Airtable vs. Trello

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Airtable
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Airtable is a project management and collaboration platform designed to enable content pipelines, product management, events planning, user research, and more. It combines spreadsheet,database, calendar, and kanban functionality within one platform.
$10
per month
Trello
Score 8.1 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.
$12.50
per user/per month
Pricing
AirtableTrello
Editions & Modules
Plus
$10.00
per month (billed annually)
Pro
$20.00
per month (billed annually)
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Business Class
$12.50
per user/per month
Enterprise
$17.50
per user/per month
Free
Forever Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AirtableTrello
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Airtable
Chose Airtable
Airtable is much easier to use than any of these applications. The only features that give it competition are nesting tasks within a project, which Asana does well, as well as Trello and Flow. Airtable is also very flexible in terms of capability. The only completion there is …
Chose Airtable
Google sheets? Linked records is the game-changer. Also the aesthetics of AirTable is appealing. But AirTable seems unstable at times.
Trello for task management. Many of my colleagues use Trello and it's hard to get them to switch.
Chose Airtable
Trello - It was hard to print relative fields and hard to export usable data.
Smartsheet - Its still growing but didn't really have documents and jpeg insertion the way I hoped, and less "fun" to work on.
Excel - Good spreadsheets, but not a lot of extras.
Chose Airtable
Airtable is more robust than Trello yet equally intuitive
Chose Airtable
Airtable is way more powerful than Trello, while still incorporating the Kanban boards. However, in Airtable, you can customize the Kanban boards since they are actually database records, allowing for a lot more functionality.

With the tagging feature in Airtable, it is also a …
Chose Airtable
Airtable has a nice mix of all of the heat features found in both Trello and Asana. I find Airtable to be a bit more attractive than Asana. Although that's mostly cosmetic, I find that visual appeal is imperative to use experience and increased productivity.
Chose Airtable
As a whole, we elected to fully implement Airtable because of the vast amount of features and access controls for each user. Also, each user can create their own base and tie each one to the main Airtable base so teams can take an even deeper look into each project (with …
Chose Airtable
I have tried Trello, monday.com, Meister Task, and even Google Sheets. They are all great and solid applications. Some even have really nice user interfaces. However, none of them have met my primary need of being able to view my current projects and associated deadlines at a …
Chose Airtable
We haven't tried anything else like Airtable. It does replace Google Sheets and some other tools for us.
Chose Airtable
Airtable is less clunky than JIRA, and it's more collaborative.
Chose Airtable
Asana can somewhat be used for this purpose as you can track clients by making each of these subtasks. However, you will not be able to compile all of these on one sheet like in Airtable. With the latter, we can download this as a CSV file and analyze it in Excel or put it in …
Chose Airtable
Airtable is more flexible than most project management tools, which means that it can be applied to situations that don't fall within a traditional project management framework. It also makes it easy to get started on a database and then adjust and refine as you go. You don't …
Chose Airtable
We tried one other tool before trying Airtable, 2 years ago. I can't remember the name but it just didn't have the same ability to automate business processes with Zapier, it has since gone out of business.
Chose Airtable
We need more light tools right now for PM, so big products aren't a fit. We looked at other smaller products/players but none have nearly the features and ease of use as Airtable. Airtable has more flexibility in its views (Kanban plus Grid, Calendar view, named custom views, …
Chose Airtable
While traditional spreadsheets provide a space to input information, Airtable actually makes it useful and easy to look at it, showing you only what you need or want to see at that moment.
Chose Airtable
Airtable is much more intuitive to a naive user than Filemaker. Development time is also greatly reduced.
Chose Airtable
This tool has 100x the functionality/usability of Excel or Google Sheets, is much more flexible and user-friendly than Salesforce if you don't have the technical know-how on your team to customize (Salesforce does have far more advanced and intelligent CRM capabilities).
Chose Airtable
The other three had much going for them but only Airtable met our primary need for data management and price.
