Trello alternatives in 2026.
Nobody outgrows Trello because it is bad. They outgrow it because cards stop being enough: no backlog, no sprints, no estimates, no reports, and a Power-Up for each of them. Here is where teams go next, and when staying put is still right.
We make Taskfolk, which is one of the tools on this list. We have tried to write the rest of it the way we would want a competitor to write about us: real prices, real weaknesses, and no pretending our own entry has none.
28 Jul 2026
The short answer
If you outgrew cards and need a real tracker, Taskfolk, Linear, and Shortcut all give you a backlog, sprints, and reports natively. If you want more surface rather than more rigour, ClickUp and Monday cover docs, dashboards, and automations. And if a simple shared board genuinely covers your work, stay on Trello: nothing on this list beats its learning curve.
The alternatives worth considering.
1. Taskfolk
That's us- Best for
- Teams who outgrew cards and want a backlog, sprints, and reports without a heavy tool.
- Price
- $3 per builder / month, viewers free with no cap
- The catch
- No Power-Up ecosystem. Automations, webhooks, and the API instead, which is less plug-and-play.
2. Linear
- Best for
- Engineering teams who want speed and a strong opinion about how work should flow.
- Price
- $10 per user / month (Basic), $16 (Business)
- The catch
- Every user is a paid seat, and the free plan stops at 250 issues.
3. ClickUp
- Best for
- Teams who want the most features per dollar and do not mind a dense interface.
- Price
- $7 per user / month (Unlimited), $12 (Business)
- The catch
- AI is a $9 per-user add-on, and setup takes real time before it fits.
4. Monday
- Best for
- Non-technical teams who liked Trello's visual feel and want more structure than cards.
- Price
- $9 (Basic), $12 (Standard), $19 (Pro) per seat / month
- The catch
- A 3-seat minimum and bucketed seats, plus automations only from Standard up.
5. Shortcut
- Best for
- Software teams moving from a board to stories, epics, and iterations.
- Price
- $10 per user / month (Team), $16 (Business)
- The catch
- Readers are paid seats, and there is no public intake-form product.
6. Basecamp
- Best for
- Teams who want more than a board but reject the tracker model entirely.
- Price
- $15 per user / month, or $299 / month flat for unlimited users
- The catch
- Still no sprints, velocity, or dependencies. It solves coordination, not delivery tracking.
Public list prices, standard team tier, as of July 2026. Check each vendor's pricing page for current numbers.
How to actually choose.
Write down which Power-Ups you rely on
The honest measure of how far you have outgrown Trello is the Power-Up list. One or two and you are fine. Five, and you have assembled a tracker out of parts, which is the moment a real one gets cheaper and calmer.
Check who is billed for watching
Trello bills anyone who follows more than one board as a member. Several alternatives do the same. Count the people who only read before you compare per-seat prices, because that is where the real difference sits.
Do not buy rigour you will not use
Sprints, estimates, and velocity are useful when a team ships against dates. If yours does not, a tracker will feel like paperwork and Trello was always the right answer.
Common questions.
What is the best free Trello alternative?
Trello's own free plan (10 collaborators, 10 boards) is generous for small groups. If you need more room, ClickUp's Free Forever has unlimited members and tasks with about 100 MB of storage and 100-use caps on Gantt and custom fields, and Taskfolk's Free plan has unlimited members and 5 projects with no issue cap.
When do teams actually outgrow Trello?
The usual triggers are needing a ranked backlog separate from the board, wanting estimates and a velocity number, needing to reference work by a stable key in commits, and wanting reports leadership can read without asking someone to build them.
Can I import my Trello boards elsewhere?
Yes, and Trello is one of the easiest sources. Most tools import boards, lists, cards, members, labels, and comments through an API key and token. Lists usually become statuses, which is a good moment to merge the ones that were always the same thing.
If cards stopped being enough.
Taskfolk imports a Trello board directly and gives you a backlog, sprints, estimates, and reports on the other side. $3 a builder, viewers free, 14 days of Pro with no card.