# Redmine vs Trello (slim)

> Trello scores 61.1 (C) to Redmine's 50.2 (D) for issues and tasks. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Trello scores 61.1 (C) on agent readiness against Redmine's 50.2 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Redmine leads on payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do issues and tasks.

- Redmine: D 50.2, rank #777 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/redmine.min.md
- Trello: C 61.1, rank #481 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/trello.min.md
- Redmine, good for Teams that already run Redmine or want a free, self-hosted tracker with issues, time entries and wikis under their own control. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 60 against 30; Maintenance & community, 73 against 48. Also Open source.
- Trello, good for Teams already on Trello that want an agent to create and move cards, set owners and due dates, comment and react to changes through webhooks. Ahead on Reliability, 83 against 69; Schema & documentation, 63 against 32; Security & auth, 62 against 51; Transparency & trust, 80 against 47. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; No incidents deducted, where Redmine loses 4 points for them.

| Category | Redmine | Trello |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 69 | 83 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 32 | 63 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 51 | 52 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 51 | 62 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 73 | 48 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 47 | 80 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Redmine | Trello |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Redmine project | Atlassian (Trello, Inc.) |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.trello.com/1` |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Licence | GPL-2.0-or-later | Proprietary service under the Atlassian Customer Agreement, with API use under the Atlassian Developer Terms |
| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-15 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Customer content may train models |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | not found in the text |