Is Trello free? What it actually costs in 2026

What the free tier actually includes

• —10 boards per workspace
• —10 collaborators per workspace
• —250 workspace command runs per month
• —10 MB maximum per file attachment
• —No Calendar, Timeline, Table, Dashboard or Map views

Where the wall is

The eleventh board. It is the most common reason people upgrade, and it arrives sooner than teams expect because Trello's own conventions encourage a board per project. The missing views are the second wall, and a sharper one — anyone who needs a timeline goes to Premium, not Standard.

After that: Standard $5 per user per month on annual billing ($6 monthly), Premium $10 annual ($12.50 monthly), Enterprise $17.50 annual.

Can you self-host Trello? No — cloud only

Trello is cloud-only. There has never been a self-hosted edition and Atlassian has given no indication one is coming.

Questions people ask

Is Trello free for personal use?

Yes. Trello’s Free plan is $0 and described as being “for individuals or small teams looking to keep work organized”; the pricing page sets no time limit on it. A person stays inside it until they want an eleventh board in the same workspace, or a calendar or timeline view.

How many boards can you have on Trello for free?

Ten per workspace. Trello’s pricing page lists “Up to 10 boards per Workspace” on Free, with up to 10 collaborators per workspace and unlimited cards. Standard ($5 per user a month billed annually, $6 monthly) removes the board limit.

How many workspaces can you have on Trello for free?

Trello’s pricing page does not set a number. Its limits are per workspace — 10 boards and 10 collaborators each — and it says a team that downgrades “becomes a free Trello Workspace that can hold 10 boards”. So the useful question is not how many workspaces, but how many boards each one needs.

Does Trello Free have calendar or timeline view?

No. Trello lists Calendar, Timeline, Table, Dashboard and Map views on Premium ($10 per user a month billed annually, $12.50 monthly), not on Free or Standard. Anyone who needs a timeline skips Standard and goes straight to Premium.

What it actually takes to run one yourself

Real RAM against the documented minimum, monthly cost, setup time, and the one thing that catches people out.

When paying is still the right call

For one personal board or a small family list, Trello's free tier is still the path of least resistance — hosted, polished, zero setup. It's when you hit the 10-open-boards Workspace cap or need real permissions that the alternatives start paying for themselves.

What you are locked into

Boards, cards, and attachments are stored in Atlassian's cloud. Trello does provide a JSON/CSV export, so data isn't unrecoverable, but automations (Butler rules) and Power-Up configurations do not travel with an export and must be rebuilt on any alternative.

If you would rather not pay: Wekan