Trello
Chose Trello
monday.com is by far my favorite project management tool out there. It's so powerful, customizable and the reporting is great. Trello works better for us currently because it's free. Asana is okay, but the overall UI is a bit confusing and boring. Airtable is good, but pales in …
Chose Trello
On the free and basic version, Trello definitely keeps up with Airtable and Asana. It is easy to use and I like how team members can be added for no extra cost. Whereas, I know on Airtable, I am unable to add collaborators or team members without paying an additional cost. I …
Chose Trello
I prefer Airtable for project management, but I do like that Trello allows for the incorporating of personalized notes for other team members. This has helped us keep track of who's working on what and what stage of the process they're in. With Airtable, it's more about project …
Chose Trello
Easier to use and easier to integrate with 3rd party software. Better design and we don't need to build everything from scratch.
Chose Trello
Trello offers a free version, whereas other similar products don't. The upgraded version is also much cheaper than the other options I've found.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
AirtableTrello
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Airtable
8.0
221 Ratings
6% above category average
Trello
7.8
204 Ratings
4% above category average
Task Management8.3185 Ratings9.2204 Ratings
Resource Management9.0181 Ratings8.1169 Ratings
Gantt Charts7.881 Ratings7.467 Ratings
Scheduling9.2154 Ratings7.9155 Ratings
Workflow Automation8.4131 Ratings7.9130 Ratings
Team Collaboration9.3204 Ratings8.7200 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology8.6100 Ratings8.1138 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology8.174 Ratings8.0109 Ratings
Document Management8.9158 Ratings7.2147 Ratings
Email integration6.8106 Ratings7.3135 Ratings
Mobile Access3.6180 Ratings7.7178 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking8.188 Ratings7.382 Ratings
Change request and Case Management8.196 Ratings7.995 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management8.3117 Ratings6.869 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Airtable
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Ratings
Trello
7.1
67 Ratings
5% below category average
Quotes/estimates00 Ratings6.947 Ratings
Invoicing00 Ratings7.540 Ratings
Project & financial reporting00 Ratings6.553 Ratings
Integration with accounting software00 Ratings7.641 Ratings
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User Ratings
AirtableTrello
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(225 ratings)
9.0
(204 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(3 ratings)
8.0
(4 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(22 ratings)
8.0
(42 ratings)
Availability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(29 ratings)
8.0
(79 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(2 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Configurability
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Airtable
Airtable is very well suited for a niche environment that finds other project tracking or collaborative tools to be limiting. The ability to build out a single pool of information to best suit each team member's visual or functional needs is amazing. While the setup time can be lengthy, depending on your particular needs, it is really worth it when it's finally ready.
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Atlassian
It is well suited to my job requirements as I bring employees in, and I help offboard them as well. This tool helps me when I need to make sure all items are completed by a certain time frame, so I would say it holds us accountable. Someone who doesn't manage a group of people may not find this as useful when dealing with others but could use it for their own accountability when needing to track their accomplishments.
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Pros
Airtable
  • I can create tables, create and customize fields
  • Airtable has capabilities commonly found in spreadsheet applications, but also has some of the features found in databases.
  • The ability to filter fields. I set up a filter on the status field, so when a project is marked, complete, on hold, or canceled, that record is hidden from my current projects table view. If it is marked complete, the record is moved to the completed projects table view. In this way I can easily access a record of past projects
  • Being able to duplicate tables and create alternate views
  • Collapse and expand records. When I collapse the rows, I can easily scan current projects, next steps, project status, and due dates. When I expand the row, or field, I can see more detailed information about that field or record very easily. I can also expand or open the entire record. This is is helpful, when I am entering a lot of information to multiple fields in that record.
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Atlassian
  • It helps make various workspaces. Each workspace can be used for a different set of task management and can be shared with the people involved.
  • Creating task lists. We can create various task lists, the list title could be the status of the task, for example, In progress, approval, completed, etc. You can slide your task cards from one list title to another.
  • Trello cards have a huge set of features like adding the heading and description of the task, you can also attach certain associated links and documents to the cards as well.
