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Trello

Overview

What is Trello?

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…

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Pricing

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Business Class

$12.50

Cloud
per user/per month

Enterprise

$17.50

Cloud
per user/per month

Free

Forever Free

Cloud

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

Learn How to Use Trello - Beginner's Tutorial

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Trello Widget Demo

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Trello Project Management Demo

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HOW to use TRELLO | ULTIMATE TRELLO TUTORIAL 2021 [Project Management Software for BEGINNERS]

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Features

Project Management

Project management software provides capabilities to streamline management of complex projects through task management, team collaboration and workflow automation

9
Avg 7.6

Professional Services Automation

Features that support professional services organizations

5.6
Avg 7.5
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Product Details

What is Trello?

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.

Trello Videos

Trello - A Quick Overview
While many options can carry a large price tag, there are tons of free project management software available. In this video produced by the TrustRadius team, learn why Trello is one of the best free project management software on the market.

Trello Competitors

Trello Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Planview ProjectPlace are common alternatives for Trello.

Reviewers rate Team Collaboration highest, with a score of 9.8.

The most common users of Trello are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Bringing your offline project management board to online

Rating: 8 out of 10
August 02, 2016
Vetted Review
Verified User
Trello
1 year of experience
It is being used by the whole organization. All the teams use Trello to track and manage the workflows. Each team has their own Trello board where the team tasks are managed, and there are also organizational Trello boards where overall direction is shared with everyone in the team.
  • Managing the tasks
  • Improving visibility of tasks that everyone is doing
Cons
  • Once cards are archived, it is very difficult to bring them back.
It is well suited for managing overall tasks. May not be as well suited for the life cycle of the task. For example, we cannot have a single owner of the task that would keep changing based on the life cycle.

Easy and approachable to use yet surprisingly robust

Rating: 9 out of 10
March 22, 2016
Vetted Review
Verified User
Trello
3 years of experience
Trello is primarily used by our digital, creative, and marketing teams. It provides one collaboration space for all teams to share files and track our workflow for ongoing projects. In some cases we also give external third party partners access to a particular Trello board so they can also view information and download assets/documents.
  • Collaborating on shared tasks. Divide and conquer and track progress all in one Trello card.
  • Asset/document sharing. Raw assets can be stored in one standardized area.
  • Notifications when certain tasks have been updated/completed.
Cons
  • The user interface is different from most other software so it can take some getting used to.
  • User management is not as robust as we'd like. We wish user accounts would tie to a major corporate user account software.
  • Search results are not as detailed as we'd like. They take you to a specific card but they do not highlight the specific item within a large card that was matched.
It seems to be a gem for agile project management. I think it's best for tasks with many different collaborators that need a shared workspace. I'm not convinced it would be ideal for very detailed and technical projects with a lot of smaller subtasks. If so, cards would need to be broken down into very small tasks. I think it is well suited for the needs of our web development and digital marketing organization.

Trello is Great for Small Teams, Not so Much for Large Organizations

Rating: 8 out of 10
March 23, 2016
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Vetted Review
Verified User
Trello
2 years of experience
Individual departments use Trello to organize tasks - and they all use it differently. Our department has two separate Trello boards to organize general tasks and content creation ideas. Some other department managers have a separate shared board with each employee, while still others choose to have a board with tasks for each client they manage.
  • Simple and complex cards. Probably my favorite thing about Trello is that the task cards can be as simple or complex as you need. Just want task title, owner, and due date? Check. Want to include a cover photo, detailed description, and link a file? Also check.
  • Task tags. Users have the ability to tag tasks with custom tags. This is very helpful in our editorial idea board.
  • Assign multiple users to tasks. This is not something that many task management platforms offer.
Cons
  • Dashboard. My main frustration with Trello is that I have to navigate between each board I have access to in order to see my tasks. I wish that I had a dashboard that contained all of my current tasks in an aggregate format.
  • Task dependencies. We have several project templates in which certain task timelines rely on other task timelines. It would be nice if the sub-tasks were dependent on the original task.
  • Board templates. Right now the only way to create a "template" is to have a dummy board that you copy to create a new board. This is an okay workaround, but the copied board also copies all the original task due dates and owners.
I think Trello is great if you have a small team you want to get organized. The free version of the product is great. It is not great, however, for a large organization looking to integrate tasks and task management across departments. Because of the inability to roll-up tasks into a dashboard, I think tasks might get lost in the abyss.

Visibility and flexibility in one

Rating: 9 out of 10
December 23, 2022
Vetted Review
Verified User
Trello
5 years of experience
We use Trello to manage our product roadmaps and upcoming tasks in various teams. It is useful in determining the size and effort of various pieces of work and how that adds up to a release. It helps us to be flexible and collaborate both in meetings and outside of meetings.
  • Organise priorities within a project
  • Oversee capacity for a team or roadmap
  • Foster collaboration within a project with tools such as voting
  • Assign and total up associated costs for individual pieces of work
Cons
  • Automatically determine when a swimlane is over capacity
  • Create templates for different uses with pre-determined calculations such as team velocity, cost, timeframes
  • Review whether some plug-ins should be automatically included, like the epic point calculator
It is well suited to meetings with large numbers of participants where you need groups or pairs to interact with and use the board during discussions. It was well used in our company pre-pandemic, and I think it is well suited to remote or hybrid workshops. It is well suited to projects that are in a state of flux because it is very flexible.

Trello is free-forever. They mean it.

Rating: 10 out of 10
April 17, 2018
SS
Vetted Review
Verified User
Trello
3 years of experience
Trello is being used to manage the series of events we put on. We have boards that manage our marketing, operations, team culture, sponsors, and general business. The program is being used by our management team, but it's audited at the board level.

Slack helps us stay on track with our projects and make sure that things don't fall through the cracks. The problem that we used to have was it was very difficult to hold people accountable for tasks. Now, the boards are available to everyone and there's accountability for all to keep it up to date.
  • Organizes different departments of our business
  • It streamlines accountability for tasks that have to be completed
  • It makes it possible to see where different people in your organization may be stuck and allows you to communicate right on the boards
Cons
  • Trello can add a few more tools in its tool belt to make it more robust
  • If people don't take responsibility for managing the boards, they can become disorganized very quickly
Trello is useful for teams that have targets that they have to reach and can conceptualize those targets into smaller and actionable goals. It is also a great tool to bring into debrief meetings since the team can update the board together and address any areas why people are getting stuck.
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