Trello vs monday.com comparison

monday.com and Atlassian are both solutions in the Project Management Software category. monday.com is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.6, while Atlassian is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.3. monday.com holds a 6.4% mindshare in PMS, compared to Atlassian’s 3.1% mindshare. Additionally, 98% of monday.com users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Atlassian users who would recommend it.

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98% willing to recommend

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90% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

monday.com and Trello compete in the project management software category. monday.com seems to have the upper hand due to its comprehensive features and automation capabilities compared to Trello's more simplistic approach.

Features: monday.com offers automation capabilities, custom workflows, and integration with numerous applications. It provides a comprehensive suite of project management tools. Trello is known for its simplistic Kanban board approach, focusing on task visualization and movement.

Room for Improvement: monday.com users wish for enhanced customization options, such as varied fields within boards and expanded automation capabilities. Trello users note the need for more integrations and team collaboration features, including task dependencies.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Both monday.com and Trello have straightforward deployment processes on public cloud platforms. monday.com also offers private cloud deployments. Customer service in both platforms receives positive feedback, with monday.com noted for extensive support.

Pricing and ROI: monday.com is considered expensive, especially for enterprise tiers, but users find the cost justifiable due to its extensive utilities, leading to high ROI. Trello is affordable, often used in its free capacity, with paid tiers seen as reasonable given its straightforward approach.

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Categories and Ranking

monday.com

Ranking in Project Management Software

1st

Average Rating

9.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.3

Number of Reviews

225

Ranking in other categories

CRM (3rd), Project Portfolio Management (1st), Marketing Management (3rd), Opportunity Management (1st)

Trello

Ranking in Project Management Software

8th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2025, in the Project Management Software category, the mindshare of monday.com is 6.4%, down from 10.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trello is 3.1%, up from 2.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Q&A Highlights

Netanya Carmi

Content Manager at PeerSpot

Jun 09, 2023

What project management/portfolio management program would you recommend?

Hi Netanya, for complez projects I recommend Basecamp or Microsoft Project, but for small or low complexity projects I suggest Trello. Best regards.

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Jaikishan Daryanani

Product Manager at Enreap

C level has visibility into the entire timeline and status of an initiative, and real-time reporting saves work

It is meant for non-technical users. As a matter of fact, for technical users, it may seem kind of naive or non-sophisticated or something. But for non-tech people, it's a visual treat because it has functionalities and capabilities suited to their business function as well as flexibility in terms of customization to make it adaptable. monday.com is very flexible. We created workspaces for every team and they have the flexibility to create and define their own processes and data points as well as their approval processes. Viewing projects and timelines via Gantt charts in monday.com is a native functionality. The power of the dashboard is that the solution enables you to do risk, timeline, and cost-benefit analyses for your initiatives. It gives you a complete perspective on the impact of your future decisions and initiatives for the upcoming months, quarters, and years. Based on the different levels in the organization, there is visibility into what each function of the organization or each department is up to. As a manager, it gives you a live update of the tasks and any particular changes. You can track the entire project for your teams and for other teams as well. Creating a new project in monday.com takes a few seconds. If you have the templates created you can generate a project via automation. If you have a standard WBS (work breakdown structure) for every single project, you can trigger automation. When the project is approved, within a fraction of a second, the entire WBS is ready for you so that you can start putting in your updates and data. There are around 200 templates available in the solution, and that gives you a baseline to start from, whether you are doing agile management or waterfall. Once you select a template, boom, it creates a baseline structure and you can start. And even if you want to create a new project, it's still pretty simple and a matter of a few seconds.

