Trello vs Asana: cards or structured task management?

Trello is a card board first and a project tool second. Asana is a proper task manager with assignees, sections, rules and reporting — but its free plan caps at two people and Timeline sits on paid tiers with prices you have to ask for.

Which one fits you?

Choose Trello if…

You want a visual board, a low price, and no process to learn.

Choose Asana if…

You manage work across many projects with owners, due dates, workload and portfolio reporting.

Consider Akievo if…

You want Asana's structure with Trello's simplicity — Timeline, dependencies and critical path included on a flat price, and an AI that drafts the plan first.

The differences that matter

Free plan size

Trello's free plan supports 10 collaborators. Asana's free Personal plan is limited to 2 users, which rules out most teams.

Published pricing

Trello lists every price publicly. Asana no longer publishes Starter and Advanced prices — you go through sales.

Depth of task data

Asana handles subtasks, dependencies, custom fields and workload far better than Trello, which relies on Power-Ups for most of it.

Trello vs Asana vs Akievo

"Paid" means the feature exists but needs a higher tier. Data checked September 2026.

Feature	Trello	Asana
Views and planning
Kanban board
Table / grid view	Paid
Calendar view	Paid
Timeline / Gantt	Paid	Paid
Task dependencies		Paid
Critical path		Paid
Board dashboard and reports	Paid	Paid
Eisenhower decision matrix
AI
AI builds the whole plan for you		Paid
AI included in the plan price	Paid	Paid
Manage tasks from ChatGPT
Connect your own AI agents (MCP)
Platform and pricing
REST API		Paid
Webhooks		Paid
Slack integration
Import from Trello
Free plan available		Limited
Flat price, not per seat

Pricing side by side

Trello

Free$0

10 boards and 10 collaborators per Workspace, no extra views

Standard$5 per user/mo

Unlimited boards, custom fields, more automation

Premium$10 per user/mo

Calendar, Timeline, Table, Dashboard views and AI

Enterprise$17.50 per user/mo

Atlassian Guard SSO, org-wide controls

Asana

Personal$0

2 users, unlimited tasks, list / board / calendar views

StarterPer user/mo

Timeline and Gantt, dashboards, forms, custom fields

AdvancedPer user/mo

Goals, portfolios, resource management, approvals

EnterpriseContact sales

SAML, SCIM provisioning, admin controls

Akievo

Free$0

1 board, 1 workspace, 2 members, 1 AI credit a month

Starter$5/mo

4 boards, 2 workspaces, 2 members, 25 AI credits a month

Pro$12/mo

Unlimited boards, unlimited workspaces, 5 members, 500 AI credits a month

Pro Plus$29/mo

Unlimited boards, unlimited workspaces, unlimited members, 2,000 AI credits a month

Prices checked September 2026 from Trello and Asana. Akievo prices are per account, not per seat. Always confirm current pricing with each vendor.

Where each tool wins

We'd rather you picked the right tool than switched and regretted it.

Trello is the better pick when…

A huge Power-Up marketplace with hundreds of third-party add-ons

Butler automation is more mature than anything Akievo offers today

Backed by Atlassian, so it plugs neatly into Jira and Confluence

Mobile apps are more polished and have been around far longer

Asana is the better pick when…

Goals and portfolios give large organisations genuine top-down visibility

Workload and capacity planning across many projects

A very large integration catalogue and mature enterprise security

Proofing and approval workflows for creative teams

Where Akievo fits

Every view — Kanban, Table, Calendar, Timeline, Dependencies, Matrix and Dashboard — from the $5 plan.

A flat account price instead of per-seat billing, with no seat minimums.

AI that drafts the whole plan: lists, tasks, dates and dependencies, from one description.

Import your Trello boards directly, so switching doesn't mean retyping work.

Manage tasks from ChatGPT or connect your own AI agents over MCP.

Trello vs Asana FAQs

Is Asana harder to learn than Trello?

Yes. Trello is a board you understand instantly. Asana has more concepts — portfolios, goals, rules — which pays off on bigger teams and slows down small ones.

Which has the better free plan?

Trello, mainly because it allows 10 collaborators against Asana's 2.

Can I get a Gantt chart in either?

Only on paid plans: Trello Premium and Asana's paid tiers. Akievo includes Timeline and dependencies from $5 a month for the whole account.

Which imports my existing boards?

Asana imports Trello boards, and Akievo imports Trello JSON exports directly.

Still deciding? Try the third option

Describe your project and Akievo builds the board, the tasks, the dates and the dependencies. No card needed.

Where Akievo fits: the features behind this comparison

Project timeline & Gantt Task dependencies AI board generator MCP project management Critical path

See all Akievo features

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