You've decided to look past Trello. Maybe the automations felt bolted on. Maybe you got tired of paying for Power-Ups to do things that should ship in the box. Whatever brought you here, the first real question is boring but decisive: can you get your existing board out of Trello and into Zoobbe without losing the work?
Yes. Zoobbe has a built-in Trello import that brings your board over with its cards, checklists, comments, and members. This page walks through how it works, what transfers, what to double-check afterward, and what changes once your board lives in Zoobbe.
Key takeaways
- Zoobbe imports Trello boards directly, including cards, checklists, comments, and members.
- Import progress is tracked in real time, so you can watch a large board come over instead of guessing.
- You don't have to rebuild your columns by hand or copy-paste cards one at a time.
- Once imported, your board picks up things Trello charges extra for or doesn't have: automations, real-time collaborative pages, and time tracking.
- A short post-import checklist catches the handful of things worth verifying before you invite the team.
Before you start
Two things make the import smoother.
First, know which Trello board you're moving. If you've got one busy board and three graveyards, import the one your team actually uses this week. You can always bring the others later.
Second, decide who's coming with it. Zoobbe imports Trello members along with the board, so the people attached to cards carry over as part of the migration. Line up the teammates you want in the workspace so assignments land on real accounts.
That's it. You don't need to export a JSON file by hand or wrangle a third-party bridge. The import is a first-class feature inside Zoobbe.
What actually transfers
Here's what comes across when you import a Trello board into Zoobbe:
- Cards — your cards move over with their content, not just their titles.
- Checklists — multi-item checklists come with the card they belong to.
- Comments — the discussion history on a card travels with it, so context isn't stranded in Trello.
- Members — the people attached to your board are part of the import.
This matters because the expensive part of any migration isn't the columns. It's the accumulated context: the checklist someone built over three sprints, the comment thread explaining why a card stalled. Zoobbe's Trello import is designed to carry that with you.
How the import works
The flow is straightforward, and Zoobbe shows you progress as it runs. Instead of kicking off an import and staring at a spinner with no idea whether it's stuck or working, you get real-time import progress tracking — the board fills in as it comes across.
For a small board, this is near-instant. For a board with a long history of cards and comments, you'll watch it work through the pieces. Either way, you're not left guessing.
The point of a good import isn't speed for its own sake. It's confidence. You should be able to see the work land before you trust your team to it.
We're deliberately not going to walk you through exact menu clicks and button labels here, because the interface evolves and we'd rather not hand you a screenshot that's wrong next month. If you're inside Zoobbe and looking for the import, it's part of the board setup flow — and if you get stuck, the capability is there by design, not hidden behind a support ticket.
Also moving off Fluent Board?
If your team is a mix — some folks on Trello, a project or two on Fluent Board — Zoobbe imports Fluent Board too. So consolidating two tools into one workspace doesn't mean two different migration strategies.
Your post-import checklist
Imports are reliable, but any migration deserves a five-minute review before you announce it to the team. Run through this:
- Spot-check your busiest cards. Open the three or four cards your team touches most and confirm the checklists and comments are there.
- Confirm member assignments. Make sure the people attached to cards map to the right Zoobbe accounts.
- Review your columns. Check that your lists came across in the order you expect.
- Re-add labels intentionally. Zoobbe uses board-level reusable labels, so this is a good moment to clean up the color soup Trello boards tend to accumulate.
- Then invite the team. Once the board looks right to you, bring everyone in.
What you get once you're in
Migrating isn't the goal. It's the toll you pay to get somewhere better. Here's what your board can do in Zoobbe that it couldn't in Trello:
Automations that ship in the box
Zoobbe runs trigger → condition → action rules natively. When a card moves to a list, when a due date approaches, when a checklist finishes — you can assign someone, set a priority, move the card, add a comment, or create a new card automatically. There are scheduled automations via cron expressions too, so recurring work sets itself up. No Power-Up marketplace, no per-automation billing.
Real-time collaborative pages
Trello gives you cards. Zoobbe gives you cards and Notion-style pages — with real-time collaborative editing powered by Yjs CRDT, so two people can edit the same page at once and see who else is present. Your specs, meeting notes, and launch plans live next to the board instead of in a separate doc tool.
Time tracking on the card
Countdown and stopwatch timers live on each card, with pause, resume, and session history that aggregates duration. If you've been bolting a separate time tracker onto Trello, that's one fewer tool.
Custom fields and richer cards
Cards support custom fields (text, number, date, single-select), multiple assignees, priorities, due dates with reminders, file attachments, threaded comments with @mentions, and per-item checklists. It's the Trello card you know, with the depth you kept wishing it had.
FAQ
Does importing from Trello bring over my comments?
Yes. Zoobbe's Trello import includes comments along with cards, checklists, and members, so the discussion history on your cards moves with the board.
Will my checklists survive the migration?
They will. Multi-item checklists come across attached to their cards, and Zoobbe supports per-item completion once they're in.
Can I watch the import progress?
Yes. Zoobbe tracks import progress in real time, so you can see a large board fill in rather than wondering whether the import is running.
Do I need a third-party tool to migrate from Trello?
No. The Trello import is built into Zoobbe. Fluent Board import is built in as well if you're consolidating from more than one tool.
What happens to my Trello labels?
Zoobbe uses board-level reusable labels. We recommend reviewing and re-applying labels after import as a chance to tidy up — most Trello boards accumulate more label colors than anyone remembers the meaning of.
Ready to move?
If you're evaluating Zoobbe against Trello, the fastest way to decide is to bring your real board over and use it for a week. The import carries your cards, checklists, comments, and members, and you'll see within a day whether native automations, collaborative pages, and time tracking are worth the switch. Start your Trello import here.
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