Trello alternative · updated 2026-08-03
The honest Trello alternative for small teams
Lyto is a Trello alternative for teams of one to ten people who have outgrown a board and started bolting tools around it. Lyto Workstream handles tasks and projects inside one suite with CRM, invoicing, helpdesk and time tracking, at €13 per seat per month — €10 billed annually. Trello's Standard is $6 per user and Premium $12.50 (July 2026), for boards alone. Lyto is the connected suite a team usually reaches for once Trello stops being enough.
Lyto · all 7 apps
from €10 / seat / mo
billed annually · €13 monthly
Trello · kanban boards
Standard $6 / user / mo annual billing
Premium $12.50 / user / mo annual billing
Enterprise $17.50 / user / mo annual, 50+ seats
prices as of July 2026
How does Lyto compare to Trello?
| Lyto (Workstream) | Trello | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | €13 / seat / mo, or €10 billed annually — tasks plus six more apps | $6 / user / mo (Standard) — boards only |
| What it is | A connected suite: tasks, CRM, invoicing, helpdesk, time, reporting | A kanban board you extend with Power-Ups and other tools |
| When you grow | The next steps — clients, invoices, hours — are already in the suite | Add Power-Ups, or graduate to separate CRM/billing/time tools |
| Connected data | A card's work ties to the client (Pipeline) and invoice (Sum) | Cards are self-contained; context lives in other apps |
| Time tracking | Built in via Tally, feeding invoices | Only through a Power-Up or integration |
| Free trial | 14 days, card required — disclosed up front | Free tier; paid tiers billed per user |
Competitor prices checked July 2026; see their pricing page for current figures.
Why look past Trello at one to ten people?
Trello is a lovely place to start. A board, some lists, a handful of cards — for a tiny team or a single workflow it is often perfect, and its price reflects that. The reason teams leave is rarely a better board; it is that the board stops describing the whole job. You add a Power-Up, then a CRM to track the clients behind the cards, then an invoicing tool to bill the work, then a time tracker. Before long the cheap board sits at the centre of a small, expensive stack of disconnected subscriptions.
That is the moment Lyto is built for: not “a nicer Trello,” but the connected suite a growing small team was assembling piecemeal anyway.
How is Lyto Workstream different?
Workstream is the tasks-and-projects app inside the Lyto suite, built for teams that have outgrown a standalone board:
- The same board model, connected. Lists and cards you already understand — but a card’s work ties to the client in Pipeline and the invoice in Sum.
- The next steps are already here. When a board isn’t enough, CRM, invoicing, helpdesk and time tracking are in the same login, not the next purchase.
- Time tracked is time billed. Tally hours feed Sum invoices — no Power-Up, no integration.
- Flat per-seat pricing. €13 per seat, or €10 billed annually — tasks plus the other six apps.
Where is Trello still the better pick?
If a simple board is genuinely all you need and you have no plans to bill, support or manage clients from the same place, Trello is cheaper and lovely at exactly that. Lyto is not trying to win the “best standalone board” contest — it wins when a board has become the hub of a growing stack and you would rather have one connected suite than five apps.
What does the suite change day to day?
Advance a card in Workstream and the hours are already in Tally, the client is in Pipeline, and the invoice is a step away in Sum — no Power-Ups to manage, no tools to reconcile. One login, one shared record, one flat bill: the whole back-of-house a board can only gesture at.
Questions people ask about switching
Trello is cheaper than Lyto — why switch?
Trello's $6 seat is cheaper than Lyto's €13, and if a board is genuinely all you need, stay on Trello. The switch makes sense when a board has stopped being enough and you have started adding a CRM, an invoicing tool and a time tracker around it. At that point you are paying for several subscriptions; Lyto folds task management and those six other apps into one €13 seat, so it is usually cheaper than the stack Trello has grown into.
Can I move my Trello boards into Lyto easily?
Yes. Workstream uses the same board-and-card model your team already knows, so the mental model transfers directly — lists become stages, cards become tasks with owners and due dates. The difference is what surrounds a card: in Lyto it links to the client in Pipeline and the invoice in Sum, so the work carries its business context instead of living on an island.
Does Lyto track time and billing that Trello leaves to Power-Ups?
Yes. In Trello, time tracking and invoicing come from Power-Ups or separate tools you connect. In Lyto they are part of the suite: Tally records hours against a task and those hours flow into a Sum invoice for the right client, inside one login. There is nothing to bolt on and nothing to keep in sync.
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