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Akshat Prakash

Consultant at BP

Offers not just a free version but also a mobile version that is easy to use

The product has features to support project management workflows and team collaborations. I was using a free version for my personal use and for managing my private activities, and both times, I saw that the tool did the job. I used Trello's board and card system of training with Kanban task management format to handle work in progress and to see whether it has already been completed. I would say that the tool was decent in the aforementioned area. I used the product's mobile version and the handheld device version, and I can say that it was easy to use. In general, the tool's app was quite easy to use. It is definitely a product which is quite highly rated by others. The mobile application functionality affected my productivity in a good way. It is quite good because, if I remember correctly, I could set some reminders for pending tasks. The tool did improve my productivity. The tool did help me deal with my personal backlog and to-do activities. As a beginner-level user, I found the tool very helpful and intuitive. From my friends, I came to know that it is an application that can be used in a wide enterprise setup. If you have an option, you can try it. I rate the overall tool a nine to ten out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The subitems make it crystal clear what tasks are done, in progress, or complete."

"The templates were always the best part as not starting from scratch made the process so much easier."

"The time savings alone is worth every penny and man-hour it took settings up the business profile."

"The product is quite simple to use."

"We use also integration with Jira, to see the updates so the CSM team can see the update from Jira."

"The automations are fantastic for rewarding progress."

"Being able to see everything at a glance and check task status, is wonderful."

"It has made the entire tracking process much easier."

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"The Trello board is very intuitive and simple to comprehend."

"The most valuable feature of Trello for us is the user-friendly interface."

"The usability of this solution is its most valuable feature. It offers a great flow of creating a business rule that allows you to just add identifiers and qualifiers."

"The product has a lot of integrations."

"It can be used online or as an application from anywhere."

"I really enjoy the drag-and-drop feature."

"It has a very modern-looking interface."

"The initial setup is easy."

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Cons

"Once timers are cleared, there is no way to recover this data."

"A part that could be improved is notifications, as we receive quite a lot of them. We struggled to limit the number of emails that we were not part of... If we could mute emails for projects that we are only following but not necessarily working directly on, that would make a huge difference."

"We would love it if the system could communicate with our accounting system, QuickBooks."

"Alongside the integrations, a Mailchimp one would help to add tags directly from Monday to the Mailchimp account."

"The service could improve in its ability to automatically update."

"I do find the emails too frequent and notifications or inbox for things that aren't tagged for me inconvenient and occasionally confusing."

"It would be helpful to have a direct comparison table/spreadsheet for Monday.com versus Asana and the many other project management software platforms."

"It would be ideal if, when you are assigned a task, to somehow link it with your calendar on Outlook or Gmail."

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"Pricing can be improved."

"Trello could improve from a UI and UX standpoint and should consider adding enhanced functionality from a release management standpoint."

"The solution could be priced cheaper."

"We don't really have any automated features. If they had more automated options, that would be helpful."

"It is somewhat challenging to move to the automation part of Trello."

"Trello cannot be integrated with other tools like Jira and Google Workspace."

"It could have a bit more customization, especially for organizations that may want to integrate it into their own systems."

"Sometimes, I find it challenging to manage the checklists."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"monday.com's pricing is fair compared to its competitors, although it is a bit more expensive than most of them. It's more expensive than Jira, Zoho, ClickUp, and Trello. But it is fairly priced when you compare the kinds of features and the capabilities that you get and the ROI."

"It's definitely affordable. I don't think it is necessarily the cheapest, but it's definitely not the most expensive. The price is well worth the value that we get out of it."

"We tell others it's about $2200 for a ten-person plan and it can be adjusted; it's easy to scale."

"The price is reasonable for the number of users we have."

"The licensing cost is not that high for monday.com. However, if you need an implementer, the cost is high because there aren't so many monday.com professionals."

"I think monday.com's paywalls are a little too high. Some basic features are locked behind the premium subscription. Some applications they offer within their subscription model are locked in an expensive package. These applications provide functionality that would benefit small teams, but it's too much money for a startup or a small business."

"The pricing of monday.com was a little bit high for us, especially here in South Africa, compared to Basecamp."

"The pricing is totally fair. I don't have any issues with it."

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"I am tinkering with the free version."

"It is free."

"We are currently using the open-source option."

"I do believe that Trello has a licensed version, but I used the free version of the tool with limited capabilities."

"Maybe it would be better if they offered some extra tiers, so you don't have to go all the way up to the pro level."

