Adobe Workfront vs. Trello

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Workfront
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Adobe Workfront, acquired by Adobe in late 2020, is a web-based project-management tool. It is designed for both IT and marketing teams, but can be implemented for any kind of project. Workfront offers all the features standard to project management platforms, as well as resource allocation, automation, and agile workflow.N/A
Trello
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Trello from Atlassian is a project management tool based on a Kanban framework. Trello is ideal for task-management in a to-do list format. It supports sharing boards and cards across users or teams. The product offers a free version, and paid versions add greater automation, collaboration, and administrative control.
$6
per month per user
Pricing
Adobe WorkfrontTrello
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Standard
$6
per month per user
Premium
$12.50
per month per user
Enterprise
$17.50
per month per user
Free
Forever Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe WorkfrontTrello
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing and for larger numbers of users.
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Community Pulse
Adobe WorkfrontTrello
Considered Both Products
Adobe Workfront
Chose Adobe Workfront
I wasn't with this company when the buying decision was made. However, Workfront replaced Mavenlink, and what I could gather is Mavenlink was liked by users, but the owners and administrators wanted more reporting and more automation.
For me, Workfront is far superior to MS …
Chose Adobe Workfront
Trello was amazing for getting work DONE, but lacked the advanced reporting capabilities and resource management features.
Chose Adobe Workfront
Workfront destroys Trello in my opinion for large, multifaceted projects, however, is not compatible with the more intimate projects that perhaps involve 2-5 people. The free Trello option, though limited, is better suited for this.
Chose Adobe Workfront
Trello is only a board tool, not too complete as Adobe Workfront to manage the entire workflow of a team.

monday.com has a really nice interface and is intuitive but it is not good for complex processes.
Chose Adobe Workfront
Adobe Workfront doesn't stack well with these other tools. monday.com and Airtable have great interfaces and are very easy to set up and use. That is what my team currently uses.
Chose Adobe Workfront
It gave better structure for marketing/creative operations where intake, approvals and governance actually matter. Compared to Asana/Monday/Trello, it felt heavier but it handled standardised workflows, audit trails and stakeholder drived demand reliably. We needed a single …
Chose Adobe Workfront
Workfront is more comprehensive. The thing that sets Workfront apart is that using their api, we can write custom integrations over Workfront and design our own dashboards using that integration. This allows us to not only use tools provided by Workfront, but write our own very …
Chose Adobe Workfront
Workfront offers more features than lower cost options, allowing us to scale our business and not have to shift with each jump in headcount. it also provides more financial data support compared to simpler tools. It integrates into accounting software as well.
Chose Adobe Workfront
Best of all three really, the security features are also important for us as we work in an industry where PPI is used so making sure GDPR rules are adhered to is essential and Workfront allows us to do that.
Chose Adobe Workfront
I love that Workfront is easy to configure and change as your organization grows. It's easy to stay up to speed with and make changes based on system changes and your organization changing. I also am in love with the reporting and custom data features. Custom forms and the …
Chose Adobe Workfront
Workfront has better integration into the tools we use, like Adobe Creative Suite, Outlook, Salesforce, and our CMS and DAM. We needed a solution that could work well with our MarCOMM Stack and didn't need a whole lot of support. Although we're a small shop (license-wise) …
Chose Adobe Workfront
Our team chose to implement Workfront for its detailed project reporting capabilities. Furthermore, Workfront's ability to perform complex virtual proofing is a huge benefit to our work team. Overall, my team's experience has been extremely positive as we continue to implement …
Chose Adobe Workfront
The specific tasks and timelines have no comparison to any other jobs. Workfront is great compared to any other project management program.
Chose Adobe Workfront
The other tools that we used in the past were simple and therefore the capabilities were really limited. Workfront is quite complex in what it can do which is something we didn't see with the other tools we used. We also were able to make Workfront work for ever facet of our …
Chose Adobe Workfront
I do not feel educated enough to add comments to this section, as we did not do a thorough comparison of these products. We merely looked at cost, basic info and the portfolio management features. We already had Workfront and were exploring our options.
Chose Adobe Workfront
The ProofHQ tool stands above other project management systems, especially in a marketing environment. Workfront is a valuable tool for our marketing processes and projects. The reporting and customization features allow us to configure Workfront around our specific business …
Chose Adobe Workfront
I have used Jira, Trello, Microsoft Project, Excel, many task list mgmt. apps (Todoist, RTM, etc.), podio, wrike, and paper. I have never found a project management tool that can accomplish bringing corporate people all into the same system as well as workfront (for large …
Chose Adobe Workfront
We did not evaluate any of the alternative products. Attask came as a recommendation from our previous HOD who had used it before. We use Trello and basecamp with third party organisations.
