Trello

What differentiates Trello from other similar products?

Trello offers fantastic provisions, through which I can extend specific features and functionalities , available on the platform. Through provisions like Butler automations and power ups, I am able to integrate my Trello activity with other software platforms I use like Slack, while also connecting my activity across different software platforms together , to create automated workflows for completing repetitive tasks faster.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Trello's mobile application is highly rated and this is top on the list of things I love 'bout Trello. Through the Trello mobile application, I am able to distill my project management activity into just a few steps and practically, there isn't anything that I do on Trello computer web browser, that I am unable to do through the mobile application.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Trello does not provide analytics and reporting features , out of the box. For instance, for departmental projects that I have managed using Trello, I do not have the luxury to access in-built actionable insights, related to the real time performance of my project team.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Trello is simplistic in approach and easy to use. For me , this is the foundation of my love for this platform.

What differentiates Trello from other similar products?

Trello has a standout approach to project management using mobile phones. Unlike with some other PM software that I used previously, the features on the mobile app completely mirrors those present on the native desktop app. The above allows for anyone to be able to follow up on project activities and assign tasks to team mates without needing desktop access.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Trello excels when it comes to team collaboration. With features like comments, document sharing, notifications , @ mentions for team mates and so on. Using the aforementioned, it's straight-forward to assign cards ( tasks, goals ) to teammates , comment on assigned cards and keep all project conversations centralized in one location.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Trello does not provide out of the box analytics and reporting. This has left us relying on Power ups ( integration with other application ) for actionable insights around real time project metric and statistics. I must mention that whatever analytical quality generated using the Power up workaround, it is nothing like in-built reporting for project management.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

As a team , we have been using Trello mainly for its simplistic design and approach to managing projects . For me , its lack of a proper analytics feature for projects makes it a tricky choice for managing complex projects.

What differentiates Trello from other similar products?

Trello has a better and easy UI and a very quick learning curve. Flexibility to add plugins.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The availability of Plugins makes it super feature-rich, you can achieve almost any feature with the help of plugins.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Understanding automation bots is very difficult, it even requires doing some coding.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is very much suitable to manage any team size but requires someone specifically to manage boards and create rules. Trello may help any project by introducing a more methodical approach to project management and allowing the team to carry out process planning activities as needed.