The Trello alternative with built-in chat
Trello is a board. DevvyBoard is the whole conversation.
Trello popularised kanban, and it's still a fine board. But a board is all it is — the chat lives in Slack, ideas live in someone's head, your roadmap lives nowhere, and your AI tools can't touch any of it. DevvyBoard keeps the board simple and builds the rest in.
25 people on Trello Standard costs 8× DevvyBoard Pro
Trello Standard
$125/mo
for a 25-person team
$5 per user/mo (annual billing) — Premium with AI features is $10 per user/mo
DevvyBoard Pro
$14.99/mo
flat — for the whole community
$14.99/mo flat per community — 25 members, 50 GiB, Blueprint, higher MCP limits
Trello charges per seat, so the price grows with every hire. DevvyBoard Pro is flat per community — 5 people or 25, same $14.99.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Trello | DevvyBoard |
|---|---|---|
| Kanban board | Yes — the original | Yes, with card groups & categories |
| Built-in team chat | No — comments on cards only | Project rooms + DMs, wired to the board |
| AI teammate in chat | AI text generation on Premium ($10/u/mo) | @devvy creates, moves & edits cards from chat |
| MCP for AI coding tools | No MCP support | 19 tools — Claude Code, Cursor, Codex |
| Ideas backlog | No — Inbox is personal, not team | Team backlog, promote ideas to cards |
| Public roadmap | No — public boards now require login | Shareable read-only URL, embeddable |
| Deadlines from chat | No | Mention a card + a date → one-click deadline |
| Architecture canvas | No | Blueprint canvas your AI can draw on (Pro) |
| Pricing model | Per seat — grows with every hire | Flat per community |
Competitor pricing and feature details checked June 2026 against public pricing and documentation pages. Spotted something out of date? Email us and we'll fix it.
Why teams pick DevvyBoard
- Everything in one tool: the chat where work is decided is the same place the board gets updated
- Your AI coding agents work the board over MCP — Trello has no MCP at all
- Flat $14.99/mo for 25 people vs $125–250/mo per-seat
- Public roadmaps your users can actually open — no login wall
- An ideas backlog the whole team shares, not a personal inbox
Where Trello is genuinely strong
- Massive ecosystem: 200+ Power-Ups and deep Atlassian integration
- Huge template gallery and brand familiarity — everyone has used Trello
- Free tier allows 10 collaborators (DevvyBoard Free is 3 members)
- Butler automation rules are mature and flexible
We’d rather you pick the right tool than the loudest page. If these matter to your team, Trello may be the better fit — and that’s fine.
Common questions
Is DevvyBoard a good Trello alternative?
If you only need a board, Trello is fine. DevvyBoard is for teams who also want team chat, an AI teammate, an ideas backlog, a public roadmap, and MCP access for AI coding tools — in one product with flat pricing instead of per-seat.
Does Trello have built-in team chat?
No. Trello supports comments on cards, but there are no channels or direct messages — most Trello teams run chat in Slack or Teams alongside it. DevvyBoard has project chat rooms and DMs built in, connected to the board.
What does DevvyBoard cost for a 25-person team?
DevvyBoard Pro is $14.99/mo flat per community and covers 25 members. Trello Standard at $5 per user per month costs $125/mo for the same 25 people; Trello Premium costs $250/mo.
Can AI tools work with Trello?
Trello has AI text features on Premium plans, but no MCP server, so AI coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor can't operate it. DevvyBoard ships an MCP server with 19 tools covering boards, cards, ideas, chat, roadmaps, and Blueprints.
See it before you commit to anything
The live demo is a real board with sample data — no account, no email, nothing to cancel. Or read the full tutorial to see every feature explained.