We performed a comparison between Smartsheet and Trello based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Project Management Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."We like Smartsheet's workflows, automation, and low-code capabilities. I don't know of any other project management tool with low-code functionality designed for project managers."
"The management aspect is the most valuable. You can also prioritize tasks and then view tasks by priorities as passports."
"The dashboard feature is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"The most valuable feature of Smartsheet is its intuitiveness, ease of use, and overall simplicity."
"The fact that you can have different access groups is definitely a pro for Smartsheet. It also has the ability to integrate with a lot of tools."
"The solution has subtasks and a rollup."
"It is a stable and scalable solution."
"What I found most valuable in Smartsheet is its project customization feature. It's a great solution because you can add in your own WBS. You can see it in Jira style, Kanban, and you can even do Agile and Waterfall. Another feature that's valuable in the solution is when you have those connections, you have that API, you have a sandbox, and you can make a solution, it's a tremendous product because you can pull data."
"I like Trello's speed. It is more user-friendly compared to Jira. Jira is technical, whereas the management can use Trello."
"Trello's most valuable feature is its visuals. You can customize your board with covers and pictures. There are no restrictions in workflow columns as in Jira. It is a powerful solution to organize work. Jira is process-oriented and restrictive."
"It helped us to organize project information and assign tasks to team members properly."
"The user interface is great. I find it very easy to create cards."
"You receive notifications if mentioned on a card."
"Our teams deployed Trello to gain a comprehensive overview of pre-sales activity, monitor project progress, create detailed task lists, and track action items - all critical components for streamlining our organization's operations."
"What I like the most about Trello is how engaging and efficient it is. I like that it allows me to monitor which tasks have been completed and which ones haven't by removing a particular card away from the board, stating that the task has been done."
"The solution is great for project management."
"The main challenge with Smartsheet is that when you start putting components on the Smartsheet dashboard, they don't know about each other. So, if I filter something in one widget, or if I click on a region or a project ID, the other widget or component and the visualization that's on that dashboard don't change. It doesn't know about the other component."
"I'd like to see them add more features to their automation."
"The integration with Microsoft products should be improved."
"I think it is all going to be about APIs in the future and I don't think Smartsheet is doing a lot in that regard. They have some integrations with Jira, but you have to pay for them."
"It would be beneficial to enhance user-friendliness and make it less complex while maintaining its overall excellence as a product."
"I think that the mobile interface needs to be improved. If you cannot access it through your laptop, I'd prefer to have that option on the mobile, but I don't think that it's user-friendly and easy to navigate."
"I would like if Smartsheet allowed more formulas in its sheets. I don't think working with formulas is as intuitive as it is in Excel. I use Vlookups and index matches in some of my sheets, and I had to find an outside consultant to help me build out those formulas."
"There are some pain points for me. Other people use it a little differently, but I would like to be able to do a little more with it. I would like database functionality with it wherein if I bring in several Excel spreadsheets of data and load them into Smartsheets, I should be able to make a correlation between an index field and run a report against those two. I can do it, but it's a little clunky. So, I need a little more experience to feel comfortable doing that."
"Trello does not provide you with as many functionalities as Jira and various third-party integrations provided by these different platforms."
"Being able to export reports from Trello, general reports, or board reports, would improve the solution for me as a manager."
"In terms of improvements, adding more artificial intelligence and making it more user-friendly in terms of design could be beneficial."
"There aren't as many tracking tools."
"We don't really have any automated features. If they had more automated options, that would be helpful."
"Trello cannot be integrated with other tools like Jira and Google Workspace."
"Trello has become complex over the years."
"The solution could be priced cheaper."
Smartsheet is ranked 4th in Project Management Software with 32 reviews while Trello is ranked 8th in Project Management Software with 36 reviews. Smartsheet is rated 8.0, while Trello is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Smartsheet writes "Has customization, data pulling, and cross-functional global communication features; it's a secure solution". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Trello writes "The solution is easy to set up, extremely stable, and is available on multiple devices". Smartsheet is most compared with Microsoft Project, Spreadsheet.com, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, Adobe Workfront and QuickBase, whereas Trello is most compared with Asana, Wrike, Jira, monday.com and Zoho Projects. See our Smartsheet vs. Trello report.
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