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Quila vs Trello

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. Quila starts at $7, Trello at $5. Both have a free tier. Only Trello ships a public API.

Side by side

FactQuilaTrello
CategoryTask & Project ManagementTask & Project Management
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$7 month$5 seat_month
Public APINoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, API
CompanyRemodeled AI, LLCAtlassian
Launched2011
Last verifiedSep 1, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Quila

Quila is a straightforward Kanban-and-tasks tool with an AI assistant layered on top, priced low enough ($7-19/month) to compete with free tiers of larger project managers rather than enterprise suites. It's one of several small AI apps from the same operator, which is a fine sign of a working shipping process but not evidence of long-term backing. The Free plan's one-project, one-member limit makes it mostly a trial rather than something a real team could run on.

Pros

  • AI assistant helps draft project plans and boards from a prompt
  • Starter and Pro tiers are priced well under most competing project tools
  • template library for recurring workflows
  • annual billing discount equivalent to four free months

Cons

  • Free plan's single-project, single-member limit is too small for real team use
  • no enterprise-grade features like SSO or audit trails mentioned
  • operated alongside several unrelated single-purpose AI apps by the same small company, which raises questions about long-term focus

Trello

Still the easiest board tool to hand a non-technical team, and the AI additions are sensibly scoped - board generation and summarisation rather than an agent that reorganises your work. The limits are the old ones: a board is a board, and anything needing dependencies or resourcing outgrows it.

Pros

  • AI-generated boards turn a written goal into a populated board rather than an empty template
  • Summarisation works on both card descriptions and long comment threads
  • Inbox captures tasks from email and chat without leaving those tools
  • Apps on every platform plus a long-stable public API and a large Power-Up ecosystem

Cons

  • Calendar, timeline and dashboard views are held back until the $10 Premium tier
  • Free workspaces cap at ten collaborators, which small teams hit quickly
  • The board model does not express dependencies, so complex plans go elsewhere

Which one fits

Choose Quila if you need

  • small teams and solo users wanting light AI help drafting project plans
  • students and freelancers organizing personal projects

Choose Trello if you need

  • Small teams that need a shared board today with no setup ceremony
  • Personal and side-project tracking, where the free tier is genuinely enough
  • Teams already inside Atlassian who want Jira's neighbour rather than Jira

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