"The basic paid version is pretty expensive"

"The free version of Trello covers all of the bases and all of our needs, so there's no cost involved for us. This is surprising for such a quality platform with no limitations on the key functionalities, though it also has a paid version."

"The product is cheap."

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Answers from the Community

Netanya Carmi

Content Manager at PeerSpot

Jun 9, 2023

What project management/portfolio management program would you recommend?

This is a good question, but the starting point would be to understand whether your focus is on project management software or portfolio management software because there is a big difference between the two. In terms of software, project management software is really focused on managing individual projects and can help communicate information about a specific project. Project management softwa...

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David Tate, PMP

Project Manager at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Apr 5, 2022

The real question is: what type of Project/Portfolio Management system do I need? The Trello, Asana, and Monday.com types of products tend to be a bit more lightweight. Sometimes, they lack the structure that a more robust system such as Project Online or Project for the Web can offer. If the organization is small(er) and or only a few individuals will be utilizing the system, then the former may work well. If a large(r) organization and many PMs /Portfolio Managers, compliance issues, etc., a more mainstream Project? A Portfolio Management approach may be needed. Look into a bigger player in the market. Take a look at the Gartner reviews for additional suggestions as to what level and type of system may be the right one for your organization.

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HeshamFouad

Quality and Technical Support Department Manager at dsquares

Apr 5, 2022

I have experience with Asana. It's an easy-to-use and configure solution, especially for medium and non-complex plans.

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Top Industries

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Educational Organization

69%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Educational Organization

84%

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

University

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

Do you recommend Monday.com?

Monday.com is one of the best project management softwares available on the market. It lets you create and customize the tools you need to run every aspect of your work. I particularly favor it bec...

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What do you like most about monday.com?

The product's initial setup phase was straightforward.

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What needs improvement with monday.com?

The need for a stable connection is critical as there are network issues that slow our processes down. Additionally, the synchronization feature is not functioning optimally.

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What do you like most about Trello?

The solution is very user-friendly, where you have everything you need.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Trello?

I did not evaluate Trello's pricing model since it was provided by my organization.

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What needs improvement with Trello?

Trello could improve from a UI and UX standpoint and should consider adding enhanced functionality from a release management standpoint. Additional features for release management in the style of J...

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Overview

Monday.com is a dynamic platform offering streamlined automation, customizable interfaces, and seamless integrations ideal for efficient project management.

Monday.com facilitates seamless management through its user-friendly dashboards, ensuring effective collaboration. Its integration with platforms like Slack and Google Drive enhances productivity while offering task assignment, time tracking, and status updates. The customizable templates and color-coded statuses provide clarity and transparency, making it adaptable for technical and non-technical teams.

What are the key features of Monday.com?

Streamlined Automation: Optimize workflows with automated processes.
Intuitive Dashboards: Track progress and performance at a glance.
Customizable Boards: Tailor board layouts to suit team needs.
Real-time Collaboration: Enhance team interaction with collaborative tools.
Integration Capabilities: Connect with Slack, Google Drive, and more for cohesive productivity.

What benefits should users consider?

Improved Efficiency: Automation and integration promote smoother operations.
Enhanced Communication: Tools for direct communication reduce reliance on email.
Transparent Reporting: Comprehensive visibility into project progress and task status.
Adaptability: Suitable for different team structures and sizes.

In project management, Monday.com is widely employed to track tasks, manage timelines, and organize workflows. Its tools enhance collaboration across remote teams, streamline communication, and support sales and onboarding processes. Teams use it to organize information, assign roles, and reduce email dependence through its customizable interface and robust integrations.

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Trello is the visual collaboration tool that creates a shared perspective on any project. Trello’s boards, lists and cards enable you to organize and prioritize your personal and work life in a fun, flexible and rewarding way.

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Raw Digital, Wix, Discovery, Frost & Sullivan, Adidas, Asos, Uber

Pixar, Google, PayPal, Kickstarter, National Geographic, Viewbox Holdings

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