Compare · AgileHero vs Trello
Trello alternative for agile teamsKeep the board. Add the rituals.
Trello is a fine board for to-dos — its own homepage says so. But sprints also need estimation, retrospectives, and velocity and cumulative-flow analytics, and none of those appear in Trello's published feature set (checked July 29, 2026). AgileHero is the same easy kanban, grown into a full agile suite.
A five-person team, per month
- Estimation, retros, whiteboards, wikiIncludedNot listed
- Velocity & flow analyticsIncludedNot listed
- AI agent access (MCP)49 toolsBoards, cards, checklists, search
Trello prices and features from Trello's published pages, captured July 29, 2026. AgileHero pricing is current. Tiers compared: AgileHero Pro vs Trello Premium.
The short answer
AgileHero is a Trello alternative built specifically for agile software teams. You keep the part of Trello your team actually likes — a fast, drag-and-drop kanban board — and add the agile layer that Trello's published feature set does not cover: estimation poker on every card, zero-setup retrospective boards, an infinite whiteboard that turns stickies into real cards, velocity and cumulative-flow analytics, and a built-in wiki — plus a drag-and-drop roadmap with initiative and per-person capacity views, whose nearest published Trello analogue is the Timeline view in Premium.
For a five-person team the whole suite is $39 a month on AgileHero Pro. Trello Premium — the closest tier by published features — was $50 a month at its annual-billing price when we captured trello.com on July 29, 2026 (5 × $10 per user; $62.50 at monthly billing). The first two AgileHero seats are free forever, and every Pro module has a 14-day trial with no credit card.
AgileHero vs Trello, feature by feature
Tiers compared: AgileHero Pro vs Trello Premium — the Trello tier whose published feature set comes closest. Every Trello fact below comes from Trello's own published pages, captured July 29, 2026.
| Capability | AgileHero Pro | Trello Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Kanban board | ✓Boards and backlog with rich cards — checklists, files, threaded comments, @mentions | ✓Cards, due dates, checklists, attachments; custom fields from Standard up |
| Dedicated backlog | ✓A triage backlog beside every board | Nothing recorded either way in the Trello pages we track (checked July 29, 2026) |
| Team estimation | ✓Estimation poker on every card — hidden votes, shared reveal — free on every plan | —No estimation or story-points feature on published pages (checked July 29, 2026) |
| Retrospectives | ✓Six ready-made columns, shared timer, dot-voting, action items carried to the next retro | —Not in Trello's published feature list (checked July 29, 2026) |
| Whiteboards | ✓Infinite whiteboard with live cursors — one click turns stickies into cards, frames into epics | —Not in published features; Miro appears as a third-party integration |
| Roadmap | ✓Drag-and-drop timeline, weekly and quarterly zoom, initiative and per-person capacity views | ◐Timeline view included in Premium — the nearest published analogue |
| Delivery metrics | ✓Velocity and cumulative-flow charts from real board movement, plus overdue / blocking / stuck lists | ◐Dashboard view in Premium; no velocity or cumulative-flow charts in published features |
| Team wiki | ✓Nested pages, discussions pinned to the exact passage, full version history | —No wiki surface in published features (checked July 29, 2026) |
| Real-time collaboration | ✓Every change appears live for the whole team — boards, cards, epics, roadmap, wiki, whiteboard | Nothing recorded either way in the Trello pages we track (checked July 29, 2026) |
| No-code automation | —No automation builder — AI agents over MCP are the automation surface | ✓Built into every board on every plan; 250 runs/month on Free, unlimited on Premium |
| AI agent access (MCP) | ✓49 tools across the whole product — 500 calls/day on Free, 5,000 on Pro, always inside your permissions | ✓Official MCP server on all plans — boards, cards, checklists, search; one workspace per connection at launch |
| Integrations | —No integration directory yet — external integrations are next on our roadmap; today MCP connects any AI assistant | ✓Power-Ups directory — 233 integrations listed (as of July 29, 2026) |
| Price — 5 seats, monthly | $39 — $12 base + 3 × $9; first two seats always free | $50 billed annually · $62.50 billed monthly |
Where AgileHero is the better fit
The agile rituals are built in
Estimation poker on every card and zero-setup retro boards with a shared timer, dot-voting, and carried-forward action items. Trello's published pages claim neither (checked July 29, 2026).
Ideas become work in one click
Sketch on the whiteboard, then convert: sticky → card, frame → epic, a whole mind map → an epic with cards — onto your own board, in the same product.
Metrics that build themselves
Velocity and cumulative-flow charts grow from real board movement — no report setup, no data entry — plus three attention lists: overdue, blocking, stuck.
An agent that can run the whole product
One personal token gives an AI assistant 49 tools — cards and epics, but also whiteboards, retros, the roadmap, the wiki, and metrics — always bounded by your own permissions. Trello's MCP covers boards, cards, checklists, lists, Inbox items, and search.
A price that stays small
$12 a month plus $9 a seat after the first two free — $39 for five people, versus $50 on Trello Premium at its annual-billing price (captured July 29, 2026).
Where Trello is the better fit
A giant integration catalog
Trello's Power-Ups directory listed 233 integrations across 11 categories when we checked (July 29, 2026). If your board must plug into many third-party tools today, that ecosystem is mature and ours is young — external integrations are next on our roadmap, but the gap is real right now.
No-code automation on every plan
Trello's published pages describe no-code automation built into every board, including the free plan (250 command runs a month; unlimited on Premium). AgileHero has no equivalent builder.
A bigger free tier for casual boards
Trello's free plan allows up to 10 collaborators and 10 boards per Workspace. If a larger group needs a simple shared board and nothing more, that is hard to argue with — our free plan is 2 seats, deliberately deep rather than wide.
