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Trello vs Plane

Pick Trello for simple boards on a hosted service; pick Plane if you want work items, cycles and the option to self-host.

Pick Trello if…

You want simple cards and boards, a free plan or $5 per user, and no servers to manage.

Pick Plane if…

You want Jira-style work items, cycles and Gantt views, or need to self-host an open source tool.

Price

  • Freemium
  • Freemium
  • Open source

Starting price

$5 USD per user/month if billed annually ($6 billed monthly) for Standard
$8/user/mo (monthly), $6/user/mo (annually) for Pro

Free plan

Yes
Yes

Open source

No
Yes

Works on

Web, iOS, Android, API
Web, iOS, Android, API
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Trello's free plan allows unlimited cards for up to 10 collaborators per Workspace, with up to 10 boards per Workspace. Standard costs $5 per user per month billed annually ($6 monthly), Premium $10 ($12.50 monthly) and Enterprise $17.50 billed annually.

Plane's free plan allows up to 12 users but leaves out the wiki, dashboards and integrations. Pro is $6 per user per month billed annually ($8 monthly) and Business is $13 ($15 monthly). Plane's code is open source under GNU AGPL v3, and no separate self-hosted prices are listed.

Trello centres on boards and cards, with an Inbox, a calendar Planner, automation, templates and Power-Ups. Plane offers Board, Spreadsheet, List and Gantt views, cycles with burndown charts, epics and a built-in wiki.

Both have web, iOS and Android apps and documented APIs. Only Plane lists self-hosting, with Docker and Kubernetes options.

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