I will go through some points why Self Manager is a great alternative to Trello
If you love Trello's simplicity but want faster daily planning, native AI, precise time tracking, image-rich notes, and flat team pricing, Self-Manager.net is built for you. It keeps your tasks, notes, images, and time together on the days you actually work—so planning feels natural and progress is easy to see.
Self-Manager organizes work around dates, each with unlimited tables. That means your Today plan, notes, and supporting files live together—ideal for personal productivity and fast-moving teams that plan in daily/weekly cycles.
This unique approach makes it very easy to use. Each day has its own data and you can add data to past and future dates.
No more juggling multiple boards or getting lost in complex hierarchies. Everything you need for a specific day is right there, organized and accessible.
Skip manual setup and end-of-week reporting. Use AI to turn prompts into structured tables, summarize progress across a period, and chat with your workspace for instant answers.
It's built-in—no marketplace hunt or per-seat AI upsell. The AI understands your workflow and helps you plan faster, review smarter, and stay focused on what matters.
Generate entire project plans from a simple description, or ask the AI to summarize what you accomplished this week—all without leaving your workspace.
Start a timer on a task or let Self-Manager infer completion time; see table totals, time ranges, and completion % without spreadsheets.
Great for billing, retros, and accurate estimates. Track how long tasks actually take, identify bottlenecks, and improve your planning over time.
Every table shows its completion percentage at a glance, so you always know where you stand and what needs attention.
Attach up to 100 original-quality images per table (designs, screenshots, receipts), then review everything from a single global gallery—a big win over scattered card attachments.
There is a button at the bottom of all tables "Show all images" which takes you to a page where all your images are visible. You can also go to the URL directly: self-manager.net/all-images
Above each row of images appears the date for which they were added. Clicking that date takes you to that specific date with all tables from that day.
Perfect for designers, contractors, and anyone who needs to keep visual records organized and accessible.
Invite clients or your whole team to edit shared tables at no extra cost—only the owner needs the Team plan. This flips the typical per-user math from Trello's paid tiers.
Whether you're collaborating with 2 people or 20, your cost stays flat at $20/mo. No surprises, no scaling headaches.
Share specific tables with team members, clients, or contractors without worrying about adding another seat to your bill.
Fast, minimalist UI; real-time sync; drag-and-drop; light/dark mode. The app feels "desktop-fast" in the browser, so you spend more time doing, less time clicking.
Navigating between tables and dates on Self-Manager feels instant. It feels like a desktop application that doesn't use the internet.
Your tables, tasks, notes and images are available all at once on a single page. You might want to add a new task and some notes related to it—you can do that on the same page.
You can edit all table info (title and description) and all tasks from a single panel without leaving the page.
The search from the sidebar on desktop or mobile top is powerful and searches through table names, tasks and notes. From the search results page you can click on the table name and navigate directly to that date and table.
Runs on Google Cloud/Firebase with encryption in transit and at rest—enterprise-grade foundations out of the box. Your data is secure, backed up, and accessible from anywhere with bank-level security standards.
If your team lives in kanban boards, depends on Butler rules, or needs Trello's new Inbox/Planner beta tied into Slack/email capture, Trello can be a comfortable choice—especially if everyone already knows it. Just be mindful that advanced features and admin controls push you toward per-user paid tiers.
Choose Self-Manager if you want day-first planning, native AI, real time tracking + images, and predictable team cost. Choose Trello if your workflow is board-first and you're fine with per-user pricing and add-ons for advanced needs.
For many creators, consultants, and growing teams, Self-Manager delivers more capability per dollar and a smoother daily rhythm.
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