productboard vs. Trello

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
productboard
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
productboard, from the company of the same name in San Francisco, is a product management system designed to help product managers understand what users need, prioritize what to build, and rally everyone around a roadmap.
$25
per month
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
productboardTrello
Editions & Modules
Essential
$25.00
per month
Pro
$60.00
per month
Scale
$120.00
per month
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
productboardTrello
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
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
productboardTrello
Considered Both Products
productboard
Chose productboard
productboard is geared directly towards receiving, organizing, and evaluating product ideas.
Chose productboard
Productboard is leaner, easier to use, and cleaner than Aha! I switched from Aha! to productboard and did not regret the decision. Aha! may be better suited to larger operations or teams, but productboard is perfect for smaller teams and solo product managers.
Trello
Chose Trello
We found that those software, while they included Kanban boards, offered a lot more features. Our tickets tended to get lost and it was harder to navigate through. Our Product team didn't particularly like how they functioned as much.
Features
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Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
productboard
-
Ratings
Trello
8.5
222 Ratings
9% above category average
Task Management00 Ratings9.5222 Ratings
Resource Management00 Ratings9.3185 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.173 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings9.1168 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.2142 Ratings
Team Collaboration00 Ratings9.0218 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings8.9147 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings7.6115 Ratings
Document Management00 Ratings8.1159 Ratings
Email integration00 Ratings7.6146 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings9.1192 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings9.288 Ratings
Change request and Case Management00 Ratings8.8102 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings7.673 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
productboard
-
Ratings
Trello
6.0
72 Ratings
25% below category average
Quotes/estimates00 Ratings6.149 Ratings
Invoicing00 Ratings5.042 Ratings
Project & financial reporting00 Ratings6.758 Ratings
Integration with accounting software00 Ratings6.144 Ratings
User Ratings
productboardTrello
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(6 ratings)
9.4
(222 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(6 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(60 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(3 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
productboardTrello
Likelihood to Recommend
productboard
productboard is a fantastic piece of software for capturing product insights. I use it frequently very week to update suggestions for the product for new features. I also use it for enhancement suggestions. When speaking to customers or prospects, if it comes to light that there are features or changes that they would like to see within our software, I log and record these through Insights. Its a great place to capture this information. It provides me a platform to ensure that this information is accurately captured and I can be confident that it will be addressed in an appropriate manner and not get ignored.
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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
productboard
  • Roadmap Management - Add/update the existing roadmap
  • Progress Tracking - Track development progress of various features on the roadmap
  • Gathering insights - Connect different sources to gather insights into a feature on the roadmap.
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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
productboard
  • Far too expensive per seat
  • No way to track/manage projects
  • No way to abstract sets of features into larger buckets for high-level presentations
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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
productboard
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
productboard
No answers on this topic
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
productboard
No answers on this topic
Atlassian
yes always support available when I need it!
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Performance
productboard
No answers on this topic
Atlassian
Never experienced issues with the above!
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Support Rating
productboard
Support is awesome and very responsive
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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
productboard
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
productboard
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
productboard
Productboard is leaner, easier to use, and cleaner than Aha! I switched from Aha! to productboard and did not regret the decision. Aha! may be better suited to larger operations or teams, but productboard is perfect for smaller teams and solo product managers.
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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
productboard
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
productboard
No answers on this topic
Atlassian
Not sure if we use those
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Return on Investment
productboard
  • Handle better the needs/request of big customers
  • Identify quick wins and big bets to positive impact the business
  • Win time to report faster on roadmap to other stakeholders of the company
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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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