Google Calendar vs. Trello

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Calendar
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service, from Google, available as part of its productivity tool suite.N/A
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
Google CalendarTrello
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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
Google CalendarTrello
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing and for larger numbers of users.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Google CalendarTrello
Considered Both Products
Google Calendar
Chose Google Calendar
Compared to Microsoft 365 Outlook calendar, Google Calendar is much fresher and vibrant and easy on the eye.
It feels much less cumbersome than 365 products.
It is easier to add & schedule events and invite colleagues and clients.
Trello

No answer on this topic

Features
Google CalendarTrello
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Calendar
-
Ratings
Trello
9.5
207 Ratings
22% above category average
Task Management00 Ratings9.7207 Ratings
Resource Management00 Ratings9.4172 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings10.068 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings9.9157 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings9.9131 Ratings
Team Collaboration00 Ratings10.0203 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings9.4141 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings6.6112 Ratings
Document Management00 Ratings10.0150 Ratings
Email integration00 Ratings10.0137 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings10.0181 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings10.084 Ratings
Change request and Case Management00 Ratings8.197 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings10.070 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Google Calendar
-
Ratings
Trello
5.0
68 Ratings
41% below category average
Quotes/estimates00 Ratings5.048 Ratings
Invoicing00 Ratings5.041 Ratings
Project & financial reporting00 Ratings5.054 Ratings
Integration with accounting software00 Ratings5.042 Ratings
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Google CalendarTrello
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InEight
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
Google CalendarTrello
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
(26 ratings)
9.8
(207 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(5 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(3 ratings)
9.5
(45 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(80 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google CalendarTrello
Likelihood to Recommend
Google
Google Calendar is well suited for scheduling 1:1 and smaller group meetings and recurring meetings. It's also well suited to connect with scheduling software. However, there is still a lot of opportunity for improvement when you want to make a very well-organized calendar (for example, limitations with the meeting tagging & categories). It's also not as well suited for helping with scheduling for bigger groups.
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Atlassian
For teams or individuals with lots of individual tasks/details to track, Trello is perfect! It basically removes the need for a paper checklist. For those that need an overall project management tool that requires less tasks and more overarching goals, collaboration amongst various teams, and gantt charts I would suggest monday.com
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Pros
Google
  • Makes it easy to schedule meetings and block off time
  • I can see everyone in my org's calendar's as well which makes it convenient when scheduling calls with multiple people so I can see when they have overlapping availabilities.
  • Integration with Zoom and Microsoft Teams for video calls that can be added from the calendar invite itself
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Atlassian
  • 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
Google
  • Being able to group a team much easier so I don't have to add the same people over and over again without having to have access right to create a Google group
  • Room or space management, because of repeating events the rooms of the office tend to be always "occupied" but not everyone is there due to how the new hybrid way of working is
  • Better way of working together in the calendar events where it's easier for the team to prepare if I give a clearer better UI of all the documents/presentations they might need to look over
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Atlassian
  • 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
Google
No answers on this topic
Atlassian
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
Google
It's a bit outdated on how things should be working, the UI per say hasn't changed much and I believe there is still a lot more room for improvement in how the calendar shows, the creating process, the parameters on setting up an event and it could be better integrated with the g-suite and other tools
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Atlassian
Trello is incredibly intuitive, both on desktop and mobile right away. It is also full of helpful features that make it even easier to use, and is flexible enough to suit almost any organizational need. Onboarding for the software is thorough, but concise, and the service is frequently updated with even more QOL improvements.
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Reliability and Availability
Google
No answers on this topic
Atlassian
yes always support available when I need it!
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Performance
Google
No answers on this topic
Atlassian
Never experienced issues with the above!
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Support Rating
Google
No answers on this topic
Atlassian
I haven't reached out to their support very often and their support is very limited anyway for the free users. They do have tons of great articles and videos in their Help Center and constantly send emails with updates and add-ons to the product. The fact that I've barely ever had to contact their support team means that they've developed a great product.
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In-Person Training
Google
No answers on this topic
Atlassian
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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Implementation Rating
Google
No answers on this topic
Atlassian
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
Google
Most of the other services we would use don't have the same integration with other Google services that Google Calendar has. The ability to view and set things from your email is very convenient. So is the ability to have your notifications automatically show up on an Android phone as a reminder.
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Atlassian
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.
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Scalability
Google
No answers on this topic
Atlassian
Feels like anyone across the org (no matter their location) can use the tool easily!
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Professional Services
Google
No answers on this topic
Atlassian
Not sure if we use those
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Return on Investment
Google
  • Very significant improvement in employee productivity (more than 10%), because people spend much less time arranging meetings.
  • Essential tool to develop remote work within the company during Covid.
  • No need to build an email infrastructure (significant cost reduction in IT infrastructure).
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Atlassian
  • Trello keeps me organized, focused, and on track. I could filter the Trello board to only see my issues and understand what I needed to work on and when.
  • Trello helped our team implement an agile structure. It's a very simple kanban method of viewing all of your team's tasks and statuses. You can completely customize the columns to your team's specific workflow and create tags relevant to your work.
  • Trello helps reduce unnecessary communications between teams. When I want to request translations, I simply create a card on the localization Trello board -- no need to directly message anyone on the team, and I can watch the status of the card change from "in progress" to "in review" to "translated," all without having to directly ask for updates.
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