Switch from Trello to Workel. Keep the board. Add everything around it.
Trello is the simplest way to put cards on a board. Workel is for teams that have outgrown the board alone and want chat, docs, files and calls in the same place.
Which one fits your team. An honest answer, both ways.
Pick Workel if
- You want more than one view of the same tasks: board and list on every plan, a calendar from Pro
- You want the team's chat beside the board, with channels and direct messages
- You want video calls built in: one-to-one on every paid plan, groups on Max
- You write docs together, next to the tasks they describe
- You keep files in folders, not only as card attachments
What Workel doesn't do yet: time tracking, rule-based automations, guest accounts for people outside your team, or phone apps (iOS and Android are coming soon).
Workel and Trello, side by side. What each covers, and what it costs.
Checked on 19 October 2026
Workel
Trello
Plan the work
Boards and lists
Tasks on a calendar
Import from other tools
Talk
Team chat, with channels and direct messages
Video calls
Keep it together
Docs you write together
Files in folders
A shared team calendar
AI assistant
Price
Free plan
Cheapest paid plan
A team of 10, a month
Trello's plans, prices and features were checked on 19 October 2026 on its own website (pricing, workspace user limit, workspace calendar view, single board table view, atlassian intelligence features in trello) and may have changed since. Prices are a month, in US dollars. Workel's come from our pricing page.
Moving over from Trello. Bring your boards and cards with you.
Do it yourself
We do it for you
Or let us move it.
Years of history or a messy setup? Send us your Trello export. We'll map it, run the move, and walk through the result with you before your team logs in, free.
Switching from Trello? Straight answers, before you start.
Yes. Export a board from Trello as JSON (any board member can), then import it in Workel under Settings, Import / export. Lists become board columns, and archived cards import as finished.
Workel is free for up to 2 people, with no card needed. Pro is $8 a person a month ($7 billed yearly). Trello's cheapest paid plan was Standard, $6 a person a month ($5 billed yearly) when we checked its pricing page on 19 October 2026. Trello's free plan is bigger than ours: up to 10 people.
Teams usually move when the board isn't enough on its own: they want a list and a calendar of the same tasks, and chat, docs, files and calls next to them, without adding a Power-Up or another subscription for each.