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Trello
Android / Windows / WebYes
Kanban Tool
Web/Android/IOSYes
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Trello

Jonathan
Top Pro

Attach files to cards

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Keep all of your files (images, documents, etc.) organized on their relevant cards.
Jonathan
Top Pro

Smooth media integration

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Jonathan
Top Pro

Good performance

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Jonathan
Top Pro

Great native app for Android and iOS

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Jonathan
Top Pro

Sub-tasks

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Each card can have one or even multiple task lists.
Jonathan
Top Pro

Lots of API integrations

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Jonathan
Top Pro

Features to add voting on cards

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Trello offers support for features to add voting on cards, often referred to as 'power-ups'.
Jonathan
Top Pro

Action history log allows you to rapidly follow changes

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There is a global history system which allows to rapidly follow changes. There is also a notification system if another user updates the board while you're watching it.
Jonathan
Top Pro

Functionality can be extended via plug-ins

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Voting, view, and calendar plug-ins further increase the functionality.
Jonathan
Top Pro

Works well for visual thinkers

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The UI is based around Kanban, so you can see all your tasks and their status clearly.
Jonathan
Top Pro

Excellent for groups using agile software development

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The responsiveness and layers of customization make it easy for team members of various disciplines to collaborate on the same task board.
Jonathan
Andris Pelcbergs
Top Pro

Great real-time team collaboration features

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Trello has permissions at the board level as well as the ability to assign multiple people to each card. There are a lot of sharing options available and boards can be made visible for the public. It's also possible to subscribe to a card to be notified of its progress. The simplicity of the UI...
Jonathan
Andris Pelcbergs
Top Pro

Markdown support with well-rendered images

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Trello supports Markdown, meaning that HTML input is represented appropriately. Cards with attachments are also rendered well. For example, images are shown correctly on the card, bug links are detected etc.
Jonathan
Andris Pelcbergs
Top Pro

Cross-platform and cross-sync

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Trello works on all modern devices through the web application and has native apps for iOS, Android and Windows 8/10 devices.
Jonathan
Andris Pelcbergs
Top Pro

Free for unlimited users

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Trello offers a very generous free version that has no ads, no restrictions on the number of users, and very little restriction on how the program can be used. The paid features are generally cosmetic, such as the ability to change the background, add stickers, etc.
Jonathan
Andris Pelcbergs
Top Pro

Highly flexible workflow

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Trello calls items used in the workflow “cards.” Cards are double-sided and can contain subtasks as well as notes and other details. Card columns can be used to simulate a workflow by moving cards from left to right as they are completed, or as a way of indicating task priority. The workflow is h...
Jonathan
Andris Pelcbergs
Top Pro

Simple and easy to use interface

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There are two primary columns: the board is shown on the left and all the other controls on the right. The main means of interaction is dragging and dropping to-do cards into the various lists. The board structure is very customizable, and includes a variety of features that help along the way: co...
Jonathan
Top Con

No desktop client

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There is no Windows or Mac client now but you can still access all of the features through your web browser.
Jonathan
Top Con

Can't get one view of cards across all boards

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However, you can view all cards assigned to you.
Jonathan
Top Con

Can't create dependencies between cards

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Jonathan
Top Con

No multi-board aggregation

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If you have multiple boards with tasks on them there is no way to get all the tasks on one board in a way that changes on one board will update the other.
Jonathan
Top Con

Light on features

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Trello is focused on simplicity and as such forgoes certain common features that may or may not be important to you.
Jonathan
Top Con

Boards can't be deleted

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There's no way of deleting a board, it's only possible to close it.
Jonathan
Andris Pelcbergs
Top Con

Managing large projects may be difficult

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Trello works best with medium to small projects and with very high-level overviews. It is less effective for projects that require very granular management due to the fact that it becomes considerably more difficult to keep track of various cards and priorities as they are pushed off the screen.
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Kanban Tool

Add Video or Image
Andris Pelcbergs
Top Pro

Swimlanes and customization  

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You can very easily adjust the board layout to suit your needs and even add swimlanes to have all projects on the same Kanban board.
Andris Pelcbergs
Top Pro

Scalable  

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No matter how big a team you work in, kanban tool fits nicely. Thanks to the ability to customize the boards, it's easy to match a board to the size of the process. The kanban tool has been growing with our process for the past 3 years, we started with 3 people and 2 boards, now we have 24 empl...
Andris Pelcbergs
Top Pro

Simple customization  

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Kanban Tool provides a collection of power-ups that allow you to customize it to meet your needs. Especially, "Developer tools" are worth mentioning. With this power-up you can add custom scripts and stylesheets to your board.
Andris Pelcbergs
Top Pro

Customizable and reassuring  

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Thanks to the visualization of work, it's much easier to see the progress of work. Boosts the confidence in what you endeavour upon and reassures each step of the process. The customization allows to fit a system right to the process you've planned, so that we don't have to match our wo...
Andris Pelcbergs
Top Pro

On-site version available 

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Andris Pelcbergs
Henryk Witosz
Top Pro

Good number of integrations 

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Kanban Tool integrates with: Zapier, WeWiredWeb, Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, Box, Google calendar, iCal, Outlook, flexible and well-documented API for external systems integration, RSS feeds for boards, Chrome extension for adding tasks, JIRA® integration (Chrome extension - Kanbanira), adding...
Andris Pelcbergs
margaretlouis
Top Pro

otherIntuitive

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You will probably figure out how it works in a couple of minutes.
Andris Pelcbergs
margaretlouis
Top Pro

Time tracking reports 

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Great and seamless time tracking with best time tracking reports.
Andris Pelcbergs
Top Con

Search could be better  

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Search is not reliable.
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