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Planview AdaptiveWork vs Trello comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Planview AdaptiveWork
Ranking in Project Management Software
23rd
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Trello
Ranking in Project Management Software
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
47
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Project Management Software category, the mindshare of Planview AdaptiveWork is 1.5%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trello is 2.1%, down from 3.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Project Management Software Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Trello2.1%
Planview AdaptiveWork1.5%
Other96.4%
Project Management Software
 

Featured Reviews

VishalSingh11 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director BPM at a marketing services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Has resources management and timesheets but could be more flexible
Compared to Broadcom Clarity, there was some flexibility with blueprints, etc. You can create a blueprint for different business groups or different customers. Planview AdaptiveWork doesn't have something like that. If they can build up something like a view price. It's still a traditional way where you have to create different instances for different customers. The PPM solution uses queries if I'm rolling out for different divisions. In that case, I have to create different instances for each region because each division may have a different look and feel. But if I have a blueprint, then it's very convenient. I can create multiple interfaces for different processes. Broadcom Clarity has some access control on those viewpoints.
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 feature that has improved our project planning the most is the ability to create custom workflows, which allows us to automate manual tasks that project managers need to perform. The collaboration feature enhances our team's productivity by allowing individuals to see the impact of their decisions on projects owned and managed by other teams."
"Slide Publisher has been a lifesaver for us; it saves us five to 10 hours a week."
"Clarizen Slide Publisher has helped increase transparency and communication with project stakeholders for us."
"Clarizen's reporting features have been critical."
"I like the project management solution. It's really nice."
"Clarizen's strength is reporting. Aside from reporting, I also like the ability to create customized workflow and custom actions. The workflow rules are handy. For example, you can create custom fields and dependent picklists."
"I like the project management solution."
"Provides visibility into employee utilization, progress on specific client projects and a portfolio view of all programs."
"The most valuable feature of Trello stems from the fact of how easy it was with it to see large visual aspects, especially when people were getting their workflow in order."
"The online collaboration and automated linking to our calendars improve productivity."
"Trello is quite easy to learn. The features that are available in the current version are enough to do your basic documentation and management."
"Trello's user interface is really good, making it easy for us to maintain and monitor."
"It has a very modern-looking interface."
"Trello is very easy to install and set up. It is also easy to use. Its interface is excellent."
"Trello is not as complex as most of the other products are."
"Kanban is the best feature of the tool."
 

Cons

"Have struggled with reporting and user adoption."
"It could be more user-friendly. I think it is too overwhelming, initially, in terms of possibilities and so on."
"I felt like the slide publisher isn't that user-friendly. I think it wasn't that easy to use or to figure out because of formatting constraints, or maybe we need to get better at understanding some of its limitations."
"I felt like the slide publisher isn't that user-friendly. I think it wasn't that easy to use or to figure out because of formatting constraints, or maybe we need to get better at understanding some of its limitations."
"If I start customizing too many things, Clarizen tends to get slow in our environment and especially if I'm tunneled in an environment, like if I'm connected to my VPN."
"It could be more user-friendly. I think it is too overwhelming, initially, in terms of possibilities and so on."
"One specific area for improvement could be implementing a development environment to test workflows with live production data."
"If I start customizing too many things, Clarizen tends to get really slow in our environment and especially if I'm tunneled in an environment, like if I'm connected to my VPN."
"There doesn't seem to be a good way to organize a parent project, such as an epic card, and then have sub-cards."
"As a team board it did not work well for us."
"Trello cannot be integrated with other tools like Jira and Google Workspace."
"The dashboards and flexibility to adjust the timeline view for each task are areas with shortcomings in the solution that need improvement."
"Many more categories could be enabled."
"It would be great if there was a tour for new users to explain how this solution works. Using this solution for the first time can feel complicated."
"We cannot link tasks that are dependent on each other."
"Trello could improve from a UI and UX standpoint and should consider adding enhanced functionality from a release management standpoint."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It is free."
"We didn't need to pay for the solution."
"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."
"The pricing for this solution is reasonable."
"Its pricing is good. It is about $6 per license for what we use, but then there are other plans as well, such as $12 a month. I would rate it a nine out of ten in terms of pricing."
"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."
"Paying for the solution's license is worth it only if our enterprise or organization can use Trello, integrated with some other solution, and we can have good reports."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Educational Organization
7%
Construction Company
7%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise4
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise10
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

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What needs improvement with Trello?
Maybe some AI enhancements would be beneficial, but in terms of how we use Trello here, a lot of people seem to be really happy with Trello and that is always the go-to. Most people will just immed...
What is your primary use case for Trello?
I mostly do software development. I am building a SaaS platform for business process automation, so I mostly work with software now. That is why Trello is mentioned. I am not working much with netw...
 

Also Known As

Planview Clarizen
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Sample Customers

Cisco Capital, JLL, Conagra Brands, Cargill, JLL, IBM, IIROC, Siemens Energy
Pixar, Google, PayPal, Kickstarter, National Geographic, Viewbox Holdings
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