Todoist

Personal and team task management with natural language input.

Todoist is a task management platform focused on quickly capturing, organizing, and completing everyday work and personal tasks. Its streamlined approach makes it easy to add tasks as they come up and organize them into projects, sections, priorities, labels, and filters.

A key strength is its natural-language task entry, allowing users to specify dates and recurring schedules directly while creating a task. This reduces the friction of task capture, while reminders, priorities, and filters help users turn an expanding task list into a manageable workflow.

Todoist is available across web, desktop, and mobile, making it practical for capturing and reviewing tasks wherever work happens. It also includes productivity features such as Karma, which provides a lightweight gamification layer based on completing tasks and maintaining productive habits.

Todoist is particularly suited to individuals and small teams that need lightweight task management without the complexity of a full project management platform. Its simplicity is its main strength, but teams requiring advanced dependencies, resource planning, or detailed project scheduling may need a more comprehensive tool.

At a glance

Who's it for?

It's a great fit for individuals and small teams who need lightweight task tracking rather than full project management.

Strength

Its natural language date input and excellent mobile apps make it attractive for people who want to capture tasks the moment they think of them.

Trade-off

It isn't built for complex, multi-person projects, and collaboration features are limited on the free plan.

When to choose it

A strong option for personal productivity or small teams that want simple task tracking without PM overhead.

Todoist pricing

Beginner

$0

Free for individuals

  • 5 personal projects
  • Smart Quick Add
  • Flexible list and board layouts
  • 1 week activity history

Pro

$5 per user / month

$60 billed yearly

  • 300 personal projects
  • Calendar layout
  • Task duration and deadlines
  • Full reporting history

Business

$8 per user / month

$96 billed yearly, plus local tax

  • Shared team workspace
  • Up to 500 team projects
  • Team roles and permissions
  • Centralized team billing

Prices in USD, checked October 2026. Prices exclude VAT and local taxes unless stated, and may vary by region, team size, and billing period. Vendors change plans often. See current Todoist pricing →

Why teams choose it

  • Excellent mobile apps
  • Natural language dates
  • Karma productivity system

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FAQ

Is Todoist free to use?

Yes. Todoist has a free plan (Beginner), free for individuals. The free plan includes: 5 personal projects; Smart Quick Add; Flexible list and board layouts. Paid plans start at $5 per user / month (Pro).

Does Todoist have desktop or mobile apps?

Todoist is available on Web, Desktop, Mobile.

What integrations does Todoist support?

Todoist integrates with tools like Slack, Google Workspace, Zapier, among others.

Is Todoist cloud-based or self-hosted?

Todoist is cloud-based (SaaS); there's no self-hosted option.

What team sizes is Todoist built for?

Todoist is designed for these team sizes: Solo / Freelancer, Small team.

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