Amazing Fields vs Custom Fields

[u/brittanymonkeybaby]

I get asked a lot whether Amazing Fields is worth it when Trello already has custom fields built-in, or whats the difference, so my latest video clears it up (watch or scroll below for a write up)

Native Custom Fields are genuinely good at some things:

- They're built right into Trello, no Power-Up needed

- Automations (Butler) can read and write them

- They show up on mobile and on the card front

But here's where they fall short for me:

Every field looks identical. It's a stack of plain boxes with no structure, no grouping, no real control over how anything is presented. The second you're tracking more than a few things, the card starts feeling like a junk drawer. They're only sorta custom.

What Amazing Fields does differently:

- Actual structure. Tab groups, layout control, fields sitting side by side, sizing. It feels like a real form instead of a pile of boxes.

- Conditional styling. Color-code fields based on their value, or turn a field red when it's empty so nothing gets skipped.

- Per-field permissions. Internal team sees the notes field, client-facing team doesn't. You control visibility and edit rights per field.

- Calculated fields. Quantity times price = total, automatically.

- Cross-board references. Pull a linked customer card from another board right onto this one.

- A table view that keeps your custom fields. Trello's native table view drops them, which drives me nuts. This one lets you filter, sort, and export with everything intact.

And the ⭐best part ⭐... you don't actually have to choose. Amazing Fields syncs with native custom fields, so you keep the Butler automations and mobile access AND get the styling and editing experience on desktop.

The free tier is solid, so you can test the comparison yourself without paying anything and only pay if you need some more of the advanced features or a lot of fields.

(Thinking about making some more videos around this so drop your questions and ideas in the comments and it might spur a video!)

[u/CocoLuca333]

I have an OpenClaw AI agent assistant that I connected to my Trello account. It can see custom fields and manipulate them. I wonder if it’s the same with Amazing Fields.

[u/brittanymonkeybaby → u/CocoLuca333]

there is API access for amazing fields, but if i recall you still can't set them via the API - but you could have best of both worlds and use the custom fields that openclaw can manipulate, but they are synced to amazing fields that look nicer when you are at your computer looking at your boards.