The best AI task managers in 2026, compared honestly.

Pricing (verified 2026-09-30)

Pro AI (annual)	$19/user/mo
Business AI (annual)	$29/user/mo

Free tier: No permanent free tier; free trial available (length not stated on the pricing page)

Key AI features

• AI auto-scheduling: tasks are placed on your calendar and re-planned automatically when the day slips
• AI Task Planner and AI Projects for turning goals into scheduled work
• AI Calendar & Meetings: meeting notes and scheduling handled in one place
• AI Docs, Wiki and Writer built into the same workspace
• 7,500–15,000 AI credits per user per month depending on plan

Pros

• The most complete 'plan my day for me' experience of any tool we reviewed
• Re-schedules missed work instead of flagging it red
• Calendar, tasks, docs and meetings in one app

Cons

• No permanent free tier — you pay or you don't use it
• Annual pricing is the only clearly published price
• Less suited if you want manual control over every task

Pricing (verified 2026-09-30)

Plus	$29.99/user/mo (3,000 credits)
Pro	$99.99/user/mo (15,000 credits)
Max	$199.99/user/mo (35,000 credits)
Enterprise	Custom

Free tier: No permanent free tier; free trial via Slack onboarding

Key AI features

• AI teammates (agents) that work inside Slack, Gmail and Outlook
• Drafts and sends emails, books meetings and manages calendar events
• Meeting recording and note-taking with follow-up delegation
• Credit-based usage model across agent tasks

Pros

• Removes whole task categories (inbox triage, follow-ups) instead of organizing them
• Strong fit for meeting-heavy professionals
• Agent templates make common workflows quick to set up

Cons

• Pricing confirmed via official listings; the pricing page was not directly reachable on verification day — confirm before publishing updates
• Credit-based pricing takes effort to forecast
• Not a classic task list — if you want kanban or projects, look elsewhere

Pricing (verified 2026-09-30)

Lite	$0 (1 user, limited scheduling)
Starter (annual)	$10/user/mo ($12 monthly)
Business (annual)	$15/user/mo ($18 monthly)
Enterprise	$22/user/mo (annual only, 100+ seats)

Free tier: Lite plan: 1 user, 1-week scheduling range, 2 linked calendars, 5 AI agents

Key AI features

• AI Planner: chat with or delegate to agents that optimize your schedule
• Tasks, Habits and Focus Time auto-scheduled with P1–P4 priority mapping
• Smart 1:1 scheduling and scheduling links
• Google Calendar and Outlook sync in the same plan
• No-Meeting Days and calendar analytics

Pros

• Real free tier — the only AI scheduler here with a permanent $0 plan
• Cheapest paid entry point of the six tools ($10/user/mo annual)
• Works as a layer on top of the task app you already use

Cons

• Scheduling defense, not full project management
• Best features (longer range, delegated access) require Business tier
• Fewer project views than Taskade or dedicated PM tools

Pricing (verified 2026-09-30)

Beginner	$0 (5 personal projects)
Pro (annual)	$5/user/mo ($7 monthly)
Business (annual)	$8/user/mo ($10 monthly)

Free tier: Beginner plan: 5 personal projects, 3 filter views, 1-week activity history

Key AI features

• AI Assistant: breaks tasks into subtasks and suggests deadlines
• Ramble voice input: natural-language task capture in 38+ languages (Gemini-powered)
• Classic natural-language quick add (dates, recurrences, priorities)
• Weekly productivity insights and progress summaries

Pros

• Lowest-friction capture in the category — quick add is still the benchmark
• Cheap Pro tier with the AI assistant included
• Cross-platform: every device, browser, email and calendar integration

Cons

• No automatic day scheduling — it captures and organizes, it doesn't plan your calendar
• AI is an assistant, not an autonomous planner
• Pricing page was cookie-gated on verification day; prices per official Todoist pricing — confirm before updating

Pricing (verified 2026-09-30)

Free	$0 (2 users, 6,000 one-time credits)
Pro	$10/mo (10 users, 50,000 credits/mo)
Business	$25/mo (unlimited users, 150,000 credits/mo)
Max	$100/mo (unlimited users, 400,000 credits/mo)

Free tier: Free plan: 2 users, 3 projects, 6,000 one-time AI credits

Key AI features

• Taskade Genesis: generate working AI apps from prompts, hosted instantly
• Always-on AI agents with persistent memory, trainable on your files
• AI automations: scheduled multi-step workflows
• Multi-agent teams across 15+ frontier models (GPT, Claude, DeepSeek)
• Tasks, notes, docs, mind maps and video chat in one workspace

Pros

• Most generous team pricing — Business includes unlimited users
• Free plan genuinely includes AI credits
• The widest AI surface: agents, automations, app generation

Cons

• Feature breadth can overwhelm — onboarding takes longer than Todoist
• Credit-based AI usage needs monitoring on heavy months
• Weaker pure calendar scheduling than Motion or Reclaim

Pricing (verified 2026-09-30)

Monthly (18k credits)	$19.9/mo
Monthly (38k credits)	$39.9/mo
Monthly (198k credits)	$199.9/mo
Annual	20% off monthly (per pricing page)

Free tier: Free tier not listed on the pricing page; official materials describe freemium entry credits — unconfirmed

Key AI features

• Deep research from chat across many sources, up to large-scale runs
• Document creation and editing inside the workspace
• Generates web pages and slide decks from conversations
• Higher tiers: beta access, longer task windows, larger sandbox

Pros

• Strong at turning conversations into finished research and documents
• Unlimited file uploads on paid plans
• Ranked #4 for 'ai task manager' on Google — many searchers land here first

Cons

• Not a task manager in the classical sense — no projects, kanban or team assignment
• Credit pricing identical in shape to Lindy's but with fewer workflow templates
• No affiliate program found as of 2026-09-30