Project management
Self-hosted alternatives to Trello, priced
1 open-source tool that can replace Trello, each shown with what it would actually cost to run for a team of 10 people. Trello on the Standard tier costs $0.00 a month at that size.
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Trello's Free plan covers up to 10 collaborators per Workspace, with a limit of 10 boards. A team inside that limit pays nothing, so self-hosting a replacement saves nothing either.
| Tool | Server only | With your time | vs Trello | Operational weight | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vikunja | $4.80 | $42.30 | -$1,673 | easy | AGPL-3.0 |
The final column is the 36-month difference: positive means self-hosting is cheaper.
Which one to pick
Vikunja 5,364 stars
A single Go binary with SQLite, PostgreSQL or MySQL. Kanban, list and Gantt views without the operational weight of Plane.
At 10 people it needs 0.7 GB of memory and 6 GB of disk, which fits the Basic at Kamatera for $4.00 a month. Setting it up is roughly 2 hours of work, then 0.5 hours a month to keep it healthy.
Full Trello versus Vikunja breakdown · Vikunja at every team size
How the pricing was established
Trello pricing was read from its own pricing page on 2026-09-14. Server prices come from the providers listed on the hosting page. The sizing model and the cost of your time are set out in full on the methodology page.