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A Trello alternative for agencies that outgrew the board
Trello, from Atlassian, made the kanban board familiar to millions of teams. Cards move across lists, Power-Ups add calendars, automation and integrations, and higher plans add views such as timeline, calendar and table. It is quick to learn and easy to share.
Many agencies start on Trello and find that the board shows the work but not the business: the client, the deal, the email, the proposal and the invoice are elsewhere. Tamaam keeps a board for the work and links it to everything around it.
Side by side
| What an agency needs | Tamaam | Trello |
|---|---|---|
| Product focus | Client work: from enquiry to delivery and payment | Visual boards for any kind of team |
| Boards | Built in, with list, timeline, calendar and the team's week | The core of the product; more views on higher plans |
| Client and deal records | Built in and linked to every project | Through Power-Ups or other apps |
| Shared client inbox | Built in, beside the work | Through Power-Ups or other apps |
| Proposals and signatures | Documents with signatures | Through Power-Ups or other apps |
| Invoices and payments | Built in, linked to the client and project | Through Power-Ups or other apps |
| Time and profitability | Time, costs and margin by client and project | Through Power-Ups or other apps |
| Client portal | One portal for the client's work and documents | Share a board; check the vendor |
| AI assistance | Nefer prepares, a person approves, with sources shown | Atlassian's AI features; check the vendor |
This comparison reflects public information as of October 2026. Products change often, so check the vendor's own site before you decide.
Where Trello is a strong choice
Trello is hard to beat for simplicity. A new person understands a board in minutes, cards hold checklists, attachments and comments, and Power-Ups connect it to many other tools. For a small team, a simple process or work that sits alongside Jira and Confluence, it does the job well.
Where agencies feel the gap
As an agency grows, boards multiply: one per client, one per project, one for sales. The answers the business needs sit across all of them and outside them: which clients owe money, which projects are over their hours, who has room next week. Power-Ups can add pieces, but each one is another setting to manage.
- Client and deal records outside the board
- Proposals, signatures and invoices in other tools
- Workload across many boards
- Questions about the business answered by hand
How Tamaam is different
Tasks in Tamaam work as a list, a board, a timeline, a calendar or the team's week. Each task belongs to a project, each project to a client, and the client page shows the relationship, the projects, the conversations, the documents and the money together.
Leads, deals, the shared inbox, the calendar with booking pages, documents with signatures, forms and finance are modules of the same workspace, not Power-Ups. Nefer reads across them, notices what needs attention and prepares the next step for a person to approve.
When Trello is the better choice
Choose Trello if a simple board is all your team needs, if your work is mostly internal, or if you rely on its place in the Atlassian ecosystem.
Choose Tamaam if your boards have become the place where client work goes to be tracked while the client, the email and the money live somewhere else.
Questions to ask before you switch
A new tool is worth the move only if it removes work your team does every week. Before you compare features, write down the questions people ask most often and where they go to answer them today. If the answer to most of them is "in two or three places", a connected workspace will save time. If the answer is "in Trello, and it works", it may not.
- Where does the team look to see what a client owes?
- Who owns each client conversation, and how do you know?
- How do you see who has room next week?
- What happens to the context when a project changes hands?
Moving from Trello
The Agency plan includes priority help and a guided move from Zoho, ClickUp or Trello. Bring the boards for active client work first and connect each one to its client as a project; archive the rest.
Tamaam is in early access. Request access and tell the team how your boards are organised today.
Questions
- Does Tamaam have kanban boards?
- Yes. Tasks work as a list, a board, a timeline, a calendar or your team's week.
- How much does Tamaam cost?
- Tamaam is priced a member a month: Starter $14.99, Pro $29 and Agency $49, from five members. Enterprise is priced by contract. Paying yearly gives four months free on Pro and Agency and two on Starter. There is no free plan; Tamaam is in early access and founding members pay 30% less a month in their first year on Pro and Agency.
- Can you help us move from Trello?
- Yes. The Agency plan includes priority help and a guided move from Zoho, ClickUp or Trello.
- Can clients see their work?
- Yes. Clients see their work in the client portal, and guests and clients are free.
- Can I try Tamaam today?
- Tamaam is in early access. Request access and the team invites workspaces as places open. Joining the list does not start a subscription or charge a card.
Where to go next
Checked . Tamaam is in early access: request your invite.