Chose Adobe Workfront
I didn't select Workfront, honestly. I'm sure it was selected because of its ability to track time to the smallest measure, but I firmly believe that teams would be better served by any of the communication enablement applications listed above. Which is a fancy way of saying …
Trello
Chose Trello
Trello is very cost-effective with a high upside and minimal implementation and training needs. If you need a full product management tool then this may not be for you. Although it does have an API for integrations with other tools I cannot speak to the feasibility of this.
Features
Adobe WorkfrontTrello
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Workfront
7.3
418 Ratings
6% below category average
Trello
8.5
222 Ratings
9% above category average
Task Management8.6417 Ratings9.5222 Ratings
Resource Management7.4375 Ratings9.3185 Ratings
Gantt Charts6.5330 Ratings7.173 Ratings
Scheduling8.0369 Ratings9.1168 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.6376 Ratings8.2142 Ratings
Team Collaboration8.1399 Ratings9.0218 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology6.8271 Ratings8.9147 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology7.2279 Ratings7.6115 Ratings
Document Management7.4377 Ratings8.2159 Ratings
Email integration7.3319 Ratings7.7146 Ratings
Mobile Access5.8309 Ratings9.1192 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking7.7295 Ratings9.388 Ratings
Change request and Case Management7.3297 Ratings8.8102 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management7.0255 Ratings7.773 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Workfront
6.3
240 Ratings
21% below category average
Trello
6.0
72 Ratings
25% below category average
Quotes/estimates6.5133 Ratings6.149 Ratings
Invoicing6.1115 Ratings5.042 Ratings
Project & financial reporting6.6230 Ratings6.758 Ratings
Integration with accounting software5.8103 Ratings6.144 Ratings
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User Ratings
Adobe WorkfrontTrello
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(380 ratings)
9.4
(222 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.0
(61 ratings)
10.0
(6 ratings)
Usability
6.4
(19 ratings)
9.4
(60 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(9 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(4 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(12 ratings)
9.9
(81 ratings)
In-Person Training
5.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
8.9
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.3
(10 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Configurability
5.0
(1 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
1.0
(1 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe WorkfrontTrello
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe
It works super well for creative brief intake and brand reviews. It took us more time than I'm willing to admit to get it all set up, but for our limited use case, it's working very well now. I'm not sure where it wouldn't be a good fit, honestly. As a newer user, it's still something I'm getting to know and learn.
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Atlassian
For teams or individuals with lots of individual tasks/details to track, Trello is perfect! It basically removes the need for a paper checklist. For those that need an overall project management tool that requires less tasks and more overarching goals, collaboration amongst various teams, and gantt charts I would suggest monday.com
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Pros
Adobe
  • Fosters communication between team members.
  • Serves as a virtual "to do list" for me personally - I can track where I am with projects and what there is left to do, and when it's completed.
  • Sharing documents between team members that can be updated.
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Atlassian
  • Helps track employees "to do before hire", "to do after hired," and "to do when employee leaves"
  • Provides important information on each employee like personal information along with data collected during the time of hire and during employment time
  • Allows more than one person to be assigned to a task per employee and will remain open until everyone involved has completed their task
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Cons
Adobe
  • Provide additional free training demonstrations
  • Allow more customization for hide unused tools
  • Allow nonusers to add requests, our organization has no need to add all 10,000+ team members to Adobe Workfront, but would like them to be able to send requests to our team
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Atlassian
  • I use colour coding a lot so I would like a wider range of colour options.
  • Also as a visual thinker I would like to be able to easily add images to cards.
  • I would like to be able to attach a wider range of file formats to cards.
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Likelihood to Renew
Adobe
Workfront is sometimes a bit clunky to use, but overall it works well for our teams when it comes to project management and collaboration across multiple, involved teams. It also has flexibility that allows us to adapt it to diverse use cases, some of which aren't necessarily always the first things that one would think of using workfront for.
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Atlassian
I am very likely to renew Trello, because it doesn't cost anything to do so. I am also very likely to use Trello's upgraded features in the future because a lot of my team's data is stored on there and they have already gotten used to the platform. Trello is very easy for new team members to pick up, making the onboarding and usability very streamlined.
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Usability
Adobe
Workfront is overly complex, but it is functional as a tool to keep track of projects. It is a shame that sometimes it takes a lot of clicks to find anything. Workfront is slowly modernizing its interface but at the same time, hides certain information away thus making the experience feels worse.
