Head-to-head

Jira vs Trello

A transparent, evidence-tracked comparison. Differing rows are highlighted, and we call out ties instead of manufacturing a winner.

Jira
Atlassian

Project tracking at scale

Free tier
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Trello
Atlassian

Kanban boards for anything

Free tier
#1,941 popularityVisit ↗

Winner by use case

teams
Jira

narrowly over Trello

professionals
Jira
beginners
Trello

Feature matrix

CapabilityJiraTrello
Free tier Yes Yes
Mobile apps Unknown Yes
Public API Yes Yes
Popularity rank—#1,941

“Unknown” means we have not yet verified that capability — not that it’s absent.

How to read this

Winners are derived from observed signals (free tier, open-source, self-hosting, offline support, collaboration, API, categorization) — a transparent heuristic, not a hidden model. Full quality scores appear once each product completes the evidence-based review pipeline. See methodology →