🆚 Slack vs. Trello

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Slack is three times more popular than Trello.
🌎 Slack is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
🌍 Trello is more popular in Vietnam, the Philippines, and Malaysia.

Slack

Trello

Type

Instant messaging app

Project management tool

About

Slack is a cloud-based team communication platform for businesses, currently owned by Salesforce.

It provides real-time messaging with organized channels, searchable history, file sharing, workflow automation, and integrations with over 2,600 third-party apps.

It also includes informal live conversations called huddles, which start as audio chats within channels or direct messages and can include video and screen sharing.

Trello is a web-based, Kanban-style visual work management and collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Sydney, Australia

Website

slack.com #1,026

trello.com #145

Pricing

Free version ✔️90 days of message history, 10 apps

Pro$8.75/month

Business+$18/month

Free version ✔️Free for up to 10 collaborators per workspace

Standard$6/user/month

Premium$12.50/user/month

Enterprise$210/user/year

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Slack instant messaging app is 2.9 times more popular than Trello.

Total websites

Market share

Online Collaboration

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Slack is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Trello is more popular in Vietnam, the Philippines, and Malaysia.

United States

Vietnam

United Kingdom

Germany

France

Japan

Australia

Ireland

Canada

Switzerland

Awards

🥉 Third most popular in Ireland in the Online Collaboration category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Ireland in the Instant Messaging category.
⭐ 6th most popular in France in the Instant Messaging category.
⭐ 6th most popular in Japan in the Online Collaboration category.
⭐ 7th most popular in the United States in the Online Collaboration category.

🥇 Most popular in Vietnam in the Project Management category.
🥇 Most popular in Vietnam in the Issue Tracking category.
🥉 Third most popular in Vietnam in the Online Collaboration category.
⭐ 4th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Issue Tracking category.
🔥 12nd most popular in the United Kingdom in the Online Collaboration category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Slack is more popular among sites focused on business, Internet services, and software and hardware, while Trello is more commonly used on online shopping, games, and recreation and hobbies sites.

Business

Internet Services

Software/Hardware

Blogs/Wiki

Education/Reference

Online Shopping

Technical Information

Interactive Web Applications

Marketing/Merchandising

Technical/Business Forums