Asana vs Trello
The honest version: both are capable, both have real weaknesses their users write about constantly, and there's a third option this comparison won't hide until the end — it's free, so we can afford to be fair about the first two.
Asana
Free (2 users); ~$11–$25/user/mo
The best-known work management platform — polished, mature, and priced per user per month.
Asana cut its free plan to 2 users in late 2025; it; real features start at ~$10.99 per user per month — a ten-person firm on Starter clears $1,300 a year, and time tracking only arrives on the ~$25/user Advanced tier.
- “The free plan got cut to 2 users with barely any warning”
- “Time tracking requires the $24.99/user Advanced tier”
- “Notification overload — duplicate emails for every little update”
Trello
Free (10 boards); ~$5–$10/user/mo
The kanban original — simple shared boards, now part of Atlassian, priced per user for anything beyond the basics.
Trello's free tier caps you at 10 boards per workspace; Standard is ~$5 and Premium ~$10 per user per month — a ten-person team on Premium is about $1,200 a year for boards.
- “Free workspaces over the collaborator cap went view-only”
- “Boards don't scale — no dependencies, no structure past a card”
- “Calendar, table and dashboard views are locked behind Premium”
you need structure beyond boards — timelines, workload, forms.
a simple shared kanban board is genuinely all you need.
The option Asana-vs-Trello articles skip
Coordinator covers what both do — free, with unlimited users and no usage meters — inside one system that also runs the rest of a small business: real books, projects with job costing, booking pages, client records, and a network where your invoice lands in your client's books. The honest trade: it's web-only today, and each specialist keeps its deepest niche feature — both comparison pages above say exactly which.
Free. No card. About two minutes to set up.
Competitor pricing approximate, from published plans as of August 2026.
Settle it with the free one
Try the third option this afternoon — if it doesn't fit, the other two aren't going anywhere.
Free. No card. About two minutes to set up.