Clockwise vs Trello: which one fits your team?
One of these knows when and not what. The other knows what and not when. Put plainly, they are two halves, and people usually end up running both.
It turns on which half you already have covered, because on their own neither is a complete answer.
Pick Clockwise if
nothing any more, because it closed on 27 March 2026 after the team joined Salesforce. Where it stops: it is no longer available, so this is a landing spot rather than a comparison.
Pick Trello if
you want a board everyone gets instantly, for free, and tracking state is all you need. Where it stops: a board says what state something is in, never when it happens.
What it costs
For a team of 5, billed yearly: Clockwise does not publish a per seat price we can put in this sum, Trello is about $300 a year, and UnaTask is €480 plus VAT.
Clockwise: No longer offered. Clockwise shut down on 27 March 2026. Trello: Free up to 10 collaborators. $5 Standard and $10 Premium per user per month billed annually.
Where they part company
Trello does more on 9 of them
- being the place the tasks actually live
- being useful before you configure it
- rules that fire on their own
- having a free plan
- two way calendar sync
- showing who has room
- turning email and chat into tasks
- linking pull requests to the work
- portfolio and agile reporting
Side by side
| What it does | Clockwise | Trello | UnaTask |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time blocking on a calendar | Gone | No | Core |
| A plan for today and this week | Gone | No | Core |
| Two way calendar sync | Gone | Partly. A calendar power up on the board, not a calendar you plan a week on. | Yes |
| It is the task manager itself | No. It was a calendar optimiser, never a task manager. | Core | Core |
| Dependencies and a timeline | No | No | Yes. Dependencies with a timeline that shows what is waiting on what. |
| See who has room | Gone | Partly | Core |
| Booking links | Gone | No | Yes |
| Meetings become tasks | No | No | Yes |
| Email and chat become tasks | No | Partly | Yes |
| Pull requests linked to work | No | Partly. Through a power up rather than natively. | Yes |
| Docs and wiki inside | No | No | Partly. Docs live on a project, they are not a wiki you would run a company from. |
| Portfolio or agile reporting | Gone | Partly | Partly. Team workload and project progress, not portfolios that roll up to a board. |
| Rules that fire on their own | Gone | Yes. Butler rules on the board are genuinely good and free to start. | Yes |
| AI that does the work, not just the scheduling | No | No | Yes. AI teammates you assign a task to. The work comes back on the task for review. |
| Useful before you configure it | Gone | Core | Core |
| A free plan | Gone | Yes | Yes |
What should not decide it
They answer the same on 7: time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today, dependencies and a timeline, booking links, turning meetings into tasks, docs and a wiki inside and AI that does the work rather than the scheduling.
And where UnaTask sits
UnaTask is the halves joined: the pile and the hours in one tool, so nothing has to be kept in sync between them.
It does more than both of them on time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today, two way calendar sync, dependencies and a timeline, showing who has room, booking links, turning meetings into tasks, turning email and chat into tasks, linking pull requests to the work, docs and a wiki inside and AI that does the work rather than the scheduling.
Common questions
Clockwise vs Trello: which should I pick?
Pick Clockwise if nothing any more, because it closed on 27 March 2026 after the team joined Salesforce. Pick Trello if you want a board everyone gets instantly, for free, and tracking state is all you need.
What is the biggest difference between Clockwise and Trello?
The clearest gap is being the place the tasks actually live, where Trello does more than Clockwise. Underneath that, Clockwise is software that arranges your calendar for you and defends what it put there, and Trello is a list or a board that everybody understands without being taught.
Is Clockwise or Trello cheaper?
For a team of 5, billed yearly: Clockwise does not publish a per seat price we can put in this sum, Trello is about $300 a year, and UnaTask is €480 plus VAT.
What do Clockwise and Trello have in common?
They answer the same on 7 of our 16 axes, among them time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today and dependencies and a timeline. Those are the things that should not decide it for you.
Where does UnaTask fit against Clockwise and Trello?
UnaTask does more than both on time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today and two way calendar sync. It is free on your own and €10 per seat for a team, with every feature included. Where it does less: it is not an issue tracker with sprints and burndown, and it is not a documentation workspace.
Details checked June 2026 and 2 August 2026.