> Keep the simplicity of Trello boards without paying for guests: the Trello import moves one board or a whole workspace in minutes. Source: https://contals.com/en/switch/ Language: en # Keep the boards. Leave the seat bills behind. Contals feels like Trello – boards, lists, cards – the import moves one board or a whole workspace in minutes, and guests are free on every board. [Start free](https://app.contals.com/login?mode=signup) [Read how the Trello import works](https://contals.com/docs/en/guides/trello-migration/) Free for small teams. Volunteers and guests are always free. No credit card. Video: a card moves to the next list of a project board with drag and drop. ## You chose a simple board. Then the tool changed. Guests count toward the limit, guests on two boards cost a seat, and every redesign means relearning. The simplicity of Trello, with promises that hold. Video: with “My cards” and “This week”, the board shows only what matters now. Video: the search finds the boards and cards with “plan” in every project. - The same board model - Trello import in minutes - Guests free on every board - No forced redesigns ## The same board you know Lists, cards, labels, checklists, due dates – your team needs no training. [Learn more – The same board you know](https://contals.com/docs/en/boards/basics/) ![A Contals board for an open day: lists for ideas, planning, organisation and the work in progress, with cards that show labels, due dates, checklists, comments, votes and the people doing them; the work in progress has a limit of three cards.](https://contals.com/_astro/board-en-light.B76I2xN-_Z1x9lRa.jpg) ![A Contals board for an open day: lists for ideas, planning, organisation and the work in progress, with cards that show labels, due dates, checklists, comments, votes and the people doing them; the work in progress has a limit of three cards.](https://contals.com/_astro/board-en-light.B76I2xN-_Z1x9lRa.jpg) Video: a status update “At risk” is published for the open day, and the current status turns yellow. Status at a glance Video: in the workspace calendar, a due date moves to the next day with drag and drop, between the cards of the other projects. Every date, one calendar Video: the last two shifts of a checklist are ticked and its progress bar fills to 100 percent. Tick it off ## The switch as a template The “Switching from Trello” template walks you through the move step by step. [Learn more – The switch as a template](https://contals.com/docs/en/guides/trello-migration/) ![The template gallery with a filter for each kind of team, here the templates for teams and projects: project, editorial calendar, onboarding, kanban, weekly planning and switching from Trello, each with its lists, cards and suggested Power-Ups.](https://contals.com/_astro/templates-en-light._sz7lqtu_2qlyih.jpg) ![The template gallery with a filter for each kind of team, here the templates for teams and projects: project, editorial calendar, onboarding, kanban, weekly planning and switching from Trello, each with its lists, cards and suggested Power-Ups.](https://contals.com/_astro/templates-en-light._sz7lqtu_2qlyih.jpg) ## Live on every device A change shows up for everyone a moment later – and boards stay readable offline. [Learn more – Live on every device](https://contals.com/docs/en/data/offline-sync/) Miriam adds a card to the open day board on her laptop. Daniel sees it on his phone at once, takes it and answers in a comment. Both see the same – live. ## Moved in three steps 1. ### Sign up Two minutes, with a starter board. Video: a new idea goes onto the content calendar in a few keystrokes. 2. ### Import a board From Trello as JSON or with an API key, one board or a whole workspace: lists, cards, checklists, covers, comments and more. Video: on a phone, from the start page into the volunteer day and the website relaunch and back – every project on its own board, in its own colour. 3. ### Invite your team Set a switch date, archive the old board. Video: on a phone in the simple view, a volunteer opens a card of the volunteer day and taps “I’ll do it”. [Start free](https://app.contals.com/login?mode=signup) **Rather have help?** We move your boards with you in a 30-minute video call – free, while places last. [The free Trello migration](https://contals.com/en/switch/migration-service/) ## For teams who like boards and need guests Yes, if you use boards, lists and cards for teamwork and want guests, volunteers or clients on many boards. - From Trello - From Asana - From monday.com - From ClickUp Not the right fit if you need third-party Power-Ups from Trello’s marketplace, native apps or a timeline. ### Ready-made templates for this - ### [Switching from Trello](https://contals.com/en/templates/trello-switch/) 4 lists · 8 cards - ### [Kanban](https://contals.com/en/templates/kanban/) 5 lists · 3 cards - ### [Project](https://contals.com/en/templates/project/) 5 lists · 7 cards [All templates](https://contals.com/en/templates/) ## The catch? Contals is new. Trello has over 600 Power-Ups, Contals 16 of its own – including Calendar, Automation and Card repeater. There is