Yes, both Makerkit and Microsoft Project offer a Free Trial.
Makerkit is designed for Individuals, Freelancers, Medium Business and Small Business.
Microsoft Project is designed for Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Medium Business and Small Business.
Pricing for Makerkit Starts at $9/Month whereas for Microsoft Project Starts at $10/User/Month.
Some top alternatives to Makerkit includes Quickbase , Smartsheet, ClickUp, Productroad, Backlogs, Next Please, Wrike, monday.com, Teamwork, ProjectManager.com, Microsoft Project, Quick Base, Project.co, Height and IdeaPlan.
Some top alternatives to Microsoft Project includes Quickbase , Smartsheet, ClickUp, Freshbooks, Jira, Basecamp, Microsoft PPM, Trello, Wrike, Zoho Projects, monday.com, Asana, ProjectManager.com, Worksuite, Projectworks, RationalPlan, Quick Base, Resource Guru and Resource Management by Smartsheet.