The short answer
Trello has four plans. The free plan covers up to 10 boards and 10 collaborators per Workspace, with unlimited cards. Standard is $6 per user per month billed monthly ($5 billed annually, the rate the pricing page advertises by default), and Premium is $12.50 per user per month billed monthly ($10 annually). Enterprise is $17.50 per user per month billed annually only, sales-quoted, with no published monthly rate.
At common team sizes, billed monthly: a 5-person team pays $30/month on Standard or $62.50 on Premium; a 10-person team pays $60 or $125; a 20-person team pays $120 or $250.
At small headcounts, Trello is one of the cheapest per-seat tools in this category, and at small headcounts it undercuts flat-rate tools too, including Thicket at $49/month flat for unlimited users. The tables below show where the totals cross. First, the full Trello breakdown.
Trello's plans, side by side
Verified September 2026 from trello.com/pricing. Prices in USD. Monthly-billing rates shown; annual rates in the fine print below.
Trello also has an Enterprise plan at $17.50/user/month billed annually only. It's displayed as $210 per user per year and quoted through sales, with no published month-to-month rate, so it stays out of the monthly math below. Trello is owned by Atlassian and positioned as the lightweight entry tool in its lineup, with Jira upstream for anything heavier. Prices verified September 2026.
The advertised price isn't the monthly price
Trello's pricing page shows annual-billing rates by default. That's the same convention ClickUp and Notion use. A reader skimming the page sees $5 (Standard) and $10 (Premium) and reasonably takes them for the monthly price. They're not: those are the annual-billing rates, what each month costs when you pay for a year up front. Billed month-to-month, the prices are $6 and $12.50 per user.
The gap is about 17% on Standard and 20% on Premium. Put differently: a 10-person team on Standard pays $60/month billed monthly, or $50/month billed annually, a $10/month difference for committing to the year up front. On Premium the same team pays $125/month billed monthly vs $100 annually.
Showing the annual rate first is standard practice. For a month-to-month budget, use the monthly figure; use the annual figure only when you are ready to pay for twelve months.
When does free Trello stop being enough?
Trello's free-plan limits are: 10 boards per Workspace, 10 collaborators per Workspace, unlimited cards. Because cards are unlimited, card volume does not trigger an upgrade. The limits apply at the 11th board or the 11th person.
A team using one board per project or client reaches the cap at its 11th project. The 10-collaborator limit includes contractors and clients. At that point Standard costs $6 per user per month billed monthly: $30/month for 5 people or $60/month for 10.
Trello totals at common team sizes
Per-user pricing looks small at one seat. Here's the monthly and annual cost at four common team sizes, on both paid plans, billed monthly.
| Team size | Standard / mo | Standard / yr | Premium / mo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 users | $30/mo | $360/yr | $62.50/mo |
| 10 users | $60/mo | $720/yr | $125/mo |
| 20 users | $120/mo | $1,440/yr | $250/mo |
| 50 users | $300/mo | $3,600/yr | $625/mo |
Trello Standard at $6/user/month and Premium at $12.50/user/month, billed monthly. Annual billing drops the rates to $5 and $10. Enterprise ($17.50/user/month, billed annually only) is excluded because it has no monthly-billing rate. Prices verified September 2026.
Is Trello worth it?
For a small team that just needs a kanban board, yes. Trello is cheaper than most alternatives at low headcounts, including us. Five people on Standard cost $30/month billed monthly; Thicket is $49/month flat. If you're a 3–5 person team and boards cover how you work, you should probably just pay Trello. No flat-rate pitch beats $30 a month.
The math changes in two places. The first is headcount: at 10 people Standard is $60/month and Premium is $125/month, both past a $49 flat rate. At 20 they're $120 and $250. The second is feature tier: Free stops at 10 boards and 10 collaborators, while additional views and automation are on Premium at $12.50/user. A low published per-user rate and a larger team total are different numbers.
There's a deeper question than price: whether a board is still the whole job. That's the next section. For every major tool's rates in one dated table, see the Project Management Pricing Index. This post sticks to Trello.
A flat-rate option for smaller teams
See what the $49/month alternative looks like
Thicket keeps messages, to-dos, docs, schedules, boards, and chat together in every project. One price covers the whole team.
Thicket fits when: you have outgrown boards-only and want messages, docs, schedules, and chat beside the board.
Choose Trello if: a kanban board is the whole job, especially for a team of 3–5 people.
Free plan. No card required. Includes a 30-day Pro trial.
Trello vs Thicket: what you pay
Thicket holds at $49/month at every team size. Here's the side-by-side against both paid Trello plans, billed monthly, including the sizes where Trello is cheaper.
| Team size | Thicket Pro | Trello Standard | Trello Premium | You save vs Premium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 users | $49/mo | $30/mo | $62.50/mo | $13.50/mo |
| 10 users | $49/mo | $60/mo | $125/mo | $76/mo |
| 20 users | $49/mo | $120/mo | $250/mo | $201/mo |
| 50 users | $49/mo | $300/mo | $625/mo | $576/mo |
Thicket Pro is $49/month flat ($39/month billed annually). Trello Standard at $6/user/month and Premium at $12.50/user/month, billed monthly. Prices verified September 2026.
Trello's crossover comes later than most: Standard stays under a $49 flat rate through 8 people ($48/month), so a small boards-only team saves nothing by switching on price. The flat rate wins from roughly 10 people on Standard ($60 vs $49) and from 4 people on Premium ($50 vs $49). At 20 people it's $71–201/month saved depending on the tier. More on the model: why we don't charge per user and flat-rate and per-user pricing compared. To see how the numbers stack up against every major tool, there's the full pricing comparison hub and Thicket's pricing in full. And if you want every vendor's verified rates in one dated table, the Project Management Pricing Index carries them all.