Trello

Trello is the simplest way to organise work on boards. Each board has lists, like To do, Doing and Done, and each task is a card you drag from one list to the next. Cards hold checklists, due dates, files, comments and labels. It works for a personal to-do list, a content calendar or a small team's projects, and most people get it within a minute.

Newer features make it more of a personal planner. Inbox collects to-dos from email, Slack and Teams in one place, and Planner shows your scheduled cards next to your calendar. The AI, from paid plans up, captures tasks from messages, writes and tidies card descriptions, generates checklists, adds due dates, merges cards and can build a whole board from a one-line goal. Trello also has an official MCP server, so Claude can work with your boards.

The catch: Trello is deliberately simple. Calendar, timeline and table views need Premium, the free plan caps a workspace at 10 boards and 10 collaborators, and bigger teams with complex projects usually outgrow it and move to Asana or monday.com.

• Freelancers
• Small teams
• Content creators
• Students
• Marketing teams

Individuals and small teams who want a simple visual to-do list without learning a big project tool.

• Boards, lists and cards

  Drag cards between lists to show progress, with checklists, dates, files and comments on each.

• Inbox

  Capture to-dos from email, Slack and Teams in one place, then sort them onto boards.

• Planner

  See your scheduled cards next to your calendar events and block time to do them.

• AI features

  Write and tidy card descriptions, generate checklists, add due dates, merge cards and build boards from a goal.

• Automation

  Butler rules that move cards, add labels and send reminders automatically.

• Power-Ups

  Add-ons that connect Trello to Google Drive, Slack, Jira and hundreds of other apps.

• Free

  $0

  Personal use and small teams getting started.

  • Up to 10 collaborators per workspace
  • 10 boards per workspace
  • Unlimited cards and Power-Ups
  • Inbox and 250 automation runs a month
• Our pick

  Standard

  $5/user/mo billed yearly ($6 monthly)

  Small teams that want AI and unlimited boards.

  • Unlimited boards
  • AI task capture and Planner
  • Custom fields and card mirroring
  • 1,000 automation runs a month

• Premium

  $10/user/mo billed yearly ($12.50 monthly)

  Teams that need more ways to see the work.

  • Calendar, timeline, table, dashboard and map views
  • AI writing and board organisation
  • Unlimited automation runs
  • Admin and security features

• Enterprise

  $17.50/user/mo billed yearly

  Large organisations.

  • Unlimited workspaces
  • Organisation-wide permissions
  • SSO and user provisioning

Prices in USD unless noted, checked 3 November 2026. Vendors change plans often, so confirm on their site before you buy.

Ways Trello can slot into your week.

1. 1

   Plan your content

   Make a list for each stage, from idea to published, and drag each post card along as it moves.

2. 2

   Run a client onboarding checklist

   Copy a template board for each new client so every step is ticked off.

3. 3

   Turn emails into tasks

   Forward emails and Slack messages to your Inbox and let AI turn them into cards.

4. 4

   Start a project in seconds

   Describe your goal and let AI build a starter board with lists and cards.

Trello handles the to-do list while chat stays in Slack or Teams and files in Google Drive. It's part of Atlassian, so it links to Jira and Confluence, and Claude can use it through the MCP server.

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