Atlassian Jira vs. Trello

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Atlassian Jira
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Atlassian Jira is a project management tool, featuring an interactive timeline for mapping work items, dependencies, and releases, Scrum boards for agile teams, and out-of-the-box reports and dashboards.
$9
per month per user
Trello
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Trello from Atlassian is a project management tool based on a Kanban framework. Trello is ideal for task-management in a to-do list format. It supports sharing boards and cards across users or teams. The product offers a free version, and paid versions add greater automation, collaboration, and administrative control.
$6
per month per user
Pricing
Atlassian JiraTrello
Editions & Modules
Standard
$9
per month per user
Premium
$17
per month per user
Enterprise
Contact Sales
per year
Standard
$6
per month per user
Premium
$12.50
per month per user
Enterprise
$17.50
per month per user
Free
Forever Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Atlassian JiraTrello
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsHigher volume teams may qualify buyers for a discount.A discount is offered for annual billing and for larger numbers of users.
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Atlassian Jira
Chose Atlassian Jira
Compared to gitlab, Jira offers a lot more features and details. The gitlab feature is nice for small projects or teams but we are multiple teams with multiple topics and projects even inside one team - so Jira is more applicable for our case. Azure DevOps offers a comparable …
Chose Atlassian Jira
Performance and features compared to other tools here are really impressive and its very easy to use and it has very good support and it can do majority of tasks like Task ManagementResource ManagementWorkflow AutomationSupport for Agile MethodologDocument ManagementChange …
Chose Atlassian Jira
Jira is more feature-rich than Trello and also has better integration with other tools. Trello is a lot more focused on work tracking, while Jira can do a lot more than that. Both can also be combined, although they're often considered mutually exclusive alternatives—I've seen …
Chose Atlassian Jira
Trello is amazing for simple project management and great for non-technical teams, but it lacks the depth and complexity of JIRA for detailed issue tracking and complex workflows. Asana, similar to Trello, is great for simple and lightweight project management but isn't …
Chose Atlassian Jira
Atlassian Jira is like an old person trying to look young. In the last couple of years it started succeeding somewhat but I'd still pick something from the alternatives if starting a new project.
Chose Atlassian Jira
Atlassian Jira provides the greatest access to integrated tools, the most common/familiar interface and toolset for most development teams, and is competitively priced when compared to the level of customization required to outfit similar tools we've used.
Chose Atlassian Jira
Monday.com cannot be integrated with CI/CD tools, whereas Atlassian Jira integrates with CI/CD tools seamlessly. Atlassian Jira has strong Agile and Scrum support. Coming to Monday.com, it has basic agile functionality. But Atlassian Jira has a complex UI, and Monday.com has an …
Chose Atlassian Jira
Atlassian Jira integrates with the other Atlassian products, like Confluence and Trello. Atlassian Jira makes it easier to collaborate and keep track of everything.
Chose Atlassian Jira
Great UI/UX, easy to use and great filters than the product we were using before.
Chose Atlassian Jira
Atlassian Jira is a very different tool than opsgenie and Confluence. Opsgenie excellences in the current work in progress and visualizing the trends of how the work is getting done, but it really doesn't function as a longterm repository of a knowledgebase, instead that is …
Chose Atlassian Jira
I have majorly used Atlassian Jira and not Asana as i have only worked it for like a month or two. The vast support with Confluence and bitbucket makes Atlassian Jira my first choice among all other major player who are competing against each other. I absolutely love using …
Chose Atlassian Jira
We selected Atlassian Jira because our company told us to do so. Which was a good decision
Chose Atlassian Jira
Jira was selected because it is used by all of our clients and has become the accepted standard in the type of work that we do. The other tools are great in their own right and would better suit a more insular way of working, where a business conducts all work internally, but …
Chose Atlassian Jira
I haven't used other tools like Jira in my work career.
