monday.com vs Trello
A side-by-side look at what monday.com and Trello publish about pricing, plans and features.
This page sets the two products' recorded data side by side. It is not an editorial review — nobody has tested either product for this page, and the figures below are not independently verified. Read how we handle data and what each label means.
| Field | monday.com | Trello |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Project Management | Project Management |
| Entry price | $9/mo | $5/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | 14-day trial | 14-day trial |
| Tagged for | Small Teams | Freelancers |
| G2 rating unverified | 4.7 / 5 | 4.4 / 5 |
| Capterra rating unverified | 4.6 / 5 | 4.5 / 5 |
Where they differ
- Entry pricing recorded here is $5/month for Trello and $9/month for monday.com. Plan structures differ, so these are not like-for-like — check both pricing pages before comparing totals.
Head to head
monday.com
monday.com sells a 'Work OS' rather than a project tool: colorful, spreadsheet-like boards that teams reshape into CRMs, content calendars, sprint trackers or intake queues. Its automation recipes and dashboard widgets are unusually approachable, which explains its popularity with marketing and operations teams. Pricing is the friction point — per-seat tiers with three-seat minimums and key features gated behind higher plans mean costs climb as adoption spreads.
A colorful Work OS for any workflow.
What we record about monday.com →Reported strengths
- Highly visual
- Very flexible
- Good automations
Reported drawbacks
- Pricing tiers add up
- Min seat requirements
Trello
Trello is the tool people recommend when someone has never used a project manager: a board, lists and cards explain themselves in seconds. Power-Ups and Butler automation quietly extend it further than its simplicity suggests, handling recurring tasks and cross-board workflows. It starts to creak when work needs dependencies, workload views or formal reporting — that is usually the moment teams graduate to heavier platforms, often reluctantly.
Simple Kanban boards anyone can use.
What we record about Trello →Reported strengths
- Dead simple
- Generous free plan
- Flexible boards
Reported drawbacks
- Limited for complex projects
- Reporting is basic