PLANKA vs Trello

PLANKA

• Teams that must keep project data on their own servers
• Organizations that want a kanban tool hosted in Germany
• Home labs and clubs, which the free Community edition is aimed at

Trello

• Individuals and small teams that plan work on kanban boards
• Groups of up to 10 collaborators sharing a free Workspace
• Teams already using Jira or other Atlassian products

PLANKA

• The Community edition is source-available under a Fair Use License and has no single sign-on, guest roles, templates or calendar view.
• Hosted Pro has a 5-user minimum. Prices are in euros, exclude VAT, and are offered to organizations rather than private individuals.
• Moving a Community installation to Pro is one-way: the vendor says the only route back is a backup made before the upgrade.
• The apps page lists only a community-built quick-add app. PLANKA runs in the browser, and full phone and tablet support is a Pro feature.

Trello

• The Free plan is capped at 10 collaborators and 10 boards per Workspace, with 10MB per file.
• Calendar, Timeline, Table, Dashboard and Map views are only on Premium and Enterprise.
• AI features and full Planner access start on the Standard plan.
• The Enterprise price is an estimate that depends on user count, and the plan is billed annually.

PLANKA

Projects, boards, lists and cards

Cards are dragged between lists and hold Markdown descriptions, checklists with assignable tasks, labels, custom fields, due dates, attachments and a stopwatch.

Real-time sync

Changes reach every connected user over WebSockets without a page refresh. Pro adds live presence and collaborative editing of card descriptions.

Board views

The Community edition has 3 board views and Pro has 6, adding calendar, timeline and map views plus views across every board of a project.

Worker and guest roles

Pro adds workers, who can edit only the cards they are assigned, and read-only guests who see what is shared with them. Each Pro user includes a quota of 5 guests.

Templates and recurring cards

Board templates, card templates and recurring cards are part of Pro. The comparison table marks automated workflows as coming soon.

REST API and webhooks

Both editions include a documented REST API, personal API keys, webhooks for more than 50 events, and notifications through more than 100 providers.

Trello

Boards, lists and cards

Work is laid out as cards in lists on a board. Cards are unlimited on every plan; the Free plan allows up to 10 boards per Workspace.

Inbox

Captures to-dos from email, Slack and other sources into a personal Inbox. It is included on the Free plan.

Planner

Brings a synced calendar into Trello so blocks of focus time can be set aside for work. Full Planner access starts on the Standard plan.

Automation

Built-in automation is metered by Workspace command runs: 250 a month on Free, 1,000 on Standard and unlimited on Premium.

Premium views

Premium adds Calendar, Timeline, Table, Dashboard and Map views, including Workspace-level views that span boards.

Power-Ups and integrations

Power-Ups link boards to other tools, with unlimited Power-Ups per board on every plan. An MCP server connects Trello to AI tools.

PLANKA

• Community€0

  Free self-hosted edition under a Fair Use License: boards, lists, cards, custom fields, a stopwatch, webhooks, a REST API and two-factor authentication.

• Pro Self-Hosted€7.20

  per user / month, billed yearly (€7.90 billed monthly)

  Minimum 1 user, 5 guests per user. Adds worker and guest roles, OIDC single sign-on, templates, calendar and map views, and support replies within 24 hours on business days.

• Pro Hosted€8.50

  per user / month, billed yearly (€9.40 billed monthly)

  Minimum 5 users. A dedicated instance hosted in Germany with 5 GB of pooled storage and 5 guests per user; 10 GB per user costs €1.60 more.

• EnterpriseCustom

  From 500 users hosted or 1,000 self-hosted. Custom licensing, SLA agreements, dedicated servers, custom development and an included installation service.

Trello

• Free$0

  Up to 10 collaborators and 10 boards per Workspace, unlimited cards and Power-Ups, and 250 command runs a month.

• Standard$5

  per user / month, billed annually ($6 billed monthly)

  Unlimited boards, AI features, full Planner, card mirroring, custom fields, 250MB per file and 1,000 command runs a month.

• Premium$10

  per user / month, billed annually ($12.50 billed monthly)

  Adds Calendar, Timeline, Table, Dashboard and Map views, unlimited command runs, and admin and security controls.

• Enterprise$17.50

  per user / month, billed annually ($210 per user a year)

  Estimated price that depends on user count. Adds unlimited Workspaces, organization-wide permissions and Atlassian Guard Standard.

PLANKA

• Annual discount

  Lower per-user price with yearly billing

  Self-hosted Pro is €7.20 per user / month billed yearly against €7.90 billed monthly, and hosted Pro is €8.50 against €9.40: about 9% to 10% less.

• Other savings

  Lower per-user price from 250 users

  The pricing calculator charges €5.80 per user / month billed yearly from 250 self-hosted users and €5.10 from 500. Hosted Pro drops to €7.60 from 250 users.

Trello

• Annual discount

  Lower per-user price with annual billing

  Standard is $5 per user / month billed annually against $6 monthly (about 17% less), and Premium is $10 against $12.50 (20% less).

• Nonprofit

  Atlassian nonprofit discount covers Trello

  Trello's pricing FAQ confirms a nonprofit community discount. Atlassian's nonprofit program lists 50-100% off its apps, Trello included, for eligible organizations.

• Education

  50% off for academic institutions

  Atlassian's licensing page lists academic licenses at 50% off Trello Standard, Premium and Enterprise, and classroom licenses for students and teachers at 75% off Standard and Premium.