About Rever

Rever is an early-stage, finance automation start-up for enterprise workflows and decison-making. The company operates in vertical pods of cross-functional skills across the company. With fast-growing horizontal teams in Product, AI, and business functions, Rever needed a tool that could fit their unique structure of both horizontal teams and vertical pods.

That’s when they discovered Plane as their central work hub.

The challenge

Before Plane, Rever’s teams used Slack, Notion, and spreadsheets for everything from ideas to shipping. While this worked when Rever had just one product and barely at that, it became near-impossible to manage multi-product work, especially across shared members and resources.

The team needed a solution that,

• Unified product, design, and engineering workflows
• Kept leadership and delivery teams aligned without manual anything
• Fit a lean start-up's budget

Jira felt too heavy, ClickUp too much, and Linear too rigid for compliance-aligned finance work. Plane struck the right balance between simplicity and structure.

Implementation and rollout

Rever’s switch to Plane was quick and organic. Each pod created its projects, replicated existing backlogs, and began running sprints inside Plane within days. Plane's simplicity meant teams could start using it without formal onboarding or migration steps.

Why Plane was the best fit

Plane aligned perfectly with Rever’s pod-based structure and pace of work.

• One workspace
  Product, design, and engineering teams plan sprints, track issues, and manage backlogs in one shared space.
• Pod-based workflows
  Each product or module runs its roadmap independently while staying connected to the overall company objectives.
• Feature iteration made faster
  Feedback from customer pilots is logged, triaged, and prioritized directly in Plane before coming into dev cycles.
• On-demand visibility
  Leadership and growth teams share a single-pane view of all pods without manual check-ins and follow-ups.
• Lightweight and scalable
  Ppowerful enough to scale without the overhead of enterprise pricing
• Integrations that matter
  Plane connects with Rever’s GitHub repositories, Slack, and design workflows so developers can work from any tool they are on.

A year on Plane

Since moving to Plane, Rever has unified product development, delivery, and reporting across its pods.

• Faster release cycles
  Every feature request, bug, or client nudge flows directly into Plane, gets prioritized, sprinted, and released.
  
  No wasted cycles, no manual tracking
• Clearer lifecycle from idea to release
  Ideas that once lived in Slack or Notion now move through a single lifecycle
  
  Idea → Prioritized → Sprint → GitHub PR → Release Notes
• Better visibility, less friction
  Leaders track pod-level progress in real time, while teams stay aligned without endless stand-ups or updates.
• Happier teams
  With less friction and clearer accountability, teams report higher satisfaction and stronger ownership.