Trello is a simple, visual Kanban tool: cards and lists you drag across boards, extended with Power-Ups and Butler automation. AI42 is an AI assistant with persistent memory that executes work — tasks, cited research, meeting transcription, and finance — across chat, voice, and a unified workspace that includes boards. Choose Trello if you want the simplest possible visual board; choose AI42 if you want an assistant that remembers context and does the work, with boards as one part of a bigger whole.
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Trello visualizes work in cards. AI42 adds an assistant that does the work — research, meetings, email, and follow-ups — alongside boards.
AI42 remembers your projects and history, so it keeps context as your work grows.
Boards, research, meetings, finance, and voice on a single AI Power budget.
Try everything with $1 of AI Power and no credit card.
You want an AI that executes work and remembers your projects — with boards plus research, meetings, and finance in one place.
You want the simplest, most visual Kanban board for light personal or team tracking.
What Trello does well
$1 of AI Power, 5 days, the full product. Invite-only early access, no credit card.