Lighthouse vs ActionableAgile vs Nave
An honest comparison of three flow metrics and forecasting tools. All three help software delivery teams see cycle time, throughput, WIP, and work item age, and forecast delivery with data instead of estimates. They differ most in hosting model, licensing, and pricing.
The short version: ActionableAgile and Nave are established commercial SaaS products. Lighthouse is the open-source, self-hosted alternative: free to start, flat-rate instead of per-user pricing, and your delivery data never leaves your own infrastructure. We build Lighthouse, so judge our framing accordingly; the facts below are checkable.
Side by side
| Lighthouse | ActionableAgile | Nave | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Made by | LetPeopleWork GmbH (Switzerland) | 55 Degrees AB (Sweden) | Nave (getnave.com) |
| Category | Flow metrics and Monte Carlo forecasting | Flow metrics and Monte Carlo forecasting | Kanban analytics dashboards |
| Hosting | Self-hosted: desktop app (Windows, macOS, Linux) or Docker on your own server | Cloud SaaS, plus marketplace apps for Jira and Azure DevOps | Cloud SaaS |
| Open source | Yes, 100% (GitHub) | No | No |
| Free tier | Community edition, free forever (up to 3 teams, 1 portfolio) | 30-day trial | Trial |
| Paid pricing model | Flat per organisation: Self-Service CHF 999/year today (CHF 2,000 from August 2026), Enterprise CHF 10,000/year. No per-seat pricing. | Per user, volume-based subscription | Per connected board, tiered plans |
| Integrations | Jira, Azure DevOps, Linear | Jira, Azure DevOps, standalone with file import | Jira, Trello, Azure DevOps |
| Forecasting | Monte Carlo simulations at team and portfolio level, continuous and automatic | Monte Carlo simulations | Cycle time analytics and probabilistic charts |
| AI integration | Yes: MCP (Model Context Protocol) and CLI, so AI assistants can query your flow data directly | Not a core feature | Not a core feature |
| Data location | Your infrastructure only, nothing sent to a vendor cloud | Vendor / Atlassian cloud | Vendor cloud |
Facts checked July 2026 against the vendors' public pages. Pricing and features change; verify details at actionableagile.com and getnave.com.
When ActionableAgile or Nave might fit better
If you want a fully managed SaaS with nothing to host, both are mature, respected products, and ActionableAgile in particular carries the legacy of Daniel Vacanti's work on flow metrics. If your work lives in Trello, Nave supports it and Lighthouse does not. Honest is honest.
When Lighthouse fits better
Choose Lighthouse when data must stay inside your network, when per-user pricing does not scale for your organisation, when you want to try the full core for free without a procurement cycle, or when you want your AI assistant to query flow data directly. Because it is open source, the tool survives budget cuts and vendor decisions: if you ever stop paying, your data and the tool stay with you.
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Written and maintained by LetPeopleWork, the makers of Lighthouse. Questions or corrections: contact@letpeople.work. More context: product page, documentation, source code, machine-readable summary.