Chose Atlassian Jira
We've used a variety of tools for project/work tracking and Jira seems to be the most detailed one that allowed cross-functional collaboration between product, dev, ux, and other key stakeholders. It also allows users to be tagged in work and asynchronously share documentation …
Chose Atlassian Jira
Jira was the application choose by the company that work for, was already part of the culture, it perform well for organizing and managing the software projects and the company, ClickUp its easier to configure projects and automations and Azure Dev Ops and Trello is simpler but …
Chose Atlassian Jira
I didn't pick Jira, it was imposed to me from my employer. If it were for me i would probably have used Linear, since i think it's much more streamlined and doesn't really have tons of less features, but rather an extremely simplified interface that can even work perfectly as a …
Chose Atlassian Jira
I may not have the correct Salesforce product name but we used their version of break fix and project management and it worked well out of the box. I thought that part was called Remedy but something else came up in the search. For Confluence we like it for sharing documents …
Chose Atlassian Jira
Compared to Trello, Atlassian Jira offers more comprehensive tracking and complex workflows. Asana provides greater flexibility but lacks Atlassian Jira’s depth in handling technical projects. Azure DevOps excels in development pipelines, yet Atlassian Jira’s customization, …
Chose Atlassian Jira
Asana was less robust. It is lightweight and has a lot of the same features, has better visuals but it always feel like it isn't robust enough. It is straightforward but it doesn't have the bells and whistle a more robust system like Jira does. And it doesn't have as much of a …
Chose Atlassian Jira
Jira is so flexible and configuration from the Jira administration perspective also its effective and smooth.
Chose Atlassian Jira
It's ability to handle issue management and ticket.

Trello
Chose Trello
Our business ended up using Monday due to the holistic nature of the tool. It allows us to collaborate amongst teams and see the project as a whole easier. Trello is for personal usage and task management. I use Monday to organize my overarching needs, and then put specific …
Chose Trello
I don't feel that Trello stacks up to these other tools as well. I used to use Trello much more in the past and, over the last 5 years, have consistently used it less and less because it is easier to stay within the workflow of the tools I listed above.
Chose Trello
Okay, I have to say that at the organization where I work, we completely switched from Trello to Monday.com, and it wasn't an easy decision. As I've mentioned throughout this review, I think Trello works perfectly for small and medium-sized businesses and/or entrepreneurs …
Chose Trello
We actually use both in our company. I personally prefer Slack just because I feel like it gives me more avenues of communication with my peers and coworkers then Trello does.
However, Slack would fail to meet our business requirements for what we need to succeed with new …
Chose Trello
Ease of adaption for small startups.
Chose Trello
Trello is more visual than Todoist and MS To Do. For me, the major advantage of Trello is its functionality around creating Kanban Boards—there is not the same flexibility or options in either of the other two products. I was also able to seek advice from colleagues who were …
Chose Trello
Asana is awesome but it comes with a price. For a startup pricing hurts. ClickUp is so vast and has a lot of areas to get lost in, if you don't set some standards there are many ways to do it wrong. Slack is just a communication platform, you can collaborate and stuff but not …
Chose Trello
Trello is more simple and not as "robust" as the other tools, but it's easier to use and manage and understand and ACTUALLY get stuff done with. It's simplicity is part of the beauty of using it. You don't need a million options that nobody uses, you just need to get stuff done.
Chose Trello
We found that those software, while they included Kanban boards, offered a lot more features. Our tickets tended to get lost and it was harder to navigate through. Our Product team didn't particularly like how they functioned as much.
Chose Trello
Trello won becuase of the easy drag and drop feature that makes it simple for team members to jump on and use from day one. That said, Asans has way more features and for a tech-savvy person it would be the choice; it is still user-friendly. While it has a steeper learning …
Chose Trello
Trello provides precise goal setting, targets, and activity tracking with minimal human intervention, while Trello provides tags and tasks to add users and communicate visual task organization. Trello also offers real-time updates, team collaboration, and project progress …
Chose Trello
Easier to use and easier to integrate with 3rd party software. Better design and we don't need to build everything from scratch.
Chose Trello
For our purposes and my role in the business, Trello is simpler and easier to use. I found Jira very hard to navigate to individual projects, and the process of creating a card was very time-consuming. That said, I think Jira performs a number of roles that Trello doesn't, and …
Chose Trello
Trello offers wide range of features even for free users which other vendors rarely offers.
