Feature Comparison: Edumaps vs Trello
EdumapsOverview
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Comparison: Edumaps and Trello – Features and Characteristics
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Edumaps is a platform for digital pinboards, teaching materials, collaboration, courses, and school organization. Trello is primarily a Kanban and project-management tool with boards, lists, and cards.
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🗺️ Basic concept and display formats
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Edumaps and Trello follow different basic ideas. Edumaps is designed for digital pinboards, learning landscapes, and school materials. Trello specializes in tasks, projects, and workflows based on the Kanban principle.
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Feature Edumaps Trello Digital pinboard ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes, as a board with lists and cards Kanban board ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes, core feature Columns / lists ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes Cards / boxes ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes Timeline ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes, in Premium / Enterprise Calendar view ✔️ Yes, per box / course / booking ✔️ Yes, in Premium / Enterprise or via Power-Up Table view – ✔️ Yes, in Premium / Enterprise Dashboard view – ✔️ Yes, in Premium / Enterprise Map view with location context ✔️ with image upload / custom map ✔️ Yes, Map View in Premium / Enterprise Change format ✔️ Yes Partly through views / Power-Ups -
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📤 Export & import
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Edumaps offers export and import functions for teaching materials and entire pinboards. Trello offers export functions mainly for board and workspace data.
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Feature Edumaps Trello Export as Moodle course (MBZ) ✔️ Yes – Export as a static HTML package including all files ✔️ Yes – Export as PDF ✔️ Yes Print / export via browser or board printing possible Export as image (screenshot) ✔️ Yes Not apparent as a core feature Exporter for own pinboards in JSON ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes, board/workspace export as JSON Importer for own pinboards in JSON ✔️ Yes – CSV export – ✔️ Yes, depending on plan / export method Export entire workspaces – ✔️ Yes, in Premium as CSV and JSON Export with raw attachments ✔️ Yes, included files with HTML export ✔️ Yes, optional original attachments with workspace export -
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🤝 Collaboration & sharing
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Both tools enable collaboration. Edumaps is more strongly oriented toward school-based sharing, groups, and collections of materials; Trello is more strongly oriented toward team workflows and task management.
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Feature Edumaps Trello Real-time collaboration ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes Share with groups / classes ✔️ Yes Possible via workspace / board members, not school-class-specific Share with individuals ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes Anonymous sharing (reading) ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes, possible via public or visible boards Anonymous sharing (editing) ✔️ Yes Not apparent as a standard school-sharing option Notification for shared pinboards ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes, via Watch / notifications Assign tasks ✔️ Yes, assignment system ✔️ Yes, members and due dates on cards Real-time writing in one document with 100+ users ✔️ Yes (Teamtext) – -
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🛠️ Editing options
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Trello is strong in task workflows, checklists, due dates, automation, and integrations. Edumaps offers more options for teaching materials, box content, course logic, and school-based sharing.
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Feature Edumaps Trello Custom background graphic ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes Change font (for entire pinboard) ✔️ Yes – Duplicate pinboard / board ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes Tags / labels ✔️ Yes, tags for pinboards and boxes ✔️ Yes, labels for cards Move columns / lists ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes Protect columns ✔️ Yes – Share columns with permission profiles ✔️ Yes – Embed individual columns from pinboard A into pinboard B ✔️ Yes – Show columns at a specific time ✔️ Yes – Show boxes / cards at a specific time ✔️ Yes Due dates / automation, but no teaching visibility per card Set column width ✔️ Yes – Move box / card freely ✔️ Yes Only within the board/list structure Lock individual boxes ✔️ Yes – Share individual boxes ✔️ Yes Card links can be shared, but no box permission profiles Copy box from another pinboard ✔️ Yes Cards can be copied / moved Search function for boxes / cards ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes, board/workspace search depending on plan Change history per box / card ✔️ Yes, revisions per box ✔️ Yes, activity log per card Restore previous versions of boxes ✔️ Yes – Checklists ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes Users and due dates per card ✔️ Yes, via assignments / bookings / courses ✔️ Yes, core feature No-code automation – ✔️ Yes, Butler / Automation Power-Ups / integrations Partly through own modules ✔️ Yes, 200+ integrations / Power-Ups Poll module with any number of options ✔️ Yes Only via Power-Up / workaround Convert box into course ✔️ Yes – Create and manage bookings (course system) ✔️ Yes – Receive payments via PayPal ✔️ Yes – Automatic certificates of participation ✔️ Yes – Calendar per box ✔️ Yes Calendar view / Power-Up, not per card as a course module Lending module per box ✔️ Yes – Sales module per box ✔️ Yes – -
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📦 Elements of a box / card
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In Edumaps, the box is the central material and interaction element. In Trello, the card is the central task element with description, checklist, attachments, members, and due date.
