📊 Data source: Manual research + official pricing page•🔄 Updated April 2026•✅ 80% confidence score

Project Management

Trello True Cost Calculator

Atlassian's visual Kanban board tool. Free plan is limited by Power-Up restrictions, automation caps, and view limitations that push teams to paid plans fast.

Advertised Price

/month

Estimated True Cost

$20

/month (typical usage)

Surprise Factor

4.0×

more than expected

Confidence

80%

Data source: manual

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Hidden Fees & Gotchas

What the pricing page doesn't tell you

Power-Up Limit on Free

Free plan allows only 1 Power-Up per board. Need Slack + Google Drive + Calendar? That is 3 Power-Ups — requires Standard at $5/user/mo immediately.

Trigger: powerUps > 1

+$5

/monthly

Automation Command Caps

Free: 250 command runs/mo. Standard: 1,000. Premium: 6,000. Complex automations burn through limits fast — a single rule running 50x/day = 1,500/mo, exceeding Standard.

Trigger: automationRuns > 250

+$5

/monthly

View Restrictions

Dashboard, Timeline, Calendar, and Map views require Premium at $10/user/mo. Free and Standard only have Board and Table views. Teams needing reporting must upgrade.

Trigger: advancedViews > 0

+$5

/monthly

10MB Attachment Limit on Free

Free plan caps file attachments at 10MB per file. Standard allows 250MB. Teams sharing design files, PDFs, or videos hit this immediately.

Trigger: attachmentSize > 10

+$0

/per-use

Total hidden fees: +$15/mo on top of the $5 advertised price

Trello Pricing Tiers

Plan	Monthly	Annual (per mo)	Key Limits	Overage Rules
Free	$0	$0	Boards: 10 Storage Gb: unlimited Attachment Mb: 10 Power Ups Per Board: 1	No overages
StandardPOPULAR per user	$5	$5	Boards: unlimited Attachment Mb: 250 Custom Fields: true Saved Searches: true	No overages
Premium per user	$10	$10	Views: dashboard,timeline,calendar,map Boards: unlimited Collections: true Priority Support: true	No overages
Enterprise per user	$18	$18	Boards: unlimited Multi Board: true Power Ups Per Board: unlimited Org Wide Permissions: true	No overages

About Trello Pricing

Trello Free gives unlimited cards and up to 10 boards per workspace, but limits Power-Ups to 1 per board. Standard at $5/user/mo unlocks unlimited Power-Ups, and Premium at $10/user/mo adds Dashboard, Timeline, Calendar views. Enterprise at $17.50/user/mo adds org-wide permissions.

Trello Free Plan Limits (2026)

Trellooffers a free plan, but with significant restrictions. Here's exactly what you get — and what forces you to upgrade.

Free Plan — What's Included

Boards10

Storage Gbunlimited

Attachment Mb10

Power Ups Per Board1

Automation Command Runs250

⚠️ When you'll need to upgrade:

Most teams outgrow the free plan within 1-3 months. The first paid tier (Standard) costs $5/mo.

Trello Cost Per User (2026)

Trellocharges per user. Here's what your team will actually pay at different sizes.

Team Size	Standard	Premium	Enterprise
1 user	$5/mo	$10/mo	$17.5/mo
3 users	$15/mo	$30/mo	$52.5/mo
5 users	$25/mo	$50/mo	$87.5/mo
10 users	$50/mo	$100/mo	$175/mo
25 users	$125/mo	$250/mo	$437.5/mo
50 users	$250/mo	$500/mo	$875/mo