Trello vs WeKan

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

WeKan

• Organizations that want a kanban board on their own server
• Teams moving from Trello, Jira or Kanboard with boards to import
• Small teams that want low-cost hosting on servers in the EU

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.

WeKan

• The free hosted app gives Normal User access only; the Admin Panel needs the €50 per year SaaS or a self-hosted server.
• The Android and Windows store apps are full-screen web browsers with no native functions, and iOS users are pointed to a browser.
• Prices are listed in euros only, and paid services are sold business-to-business as final, non-refundable purchases.
• The install page says only the newest release is supported and asks self-hosters to keep at least daily backups.

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.

WeKan

Boards, lists and swimlanes

Cards sit in lists that run across swimlanes, with work-in-progress limits, collapsible lists and multi-selection for moving or recoloring many cards at once.

Board views

Besides the swimlane and list layouts, a board can be shown as a table, a calendar, a Gantt chart or a statistics view.

Detailed cards

Cards carry checklists, subtasks, custom fields, attachments, received, start, due and end dates, card-to-card dependencies and templates.

Rules and webhooks

Rules pair a trigger with an action, board buttons run a rule on demand, and outgoing webhooks can be set globally or per board.

Import and export

Boards can be imported from Trello, Jira, Kanboard, CSV, TSV and Excel files with imported members mapped to real accounts, and exported as JSON, Excel or CSV.

Sign-in and roles

Sign-in works with passwords, LDAP, CAS and OIDC or OAuth2. Each board has nine roles, from admin to read-only, and boards can be limited to an organization or team.

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.

WeKan

• On-PremiseFree

  The MIT-licensed server, installed from a Snap, a Docker image or a Windows, Mac and Linux bundle. The first registered user gets the Admin Panel.

• WeKan Free AppFree

  Hosted on WeKan Cloud in Finland with Normal User permission only and no Admin Panel.

• Official SaaS with Admin Panel€50

  per year

  Hosted on WeKan Cloud in Finland with the Admin Panel, a custom domain and what the vendor calls unlimited everything.

• Yearly Support€500

  per year, includes 5 support hours

  Prepaid private priority support. Also €1,000 for 10 hours or €2,000 for 20 hours a year, and multi-year plans up to €5,000 for 3 years with 50 hours.

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.

WeKan

No public discounts listed.