Trello is great until the boards get messy. Taskly keeps the open-it-and-go simplicity but adds priorities, subtasks, recurring tasks and a real team model, with Otto, an AI assistant that turns plain English into organized tasks you approve.
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Boards get messy once you pass a handful of cards or people.
No real subtasks, priorities or recurring tasks without stacking Power-Ups.
Reporting and cross-board views are limited.
It’s hard to see who’s responsible for what across a whole team.
Taskly keeps Trello’s open-it-and-go simplicity but adds the structure a board alone can’t give you (priorities, subtasks with progress, recurring tasks and a real team model), plus Otto, an AI assistant that turns plain English into organized tasks. Same speed, far less mess.
| Taskly | Trello | |
|---|---|---|
| Simplicity | Simple: with structure built in | Very simple: a board of cards |
| Subtasks, priorities, recurrence | Built in | Needs Power-Ups or workarounds |
| Views | Board + lists + filters + Otto’s prioritised order | Boards (other views require paid tiers) |
| AI assistant | Otto creates & edits tasks from plain English, approve-diff | Butler automation & some Atlassian Intelligence, not task drafting by chat |
| Team oversight | Personal buckets + admin Team views | Limited cross-board visibility |
| Entry price | Free during early access | Free tier (10 boards); Standard $5, Premium $10/user/mo billed annually (2026) |
Taskly is free for the whole product while in early access. As of 2026 Trello has a free tier (up to 10 boards), then $5/user/mo on Standard and $10/user/mo on Premium billed annually (about $6 and $12.50 billed monthly), with Enterprise from $17.50/user/mo at a 50-seat minimum. Check Trello’s pricing page for current rates.
We’d rather be honest than oversell: it’s your team’s call.
Moving from Trello is quick: your boards usually map to a single Taskly workspace. Recreate active cards in minutes, or describe a board to Otto and let it draft the tasks (with priorities, subtasks and due dates) for you to approve.
Taskly is built for exactly the moment Trello starts to feel messy. It keeps a simple board but adds priorities, subtasks, recurring tasks and a real team model, plus an AI assistant (Otto). It’s free while in early access.
Yes: a drag-and-drop board with To-Do, In-Progress, Blocked and Done columns, reordering within a column, and per-column quick add. You also get filtered lists and Otto’s prioritised order.
Taskly is free for the entire product (including Otto) during early access. Trello also has a free tier, but features like subtasks, priorities and recurrence are built into Taskly rather than needing Power-Ups.
If you only ever need one simple visual board for a few people and don’t want any extra structure, Trello is a fine, familiar pick. Taskly is for teams that have outgrown that.
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