Trello Review
Hello, my name is Mauricio and in this video we’ll be going over Trello, one of the most
popular project management tools on the market today, and completely free to use.
In fact, my genius chief editor uses it to keep track of the editorial calendar, so we
can safely say we’re experts on what Trello can and cannot do.
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Before we get into the details, let’s first go over what Trello is, just in case you’ve
never heard of it before or are a bit vague on the details.
Trello is a free kanban board, which is a Japanese system meant to give an overview
of what needs to be done for a project, as well as showing what is being done and what’s
finished.
It works by moving cards, which represent tasks, through vertical columns, which represent
stages or steps of the entire process.
It works really well for linear projects, like our editorial calendar, but if you’re
in manufacturing or logistics it loses some of its functionality.
If you need something with a bit more power, we recommend you check out our Monday.com
review, which I’ve pasted below in the description.
There you’ll also find an article explaining more about kanban boards in general, as well
as a full review of Trello.
What makes Trello different from other kanban boards is that it offers what it calls power-ups,
which add a ton of functionality to it.
In the most simple case, one power up gives you a calendar that shows you all the due
dates you’ve set on cards, while more advanced ones let you plug in Gantt charts and track
dependencies.
You’d think that this would make Trello rise well above the competition, but on the
free plan, which is its biggest selling point, you only get one single power up.
The next tier up immediately unlocks unlimited power ups, but it also costs a lot more at
ten dollars per user per month.
That doesn’t sound like much, we know, but figure it this way: even if it’s just you
and say four freelancers, that’s fifty dollars per month, six hundred per year.
That’s a lot of overhead, especially for a small company.
Paying for Trello also gives you access to a ton of other options which flashes out the
experience fully, but again that price tag is hanging over your head.
We wish the company would offer smaller, intermediate plans, but outside Trello Gold, which is aimed
at one-man bands, it doesn’t.
What makes it even more of a shame is that Trello is probably one of the easiest project
management tools to use, even if you have a ton of power ups installed.
You create new columns and cards with a single click, and move them around by just dragging
and dropping.
If you want to add some details to cards either for yourself or as instructions to users,
just click the card and up pops a screen, called the back of the card, where you can
do all that.
This is also where you assign people to cards, as well as add tags and other bits and pieces
which make it easier to sort them.
You can also create card templates that you use over and over so you don’t have to spend
time setting up fields or checklist within a card.
If that weren’t enough, Trello also offers the Butler, which is an automation program
that will identify actions you perform a lot and offer to do them for you, which is pretty
cool.
Here, too, the more advanced options are locked behind the paywall, but it still works pretty
well under the free plan.
So, overall, Trello is great, especially considering what you get for free, but fails a bit when
you pay for it when compared to the rest of the market.
There are plenty of other, cheaper alternatives out there that involve a lot less fiddling
with power ups, so for more advanced tasks, we recommend them.
Below you’ll find our best project management article with a few ideas.
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If, however, a free kanban board sounds like something you need, look no further than Trello.
We use it ourselves and haven’t looked back in years.
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My name was Mauricio, and thank you for watching.
Till next time!