What are the best free alternatives to Pivotal Tracker?

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Best free alternatives to Pivotal Tracker	Price	Platforms	Collaborative
-- Trello	-	Android / Windows / Web	Yes
-- Kanban Tool	-	Web/Android/IOS	Yes

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Trello

Top Pro

Attach files to cards

Keep all of your files (images, documents, etc.) organized on their relevant cards. See More

Top Con

No desktop client

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

Specs

Platforms:Android / Windows / Web

Top Pro

Smooth media integration

Top Con

Can't get one view of cards across all boards

However, you can view all cards assigned to you. See More

Top Pro

Good performance

Top Con

Can't create dependencies between cards

Top Pro

Great native app for Android and iOS

Top Con

No multi-board aggregation

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. See More

Top Pro

Sub-tasks

Each card can have one or even multiple task lists. See More

Top Con

Light on features

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

Top Pro

Lots of API integrations

Top Con

Boards can't be deleted

There's no way of deleting a board, it's only possible to close it. See More

Top Pro

Features to add voting on cards

Trello offers support for features to add voting on cards, often referred to as 'power-ups'. See More

Top Con

Managing large projects may be difficult

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. See More

Top Pro

Action history log allows you to rapidly follow changes

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. See More

Top Pro

Functionality can be extended via plug-ins

Voting, view, and calendar plug-ins further increase the functionality. See More

Top Pro

Works well for visual thinkers

The UI is based around Kanban, so you can see all your tasks and their status clearly. See More

Top Pro

Excellent for groups using agile software development

The responsiveness and layers of customization make it easy for team members of various disciplines to collaborate on the same task board. See More

Top Pro

Great real-time team collaboration features

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 makes collaboration easy because it’s very simple to see the progress of each card and who is responsible for it. It also updates constantly to reflect real-time changes in progress. The simplicity of the UI makes collaboration easy as it’s very simple to see the progress of each card and who is responsible for it. It also reflect changes on boards in real-time. See More

Top Pro

Markdown support with well-rendered images

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. See More

Top Pro

Cross-platform and cross-sync

Trello works on all modern devices through the web application and has native apps for iOS, Android and Windows 8/10 devices. See More

Top Pro

Free for unlimited users

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. See More

Top Pro

Highly flexible workflow

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 highly flexible as the columns are completely customizable to suit the task flow. For example, tasks can be put through a workflow "idea > approved > in-progress > pending review > released" or simply "ideas > released" depending on the granularity level needed. This makes Trello a great solution to feature management as it's possible to set up boards to handle everything from agile sprints to a more generic to-do list, all with status management. See More

Top Pro

Simple and easy to use interface

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: color-coding, due dates, card images, checklists with a graphics bar that allows following progress easily, and card aging for cards that haven’t been touched in a long time. See More

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Kanban Tool

Top Pro

Swimlanes and customization

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. See More

Top Con

Search could be better

Search is not reliable. See More

Specs

Platforms:Web/Android/IOS

Top Pro

Scalable

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 employees and 16 main boards with several process steps each and the system works just as well. See More

Top Pro

Simple customization

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. See More

Top Pro

Customizable and reassuring

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 work to an external way, but build our own. See More

Top Pro

On-site version available

Top Pro

Good number of integrations

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 tasks and comments from email, export/import Excel/CSV. See More

What are the best free alternatives to Pivotal Tracker?

2 Options Considered

Trello

My Recommendation for Trello

My Recommendation for Trello

Attach files to cards

No desktop client

Smooth media integration

Can't get one view of cards across all boards

Good performance

Can't create dependencies between cards

Great native app for Android and iOS

No multi-board aggregation

Sub-tasks

Light on features

Lots of API integrations

Boards can't be deleted

Features to add voting on cards

Managing large projects may be difficult

Action history log allows you to rapidly follow changes

Functionality can be extended via plug-ins

Works well for visual thinkers

Excellent for groups using agile software development

Great real-time team collaboration features

Markdown support with well-rendered images

Cross-platform and cross-sync

Free for unlimited users

Highly flexible workflow

Simple and easy to use interface

Kanban Tool

My Recommendation for Kanban Tool

My Recommendation for Kanban Tool

Swimlanes and customization

Search could be better

Scalable

Simple customization

Customizable and reassuring

On-site version available

Good number of integrations

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