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MindNode vs Trello: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 10th, 2025
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Real-Time Updates
NA
Task Management
NA
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Commenting/Notes
4.5
Collaboration Tools
3.2
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Feature ratings
Real-Time Updates
4.7
Task Management
4.6
Drag & Drop
4.7
Commenting/Notes
4.7
Collaboration Tools
4.5
User satisfaction
4.8
User reviews15
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.3
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.3
4.5
User reviews23,396
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.3
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.3
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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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Francois L
president
5.0

Francois L.: I am Francois. I'm the president of Aliter Concept. We're a small company dealing with human resources needs, conferences, workshops, and trainings, and my rating for MindNode is five. I've been using MindNode for almost a decade now. I can't remember the other names I've tried. But you name it, you've got it. Any kind of software that deals with mind maps, I've tried it. I've tried several before choosing MindNode, and I just can't remember the names. But they were numerous. I used to do mind maps manually, and I always felt constricted by the size of the sheet. With MindNode, there is no size. It's forever. It's infinite. That's one reason. The other reason is I'm not that good drawing stuff, and with MindNode, we can write stuff but organize it in such a way that it's literally a mind map the way that these professional mind mappers do it with drawings. But I don't like drawings. We can use drawings with MindNode. I don't. So I like it. I can move things around. I can start with something very, very simple, and it explodes with something really complex. We use it for projects. We use it for planning. We use it for course design. It's awesome. It's awesome. One of the things about mind map is it's supposed to be easy. And one of the things that I hated with most software is it was not that easy. With MindNode, it's a cinch. You basically write thing, you click enter or tab, and it does it. You can reorganize it very, very easily. In fact, it's so easy that I talk about my MindNode to all my clients. I even show them how I design my stuff using MindNode. And I tell them, "Try it. It is so easy. No explanation necessary. You just open it, type, enter. That's it. It does it by itself. It's really super." Whenever somebody tells me that mind map seems daunting, I tell them, "Use MindNode." Whenever somebody tells me Excel spreadsheets are too complicated and they're not so intuitive, I tell them, "Use MindNode. Whenever somebody tells me they have to design a new PowerPoint presentation and they feel limited by the PowerPoint templates, I tell them, "Use MindNode." Whenever. So, use MindNode. As soon as you need to think, you open a MindNode document. You start writing stuff. It just pops out of your mind. So, it's a very, very, very strong recommendation. Use MindNode. It's easy to use. It's awesome. It's so useful, and anybody can use it, and you can share your documents. This is really an extraordinary product.

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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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Activity/News Feed
388
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MindNode

9/50
  • Activity/News Feed
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • API
  • Approval Workflow
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Communication Management
  • Content Management
  • Crowdsourcing
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Security
  • Discussions/Forums
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Drag & Drop
  • Email Management
  • Feedback Management
  • Gamification
  • Idea Collection
  • Idea Ranking
  • Innovation Management
  • Mind Maps
  • Polls/Voting
  • Prioritization
  • Projections
  • Project Planning
  • Project Tracking
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  • Real-Time Data
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  • Single Sign On
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Tagging
  • Task Management
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Template Management
  • Trend Analysis
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
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  • Commenting/Notes
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  • Status Tracking
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MindNode
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
MindNode
  • By IdeasOnCanvas
  • Located in Austria
Trello
  • By Atlassian
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2013
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