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Cons
Airtable
  • While working on the Airtable I have noticed that it is not open to uploading of the files for large sizes, most of the time files are not uploaded or links may get broken.
  • In addition, they do not talk much about the time tracking tool and how we can calculate our hours, I still do it with just estimation and by the calendar.
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Atlassian
  • Allow tables as content for comment or description in Cards
  • Assign priority to certain cards (easy for sorting)
  • Create an open invite link for others to join/view the Trello board, without edit rights (so people don't need to install/use Trello if they want a quick glance on what's going on)
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Likelihood to Renew
Airtable
We will 10/10 renew the use of Airtable because it has brought great value to our team. Not only is Airtable affordable, but it's also user-friendly and helps our team be efficient. We no longer need to rely on Excel spreadsheets being passed from person to person via email. Furthermore, we aren't dealing with corrupt Excel spreadsheets and the need to salvage data when a file is accidentally altered.
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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
Airtable
Airtable has fantastic usability. I personally am fair when it comes to most technologies off the bat. I can understand a lot after being taught but most take me a little when I am teaching myself. Airtable was EXTREMELY easy to use off the bat. It was easy to understand or quickly figure out answers to my questions if i ever felt confused. Someone who has little technological experience could figure out Airtable quite easily.
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Atlassian
Overall, Trello is a great tool to use. It's very user-friendly, very powerful and we've set it up to work well for our team. I've recommended it to others who need something free or very cheap and it's worked well for them too. If you're wanting something with more muscle, then I'd suggest looking at either monday.com or Airtable.
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Reliability and Availability
Airtable
I have rarely experience downtime, compared to other tools, and given how much time we spend on the tool. Even if there were to be, their updates on it are very timely, and our support team are able to provide any questions regarding
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Atlassian
No answers on this topic
Performance
Airtable
I never had any issues with load time, even with the integrations that we use today (google sheets) However, I'm curious if adding additional layers of integrations would slow down performance. We do carry quite a bit of data in Airtable, but, again, no impact on overall performance
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Atlassian
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Airtable
I haven't contacted customer support yet, so I wouldn't be able to give a fair response. We also use the free version of the app. They do have document files, which we have looked at to answer key questions. Because it looks like there are a lot of people that use airtable, we've been able to find a lot of resources online.
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Atlassian
I haven't had much need to contact their support because the product is easy to use and pretty bug-free. I did reach out to them about swimlanes and I was able to find the information I needed very quickly and it was thorough and accurate information about current functionality. I love that they use their own product. That's always a good sign.
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In-Person Training
Airtable
This training was done in-house, but the Airtable team provided resources and how to guides to ensure that we covered all components of the system
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Atlassian
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Airtable
Recorded trainings were provided by the Airtable team. Great as an evergreen resources to new team members and for anyone that wants to refresh their Airtable knowledge
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Atlassian
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Airtable
Training all users was an important part of the implementation, which did take considerable time and effort. At first glance without training, the content calendar can be overwhelming because of the amount of data. The features within Airtable seem to be endless but our team was able to identify the most important to be successful.
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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
Airtable
Airtable exceeds all competitors I’ve seen. The feature set is full and only growing. The UI is intuitive for non-tech employees. Any competitors that match Airtable are really operating in a different space. Airtable is the industry leader in this category. Period.
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Atlassian
Trello is easy for a non-technical person to use. Other management systems, like MS Project, frighten away less computer-savvy users. I've found this to be instrumental in getting volunteers to agree to step in and get fully involved with projects--particularly those that might span the entire year or involve many different pieces to completion.
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Scalability
Airtable
There are TONS of opportunity to scale, but I think it's a matter if you have the time and resources to do so because the initial setup can be fairly time consuming and prioritized dedication
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Atlassian
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Airtable
  • The performance of the platform has been key to generate revenue and compensate for the investment we made at the beginning.
  • Since the results were good, we proceeded to continue using the software, and in this way we obtained a large amount of profits, increasing our ROI to 5.
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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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