For a simple board, Trello Standard is the cheapest paid plan at $6 a user a month. For a personal task list, Todoist Pro at €7; for a small team, Todoist Business at €10 a user plus local taxes. If you want to stay free with a team of three or more, ClickUp's Free Forever is the only plan here with no member cap. monday.com and Asana cost more and earn it with automations and timelines.
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Every tool here bills per user, so the price that matters is the one multiplied by your team. Read with the monthly toggle on, the cheapest paid plans are Trello Standard at $6 a user and, in euros, Todoist Business at €10 a user plus local taxes (Todoist Pro, at €7, covers one person only). Billed yearly, Trello drops to $5.
The free plans matter as much as the prices, because they cap different things (boards, users or storage) and only one of them lets a team of any size in for free.
The picks that stand out
Trello
Standard is $6 a user a month on monthly billing, $5 billed yearly. The free plan covers up to 10 collaborators and 10 boards per Workspace, with 10MB per file. Cross-project views need Premium at $12.50 a month.
Todoist
Pro is €7 a user a month on monthly billing, €5 billed yearly (€60 a year). Starter is free. Reminders and calendar sync sit behind the paid plan, and there is no Gantt or workload view.
ClickUp
Free Forever includes unlimited tasks and members: storage is the cap, shown as 60MB on the pricing page. Core is $12 a user a month on monthly billing, $9 billed yearly. The breadth means more set-up than Trello.
monday.com
Basique is €12 a user a month on monthly billing, €9 billed yearly, but it has no automations or calendar view; Standard at €14 is the realistic entry. The free plan stops at two users and three boards.
Asana
Starter is €13.49 a user a month on monthly billing, €10.99 billed yearly, and adds timeline, Gantt and forms. The free Personal plan stops at two users.
At a glance
| Criterion | Trello | Todoist | ClickUp | monday.com | Asana |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Used mainly for | Kanban task management, content and client pipelines | Task capture, client to-do lists | Project and task management, team docs and goals | Project and client tracking, team workload and deadlines | Project and task management, client delivery tracking |
| Entry price | $6.00/mo · Standard | €7.00/mo · Pro | $12.00/mo · Core | €12.00/mo · Basique | €13.49/mo · Starter |
| Free plan | ✓Yes | ✓Yes | ✓Yes | ✓Yes | ✓Yes |
| Free trial | ✕No | Not stated | ✕No | ✓Yes | ✕No |
| Works on | Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android | Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, API | Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Apple Watch, Browser extension | Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android | Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android |
| Documented integrations | Slack, Jira, Microsoft Teams, Miro, Confluence | Google Calendar, Slack, Zapier, Make, API | Slack, HubSpot, Google Drive, GitHub, Zoom | Slack, Gmail, Outlook, Google Drive, Zoom, API | Slack, Google Drive, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Salesforce |
| Setup | Easy: minutes | Easy: minutes | Moderate: 1-2 hr | Easy: 30 min | Moderate: 30-60 min |
| Main limitation | Free plan caps each Workspace at 10 boards | No Gantt or workload view, so it stops short of project management | The pricing page displays 60MB storage on Free Forever, while a separate official upgrade article references a 100MB threshold; verify the current enforced limit before relying on it | Every paid plan is billed per user, so the cost grows with the team | Personal is capped at two users |
| Our evidence level | Vendor documented | Vendor documented | Vendor documented | Vendor documented | Vendor documented |
| Try it | Try Trello ↗ | Try Todoist ↗Partner link | Try ClickUp ↗Partner link | Try monday.com ↗ | Try Asana ↗ |
Every cell comes from the tool's record, built from its official documentation and pricing page. The integrations listed are the ones the vendor documents, not tested by us.
Per user, month to month
In dollars: Trello Standard $6, ClickUp Core $12. In euros: Todoist Business €10 plus local taxes (Pro, at €7, is for one person), monday.com Basique €12 (Standard €14), Asana Starter €13.49. Billed yearly: Trello $5, ClickUp $9; monday.com €9, Asana €10.99. Each figure is per user, so multiply by the team before comparing.
A team of five, on monthly billing
Trello Standard $30 a month, ClickUp Core $60; Todoist Business €50 plus local taxes, monday.com Basique €60 or Standard €70, Asana Starter €67.45. Dollars and euros are not added together or converted: compare within a currency, and check which one your card will be charged in.
What the free plans cap
Trello caps boards (10 per Workspace) and collaborators (10). ClickUp caps storage, not members. monday.com caps users at two and boards at three; Asana Personal caps users at two. Todoist Starter is free but reminders and calendar sync are paid. For three or more people who want to stay free, ClickUp is the only plan here that does not cap the team.
When the cheapest is the wrong choice
If hand-offs depend on someone remembering, automations (monday.com Standard, Asana Starter) pay for themselves. If deadlines depend on each other, a timeline matters more than $5 a user. Price breaks a tie between tools that do the job; it should not pick the job.
Pricing side by side
Trello Standard · in dollars
ClickUp Core · in dollars
monday.com Basique · in euros
Asana Starter · in euros
Each tool's paid entry plan multiplied by the number of seats, free plan and tax excluded. Each tool stays in its own currency and on its own scale: we do not convert dollars into euros, so bar lengths do not compare from one tool to the other. Prices read on the official pages (25.10.2026 to 03.11.2026).
| Tool | Verified price | Billing condition | Free | Checked | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trello | $6.00/mo · Standard | $5 per user/month billed annually; $6 per user/month billed monthly | Yes | 25.10.2026 | Visit ↗ |
| Todoist | €7.00/mo · Pro | 7 € a month for one person, billed monthly; 5 € a month billed annually (60 € a year); teams use Business at 10 € per user a month plus local taxes | Yes | 25.10.2026 | Visit ↗Partner link |
| ClickUp | $12.00/mo · Core | $9 per user/month billed yearly; $12 per user/month billed monthly | Yes | 03.11.2026 | Visit ↗Partner link |
| monday.com | €12.00/mo · Basique | €12 per user/month billed monthly; €9 per user/month billed yearly | Yes | 25.10.2026 | Visit ↗ |
| Asana | €13.49/mo · Starter | €13.49 per user/month billed monthly; €10.99 per user/month billed annually; VAT added at checkout | Yes | 25.10.2026 | Visit ↗ |
Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest project management tool?
Trello Standard at $6 a user a month on monthly billing, $5 billed yearly. In euros, Todoist Pro at €7 (€5 billed yearly) for one person; for a team, Todoist Business at €10 a user plus local taxes.
Which project management tool is free for a whole team?
ClickUp: Free Forever includes unlimited members; storage is the limit. Trello's free plan allows up to 10 collaborators; monday.com and Asana stop at two users.
Is ClickUp cheaper than monday.com?
They bill in different currencies on the pages we read, so we do not compare them directly. ClickUp Core is $12 a user a month; monday.com Basique €12 and Standard €14.
Is Trello still free?
Yes, for up to 10 collaborators and 10 boards per Workspace. Standard starts at $6 a user a month.
Recently at these tools
Todoist: Task Capture Assist leaves beta, and tasks can be reordered in Today while a filter is on. Source ↗
ClickUp: Release 4.09: automations can create lists from templates, personal time off now feeds planning and workload, and parent task dates sync from their subtasks. Source ↗
Read on each vendor's official changelog, not tested by us.