Can modern project management apps and platforms do without Gantt charts and still provide the expected functionality? By no means. In real-world scenarios, this simply isn’t feasible. Gantt chart components are essential as they help teams visualize timelines, dependencies, and resource allocation in workflows that demand higher and higher levels of coordination. This is why most established project-management tools – such as Asana, ClickUp, Monday.com, and Microsoft Project – include built-in Gantt views or timeline modules as part of their core planning features. If you’re building a SaaS product that requires a Gantt chart, the classic “build vs buy” question appears regularly: should you invest months into developing a custom Gantt chart engine, or integrate a ready-made library that already solves scheduling, rendering, and interaction challenges?…