What is ADLR? →
Trello alternative · boards + the whole stack

The Trello alternative
that runs your whole company

Trello's simple, visual boards are great — until your project needs a timeline, dependencies, or recurring work, and your team needs email, chat, docs and invoicing too. ADLR keeps the drag-and-drop Kanban you love and adds list, calendar and timeline views, automations and time tracking — inside one AI workspace that also runs the rest of the business. Free for teams up to 5.

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dependencies + automations
Free
for teams up to 5

Why teams look for a Trello alternative

📋 Boards alone hit a ceiling

Trello's card-and-column simplicity is its strength, but real projects need timelines, dependencies and recurring tasks. ADLR keeps the board and adds list, calendar and timeline views on the same data.

🧩 Power-Ups add up

Calendars, dependencies, time tracking and automations often mean stacking Power-Ups or upgrading. In ADLR they're native — no add-on to bolt on per board.

📨 Work lives outside the board

Client emails, team chat, specs and invoices live in other apps. ADLR puts email, chat, docs, calendar and finance beside your boards so nothing falls through the cracks.

🤖 No AI across your work

ADLR's AI reads your boards, inbox, docs and chat together — it can paste a client brief and turn it into tasks and a timeline, then draft the status update.

ADLR vs Trello, side by side

 ADLRTrello
Kanban boards (drag-and-drop) core strength
List, calendar & timeline views built inCalendar/timeline via Power-Ups or upgrade
Task dependencies
Recurring tasksVia Power-Up
Automations / rule builder per board Butler
Time tracking built inVia Power-Up
Built-in email + team chat
HRMS + finance / invoicing
AI across all your work

Trello plan limits and Power-Up availability are as commonly published and may change — check trello.com for current terms. Trello is genuinely excellent at simple, visual board workflows; ADLR aims to keep that simplicity while covering the rest of the stack.

Switching from Trello is light

There's little to migrate. Recreate your columns in a few minutes, or paste a client brief and let ADLR's AI extract the tasks and build the timeline for you. From there, the same project flips between board, list, calendar and timeline — and your boards, conversations, docs and invoices share one search and one AI in a single workspace.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a free Trello alternative?

Yes. ADLR is free for teams of up to 5 seats with everything included — Kanban boards plus list, calendar and timeline views, dependencies, recurring tasks, automations and time tracking, alongside email, chat, docs and finance. Pricing for larger teams is custom; contact sales.

Does ADLR have Kanban boards like Trello?

Yes. ADLR has drag-and-drop Kanban boards just like Trello, and you can switch the same project into List, Calendar or Timeline view without rebuilding it. Cards carry assignees, due dates, priorities, dependencies and custom fields.

Can ADLR do task dependencies and recurring tasks?

Yes. ADLR supports dependencies, due dates, priorities, custom fields and recurring tasks natively — features that usually need Power-Ups or upgrades in Trello. Per-board automations move, assign and notify on rules you define.

What does ADLR do that Trello doesn't?

Beyond boards, ADLR includes custom-domain email, real-time team chat, documents, a calendar, a full HRMS, finance and invoicing, a credentials vault and an AI assistant that reads across all of it. Trello focuses on boards; ADLR runs the rest of the company too.

Is ADLR good for dev shops and software teams?

Yes. ADLR connects to GitHub to surface open PRs, CI build health and assigned issues on the dashboard, runs projects as client builds across board, list, timeline and calendar views, and pairs that with HRMS and invoicing.

How hard is it to switch from Trello to ADLR?

It's light. Recreate your board columns in minutes or paste a client brief and let ADLR's AI extract the tasks and build a timeline. Your boards, conversations, docs and invoices then live in one workspace with shared search and AI.

Keep the board. Lose the tool sprawl.

Get the drag-and-drop Kanban you love — plus timelines, dependencies, automations, and the email, chat, docs and finance to run the whole company. Free for teams up to 5.

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