Taiga vs Trello

Taiga

• Agile teams running Scrum or Kanban, or moving between the two
• Growing teams on a fixed budget, since hosted plans are flat-rate with unlimited users
• Organizations that want to self-host an open-source tool

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

Taiga

• Hosted plans are limited by projects and storage rather than users: Free allows 1 public and 1 private project with 10 MB of storage.
• The largest self-serve hosted plan, Premium, stops at 3 GB of storage. A dedicated instance or on-premise support is quoted by sales.
• Prices are listed in euros only.
• The vendor's site mentions no desktop or mobile apps; Taiga is used in a web browser.

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.

Taiga

Kanban boards

Boards support multiple workflows with swimlanes, WIP limits, epics and sub-tasks, plus filters, search and an archive for finished user stories.

Scrum backlog and sprints

Backlog and sprint planning with epics, estimations that can be set per role, a sprint task board, and burndown charts at project and sprint level.

Issue tracking

Issue types, priorities and severities are customizable. An issue can be added to a sprint or promoted to a user story.

Dashboards, wiki and reports

A team performance dashboard, project timeline, personal dashboard and wiki are included, and project data can be exported as CSV for custom reports.

Self-hosting

The open-source software can be installed with Docker, the recommended route, or from source code. Projects can be exported and imported between instances.

API, webhooks and integrations

A public REST API and outgoing webhooks are available, with built-in integrations for Slack, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Gogs, and a Zapier connector.

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.

Taiga

• Free€0

  1 public project and 1 private project, up to 10 MB of storage, unlimited users and community support.

• Enthusiast€5

  per month, not per user (€50 when billed annually)

  5 public and 5 private projects, up to 100 MB of storage, unlimited users and community support.

• Basic€20

  per month, not per user (€200 when billed annually)

  Unlimited projects, up to 500 MB of storage, unlimited users and Basic support.

• Premium€60

  per month, not per user (€600 when billed annually)

  Unlimited projects, up to 3 GB of storage, unlimited users and Premium support.

• Taiga Private CloudCustom

  A dedicated instance hosted and managed by Taiga, starting from 8 GB RAM, 2 vCPU and 100 GB of SSD storage, with unlimited projects and users. Quoted by sales.

• On premiseCustom

  Taiga behind your own firewall or VPN with installation support, managed updates and priority support under an SLA. Quoted by sales.

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.

Taiga

• Annual discount

  Two months free with annual billing

  Annual billing costs ten times the monthly price: €50 instead of €60 a year for Enthusiast, €200 instead of €240 for Basic and €600 instead of €720 for Premium.

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.