Jira Work Management vs. Trello

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Jira Work Management
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Jira Core is Atlassian's general purpose business and project management tool available to smaller companies or teams and designed to suit a variety of purposes (e.g. marketing planning, product roadmap, etc.). In Jira Core, Workflows define process and enable teams to track tasks. Jira Core Cloud instances also have boards that let users visualize workflows and drag and drop tasks from to-do to done. It is available on the cloud.
$7.53
per month per user
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
Jira Work ManagementTrello
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
Starter - Monthly
$7.53
per month per user
Premium - Monthly
$13.53
per month per user
Starter - Annually
$22,500
per year User tier: 201-300
Premium - Annually
$40,500
per year User tier: 201-300
Enterprise
Contact Sales
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
Jira Work ManagementTrello
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing and for larger numbers of users.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Jira Work ManagementTrello
Considered Both Products
Jira Work Management
Chose Jira Work Management
The user experience of Jira is better than Trello, Trello doesn't offer a Sprint board. And we have followed the Sprint mode of working in the Project management space, therefore preferring Jira. Trello is a more general-use Project Management tool, whereas we were looking for …
Chose Jira Work Management
Trello is great for simplicity and visual task tracking, but Jira Work Management surpasses it in scalability and customization; for complex workflow, Jira beats Trello. Asana has a good UI, but integration Jira has better options.
Chose Jira Work Management
Trello and Jira Work Management are similar in concept, but the only real benefit of Trello is that is free and, if you already have an instance of Jira, Jira Work Management is worth the price because it's a plugin for your already configured product.
Chose Jira Work Management
Personally I would not choose Jira Work Management for a marketing team. However, the marketing team was enveloped into the Jira Work Management instance due to use by more technical teams.
Chose Jira Work Management
My colleague shared it with me as I often collaborate across multiple teams - it stacks up super well as each of those similar products are managed by separate departments. Having another Jira tool under the same roof is extremely beneficial for me, as opposed to having to …
Chose Jira Work Management
Tried to use Salesforce for ticketing management... But Salesforce was more suited in project management & work flow management. Salesforce is very good for the above mentioned points but when we tried for the ticket management system it was not giving the desired results & …
Chose Jira Work Management
Jira is quite intuitive to use. It has a bit of a learning curve, but that solely depends on how your organization has set it up in the first place. That could be really simple or a bit more complicated depending on how the admin has defined the workflow, accesses, etc. That …
Chose Jira Work Management
Jira is the gold standard if your company can afford it. I have used other programs at other companies that do not have the same collaboration features and do not do as well. This seems to be the best for aligning and for offline use across the board really, can’t beat it.
Trello
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.
Features
Jira Work ManagementTrello
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Jira Work Management
7.8
30 Ratings
1% above category average
Trello
8.5
222 Ratings
10% above category average
Task Management8.530 Ratings9.5222 Ratings
Resource Management8.529 Ratings9.3185 Ratings
Gantt Charts7.223 Ratings7.273 Ratings
Scheduling8.125 Ratings9.1168 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.427 Ratings8.2142 Ratings
Team Collaboration8.629 Ratings9.0218 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology8.129 Ratings8.9147 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology8.220 Ratings7.5115 Ratings
Document Management7.124 Ratings8.2159 Ratings
Email integration7.524 Ratings7.7146 Ratings
Mobile Access6.618 Ratings9.1192 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking8.118 Ratings9.388 Ratings
Change request and Case Management8.522 Ratings8.7102 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management7.217 Ratings7.773 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Jira Work Management
8.7
19 Ratings
12% above category average
Trello
5.9
72 Ratings
27% below category average
Quotes/estimates9.215 Ratings6.049 Ratings
Invoicing9.712 Ratings5.042 Ratings
Project & financial reporting8.517 Ratings6.658 Ratings
Integration with accounting software7.510 Ratings6.044 Ratings
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User Ratings
Jira Work ManagementTrello
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(30 ratings)
9.4
(222 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(6 ratings)
Usability
7.8
(13 ratings)
9.4
(60 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(81 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Jira Work ManagementTrello
Likelihood to Recommend
Atlassian
Jira Work Management suits projects involving multiple teams, such as product development. In our case, the design, development, and QA teams use Jira to track tasks from ideation to deployment. Custom workflows and real-time updates ensure that all teams are on the same page, and the ability to link related tasks helps manage dependencies effectively.
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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
Atlassian
  • Provide a roadmap of all epics
  • Provide a backlog in which you can see all the possible work to be done to create your sprint plan
  • Have all our projects within reach
  • Have a dashboard with editable columns to manage your work
  • Be able to filter by person
  • Be able to see past sprints
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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
Atlassian
  • More clarification on where to find useful tools and resources for new users.
  • Breakdown of Projects, Tasks, Sub-tasks, bugs is hard to follow and cannot be changed once created.
  • The ability to customize the dashboard/home page to fit the needs of individuals could use some work.
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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
Atlassian
No answers on this topic
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
Atlassian
As we are Atlassian users overall, this entire ecosystem is truly built from a 360 perspective. It becomes the one source of truth, and we can easily see where we are in our projects and where to emphasize focus in the upcoming period. There are some areas for minor improvements, but they are more a matter of preference rather than business necessity
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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
Atlassian
No answers on this topic
Atlassian
yes always support available when I need it!
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Performance
Atlassian
No answers on this topic
Atlassian
Never experienced issues with the above!
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Support Rating
Atlassian
No answers on this topic
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
Atlassian
No answers on this topic
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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Implementation Rating
Atlassian
No answers on this topic
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
Atlassian
The evolution of Jira Service Desk to Jira work management is accompanied by lot of new features like the List View which allows inline editing, easy column management, the Calendar View bases on extensible modal and state categories, the Timeline View supports tasks and subtasks, the Boards which allow the categorization of status and allow the visibility of subtasks on the cards, Forms can be created very easily, Project templates can be used based on the business area.
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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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Scalability
Atlassian
No answers on this topic
Atlassian
Feels like anyone across the org (no matter their location) can use the tool easily!
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Professional Services
Atlassian
No answers on this topic
Atlassian
Not sure if we use those
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Return on Investment
Atlassian
  • For our marketing team, Jira Work Management caused us to lose valuable work time due to manual updates that could have been automated.
  • Due to lack of creative review tools within Jira Work Management, our team had to pursue other tools that do not integrate with Jira Work Management, thus creating additional OpEx.
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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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