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Edumaps Trello Label Labels Title Title Color Labels / cover / list colors depending on plan Collapse box Collapse list from Standard Protect box – Comments (per box) Comments (per card) Likes – Ratings Voting possible via Power-Up Calendar and bookings Due date / calendar view Change visibility Board/workspace visibility, not per card as teaching release Assign task Members / checklists / due dates Multiple content areas in one box Description, checklists, attachments, comments -
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🔎 View and input
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Edumaps shows changes while editing boxes directly in the context of the pinboard. Trello separates the board view and the detailed card view more strongly.
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Feature Edumaps Trello Changes immediately visible during input ✔️ Yes Partly, usually after input / saving in the card Board view understandable without opening individual boxes / cards ✔️ Yes, content can be directly visible Partly, cards usually show title, labels, members, due dates Detail view per element ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes Search across content ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes, depending on plan / search scope Mobile apps Web app / usable on mobile ✔️ Yes, iOS and Android Offline use – Partly in mobile apps -
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📁 Materials in boxes / cards
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Edumaps is more strongly designed for collections of materials with many uploads, previews, and teaching content. Trello supports attachments and integrations, but remains primarily a task and project board.
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Feature Edumaps Trello Free positioning of text / uploads ✔️ Yes Fixed card structure Recordings (microphone, photo, webcam) ✔️ Yes Photo / files via app and attachments; microphone recording not apparent as a core feature Screenshots (clipboard) ✔️ Yes Possible as attachment Direct upload, drag-and-drop ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes Number of uploads per box / card ✔️ any number ✔️ multiple attachments possible Upload limit per file 500 MB 10 MB Free, 250 MB from Standard Real preview images for links ✔️ Yes Link cards / previews partly depending on source / Power-Up Preview images stored on server ✔️ Yes Not apparent Rotate images ✔️ Yes – Content in box can be hidden ✔️ Yes – Integration of external services Partly through own modules / embeds ✔️ Strong via Power-Ups, e.g. Slack, Google Drive, Jira -
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✏️ Input & formatting
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Edumaps offers a text- and material-oriented editor for teaching content. Trello offers card descriptions with Markdown-like formatting, checklists, and attachments.
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Feature Edumaps Trello Bold / italic text ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes Color for individual words ✔️ Yes – Lists and indentation ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes LaTeX formulas ✔️ Yes – Code (inline / block) ✔️ Yes Partly possible via Markdown Superscript / subscript ✔️ Yes – Headings ✔️ Yes Partly possible via Markdown Quotes ✔️ Yes Partly possible via Markdown Spoiler function ✔️ Yes – Image credits ✔️ Yes – Private notes (hidden) ✔️ Yes – Link text ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes Text to speech ✔️ Yes – Dynamic QR codes ✔️ Yes – Markdown content usable ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes, in card descriptions / comments Editor type Markdown-like / material-oriented Card description with formatting and checklists -
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💬 Comments & ratings
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Comments are available in both tools. Edumaps additionally offers ratings, uploads, and recordings in comments as a teaching feature.
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Feature Edumaps Trello Ratings per box / card ✔️ Yes Voting possible via Power-Up Comments as text ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes Comments with uploads ✔️ Yes Attachments possible on the card, not focused on comment uploads Comments with recordings ✔️ Yes (microphone, photo) – Delete all comments with one click ✔️ Yes Not apparent Notification for new comments on the website ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes, via Trello notifications Activity log ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes, activity per card / board -
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👥 User management
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Edumaps is more strongly designed for schools, teachers, students, classes, and school-based sharing. Trello uses workspaces, boards, members, guests, and admin functions depending on the plan.
