Trello vs Jira
Trello or Jira? Here is how they compare on price, free plan, platforms and the jobs each does best, from each vendor's own pages.
| Compared on | Visit | Visit |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Kanban boards with built-in automation and an Inbox for to-dos from email and chat, free for 10 collaborators | Atlassian's project and issue tracker with Rovo AI agents on paid plans and a free plan for 10 users |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Cheapest paid plan | $5/user/mo billed annually (Standard)Trello pricing | $9.70/user/mo (Standard)Jira 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. | $9.70 per user a month on monthly billing for users 1 to 100; lower graduated rates above 100 users (the page shows an average of $8.48 at its default of 300 users). Annual billing is priced by user tier instead, for example $2,450 a year for 16 to 25 users. Includes 25 Rovo credits and 400 automation steps per user a month, 250 GB storage. |
| Free trial | Free trial of Trello Premium for any Workspace (length not stated on the pricing page) | 7-day free trial of Standard or Premium; no payment information required |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows | Web, iOS, Android, CLI, API |
| Integrations (vendor's figure) | 200+ apps through Power-Ups, including Slack, Google Drive and Salesforce | 3,000+ integrations in the Atlassian Marketplace |
| Open source | No | No |
| Made by | Atlassian | Atlassian |
Choose Trello if…
- Price matters: its cheapest paid plan is $5/user/mo against $9.70/user/mo.
- You want a desktop app (macOS, Windows).
- The job is individuals and small teams organising work on simple Kanban boards.
- The job is capturing to-dos from email and chat and scheduling them on a calendar.
Choose Jira if…
- You need an API to build on.
- The job is software teams planning sprints and tracking work items.
- The job is organisations already using Confluence and other Atlassian products.
Still weighing it up?
If neither is quite right, Trello and Jira are also compared with their other rivals: Trello vs Asana, Jira vs Linear and Asana vs monday.com.
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What Trello does
- Kanban boards of lists and cards with assignees, due dates and checklists
- Built-in no-code automation: rules, card and board buttons, and commands, with monthly command-run limits per plan
- Inbox that captures to-dos from email, Slack and Microsoft Teams, and Planner for blocking time on a calendar
- AI on Standard and above: AI-generated boards, AI summarisation, and AI that generates checklists, adds due dates and merges cards
- Calendar, Timeline, Table, Dashboard and Map views on Premium
- Power-Ups that connect 200+ apps such as Slack, Google Drive and Salesforce
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
What Jira does
- Backlog, list, board, timeline, calendar and summary views with customisable workflows and custom fields
- No-code automation rules with hundreds of templates; monthly steps from 150 per subscription (Free) to 1,000 per user (Enterprise)
- Rovo Search, Chat and Agents on every paid plan, including agents that run as a step in automation rules
- Rovo MCP server and Teamwork Graph CLI for connecting outside AI tools and coding agents
- Advanced planning (Plans) with cross-project dependencies and capacity management on Premium
- Forms for request intake and approvals
Watch out for
- Free plan: 10 users, 2 GB storage, 150 automation steps a month for the whole subscription and no Rovo AI
- Annual billing is sold in user tiers, and Enterprise is annual only and priced from 801 users
- Cross-project dependencies, approvals and the 99.9% uptime SLA need Premium
Questions
Is Trello or Jira cheaper?
On published entry prices, Trello is cheaper: $5/user/mo billed annually (Standard) for Trello against $9.70/user/mo (Standard) for Jira. What each plan includes differs, so compare the limits too.
Do Trello and Jira have free plans?
Both do. Trello: 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. Jira: Up to 10 users, unlimited goals, projects, tasks and forms, backlog, list, board, timeline, calendar and summary views, 150 automation steps per subscription per month, 2 GB storage, 100 email notifications a day, community support. No Rovo AI.