At a glance
The main differences in one table. Scroll sideways on a small screen.
| Feature | AllScrum | Jira | Trello | Asana | Zoho Projects |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Getting started | Included: Minutes, nothing to configure | Limited or on a paid plan: Templates, then configuration | Included: Minutes | Included: Quick with templates | Limited or on a paid plan: Templates, then configuration |
| Sprints and backlog | Included: Built in, with story points | Included: Built in, with story points | Not available: Not built in; Power-Ups | Not available: No dedicated sprints | Limited or on a paid plan: Separate product: Zoho Sprints |
| Burndown and reports | Included: Burndown and velocity | Included: Burndown, velocity and more | Limited or on a paid plan: Dashboard view on Premium | Limited or on a paid plan: Dashboards from Starter | Limited or on a paid plan: Project reports; agile in Zoho Sprints |
| AI assistant | Included: Ask AI, on every account | Limited or on a paid plan: Rovo, on paid plans | Limited or on a paid plan: From the Standard plan | Limited or on a paid plan: Asana AI, on paid plans | Limited or on a paid plan: Zia features vary by plan |
| API and AI connections | Included: REST API, and MCP for Claude and ChatGPT | Included: REST API and MCP | Included: REST API and MCP | Included: REST API and MCP | Included: REST API and MCP |
| Kanban board | Included: Lanes you name yourself | Included: Scrum and Kanban boards | Included: The core of Trello | Included: Board view | Included: Kanban view |
| Timeline or Gantt | Included: Timeline of sprints and due dates | Included: Timeline view | Limited or on a paid plan: Premium plan | Limited or on a paid plan: From the Starter plan | Included: Gantt with dependencies |
| Time tracking | Not available: Not available | Limited or on a paid plan: Basic time logging | Not available: Through Power-Ups | Limited or on a paid plan: Advanced plan | Limited or on a paid plan: Timesheets on paid plans |
| Custom fields and workflows | Limited or on a paid plan: Ready-made automation rules; no custom fields | Included: Extensive, plus automation | Limited or on a paid plan: Custom fields from Standard | Limited or on a paid plan: From the Starter plan | Limited or on a paid plan: Paid plans |
| Phone | Included: Installable web app, works offline | Included: iOS and Android apps | Included: iOS and Android apps | Included: iOS and Android apps | Included: iOS and Android apps |
| Free plan | Included: Free account | Included: Up to 10 users | Limited or on a paid plan: 10 collaborators, 10 boards | Limited or on a paid plan: Up to 2 users | Limited or on a paid plan: 5 users, 3 projects |
- Included
- Limited or on a paid plan
- Not available
Information about other tools comes from their public websites and was checked on October 19, 2026. Plans and prices change, so check Jira pricing, Trello pricing, Asana pricing, Zoho Projects pricing for the latest. Product names are trademarks of their owners.
Each comparison
Pros and cons on both sides, and which tool to pick when.
AllScrum vs Jira
Jira is the most complete tool for software teams that need configurable workflows, detailed reports and a large marketplace of apps. AllScrum is for teams that want the core of Scrum (sprints, backlog, points and a burndown) working today, without configuring it first.
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AllScrum vs Trello
Trello is a flexible, easy Kanban board with a large set of Power-Ups. AllScrum is just as quick to start, and adds what Scrum teams usually bolt onto Trello: sprints, a backlog, story points and a burndown chart.
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AllScrum vs Asana
Asana is a broad work management platform for coordinating projects, goals and portfolios across departments. AllScrum is narrower on purpose: a fast board for teams that work in sprints.
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AllScrum vs Zoho Projects
Zoho Projects is classic project management: Gantt charts, time tracking, timesheets and budgets, with agile sprints in a separate product, Zoho Sprints. AllScrum puts sprints, backlog and board in one simple tool.
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AllScrum pros and cons
What you get, and what you don’t, whichever tool you are coming from.
AllScrum
Pros
- A working board the moment you name a project
- Sprints, backlog, story points and burndown without configuration
- Epics group related tasks across the board, backlog and sprints
- Ready-made automation rules: assign, unassign, set fields, flag overdue work and notify people
- Ask AI about your board, brainstorm, and have it draft tasks you confirm
- Connect Claude or ChatGPT through MCP, or automate with the REST API
- Import from Jira, Trello, Asana and Zoho Projects; export to CSV or JSON
- Keyboard shortcuts: N to add, Ctrl K to search, hold Ctrl for quick actions
- Works on phones and offline, with changes syncing when you reconnect
- Passkeys and two-factor sign-in for every account
Cons
- No Gantt chart: the timeline shows sprints and dated work over twelve weeks
- No time tracking or timesheets
- No custom fields; automation is a set of ready-made rules, not a rule builder
- No app store apps: you install it from the browser
- No integrations marketplace: connect other tools through the REST API
- Ask AI has a monthly allowance per person
Incident postmortem in AllScrum
AllScrum includes a structured incident postmortem workflow in Meetings: a shared report, chronological incident timeline, team observations, and Draft → Review → Published status. Keep the review alongside its corrective tasks, with optional named guest contributions and Ask AI summaries and task proposals.
If reviewing outages and following up on reliability work is part of your process, explore the incident postmortem workflow and template when evaluating AllScrum.