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Atlassian
Trello is incredibly intuitive, both on desktop and mobile right away. It is also full of helpful features that make it even easier to use, and is flexible enough to suit almost any organizational need. Onboarding for the software is thorough, but concise, and the service is frequently updated with even more QOL improvements.
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Reliability and Availability
Adobe
Maintenance is required, but usually after work hours, Some days the proofing tool function is not operational, but this is a new function of the tool that WF is working out. the kinks on. Chrome is the best browser to use the system in and we find Firefox and Explorer lose some view functionality - Gantt Chart, Resource Grid
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Atlassian
yes always support available when I need it!
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Performance
Adobe
I think overall, Adobe Workfront performs well. There have been some times when it doesn't load or run as quickly as our team would like. This is frustrating when it is such a crucial tool that our team utilizes on a daily basis. It can show our workflow when it lags.
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Atlassian
Never experienced issues with the above!
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Support Rating
Adobe
I know that this particular company has it's own Adobe Workfront employee that builds out things they need from the software, and meets with them regularly to troubleshoot. I'm not part of this process, but it's refreshing to see Adobe provide this level of customer service to people, and they're expedient.
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Atlassian
I haven't reached out to their support very often and their support is very limited anyway for the free users. They do have tons of great articles and videos in their Help Center and constantly send emails with updates and add-ons to the product. The fact that I've barely ever had to contact their support team means that they've developed a great product.
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In-Person Training
Adobe
It was from my boss, not a rep from AtTask.
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Atlassian
It was helpful and informative! It was back before the pandemic in 2019 so I'm not sure if they still do it but I really enjoyed the experience
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Online Training
Adobe
The training is very easy to use and you can simply choose the topics included in the course(s) that are most important to your training needs. After each training course, you are tested on what you have learned. If you need a refresher course, they provide Course Catalogs as well as instructor-led courses & workshops.
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Atlassian
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Adobe
Most people learn as you go, a lot of this stuff requires trial and error throughout so my suggestion is to provide as much information in the upfront and keep it as simple as possible. You can add other tools and features as you go but everyone should have the basics down so no bad habits can start to develop. Be persistent with everyone, and don't be afraid to correct and talk through steps again so everyone is on the same page
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Atlassian
For our small business, getting a few of us started well on Trello was the key, I think. As long as a couple of us were really comfortable with the interface, we could lead others and help them with any questions. From now on, anyone who works with us just naturally uses Trello for information sharing - it's just part of what we do.
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Alternatives Considered
Adobe
Adobe Workfront blows the other systems out of the water. It just delivers more - out of the gate, and at every quarterly update. Innovation is top of mind, and meeting customers' needs is key. We have been extremely satisfied with Workfront and look forward to all the new features on the horizon, especially AI.
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Atlassian
Trello is more simple and not as "robust" as the other tools, but it's easier to use and manage and understand and ACTUALLY get stuff done with. It's simplicity is part of the beauty of using it. You don't need a million options that nobody uses, you just need to get stuff done.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Adobe
As I stated earlier, I didn't have to pay for Workfront myself- I'm a user under a large organization. I know it's not cheap to implement, I don't know how the price scales for a small-business, but I do like the product enough that I'm going to look into it in the future for my own company.
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Atlassian
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Adobe
Our organization has thousands of users that use Workfront and it seems to hold up very well. I have not encountered any issues using it and I think it makes it very easy for multiple people to be involved in a project and keep things organized and clear for everyone involved.
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Atlassian
Feels like anyone across the org (no matter their location) can use the tool easily!
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Professional Services
Adobe
No answers on this topic
Atlassian
Not sure if we use those
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Return on Investment
Adobe
  • Resource Management - Year over year, we were able to validate time and money saved by the implementation of Workfront by more than 2%, saving in non-working dollars and 9% savings in working media dollars.
  • Organization Restructuring and Automation- We also restructured our teams and implemented automation based on our analysis of how and what we spend our time on and the ROI for our respective business units.
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Atlassian
  • Trello keeps me organized, focused, and on track. I could filter the Trello board to only see my issues and understand what I needed to work on and when.
  • Trello helped our team implement an agile structure. It's a very simple kanban method of viewing all of your team's tasks and statuses. You can completely customize the columns to your team's specific workflow and create tags relevant to your work.
  • Trello helps reduce unnecessary communications between teams. When I want to request translations, I simply create a card on the localization Trello board -- no need to directly message anyone on the team, and I can watch the status of the card change from "in progress" to "in review" to "translated," all without having to directly ask for updates.
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