Organizer as a Trello alternative

Trello made kanban normal, and if a board of cards in columns is all you need, it does that job well. People usually go looking for an alternative for one of two reasons: the board is one more site to remember to open, or the board alone is not enough once real work involves a calendar, documents and notes as well.

The difference in one line

Trello is a board you visit. Organizer is a board that is already open, because it replaces the new tab in your browser. Everything below follows from that.

What you get in Organizer

The board, on every new tab

To Do, In Progress and Done out of the box, up to five custom columns per board and up to ten boards on Premium. Drag a card and the status follows.

A calendar, not an add-on

Dated cards sit in a month grid next to your real meetings, with two-way Google Calendar and Microsoft 365 sync on Premium.

Documents and files

A built-in editor with tables, checklists and code blocks, plus file storage and share links with optional passwords and expiry.

Notes and quick links

Sticky notes for the things too small to be cards, and one-click links to the sites you open constantly.

AI over your own work

Ask questions across your tasks, documents, files and Notion pages and get answers that cite the item they came from.

Works with no account

Everything runs locally until you choose to sign in. Signing in adds sync across devices.

Honest about moving over

There is no Trello importer today, and pretending otherwise would waste your afternoon. If you are switching, the realistic options are rebuilding the board by hand, which is quick because most people carry over far less than they expect, or using the capture API with a token to create tasks from a script if you have a lot of cards worth keeping.

Organizer does import from Google Tasks and Todoist, and syncs two ways with a Notion database, so if your work also lives in one of those the move is easier. A Trello importer is a fair thing to ask for: email [email protected] and it will count towards building one.

Where Trello is still the better answer

Large teams sharing one board: Organizer is built around your own workspace, not multi-person board collaboration with per-card assignees and comments.
Deep board automation and a large add-on ecosystem: Trello has years of that and Organizer does not try to match it.
Board-level guest access for clients or contractors: Organizer shares documents, files and folders by link, not whole boards.

If any of those is what you need, Trello is the right tool and this page is not trying to talk you out of it. Organizer is for one person who wants their work, their day and their documents in the tab that is already in front of them.

What it costs

Organizer is free for one board with unlimited tasks and sticky notes, 20 quick links, 50 MB of document storage, the calendar view, recurring tasks, reminders and sync across devices. Premium is $4.29 a month with a 3-day free trial, or $39.99 a year as a one-time payment with no auto-renewal, and adds multiple boards, custom columns, calendar sync, integrations, AI and 2 GB of storage. Compare current Trello pricing on their own site, since plans change.

Trello is a trademark of Atlassian. Organizer is an independent product and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Atlassian. Feature comparisons describe Organizer; check Trello's own site for what it currently offers.