The short version
Terms comparison from both official pricing pages, captured in USD on October 4, 2026. No accounts were created on either product.
Trello Standard is $5 per user per month on annual billing; Notion Plus is $10 per member. Both are honest prices for what they are — the question is whether you need a workspace or a board.
Pricing side by side
| Notion | Trello | |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0, 10 free guests, 7-day history | $0 for up to 10 collaborators per Workspace, unlimited cards |
| Entry paid | Plus $10/member/mo yearly · $12 monthly | Standard $5/user/mo yearly · $6 monthly |
| Upper paid | Business $20 yearly · $24 monthly | Premium $10 yearly · $12.50 monthly |
| Enterprise | Custom | $17.50/user/mo billed annually ($210.00 per user per year) |
| Storage | Free: 5 MB/file; paid: unlimited (~5 GB) | Free & Standard: 10 MB/file; Premium: 250 MB/file |
| AI | Trial on Free and Plus; full from Business | Listed as included from Standard |
| Free collaborators | 10 guests on Free | 10 collaborators per Workspace |
The clearest line on the page is Trello’s own banner: “Upgrade to unlock our new AI features, starting at $5 a month.” Notion’s equivalent requires $20 per member.
What the free plans give you
Trello’s free plan is not a token tier. The page lists unlimited cards, up to 10 boards per Workspace, unlimited Power-Ups per board, 10 MB per file, 250 Workspace command runs per month, custom backgrounds and stickers, unlimited activity log, assignee and due dates, and two-factor authentication — for up to 10 collaborators, at $0. That is a fully usable board tool for a small team.
Notion’s free plan is unlimited pages, databases, 7 days of history, calendar connections, and 10 free guests. Its two printed limits: 5 MB per file upload, and blocks limited once the workspace has 2+ members.
What Standard and Plus buy
Trello Standard ($5) adds AI, unlimited boards, Planner, advanced checklists, card mirroring, custom fields, collapsible lists, unlimited storage at 10 MB/file, 1,000 Workspace command runs per month, single-board guests, and saved searches. Premium ($10) adds Calendar, Timeline and Table views, unlimited command runs, admin and security features, workspace-level templates, Collections, observers, and 250 MB per file.
Notion Plus ($10) adds unlimited file uploads (~5 GB per file), database charts, custom forms and sites, removal of Notion branding from public forms, and basic connections to Slack and Google Drive. Its heavier features — Notion Agent, AI Meeting Notes, Enterprise Search, SAML SSO, granular database permissions, private teamspaces — are Business at $20.
The cost of a real team
- 10 people on boards: Trello Standard $50/mo. Notion Plus $100/mo. Trello Premium $100/mo — the same as Notion Plus, and Trello Premium is the tier with the extra views.
- 10 people who need AI: Notion Business $200/mo. Trello Premium $100/mo with AI included.
- 25 people, board only: Trello Free seats up to 10 collaborators per workspace; beyond that, Standard at $125/mo still comes with unlimited cards.
Verdict
Trello takes this on price and on how long its free plan stays usable — 10 collaborators with unlimited cards is genuinely free, while Notion’s free plan degrades the moment a second member arrives. Notion wins decisively if your work involves documents, wikis, linked databases or publishing to the web; Trello has no equivalent of any of those.
If the decision is about leaving Notion entirely, see Notion alternatives and our head-to-head Notion vs ClickUp.
Pricing verified against trello.com/pricing and notion.com/pricing on October 4, 2026.
