WeMachines vs Trello
Trello organizes work with boards, lists and cards. WeMachines adds chat, docs, calls and machines around its task board. Here is how that changes the way a team creates and reviews work.
Tasks, machines and coding agents
Hand a task to a machine. It works on a branch and opens a pull request for review. You can also connect Claude Code, Cursor or Codex through MCP. The board shows which task a connected agent is working on. Ask AI to create a task from a conversation. Completed tasks are kept. After 14 days they move into the grey zone, so the board stays on current work and search still finds the old ones.
AI and automation
Machines use workspace context to answer questions and act on requests. Routines handle recurring jobs, while GitHub rules update task status. Models marked ZDR use zero data retention, including the built-in AI.
Apps, chat and docs
Describe an internal tool in Apps, then review the first version and ask for changes. WeMachines hosts it and saves each version. Apps are in early access. Routines can run scheduled work and post results to a channel. Chat, docs and calls are included in the same workspace.
Transparency
Machines can use chat, tasks, docs, call transcripts and connected repositories as context. You choose which docs they read. Team channels are visible to everyone in the workspace, so agree on that level of access before moving your conversations. Whispers are end-to-end encrypted, readable only by the two people in them.
Where Trello is ahead
Trello may fit a team that mainly needs a visual board for tasks. Compare the extra tools your team uses for conversations, docs and calls before deciding whether to move them.
Side by side
| WeMachines | Trello | |
|---|---|---|
| Core idea | One workspace for a software team and its machines | Simple kanban boards |
| Tickets | AI can create and update tasks; completed tasks go grey after 14 days | Cards you drag |
| AI | Reads the whole workspace, ships pull requests, flagship models | Butler rules and Atlassian add-ons |
| Chat, docs and calls | Native, one context for the AI | Other tools |
| Coding | A machine opens the pull request you review | No |
| Your own agents | Claude Code, Cursor or Codex join over MCP, free | No |
| Custom tools | Apps built and hosted on request, routines on webhooks | Power-Ups |
| Setup | Task list and board with configurable statuses | Instant, and stays a board |
Try it with your team
Try WeMachines if you want people and machines working from the same conversations and task board. Check its planning features, and how its grey zone treats finished work, against your team’s needs.
Start with your first month free. Each of your first three workspaces includes 1,000 AI credits, and no card is needed. See pricing. Read Building WeMachines on WeMachines, or 7 Trello alternatives.
