Trello vs WeKan

Thinking of swapping Trello for the open-source WeKan? Here’s the honest trade-off.

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What you give up vs Trello

  • UI is dated compared to Trello's polish
  • Meteor/MongoDB stack can be memory-heavy and occasionally slow on large boards
  • No official managed cloud hosting
  • Power-up/integration ecosystem is minimal versus Trello

What you gain

  • • Full data ownership — self-host WeKan on your own infrastructure.
  • • No per-seat SaaS bill (Trello: paywalls on power-ups and automation).
  • • Open-source code you can audit and extend (MIT).