Tool matchup
Miro vs Trello for consultants. Compare two Delivery & Reporting tools on pricing, setup speed, strengths, and Curalo score.
Collaborative whiteboard with 5,000+ templates — Business Model Canvas, SWOT, Porter's Five Forces, and more. The de facto whiteboard for strategy workshops, with Miro AI for generating boards, timelines, and summaries from a prompt.
Prices checked October 21, 2026miro.com pricing page
Kanban boards for client projects and to-dos. Free for up to 10 collaborators per Workspace; Standard from $5/user/mo billed yearly.
Prices checked November 2, 2026trello.com pricing page
Trello leads by 1 points (close call).
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Best fit
Best for: Consultants running strategy workshops, brainstorming sessions, and framework exercises with clients.
Why pick it: 5,000+ templates cover every major consulting framework out of the box. Real-time collaboration with voting, timers, and private brainstorming mode prevents groupthink, and Miro AI can draft boards and summaries from a prompt.
Watch for: Overkill for simple note-taking or async document collaboration. Use Notion if you need a knowledge base, not a whiteboard.
Best for: Solo consultants and VAs who want a visual board per client or project without a heavy setup.
Why pick it: The free plan covers a small practice (10 boards per Workspace, unlimited cards), and boards are easy for clients to follow, so it is a quick way to make the work visible.
Watch for: If you need timelines, workload views or reporting across many projects, ClickUp, Asana or monday.com do more. In Trello, Calendar and Timeline views need Premium.
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Miro | Trello | |
|---|---|---|
| Quick facts | ||
| Pricing sanity | Free, paid from $8/mo | Free, paid from $5/mo |
| Integrations | 5+ | 5+ |
| Score breakdown | ||
| Outcome fit | 22/25 | 20/25 |
| Setup speed | 17/20 | 18/20 |
| Pricing sanity | 12/15 | 13/15 |
| Integrations | 13/15 | 14/15 |
| UX polish | 14/15 | 13/15 |
| Trust & support | 9/10 | 10/10 |
| Summary | ||
| Best for | Consultants running strategy workshops, brainstorming sessions, and framework exercises with clients. | Solo consultants and VAs who want a visual board per client or project without a heavy setup. |
| Key strength | Strong on UX quality | Strong on trust |
| Main weakness | Weaker on pricing | Weaker on outcomes |
Pricing
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | Free |
| Starter | $8 per user / month, billed annually |
Prices checked October 21, 2026miro.com pricing page
| Plan | Price | Limits (vendor's wording) |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Up to 10 collaborators and 10 boards per Workspace; unlimited cards; 250 Workspace command runs a month; 10MB per file |
| Standard | $5 per user / month, billed annually$6 per user / month, billed monthly | Unlimited boards, card mirroring, AI features and more automation |
| Premium | $10 per user / month, billed annually$12.50 per user / month, billed monthly | AI; Calendar, Timeline, Table, Dashboard and Map views; unlimited command runs; admin and security features |
| Enterprise | $17.50 per user / month, billed annually | Billed yearly only ($210 per user a year); Atlassian Guard Standard, unlimited Workspaces, organization-wide permissions |
Prices checked November 2, 2026trello.com pricing page
Cost calculator
$8 per month · $96 per year
Cheapest plan that fits: Starter, $8 per seat or user
$5 per month · $60 per year
Cheapest plan that fits: Standard, $5 per seat or user
Uses list prices from each vendor's pricing page, before tax and discounts. Free plans and custom-quote plans are left out.
Method
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Common questions
Trello scores 88/100 and Miro scores 87/100 on Curalo's consultant rubric. The biggest gap is Trust & support: Trello 10/10 vs 9/10.
Miro's cheapest paid plan is Starter at $8 per user / month, billed annually. Trello's cheapest paid plan is Standard at $5 per user / month, billed annually.
Miro has a free plan. Trello has a free plan: Up to 10 collaborators and 10 boards per Workspace; unlimited cards; 250 Workspace command runs a month; 10MB per file.
Miro: $8 a month on Starter. Trello: $5 a month on Standard. Annual list prices where available, before tax.
Overkill for simple note-taking or async document collaboration. Use Notion if you need a knowledge base, not a whiteboard.
If you need timelines, workload views or reporting across many projects, ClickUp, Asana or monday.com do more. In Trello, Calendar and Timeline views need Premium.
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