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Feature Edumaps Trello Admin accounts ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes, workspace/enterprise admins Student accounts ✔️ Yes – not as a separate account type Teacher accounts ✔️ Yes – not as a separate account type Classes / groups ✔️ Yes Workspaces / boards / collections, not school-class-specific Account creation (name / email) ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes Account creation (CSV import) ✔️ Yes Enterprise / Atlassian admin functions depending on setup Single sign-on ✔️ Yes, depending on instance / SSO provider ✔️ Yes, Enterprise / Atlassian Guard Guests / external users ✔️ Yes, via sharing ✔️ Yes, single-board and multi-board guests depending on plan Organization-wide permissions ✔️ Yes, with school / institution licenses ✔️ Yes, Enterprise -
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✨ Other features
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Trello is convincing for project management, automation, and integrations. Edumaps offers significantly more school-related add-on modules and functions for teaching materials, courses, and learning content.
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Feature Edumaps Trello Overview of recently visited pinboards / boards ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes Public pinboards / boards ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes Upload manager Yes, flexible management of uploads possible Attachments per card; central file management only limited Internal shared pinboards per school / group ✔️ Yes Possible via private workspaces / boards Archiving pinboards / cards – ✔️ Yes, archive cards / lists / boards Moderation of posts Partly via sharing / permissions Not apparent as classic classroom moderation Custom domain possible ✔️ Partial
(state license / enterprise customers)Not apparent as a standard feature Bookmarks / favorites ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes, star boards / recently used Print pinboards / boards ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes Gallery for all images on a pinboard ✔️ Yes – Folders for collecting pinboards (incl. folder sharing and collaborative editing) ✔️ Yes Collections in Premium / Enterprise, not as school-material folders Follow pinboards / cards ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes, Watch function Assign tasks ✔️ Yes ✔️ Yes, as task workflow with cards / members / due dates Create quiz with AI ✔️ Yes – Create language course with AI ✔️ Yes – AI features ✔️ Yes, AI assistant / content / quizzes / language courses ✔️ Yes, depending on plan for Quick Capture / Premium features Mobile app Web app / usable on mobile ✔️ Yes Desktop app Web app ✔️ Yes -
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🔒 Technology & data protection
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The systems differ significantly in data protection: Edumaps is designed for school use with a German server location. Trello belongs to Atlassian and uses international cloud infrastructure; Atlassian describes GDPR measures, DPA/SCC, and data-residency functions, but Trello points to necessary data transfers to the USA.
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Metric / feature Edumaps Trello Provider focus School / teaching / educational organizations Project management / task management for teams GDPR compliance ✔️ Yes (VIDIS approved) Provider describes GDPR compliance, DPA, and standard contractual clauses Server / data location Germany International Atlassian Cloud; Trello support mentions necessary transfers to the USA EU/data-residency options Germany Atlassian offers data residency for certain cloud product data; specific coverage depends on product / plan External integrations Controlled / limited for schools Very many Power-Ups and integrations; data-protection review needed for each Power-Up Two-factor authentication ✔️ Yes, depending on login / SSO ✔️ Yes SSO / central user management ✔️ Yes, depending on license / instance ✔️ Yes, especially Enterprise / Atlassian Guard Public links ✔️ Yes, with permission profiles ✔️ Yes, depending on board visibility Suitable for personal student data ✔️ Designed for school use Recommended only after own data-protection review / DPA / configuration Enterprise security functions Partly for major customers / instances ✔️ Extensive, Enterprise plan / Enterprise Guard Security mechanisms ✔️ Content-Security-Policy
✔️ Strict-Transport-Security
✔️ X-Frame-Options
✔️ X-Content-Type-Options
✔️ Referrer-Policy
✔️ Permissions-Policy✔️ Content-Security-Policy
✔️ Strict-Transport-Security
⛔ X-Frame-Options
✔️ X-Content-Type-Options
⛔ Referrer-Policy
⛔ Permissions-Policy - The information on security mechanisms refers to publicly checkable HTTP security headers and may change depending on domain, app area, and date. You can check it, for example, with securityheaders.com: For Edumaps here. – For Trello here.
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🔄 Switching from Trello to Edumaps
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Trello for tasks – Edumaps for school and teaching
If Trello has previously been used for lesson planning, collections of materials, subject conferences, or school organization, Edumaps can represent many of these processes in a more school-oriented way. - Try Edumaps for free
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Typical use cases in Edumaps
Digital pinboards, teaching units, collections of materials, collaborative subject conferences, courses, bookings, assignments, quizzes, and AI-supported learning content. - View examples on Edumaps