Chose Trello
I have been able to use the free version of Trello for many years and for the free version, this platform offers incredible value. I have not yet found such value in other free versions of similar platforms. This platform is also very easy to use as a first time user.
Chose Trello
Trello is more in-depth and task-driven, whereas 15Five is more accountable and has personal weekly goals and accomplishments. Trello can be divided up to allow others to do the listed task, and all employees work together to accomplish and complete each required ticket/card …
Chose Trello
We are still transitioning into using Trello but used ActiveCollab in the past for our website management and projects. I do like the layout of Trello better and feel that the notifications work well.
Chose Trello
I also use Whatsapp chat as a task management tool. Whatsapp group chat is very convenient for assigning tasks and making follow-ups. Trello currently lacks here. Whatsapp chat is also way more handy and user-friendly than Trello, because of its better interface and engagement. …
Chose Trello
Atlassian Jira Align (formerly AgileCraft)
Chose Trello
Trello offers more functionality and features for use before forcing you to purchase.
Chose Trello
Trello is convenient for tasks management of the team, there are columns, additional tools, and integrations. Regular to-do lists are better to add routine tasks that you need to do daily. In Trello, It is convenient to add small projects or add smaller tasks for a big project …
Chose Trello
Trello is better than Gitlab CI and other tools because it provides a very simple way of managing project with just lists and draggable components. Also, thanks to Mobile version, it is really easy for a team lead to manage his projects at anytime of a day. So I widely …
Chose Trello
Trello has a better and easy UI, very quick learning curve. Flexibility to add plugins.
Chose Trello
Trello looked very simple to use compared to others. And basic features mostly suffice the requirement.
Features
Atlassian JiraTrello
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Atlassian Jira
9.5
Ratings
22% above category average
Trello
9.5
Ratings
22% above category average
Task Management9.70 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Resource Management9.40 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Gantt Charts9.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Scheduling10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Workflow Automation10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Team Collaboration10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology8.80 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology9.00 Ratings6.60 Ratings
Document Management8.90 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Email integration9.50 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Mobile Access9.10 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Change request and Case Management10.00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management9.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Atlassian Jira
9.8
Ratings
26% above category average
Trello
5.0
Ratings
41% below category average
Quotes/estimates9.70 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Invoicing9.70 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Project & financial reporting10.00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Integration with accounting software10.00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
(0 ratings)
9.8
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.4
(0 ratings)
9.5
(0 ratings)
Availability
5.3
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.7
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Jira facilitates software development, bug tracking, and sprints. It's ideal for structured workflows, issue management, and customer communication. However, more straightforward tools might be more efficient for highly creative, unstructured tasks or tiny, agile teams with quick visual overviews. Jira's complexity can be overkill for basic task lists.
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Trello is great for cross-team communication and intra-team organization. It's simple to get setup, with flexible tools that give businesses control over how to make Trello work the best for them. It is an amazing platform for operations tracking, project management, and even organizing customer service requests for a smaller business.
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Pros
  • As a developer, it is easy to create, track and manage tickets efficiently.
  • Customizable issue types (eg: Bug, Task, Story, Epic) allow teams to categorize and priorizate work.
  • Great text editor and markdown support for detailed issue descriptions.
  • Assign issues to team members, set due dates and define priorities.
  • Integration with Jenkins, GitHub and other CI/CD tools to automate builds and deployments.
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  • Helps track employees "to do before hire", "to do after hired," and "to do when employee leaves"
  • Provides important information on each employee like personal information along with data collected during the time of hire and during employment time
  • Allows more than one person to be assigned to a task per employee and will remain open until everyone involved has completed their task
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Cons
  • The interface is not intuitive to learn for new users
  • JQL is similarly challenging for newbies
  • It's possible to accidentally move issues from one sprint to another without realizing your mistake
  • Certain issue attributes aren't available in certain view (e.g. story points from the epic overview)
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  • I use colour coding a lot so I would like a wider range of colour options.
  • Also as a visual thinker I would like to be able to easily add images to cards.
  • I would like to be able to attach a wider range of file formats to cards.
