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Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Project Management Software category, the mindshare of Basecamp is 1.3%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Jira is 3.8%, down from 9.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trello is 2.3%, down from 3.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Project Management Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Jira3.8%
Trello2.3%
Basecamp1.3%
Other92.6%
Project Management Software
 

Featured Reviews

Abenazzer Tadesse - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Operations Officer at BeOnline ICT
An easy-to-use project management solution with good stability and scalability
The recent update on the solution has made it a little bit complex. For example, to create a team and a project, there is a separate button that you need to click. Recently they updated it with only one button making it difficult for us to create teams or supply teams other than a project. Hence the solution could be more user-friendly. Additionally, some additional features need to be integrated so it'll be easy for other companies or project managers to manage software projects.
Akhil Viswam - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Agile workflows have streamlined sprint planning and tracking for faster feature delivery
Jira has a very good interface and it is very easy to manage sprints, tasks, and epics. The main feature is the hierarchy, as features can be converted into epics and topics, allowing bigger tasks to be partitioned into smaller ones. The hierarchy feature in Jira helps the team significantly compared to other tools that have been used, such as Trello, which is mainly useful only for a waterfall model. For modern Agile practices, Jira is the most adapted tool in the industry. Another valuable feature is that Jira APIs have been used for data science projects to analyze tasks and get insights. This has also been very helpful in the project.
Davina Becker - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Content Strategist at PeerSpot
Keeps requests better organized
The best feature Trello offers is that it keeps things better organized, so it makes things easier to collaborate with people. I can say that I really enjoyed using Trello for a lot of things, and it has some really good features, such as helping people write out descriptions and the comment section being absolutely one of the best parts of it.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The ability to network informally is great for communicating with colleagues."
"The ability to network informally is great for communicating with colleagues."
"The ease of use is valuable."
"The app functionality and ease of seeing the different functionalities parsed equally on the screen with consistent menu access to shift between areas."
"For the time being, everything is good."
"I like almost everything about Jira."
"The most valuable features are the customized Dashboard, Sprint Planning, and Automatic Notifications."
"I enjoy working with (and can recommend) Jira for a number of reasons. The best features are that it is friendly and provides good visibility. It's to the point and very effective."
"The ROI on Atlassian products has been tremendous."
"I like the test cases in Jira. The orange dash items view was great, and I like the features and layout of the data. It's quite different, and people are now getting their items so quickly."
"It enabled us to track and manage product commitments over the entire enterprise."
"The most useful features are the Kanban dashboard, the ability to create tasks, bugs, epics with child issues, time estimation, and Jira reports."
"The solution is very user-friendly, where you have everything you need."
"We found that the solution was available on multiple devices, has a great user experience, is simple to use, and it is available on multiple channels."
"The most valuable feature is the fact that I can see everything on one page, like sticky notes, and everything is set up, and it's pretty easy to use."
"Trello's user interface is really good, making it easy for us to maintain and monitor."
"I'd advise people interested in trying the solution to just jump in and start using it as it is very effective and simple to use."
"Just being able to manage tasks very easily is one of the best features Trello offers."
"You receive notifications if mentioned on a card."
"The most valuable feature of Trello for us is the user-friendly interface."
 

Cons

"Formalized area to store contact information indexed in a way that can pre-populate other areas would be helpful."
"The product isn't easy to use. It's not very intuitive."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"The product isn't easy to use. It's not very intuitive."
"I would like to see more integration available with more tools."
"Managing a large number of users on Cloud version is extremely challenging due to lack of this capability."
"If Jira would be interested in offering a SharePoint version, it would be beneficial."
"It would be ideal if the solution could be available as a mobile application."
"Sometimes, it is slow and hangs. We faced some stability issues where JIRA was down for a day, and we lost some of our comments made in JIRA because of downtime."
"I think that for users the solution is very intuitive but for project administrators, the way the product is defined is not very intuitive."
"If I'm comparing it to ALM Octane, the documentation is not as robust as ALM Octane's documentation."
"I'm mostly focusing on the requirements traceability with my thesis, the integration could improve for other tools."
"Trello could add an analytic tool that allows me to see the performance of each team member, answering questions like whether they meet the deadline or miss the deadline."
"I would like to see improvement in onboarding back-office team members."
"Many more categories could be enabled."
"The dashboards and flexibility to adjust the timeline view for each task are areas with shortcomings in the solution that need improvement."
"In terms of improvements, adding more artificial intelligence and making it more user-friendly in terms of design could be beneficial."
"Being able to export reports from Trello, general reports, or board reports, would improve the solution for me as a manager."
"It is not a scalable product."
"The solution could be priced cheaper."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Almost everybody uses JIRA nowadays because it is the most cost-effective solution."
"The tool's pricing is expensive. The new pricing is indeed quite expensive compared to what it was a few years ago. Last year, when we intended to renew our subscription, we found the pricing considerably higher."
"The license is yearly. It is a large, long-running program."
"We had a perpetual license but have changed to a subscription."
"JIRA's pricing is very economical. I would say that JIRA is a great deal more economical than Microsoft."
"The price at the moment for Jira is okay. I'm absolutely not amused with the plans to try to drive us to the cloud or to other licensing models. For the very simple reason that we are a company in the defense sector where cloud is problematic in a number of the domains. We are now approximately 60 users and the new policy will actually confront us with an upscale to approximately 500 users. I find it unacceptable, and may potentially lead us to look for another solution."
"When you get larger, the pricing becomes very, very steep."
"We used to be on a perpetual license provided by our clients."
"The solution pricing is okay. The pricing is subscription-based and depends on the features that you need. If you need more features then you will need to pay more. You can use the basic features to lead your project management."
"Trello was free when we used it, but if we wanted many people looped in, we did need to pay a fee."
"I do believe that Trello has a licensed version, but I used the free version of the tool with limited capabilities."
"I am tinkering with the free version."
"I use the free version of Trello, which is sufficient for my day to day use."
"The tool's pricing is average."
"UiPath is cost-efficient."
"The pricing for this solution is reasonable."
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Manufacturing Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Government
7%
Educational Organization
8%
Marketing Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

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Midsize Enterprise58
Large Enterprise151
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Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise11
 

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Is Jira better or would you go with Micro Focus ALM Octane?
Hi Netanya, Basically , it all depends on the use cases for your environment and the business needs. Hope the below d...
Which is better - Jira or Microsoft Azure DevOps?
Jira is a great centralized tool for just about everything, from local team management to keeping track of products a...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Jira?
Jira itself is fairly priced for the features it provides, but pricing is a bit higher than some alternatives, mostly...
What do you like most about Trello?
The solution is very user-friendly, where you have everything you need.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Trello?
I do not know about the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Trello because this part was handled by another cowork...
What needs improvement with Trello?
It is hard to track completed requests and show performance based on closed cards.
 

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