Personal productivity beyond the team board
Trello's homepage pitches capture from email and Slack into a personal Inbox, and a calendar Planner for focus time. AgileHero is a team workspace — it does not try to be your personal to-do app.
Trello pricing at a glance (July 2026)
As captured from trello.com on July 29, 2026: Free is $0 for up to 10 collaborators and 10 boards per Workspace; Standard is $5 per user/month billed annually ($6 billed monthly); Premium is $10 per user/month billed annually ($12.50 billed monthly); Enterprise is $17.50 per user/month billed annually, with a stated $10k minimum spend. Every tier publishes its price — no "contact sales" games, which we respect.
The comparison that matters for an agile team of five: Trello Premium comes to $50 a month (annual billing) and its published feature list still includes no estimation, retrospectives, whiteboards, or wiki. AgileHero Pro is $39 a month for the same five people — $12 base plus $9 for each seat beyond the two free ones — and those modules are the point, not add-ons. Yearly billing is roughly two months cheaper, every Pro module has a 14-day trial without a card, and if you ever cancel, your data stays — premium modules are paywalled on downgrade, never erased.
Does Trello do scrum?
Trello describes itself as a place to "capture, organize, and tackle your to-dos from anywhere" (trello.com, captured July 29, 2026) — a general-purpose board, and a genuinely good one. What its published pages do not describe is the scrum layer: no estimation or story points, no retrospective boards, no velocity charts, no whiteboard for sprint planning sessions. That layer isn't in Trello's published feature set, so a Trello team that wants it is looking at Power-Ups and side tools — Miro, for instance, appears in Trello's directory as a third-party integration — each with its own tab, account, and bill.
AgileHero's answer is one product where the board, the estimation session, the retro, the whiteboard, and the delivery metrics share the same cards, the same epics, and the same real-time sync — so the sprint is one workflow, not five subscriptions.
Leaving Trello — a short checklist
The Trello pages we track don't cover cancellation, so the honest version is short: Trello's prices differ between annual and monthly billing (captured July 29, 2026), so check how your Workspace is billed and when it renews before the plan rolls over. Take copies of anything you need from your boards while your plan is active.
Starting on AgileHero takes minutes: a working workspace, project, and board exist the moment you sign up. Recreate your columns and open cards as you go — or connect an AI assistant over MCP and let it file the structure for you. There is no one-click Trello import today; we would rather say that plainly than surprise you. Two seats are free forever, and the 14-day Pro trial needs no credit card.
Common questions
Is AgileHero a good Trello alternative for agile teams?
If your team is small and moves cards from “To do” to “Done”, it is the exact case AgileHero is built for: you keep a fast drag-and-drop kanban board and gain estimation poker, retrospectives, whiteboards, a roadmap, delivery metrics, and a wiki in the same product. If what you mainly need is a general-purpose to-do board with a large integration catalog, Trello remains a strong choice — its published directory listed 233 integrations as of July 29, 2026.
How much does AgileHero cost compared to Trello?
AgileHero Pro is $12 per month plus $9 per month for each seat beyond the first two — $39 per month for a five-person team, with yearly billing roughly two months cheaper. Trello Premium was listed at $10 per user per month billed annually ($12.50 billed monthly) when we captured trello.com on July 29, 2026 — $50 per month for the same five people. Tiers compared: AgileHero Pro vs Trello Premium.
Does AgileHero have Trello's automation?
No — and it is fair to say so plainly: Trello's published pages describe no-code automation built into every board, on every plan. AgileHero has no no-code automation builder. Our automation surface is AI agents: connect an assistant over MCP and it can create, estimate, organize, move, and comment on cards and epics — 49 tools, bounded by your own permissions.
Do both Trello and AgileHero have an MCP server?
Yes. Trello's support documentation states its MCP server works with all Trello plans, covering boards, cards, checklists, lists, Inbox items, and keyword search, with one workspace per connection at launch (captured July 29, 2026). AgileHero's MCP server is also on every plan — 49 tools that span boards, whiteboards, retrospectives, the roadmap, the wiki, and delivery metrics, with 500 agent calls per user per day on Free workspaces and 5,000 on Pro.
Can I import my Trello boards into AgileHero?
There is no one-click Trello import today — honestly. You can recreate your columns and open cards by hand, or hand the structure to an AI assistant connected over MCP and let it file the cards. Whatever you build stays yours: if you ever downgrade, premium modules are paywalled, never erased.
Is there a free plan?
Yes — two seats, free forever, and deliberately feature-rich: boards, backlog, rich cards, estimation poker, real-time sync, and MCP agent access with 500 calls per user per day are all included. Trello's free plan allows up to 10 collaborators and 10 boards per Workspace (captured July 29, 2026) — bigger on seats, though the agile ritual layer is absent from Trello's published feature list. Every AgileHero Pro module has a 14-day trial, no credit card required.
How this comparison was made
Tiers compared: AgileHero Pro ($12/month base + $9/month per seat beyond the first two) vs Trello Premium ($10 per user/month billed annually). Every Trello claim on this page comes from Trello's own published pages, captured July 29, 2026 — nothing is inferred from reviews, rankings, or usage data. AgileHero claims describe the shipped product.
Sources
- https://trello.com/pricing
- https://trello.com/tour
- https://trello.com/
- https://trello.com/mcp
- https://trello.com/enterprise
- https://trello.com/integrations
- https://support.atlassian.com/trello/docs/connect-trello-to-ai-assistants-with-trello-mcp/
- https://www.atlassian.com/blog/trello/connect-trello-to-your-favorite-ai-assistants-with-trello-mcp
Page history
- Aug 9, 2026 — Page published. All Trello facts captured July 29, 2026.
Last verified: August 9, 2026. Trello is a trademark of Atlassian. AgileHero is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Atlassian.
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