The best Trello alternatives for a small business (2026)

Why do people look for alternatives to Trello?

• The free plan stops at 10 boards and 10 collaborators per Workspace, with 250 automation runs a month.
• Calendar, Timeline, Table and Dashboard views need Premium, at $10 a user a month billed yearly.
• Cards still have to be created and moved by someone, so a board is only as current as the last person who updated it.

What are the best Trello alternatives?

1. Asana: best for boards that grow into timelines and portfolios

Asana has list, board and calendar views free for two people, and adds timeline and Gantt views, forms and unlimited automations on Starter. It's the natural step up when a Trello board has become a project plan with dependencies and deadlines.

• Personal includes: 2 seats per project and team; Unlimited tasks and projects; List, board and calendar views; Unlimited storage, 100 MB max per file; 100+ free integrations¹
• Feature: Task and project management with list, board, calendar, timeline and Gantt views (timeline and Gantt from Starter).²
• Starter: $10.99 per user per month, billed annually; $13.49 billed monthly³

2. monday.com: best for boards that run whole processes, not just tasks

monday.com boards have 30+ column types, so one board can track a hiring process, a content calendar or client onboarding with statuses, owners and dates. Kanban, Gantt, timeline and workload views are built in, and AI credits come with every paid plan.

• Work management: Basic: $9 per seat per month (3-seat minimum; checked at 3 and 10 seats), billed annually; $12 billed monthly⁴
• Work management: Basic includes: Unlimited free viewers and unlimited items; 1,000 AI credits per month; AI agent workforce (limited), Sidekick assistant, vibe app builder⁵
• Feature: Gantt and timeline views, calendar view, Kanban and workload views.⁶

3. ClickUp: best for kanban plus Gantt, time tracking and docs

ClickUp keeps the Kanban board and adds almost everything around it: calendar, Gantt charts, sprints, time tracking, goals and docs, with unlimited members free. It suits teams that outgrew Trello's Power-Ups and want it all in one workspace, and can live with more settings.

• Free Forever includes: 60 MB storage; Unlimited tasks, subtasks and free members; 1 form; ClickUp Brain trial: 500 credits per workspace; 24/7 support⁷
• Feature: Kanban boards, calendar view, Gantt charts, sprint management, time tracking, goals and collaborative docs.⁸
• Business: $17 per user per month, billed yearly ('Regular price $25'); $25 billed monthly⁹

4. Todoist: best for a fast task list with a board layout when you want one

Todoist is a to-do list first, with list and board layouts on every plan, so you can see a project as columns without living in them. Typing a task with its date, project and priority in one line is quicker than making cards. Pro adds calendar layouts and AI task tools.

• Free plan: Yes. Beginner: $0, 5 personal projects, Smart Quick Add, reminders, list and board layouts, 3 filter views, 1 week of activity history, limited Ramble sessions, 5 MB file uploads.¹⁰
• Feature: Task views: list and board on all plans; calendar and table layouts from Pro.¹¹
• Pro: $5 per month for one person, $60 billed yearly; $7 billed monthly¹²

5. Basecamp: best for client projects with boards, to-dos and messages together

Basecamp gives each project a Kanban card table, to-do lists with assignees and due dates, a message board and chat, for a flat monthly price. It suits agencies and studios that used Trello per client and want the conversation beside the cards.

• Feature: Card Tables (kanban) for tracking work through stages; Hill Charts for progress.¹³
• Feature: To-do lists with assignees, due dates, attachments and subtasks.¹⁴
• Pro: $79 flat per account per month (not per user), billed monthly; Annual billing is marked unavailable in the package comparison¹⁵

6. Notion: best for boards that live inside your docs and wiki

Notion databases hold items with custom properties, filters, views and charts, and each item is a page that holds as much writing as you like. It suits teams whose Trello cards kept turning into documents. Its free plan is limited once two or more members share it.

• Free plan: Yes: Free, $0 per member per month. Includes a trial of Notion AI, basic forms and sites, Notion Calendar, and databases with subtasks and dependencies; pages and blocks are limited for 2+ members; file uploads up to 5 MB.¹⁶
• Feature: Pages and wikis with blocks; databases with subtasks, dependencies, custom properties and filters; views and charts.¹⁷
• Plus: $10 per member per month, billed yearly (page shows 'Save up to 20% with yearly'); $12 billed monthly¹⁸

7. Mojobase: best for tasks that come from your email and meetings

Mojobase Tasks finds work you didn't type in: a request in an email or an action in meeting notes becomes a suggested task with its source linked, and the AI chases what slips. It has no board view; tasks are lists by project, day and person, beside email and calendar.

• Price: $39 a month for the first person and $25 for each after; the first 10 companies pay $29 and $19, for life
• AI: included, with your choice of model, or bring your own