Clockify vs Todoist Comparison 2026
Both cover project management. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
Time tracking free for up to five people
A task list that survives being ignored for a week
At a glance
- Clockify starts cheaper, at $3.99.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Clockify | Todoist | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $3.99 | From $5 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | None | None |
| Runs on | Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Linux |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
Clockify
Time tracking free for up to five people
Clockify tracks time across projects and clients and leaves the tracking itself uncapped on the free plan, which covers up to five users. Paying adds the administrative parts a business needs rather than more tracking: entering time for other people, required fields, bulk edits and billable rates. Reports export in the shapes an accountant asks for. Each paid capability sits on a specific tier, so it is worth checking which one holds the feature that prompted the upgrade before choosing.
Our note
Ignore the tier the page leads with and check Basic first, because it is $1.50 a seat cheaper and carries most of what people upgrade for. Compare with Toggl Track on the free plan rather than the paid ones, since that is where the two differ most and where most teams will stay.
Only on this side
- Covers creator finance
Todoist
A task list that survives being ignored for a week
Todoist takes a typed sentence like "post the newsletter every Tuesday at 9" and turns it into a scheduled recurring task, which is the feature the whole product is built around. Five projects on the free account is enough for one person running one operation. Paying raises the limits, adds reminders and calendar layouts, and opens filters that make a large list usable. Teams get their own tier above that, and none of it tries to be a project management suite.
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