Quick answer: The strongest Trello alternatives are Asana, Jira and Basecamp. Asana is the closest match for most users; the others trade off on price, features or focus. All 5 are compared below on pricing, strengths and best use case.
Trello is a solid kanban board tool — Visual, drag-and-drop Kanban boards that are extremely easy to start with, extensible via Power-Ups and Butler automation; part of Atlassian. But whether it's cost, a missing capability, or just due diligence. Here are the strongest alternatives worth a look, with what sets each apart.
Each option below works in the same broad space as Trello; the right swap depends on which trade-off matters most to you.
Free Personal plan (up to 10-15 seats); Starter from ~$10.99/user/mo; Advanced ~$24.99/user/mo; Enterprise and Enterprise+ custom (billed annually; monthly billing higher).
Free plan; Professional from ~$8.50/member/mo; Premium ~$14.95/member/mo; Enterprise ~$19.95/member/mo (billed annually; verify current tiers).
Breaking goals into subtasks
The alternatives in detail
Asana work management
Polished, widely adopted work-management platform with strong task tracking, timelines, portfolios and a deep automation/AI layer for cross-functional teams. Consider it if cross-functional teams is your priority.
A broad, refined work-management platform that scales from a free personal board to enterprise portfolios.
Stands out for:
Task, subtask and project management with List, Board, Calendar, Timeline (Gantt) and Gantt-style views
Workflow Builder and unlimited rule-based automations (paid plans)
Goals, Portfolios and Portfolio Workload for cross-project tracking
Pricing: Free Personal plan (up to 10-15 seats); Starter from ~$10.99/user/mo; Advanced ~$24.99/user/mo; Enterprise and Enterprise+ custom (billed annually; monthly billing higher). · Best for: Cross-functional teams, Marketing and ops workflows, Teams scaling from free to enterprise
Industry-standard issue and sprint tracker for software teams, with Scrum/Kanban boards, backlogs, roadmaps and deep Atlassian Marketplace integrations. Consider it if software development teams is your priority.
The default issue and sprint tracker for software teams, backed by a 10,000+ app marketplace.
Stands out for:
Scrum and Kanban boards with backlogs and sprints
Issue tracking with custom workflows and fields
Roadmaps (timeline) and Advanced Roadmaps for cross-project planning (Premium)
Pricing: Free up to 10 users; Standard from ~$7.53/user/mo; Premium ~$13.53/user/mo; Enterprise custom (billed annually; scales down at higher seat counts). · Best for: Software development teams, Agile/Scrum at scale, Atlassian ecosystem users
Opinionated, simple team collaboration tool combining to-dos, message boards, schedules, docs and chat, with flat per-account pricing instead of per-seat. Worth a look for small teams wanting simplicity.
Flat $299/mo for unlimited users makes large-team collaboration dramatically cheaper than per-seat rivals.
Pricing: Plus from ~$15/user/mo; Pro Unlimited ~$299/mo flat for unlimited users (billed annually, ~$3,599/yr). No free plan (free trial). · Best for: Small teams wanting simplicity, Remote teams, Flat-rate pricing for large teams
Clean Kanban-style task management with automations and tight integration to MindMeister mind maps, part of the Meister suite. Worth a look for kanban-focused teams.
Clean Kanban task management tightly integrated with MindMeister mind maps in the Meister suite.
Stands out for:
Kanban-style project boards with customizable sections
Automations for recurring workflow steps
Agenda personal dashboard (pin tasks across projects)
Pricing: Free Basic plan; Pro from ~$7/user/mo; Business ~$12.50/user/mo; Enterprise custom (billed annually). · Best for: Kanban-focused teams, MindMeister/Meister suite users, Simple visual task flows
Nested-task project management that breaks big goals into hierarchical to-dos, with Kanban, timeline and calendar views and a generous free plan. Consider it if breaking goals into subtasks is your priority.
Unique nested task hierarchy that lets you toggle the same project between an outline and a Kanban board.
Stands out for:
Nested task lists (sub-tasks and sub-sub-tasks) hierarchy
Toggle between hierarchical outline and Kanban board
Timeline (Gantt-style) view and Calendar view
Pricing: Free plan; Professional from ~$8.50/member/mo; Premium ~$14.95/member/mo; Enterprise ~$19.95/member/mo (billed annually; verify current tiers). · Best for: Breaking goals into subtasks, Small teams on a budget, Nested to-do workflows