Trello vs monday.com

Compared on	Trello Free plan · from $5/user/mo VisitRemove	monday.com Free plan · from $9/seat/mo VisitRemove
What it is	Kanban boards with built-in automation and an Inbox for to-dos from email and chat, free for 10 collaborators	Board-based work management with AI agents and credits on every paid plan, sold in seat buckets from 3 seats
Free plan	Up 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 apps	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	$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.	$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 trial	Free trial of Trello Premium for any Workspace (length not stated on the pricing page)	14-day free trial of the Pro plan; trials cannot be extended
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows	Web, iOS, Android, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	200+ apps through Power-Ups, including Slack, Google Drive and Salesforce	850+ integrations and apps
Open source	No	No
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	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	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 by	Atlassian	monday.com

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