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Likelihood to Renew
JIRA is highly integrated into our organization. Nearly every department uses it, and many have multiple JIRA projects set up to track different types of work. We rolled out JIRA in a staged manner, but it continued to be adopted by more and more people and departments because it continues to show results. I expect we will continue to renew our JIRA license for years to come
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I am very likely to renew Trello, because it doesn't cost anything to do so. I am also very likely to use Trello's upgraded features in the future because a lot of my team's data is stored on there and they have already gotten used to the platform. Trello is very easy for new team members to pick up, making the onboarding and usability very streamlined.
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Usability
Atlassian Jira is relatively easy to use, but there are several ways to configure it, which can make it more complicated if you configure it incorrectly. Keeping the customizations and complexity limited to being the project would be suggested to ensure you don't lose in-built Atlassian Jira features, then change the configuration as you find things aren't meeting your exact needs.
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I am technology illiterate, it's my Achilles heel and this program is so easy to use. I have been utilizing it for a decade now. It makes organizing and prioritizing my life, my work, my business, my kids life, etc so much more manageable and without having to hold on to a bunch of into in my head. I can find it and locate it quickly and easily in Trello.
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Reliability and Availability
Did not face any issues and whenever they plan maintanance they update all of us very well in advance also so in that view we are good with the product stability.
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yes always support available when I need it!
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Performance
Performance is really good though it holds lot of data it loads quickly especially search operation also get the results very quickly as needed hence its good
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Never experienced issues with the above!
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Support Rating
I have not had a chance to contact JIRA's customer support. It does offer extensive documentation, although it often feels too technical for me. There is also a JIRA training app that lets you take little lessons and quizzes on different areas (e.g., JIRA basics, agile). I did find it a helpful way to teach myself.
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I haven't had much need to contact their support because the product is easy to use and pretty bug-free. I did reach out to them about swimlanes and I was able to find the information I needed very quickly and it was thorough and accurate information about current functionality. I love that they use their own product. That's always a good sign.
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In-Person Training
Had received training from our own internal user so it was good and also very easy to understand topics and many tasks in the UI are self explanatory and we can do by our own
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It was helpful and informative! It was back before the pandemic in 2019 so I'm not sure if they still do it but I really enjoyed the experience
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Online Training
One of their strong points i stheir documentation. Almost all of the basic set up needed within JIRA is available online through atlassian and its easy to find and very precise. The more critical issues need to be addressed as well and hence the rating of 8 instead of a 9.
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Implementation Rating
Take your time implementing Jira. Make sure you understand how you want to handle your projects and workflows. Investing more time in the implementation can pay off in a long run. It basically took us 5 days to define and implement correctly, but that meant smooth sailing later on.
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For our small business, getting a few of us started well on Trello was the key, I think. As long as a couple of us were really comfortable with the interface, we could lead others and help them with any questions. From now on, anyone who works with us just naturally uses Trello for information sharing - it's just part of what we do.
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Alternatives Considered
Jira is more feature-rich than Trello and also has better integration with other tools. Trello is a lot more focused on work tracking, while Jira can do a lot more than that. Both can also be combined, although they're often considered mutually exclusive alternatives—I've seen cases where companies choose to use either one or the other, but I haven't met an actual case of a company using both.
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Our business ended up using Monday due to the holistic nature of the tool. It allows us to collaborate amongst teams and see the project as a whole easier. Trello is for personal usage and task management. I use Monday to organize my overarching needs, and then put specific tasks into Trello to stay organized.
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Scalability
Atlassian Jira is highly stable and good with its performance and its has all the required scalability features as business needs
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Feels like anyone across the org (no matter their location) can use the tool easily!
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Return on Investment
  • JIRA has increased the teams' productivity and efficiency; the sprint timelines have improved by 15-20%.
  • JIRA's integration with tools like Bitbucket and Confluence has improved functional collaboration, leading to faster decision-making and issue resolution by approximately 10-15%.
  • Additional functionality requires additional third-party plugins, which require additional costs; the requirements of these plugins increase the costs by approximately 15%.
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  • It's been an essential tool for our onboarding team. We wouldn't be able to operate without it.
  • It's been a very affordable investment for our team as well since we still use the free version.
  • We have had a negative return in the fact that there aren't any reporting tools within the app. We have to spend time tracking certain elements manually.
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