How much does Trello cost in 2026?

Standard: $5 per seat a month on annual billing ($6 billed monthly); Premium: $10 per seat a month on annual billing ($12.50 billed monthly). Up to 10 collaborators and 10 boards per Workspace, with unlimited cards. Checked October 26, 2026.

What is a cheaper alternative to Trello?

ClickUp (Free Forever plan has unlimited members; paid plans from $7/user/mo billed yearly), Microsoft Planner (Included in Microsoft 365 business plans, from $7/user/mo billed yearly), WeKan (Free to self-host (MIT license); you pay for your own server). Imports Trello boards as Spaces and has no member cap, but the free plan has only 60 MB of storage.

Kanban boards for tasks

Should you build your own Trello?

Q: Should you build your own Trello?

Buy it. A kanban board is a fun weekend build. But drag-and-drop, real-time updates, mobile apps and notifications add up. At $5 per user per month, five people pay about $900 over 3 years. That’s roughly what it would cost to build and maintain your own.

Buy it. The free plan covers up to 10 collaborators, and building costs more time than it saves.

BUY

Short answer

A kanban board is a fun weekend build. But drag-and-drop, real-time updates, mobile apps and notifications add up. At $5 per user per month, five people pay about $900 over 3 years. That’s roughly what it would cost to build and maintain your own.

Buy for 3 years: $900
Build and run for 3 years: $925
Verdict: BUY

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Cheaper options

FreeClickUpFree Forever plan has unlimited members; paid plans from $7/user/mo billed yearlyImports Trello boards as Spaces and has no member cap, but the free plan has only 60 MB of storage.Already includedMicrosoft PlannerIncluded in Microsoft 365 business plans, from $7/user/mo billed yearlyBoards and task lists for teams that already pay for Microsoft 365, with far fewer integrations than Trello.Open sourceWeKanFree to self-host (MIT license); you pay for your own serverA close Trello clone for teams that want to own their data, but you run the updates and backups.

Trello pricing in 2026

Plan	Billed yearly	Billed monthly
Standard Typical	$5/seat/mo	$6/seat/mo
Premium	$10/seat/mo	$12.50/seat/mo

Free plan: Up to 10 collaborators and 10 boards per Workspace, with unlimited cards

Paying too much? The free plan is enough while your team has 10 or fewer collaborators and fits in 10 boards. Standard removes the board cap and adds more automation runs.

Per user, billed annually, from Trello’s pricing page. The free plan covers up to 10 collaborators per Workspace. Checked October 26, 2026.

Run your own numbers

Defaults are a typical small team at $30/hour. Change anything.

If you buy Trello

Plan

Seats

If you build it

Your time, $ per hour

Hours to build

Upkeep, hours per month

Hosting and services, $ per month

Buy

$900

Build

$925

Buying is about $25 cheaper over 3 years.

3-year totals. Building includes your time, upkeep, running costs and one month of an AI app builder ($25). Change any number to match your situation.

What you’d build

Boards, lists and cards with drag-and-drop
Real-time updates for your team
Assignees, due dates and comments
Email notifications

Fits in free tiers for a small team.

What you’d give up

Polished mobile apps
Power-Ups and integrations
Calendar, Timeline and Table views (Premium)
Guests, permissions and admin controls

Risks the price doesn’t show

Real-time syncMedium

Two people moving the same card is where homemade boards break.

MobileMedium

A good phone experience is real extra work.

When the verdict flips

Switch to BUILD if the board is part of your own product, for example customers tracking their orders on it.

Sources

Trello pricing

Build hours are our estimates for one person using an AI app builder. How we score. Spotted a wrong price? Tell us on X @BuildictHQ.

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Project management

SWITCH

Switch to ClickUp or Trello. ClickUp’s free plan has no member cap, and Trello costs $5 a user against Asana’s $10.99.

Buy, 3 yrs: $1,978
Build, 3 yrs: $2,725

ClickUp

Project management

BUY

Buy it, or start on the free plan. At $7 a user, ClickUp costs far less than building even a slice of it.

Buy, 3 yrs: $1,260
Build, 3 yrs: $4,363

Jira

Project management

BUY

Buy it, and start free. Jira costs nothing for up to 10 users, and Standard runs about $8 a user beyond that.

Buy, 3 yrs: $2,851
Build, 3 yrs: $5,425