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Trello vs Asana vs monday.com

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 21 October 2026.

Written head to head: Asana vs monday.com · Trello vs Asana, with when to choose each side.

Compared on
Trello

Free plan · from $5/user/mo

Asana

Free plan · from $10.99/user/mo

monday.com

Free plan · from $9/seat/mo

What it isKanban boards with built-in automation and an Inbox for to-dos from email and chat, free for 10 collaboratorsWork management with prebuilt AI Teammates, an AI chief of staff, and unlimited automations from StarterBoard-based work management with AI agents and credits on every paid plan, sold in seat buckets from 3 seats
Free planUp to 10 collaborators per Workspace, up to 10 boards per Workspace, unlimited cards, unlimited Power-Ups per board, unlimited storage (10MB per file), 250 Workspace command runs per month, Inbox, iOS and Android appsPersonal plan: free forever for 2 users, unlimited tasks and projects, list, board and calendar views, unlimited storage (100MB per file), status updates and 100+ free integrations. No AI features.Up to 2 seats, up to 3 boards, up to 3 Docs, 200+ templates, 8 column types, iOS and Android apps; the help centre adds a 200-item limit and 500 MB storage. No AI features.
Cheapest paid plan$5/user/mo billed annually (Standard)Trello pricing$10.99/user/mo billed annually (Starter)Asana pricing$9/seat/mo billed annually (Basic)monday.com pricing
What it covers$5 per user a month billed annually, $6 billed monthly. Unlimited boards, AI features, 1,000 Workspace command runs a month, 250MB per file. Every Workspace member is billable, and multi-board guests are billed at the member rate.$10.99 per user a month billed annually, or $13.49 billed monthly. No seat limit. Seats are added in increments: 1 at a time from 2 to 5 users, 5 at a time up to 30, 10 up to 100, 25 up to 500 and 50 above 500. Includes AI Teammates and Asana Dash (5 AI requests per user a month, up to 50 per account) and 50K AI Studio credits a month.$9 per seat a month billed yearly, $12 billed monthly. Sold in seat buckets (3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 100, 200+) with a 3-seat minimum, so the lowest Basic bill is $27 a month billed yearly or $36 monthly. Includes 1,000 AI credits a month, unlimited items and free viewers; no automation or integration actions.
Free trialFree trial of Trello Premium for any Workspace (length not stated on the pricing page)None stated14-day free trial of the Pro plan; trials cannot be extended
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, macOS, WindowsWeb, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, APIWeb, iOS, Android, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)200+ apps through Power-Ups, including Slack, Google Drive and Salesforce100+ free integrations, including Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Slack850+ integrations and apps
Open sourceNoNoNo
Good for
  • Individuals and small teams organising work on simple Kanban boards
  • Capturing to-dos from email and chat and scheduling them on a calendar
  • Teams that want light automation without a complex setup
  • Cross-functional teams tracking projects with timelines and dependencies
  • Teams that want built-in AI agents to plan, triage and report on work
  • Linking daily tasks to company goals and portfolios
  • Teams that want to build their own boards and workflows without code
  • Running projects with AI agents and an AI assistant on the same boards
  • Departments such as marketing, operations or a PMO standardising work across teams
Watch out for
  • Free plan: 10 collaborators and 10 boards per Workspace, 250 command runs a month and 10MB per file, with no AI features listed
  • Timeline, Table, Calendar, Dashboard and Map views need Premium
  • SAML SSO needs Atlassian Guard, a separate subscription from $4 per user a month, unless on Enterprise
  • The free Personal plan allows 2 users and has no timeline, Gantt, dashboards or AI features
  • AI Teammates and Dash include 5 requests per user a month, capped at 50 per account on Starter and Advanced; more costs $0.50 to $0.60 per request
  • Goals, portfolios, approvals and time tracking need Advanced; SAML and SCIM need Enterprise
  • Seats are sold in buckets (3, 5, 10, 15, 20 and up) with a 3-seat minimum, so a team of 4 pays for 5
  • The free plan allows 2 seats, 3 boards and 3 docs, with no AI features
  • Basic includes no automation or integration actions, and Standard is capped at 250 of each a month
Made byAtlassianAsana, Inc.monday.com

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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