no third-party marketplace. The full picture: costs, export, cancelling, where data lives What it costs Full members (people who create and organize boards) pay per month. Volunteers, guests and viewers are free on every plan, forever. A small team uses Contals for free: up to 5 full members and 10 active boards. On the free plan, notifications arrive in the app, by push and in the weekly summary e-mail. A free organization nobody uses for 90 days is paused until an owner signs in again. Prices are early-access prices and become final before the public launch. Your data stays yours Export a board or a workspace as JSON at any time, on every plan – cards, comments, Power-Up data and the activity of the last 13 months; the whole organization in one file on Team and Business. No support ticket, no fee. Leaving is easy Cancel any time; paid plans run to the end of the period, then the organization continues on the free plan – nothing is deleted. An organization is deleted only when an owner asks for it, 30 days later; deleting your account removes your personal data after a 30-day grace period. Billing records are kept only as long as tax law requires. Where your data lives Board data, the database and backups are stored in Cloudflare’s EU jurisdiction; a second, encrypted copy of the backups lies at DigitalOcean in Frankfurt (Germany). Cloudflare is a US company; we say “EU data residency”, not “sovereign”. Details on the security page. How we make money From full members on paid plans. No ads, no selling or sharing of data, no tracking cookies, no metered AI credits. Visits to the website and the sign-in pages are counted with privacy-friendly, cookieless statistics (Fathom); signed-in pages load none. [Pricing](https://contals.com/en/pricing/) [Our promises](https://contals.com/en/promise/) ## Six pay. Ten guests don’t. The bill changes only when your core team changes. 6 full members pay10 guests free Video: a guest answers the date poll for the team evening on a phone, without an account. Vote without an account Example: 6 team members and 10 guests on several boards - Contals TeamEarly-access price 6 full members × CHF 4.50 / €4.50 / $4.50; guests free CHF 27 / €27 / $27 - Trello Standard Guests on 2+ boards count as members: 16 × $5 ≈ $80 - Asana Starter 6 × $10.99; guests free ≈ $66 - monday.com Standard 10–15-seat package × €12, depending on how many guests edit ≈ €120–€180 - ClickUp Core 6 × $9; guests beyond the plan’s allowance cost extra ≈ $54+ List prices per user and month with annual billing, rounded, as published on the vendors’ pricing pages and checked on 13 October 2026. Rules for guests and seat steps differ in detail – please check the linked pages before you decide. Contals is shown with annual billing too; its prices are early-access prices and become final before the launch. ## After a week, nobody asks “Where is …?” anymore What a switch can look like – an invented example. 1. Day 1 You import your most active board from Trello. 2. Day 2 The team joins by invite link, guests for free. 3. Day 7 The old board is exported and read-only. 4. Day 30 The bill covers your team – not your guests. ### If you stay - Guest limits decide who takes part. - Every redesign means relearning. - Data in US regions. ### With Contals - Guests free on every board. - Big changes as an opt-in preview. - Board data in the EU. Video: a comment on the card asks a colleague with an @mention. Ask on the card ## Questions and answers ### Can I import my Trello boards into Contals? Yes – one board or a whole Trello workspace at once. Export the boards from Trello as JSON (or connect with a Trello API key) and import them: lists, cards, labels, checklists with their people and dates, custom fields, comments, due dates and reminders, covers, votes, locations, links between cards and attachments – files uploaded to Trello are copied with your API key, the rest become links. Only Butler automations, stickers, the activity history and data of third-party Power-Ups stay behind. You choose who each Trello member is in your workspace; nobody gets an account without accepting an invitation. ### Is Contals a good Trello alternative? If you value Trello’s board-list-card simplicity and want free guests and volunteers on many boards plus EU data residency, yes – automation, a calendar, custom fields and checklists are included in every plan. If you rely on third-party Power-Ups from Trello’s marketplace, native apps or a timeline view, it isn’t. ### What happens to my Trello data? It stays in Trello, untouched. Contals reads the JSON export you upload, or uses an API key and token only for the import and never stores them. Keep the export as an archive. ### How is Contals different from Asana, monday.com and ClickUp? Contals is deliberately smaller: Kanban boards first, few settings, features as Power-Ups. It prices per full member with free guests, volunteers and viewers, without seat packages or AI credits. ## Move your first board today. [Start free](https://app.contals.com/login?mode=signup) Free for small teams. Volunteers and guests are always free. No credit card.