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Trello vs monday.com 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

monday.com
Ranking in Project Management Software
1st
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
225
Ranking in other categories
CRM (3rd), Project Portfolio Management (1st), Marketing Management (3rd), Opportunity Management (1st)
Trello
Ranking in Project Management Software
8th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Project Management Software category, the mindshare of monday.com is 7.3%, down from 10.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trello is 3.3%, up from 2.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Project Management Software
 

Q&A Highlights

NC
Jun 09, 2023
 

Featured Reviews

Jaikishan Daryanani - PeerSpot reviewer
C level has visibility into the entire timeline and status of an initiative, and real-time reporting saves work
It is meant for non-technical users. As a matter of fact, for technical users, it may seem kind of naive or non-sophisticated or something. But for non-tech people, it's a visual treat because it has functionalities and capabilities suited to their business function as well as flexibility in terms of customization to make it adaptable. monday.com is very flexible. We created workspaces for every team and they have the flexibility to create and define their own processes and data points as well as their approval processes. Viewing projects and timelines via Gantt charts in monday.com is a native functionality. The power of the dashboard is that the solution enables you to do risk, timeline, and cost-benefit analyses for your initiatives. It gives you a complete perspective on the impact of your future decisions and initiatives for the upcoming months, quarters, and years. Based on the different levels in the organization, there is visibility into what each function of the organization or each department is up to. As a manager, it gives you a live update of the tasks and any particular changes. You can track the entire project for your teams and for other teams as well. Creating a new project in monday.com takes a few seconds. If you have the templates created you can generate a project via automation. If you have a standard WBS (work breakdown structure) for every single project, you can trigger automation. When the project is approved, within a fraction of a second, the entire WBS is ready for you so that you can start putting in your updates and data. There are around 200 templates available in the solution, and that gives you a baseline to start from, whether you are doing agile management or waterfall. Once you select a template, boom, it creates a baseline structure and you can start. And even if you want to create a new project, it's still pretty simple and a matter of a few seconds.
Arsalan Nili - PeerSpot reviewer
The solution is easy to set up, extremely stable, and is available on multiple devices
We use the solution to assign tasks to our people and they report what they do on their tasks. We set our priorities and set the last status using Trello 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…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"My Work helps us really, truly see what is on our plate for a given day in a task list form - we did not have this capability before."
"When you have a tool that anybody can use from all devices, it spares some time so that you could do and handle way more things."
"The solution has helped us keep track of our work, by helping us keep organized in an environment that is friendly and easy to navigate."
"In general, this solution is very user-friendly."
"Being able to see the physical status of a single team without having to drill down to the task level is very valuable."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"It has improved our organizational skills and kept us up to the task."
"Since the tool is so easy to use, our team members can all learn it quickly and create new boards, projects, tasks, and views easily."
"I think task management, prioritization, rankings, and collaboration features are useful."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The most valuable features of the solution revolve around the mobile version of the product that was easy to use."
"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."
"I appreciate the ease of creating boards and the flexibility it offers."
"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."
"Trello is quite easy to learn. The features that are available in the current version are enough to do your basic documentation and management."
 

Cons

"It would be great to be able to pull an activity report."
"It would be ideal if Monday.com had this feature within itself, for example, if an input PDF or image was within it, then with one click the person can review it within Monday.com without going to different software."
"It would be helpful to have a direct comparison table/spreadsheet for Monday.com versus Asana and the many other project management software platforms."
"It would be good to include more automated features that are easy to set up between different boards."
"I'd like to see more integration with outside software such as social media publishing sites and cloud services."
"A part that could be improved is notifications, as we receive quite a lot of them. We struggled to limit the number of emails that we were not part of... If we could mute emails for projects that we are only following but not necessarily working directly on, that would make a huge difference."
"The constant reminders are very distracting."
"A new feature that we would love is the ability to create custom reports from our workspaces."
"Unstructured data cannot be directly used; it needs to be structured first."
"Having more integration with third party tools is an area for improvement in Trello. It would also be nice if it has a voice messaging functionality similar to what you have in WhatsApp, for quicker communication with colleagues."
"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."
"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."
"The solution could be priced cheaper."
"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."
"Users should be able to log their time against the tasks and visual reports should be available in Trello for time spent."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It was fairly reasonable. For everything we were using it for, it was fairly reasonable."
"The project manager would be responsible for any licensing fees. As an end-user, we just follow suit."
"monday.com's pricing is fair compared to its competitors, although it is a bit more expensive than most of them. It's more expensive than Jira, Zoho, ClickUp, and Trello. But it is fairly priced when you compare the kinds of features and the capabilities that you get and the ROI."
"monday.com is pretty affordable. It's cheaper than Asana. There are four tiers, including a free version. The free version is fine if you don't have any complex projects. One of the most advanced plans is around $16 per month per user."
"The pricing is totally fair. I don't have any issues with it."
"The pricing of monday.com is worth it."
"It's definitely affordable. I don't think it is necessarily the cheapest, but it's definitely not the most expensive. The price is well worth the value that we get out of it."
"The solution is quite inexpensive. For example, we pay $8,500 for 75 users. It's somewhere around $100 a user, approximately."
"Maybe it would be better if they offered some extra tiers, so you don't have to go all the way up to the pro level."
"I use the free version of Trello, which is sufficient for my day to day use."
"I am tinkering with the free version."
"We are currently using the open-source option."
"We pay $10 per user per month for the product."
"The tool's pricing is average."
"We didn't need to pay for the solution."
"It is free."
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Answers from the Community

NC
Jun 9, 2023
Jun 9, 2023
This is a good question, but the starting point would be to understand whether your focus is on project management software or portfolio management software because there is a big difference between the two. In terms of software, project management software is really focused on managing individual projects and can help communicate information about a specific project. Project management softwa...
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DT
Apr 5, 2022
The real question is: what type of Project/Portfolio Management system do I need?  The Trello, Asana, and Monday.com types of products tend to be a bit more lightweight. Sometimes, they lack the structure that a more robust system such as Project Online or Project for the Web can offer.  If the organization is small(er) and or only a few individuals will be utilizing the system, then the former may work well. If a large(r) organization and many PMs /Portfolio Managers, compliance issues, etc., a more mainstream Project? A Portfolio Management approach may be needed. Look into a bigger player in the market.  Take a look at the Gartner reviews for additional suggestions as to what level and type of system may be the right one for your organization.
HeshamFouad - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 5, 2022
I have experience with Asana. It's an easy-to-use and configure solution, especially for medium and non-complex plans.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
67%
Computer Software Company
4%
Financial Services Firm
4%
Manufacturing Company
3%
Educational Organization
84%
Computer Software Company
3%
Financial Services Firm
2%
Manufacturing Company
1%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

Do you recommend Monday.com?
Monday.com is one of the best project management softwares available on the market. It lets you create and customize the tools you need to run every aspect of your work. I particularly favor it bec...
What do you like most about monday.com?
The product's initial setup phase was straightforward.
What needs improvement with monday.com?
The need for a stable connection is critical as there are network issues that slow our processes down. Additionally, the synchronization feature is not functioning optimally.
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 did not evaluate Trello's pricing model since it was provided by my organization.
What needs improvement with Trello?
Trello could improve from a UI and UX standpoint and should consider adding enhanced functionality from a release management standpoint. Additional features for release management in the style of J...
 

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Sample Customers

Raw Digital, Wix, Discovery, Frost & Sullivan, Adidas, Asos, Uber
Pixar, Google, PayPal, Kickstarter, National Geographic, Viewbox Holdings
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