantt capabilities.

Emerging players

• Notion: AI-augmented workspace combining docs, wikis, and lightweight project management; competes with MeisterNote and increasingly with MeisterTask for team productivity workflows, especially with its native AI features.
• Airtable: Low-code platform combining spreadsheet simplicity with app-building and automations; overlaps with MeisterTask's automation and integrations capabilities and serves a similar cross-functional SMB audience with comparable UX positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft Planner / Loop: Microsoft bundles Planner, To Do, and Loop into Microsoft 365, giving enterprise customers a default work-management option inside their existing Office/Teams footprint — a structural incumbent threat to MeisterTask's per-seat pricing.
• Atlassian (Jira Work Management): Enterprise collaboration suite with Trello, Jira, and Confluence as broader-portfolio plays in work management; bundles project tools into larger IT and engineering platforms, exerting ecosystem pressure on MeisterTask.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/meistertask
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/Meistertask
• Facebookfacebook.com/meistertask
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/meisterlabs-gmbh
• Instagraminstagram.com/we_are_meister

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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