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Trello vs monday.com comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

monday.com
Ranking in Project Management Software
1st
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
224
Ranking in other categories
CRM (3rd), Project Portfolio Management (1st), Marketing Management (3rd), Opportunity Management (1st)
Trello
Ranking in Project Management Software
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Project Management Software category, the mindshare of monday.com is 7.6%, down from 10.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Trello is 3.0%, down from 3.1% 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

SolèneVerhaeghe - PeerSpot reviewer
Helps you avoid delays because you can visualize your deadlines and track your progress
I like the automation you can do with monday.com. You can automate priorities, status changes, notifications, etc. You may need another solution to create this automation in other tools, but monday.com includes everything. The Gantt view for project planning is also pretty good. The interface is another area where monday.com shines. It is colorful and visually appealing. You can paint with colors, and there are multiple views. If you are the type of person who wants all of your information displayed linearly, you can set it up in lines. It's the best tool for evaluating timelines and projects. The most challenging part is deciding how you want to display your information, but as soon as you know what you're doing, it's effortless to view where you are in the project and who's involved. You can set up a simple project in under five minutes, but a super complex one might take a few days. I think it's straightforward if you know how you want to organize your information. monday.com is accessible to non-technical users but takes a lot of time. They have many tutorials, and you can easily use monday.com if you can take the time to go through them and learn. When you initially create a project, it's only a board with lines on which you enter the tasks. You have some columns with the task owner, status, deadlines, etc. It is not that easy to understand all the features and how you can use them for your case, which is why people contact me. When you implement the tool, you decide which layout to use and what information you want to disclose. I've seen clients who have been using this for three years, and they still only know how to do things one way because they haven't taken the time to understand all the features. It's crucial to spend time at the start and learn the tool. I don't think the learning curve is that huge.
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

"Alerts come in pretty handy every once in a while just to keep up."
"I mostly like automation and recently added custom automation so we can brainstorm and find the best fit for our particular use-case."
"It saves me from having to interrupt my team to get simple answers I can look for myself."
"The subitems make it crystal clear what tasks are done, in progress, or complete."
"The feature that I have found the most valuable is the project labels and organizational tools."
"Since I'm using it for a variety of purposes, not just project management, I can customize boards and workspaces based on the needs of that particular workflow."
"Monday is great in that everything is in one spot and you can connect boards as well as create your own automation."
"monday.com is very easy to use and very user-friendly. I can give non-technical people access to their respective boards and that enables them to focus on their objectives and their targeted items or customers... No other CRM is this user-friendly for non-technical end-users."
"The usability of this solution is its most valuable feature. It offers a great flow of creating a business rule that allows you to just add identifiers and qualifiers."
"The initial setup is easy."
"Projects do not take as long and meetings take less time, since you know the status of developments or tests."
"The product has a lot of integrations."
"You receive notifications if mentioned on a card."
"I think task management, prioritization, rankings, and collaboration features are useful."
"It has a very modern-looking interface."
"I like the user interface's graphics and the general features and functionalities."
 

Cons

"Some of the automation is having some technical difficulties."
"It has more limitations than we expected."
"The solution really needs to offer templates."
"It spams my inbox with many unwanted emails."
"The system could collate information from other boards easier."
"We'd really like to have the ability to have different types of boards within a board."
"One important feature that would help is if you store a file on monday.com and you want to email a message to someone along with that particular file, monday.com does not send the actual attachment, but a link to the file where monday.com has stored it... the link expires after no more than 10 or 15 days."
"Now, we are using a cloud option and then we send the link on Monday to the other team members. It was too slow and with some bugs sometimes."
"I would like to see improvement in onboarding back-office team members."
"It is somewhat challenging to move to the automation part of Trello."
"It is not a scalable product."
"It's really simple, which is a good thing, but it only does one thing for us."
"In terms of improvements, adding more artificial intelligence and making it more user-friendly in terms of design could be beneficial."
"Trello wasn't a tool that offered lightning-fast speed like users wanted it to be for them."
"Trello cannot be integrated with other tools like Jira and Google Workspace."
"Unstructured data cannot be directly used; it needs to be structured first."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"I wasn't involved with the licensing, but I believe it's negotiable."
"I am using its free version."
"The pricing of monday.com was a little bit high for us, especially here in South Africa, compared to Basecamp."
"The price is reasonable for the number of users we have."
"The pricing is totally fair. I don't have any issues with it."
"The enterprise plan looks expensive because we don't understand the value as monday.com users. The pro level and other packages seem reasonable."
"I am using the tool's free version."
"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."
"We are currently using the open-source option."
"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."
"We didn't need to pay for the solution."
"It is free."
"I do believe that Trello has a licensed version, but I used the free version of the tool with limited capabilities."
"Trello has a really good price."
"We pay $10 per user per month for the product."
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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...
2 out of 9 answers
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
63%
Computer Software Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
4%
Manufacturing Company
4%
Educational Organization
82%
Computer Software Company
3%
Financial Services Firm
2%
Manufacturing Company
2%
 

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?
I believe the reporting functionality could be improved on monday.com. While some reports are accessible, this area has room for enhancement. For example, including a Gantt chart in project plannin...
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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