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Time Doctor vs Trello: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 9th, 2025
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API
4.5
Resource Management
4.1
Deadline Management
4.5
Assignment Management
4.7
Commenting/Notes
4.7
User satisfaction
4.5
User reviews536
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
4.4
4.5
User reviews23,394
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4.5
Functionality
4.3
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.3
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Driving growth for enterprises including Banks, Technology companies and BPOs. Over 200k users in 50+ countries trust Time Doctor to foster accountability and improve performance.

Trello is for teams of all sizes, for the creators and doers, and for those who take dreams to done. Trusted by millions, Trello powers teams all around the world.

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Video reviews
Monica D
Executive Assistant
3.0

Monica: My name is Monica. I am the executive assistant to the Chief Operating Officer at PrimeSource. We're a company of about 40 employees across the world, and I would rate Time Doctor probably a three out of five. Probably about two years ago, I would want to say, our COO is looking for some method to track our employees. We just wanted to be able to monitor what they were doing and how they were doing it and how frequently they were coming into work and everything like that. [inaudible 00:00:34] that we have a lot of remote employees. It's not always the easiest to keep track of those employees physically. So we were looking for a way to monitor them electronically somewhere on the computer. So we were looking into different sources that would provide us with some information in addition to just the standard, oh, they were on their computer at this time. We wanted a little bit more detail in that and a little bit more accessibility of what we were able to do and track with our employees. I think one of the main selling points as to why we chose Time Doctor was that we could set different users to different standards, I guess you could call it. So we could have certain employees always monitor 24/7 and then other employees who were screenshotting every three minutes is our typical use of it. But it's nice that we can adjust it accordingly based on each employee. And I think that was really the biggest selling point for us was that uniqueness and accessibility. I think that's definitely where we struggle with Time Doctor. It's not always the greatest for setup. For some reason, when we have our employees log in, they're given multiple team options where we only have one team, so we don't know why there's that confusion there. And then, also, just the activity bar, employees find that it's hard to get it started when they onboard with us. It's not always the most smoothest transition, and it's definitely something that we're actively working on with Time Doctor to sort out because we're not sure where that hiccup is falling. We have several employees located in the Philippines and Time Doctor is a great way for us to keep track of when they're working because it's not always the same nine to five hours that we're working. It might be different for them in their time zone and everything like that. So it's a nice way for us to still be able to monitor them as well as see when they're active and what they're actively doing because we're not in day-to-say communication with them. So if we're like, oh, I wonder what they're doing, we can just pop onto Time Doctor and take a look at that, which is always really helpful. I think it's really great for the remote employees and being able to monitor what they're doing without having to overstep and say, oh hey, what are you doing in an email or whatever. You don't have to jump down their throats. It's there in Time Doctor.

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Xavier C
Founder
5.0

Xavier: Hi, my name is Xavier. I'm the founder of Mixtons, and I would rate Trello a 5 out of 5. So prior to Trello, we were using monday.com, and I found that it was actually too convoluted and too confusing to try and integrate with the team. So Trello, being a simple Kanban, was far easier for our team to understand, and therefore we decided to implement it across the board. We chose Trello, A, because it was free to begin with, which obviously made it much more appealing for us as a team, as a small business. But secondly, just how simple it was. It's probably the simplest of all the platforms. And you do have very simple integrations that you can have. So for us, it just made sense given our size and scale. The biggest perk of Trello is just how simple the whole thing is. A couple of YouTube tutorials can make you easily understand how to set it all up. And given how customizable all the Kanban boards are, you can have different ones for operations, sales, marketing, et cetera. So it was very simple to implement. So the biggest piece of advice I'd have for someone integrating Trello is to make sure that you have each of your pillars of the business set up in different boards, making sure that everything is trackable, but also that if you do have a premium account, which I would recommend, that you utilize the Power-Ups because they can be a little bit hidden, but once you discover them, they're actually very useful.

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Time Doctor

13/36
  • Assignment Management
  • Calendar Management
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Dashboard
  • Deadline Management
  • Dependency Tracking
  • Document Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Email-to-Task Conversion
  • Gantt/Timeline View
  • Prioritization
  • Project Planning
  • Project Templates
  • Recurring Tasks
  • Resource Management
  • Search/Filter
  • Spreadsheet View
  • Sub-Task Management
  • Task Board View
  • Task Editing
  • Task Import
  • Task Tagging
  • To-Do List
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  • API
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Mobile Access
  • Project Tracking
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  • Task Scheduling
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  • Time Tracking
  • Workflow Management
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Trello

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Time Doctor
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Trello
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Time Doctor
  • By Time Doctor
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2011
Trello
  • By Atlassian
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2013
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