CREAO vs Taskade (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Taskade grades higher than CREAO: 3.2 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Taskade grades higher on value for money, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan and features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
CREAO
AI agent builder that runs scheduled work in your tools
Taskade
Workspace that builds apps, AI agents and automations from prompts
Which one is for you
Pick CREAO if
- Fits if you want a recurring task, like a weekly summary from your inbox, handled by an agent
- Works for people who already live in Slack, Gmail and Linear and want those connected
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a website or an app, because it builds agents and automations rather than standalone apps
- Tight if you stay free: 30 one-time credits and 5 a day per team
- Pricey if you outgrow Pro, as the next steps are $50, $150 and $1,000 a month
- Watch out: in a team every member gets the owner's plan and only the owner pays, so one account carries the bill
- Watch out: the prices shown are for monthly billing, and yearly billing is advertised as 20% less
Pick Taskade if
- Fits if a team of up to 10 wants apps, agents and automations on one $10 bill
- Works for people who want their projects and the tools built on them in the same place
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free, because Free has no monthly AI credits, only ones earned through referrals and shares, and credit packs are sold to paid plans only
- Skip it if you need an app in the App Store or Google Play, as Genesis builds web apps only
- Pricey if you pay month by month, since monthly billing is double the yearly rate, $20 for Pro
- Watch out: Free stops at 3 apps, 1 agent and 10 automation runs a month, and Starter at 3 users and 3 agents
- Not for you if you need a custom domain, white-label branding, SSO or the API, which start on Business at $25
How we grade them
| 2.2GPACREAOFair | 3.2GPATaskadeVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPro is $20 a month on monthly billing, the middle of what AI app builders charge, and credits beyond the plan cost $0.15 each. | AStarter is $6 a month billed yearly ($72) for 3 users and 10,000 credits a month, and Pro is $10 ($120) for 10 users with 50,000 credits and unlimited apps, agents and automations. Builders here charge about $19 in the middle, usually per seat. Monthly billing doubles Pro to $20, and the API needs Business at $25. |
| Free plan and trial | C1 member with 30 one-time credits plus 5 a day per team, standard models and one personal connector per agent app. Enough to try it, not to run it. | CFree forever, and up to 3 Genesis apps stay hosted. But it comes with no monthly AI credits: only what you earn through referrals, up to 3,500, and social shares, with credit packs sold to paid plans only. One agent and 10 automation runs a month. |
| Features | CCovers agents from chat, schedules, triggers, approval gates, memory and connectors. It builds automations, not standalone apps, so it only partly overlaps its category. | CGenesis turns a prompt into a hosted web app tied to your projects, agents train on your files and run in the background, and automations branch, loop and run to a schedule across 100+ integrations, with a REST API behind it. But Taskade says plainly there's no App Store or Play build step: web apps only. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You describe the agent and connect your accounts, which is setup work. | A4.7 from about 6,400 App Store ratings. You describe the tool you want and get a live app with hosting included — no code, nothing to deploy, and it hangs off projects your team already uses. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with a real list of connectors including Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Teams, Linear, Asana, Drive and Zoom. | AWeb, Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android and browser extensions. It connects to Slack, Gmail, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, HubSpot, Salesforce, Stripe and GitHub, with webhooks and an MCP server. API access itself starts on Business. |
| Best for | agents that run scheduled work in your tools | small teams building internal tools on one flat price |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: CREAO and Taskade. How we grade
Price against what you get
CREAO starts at $20 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Taskade starts at $6 a month and scores 3.3.
Taskade scores higher and starts $14 a month lower. Of the other AI app builders on the chart, 14 score higher than CREAO for less, and none scores higher than Taskade for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- CREAO also covers image generation and video generation.
- Taskade also covers app builder.
At a glance
| CREAO | Taskade | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $20 per month, billed monthly | $6 per month, billed yearly ($72) (Starter, 3 users) |
| Free plan | 1 member, 30 one-time credits plus 5 daily credits per team, standard models and one personal connector per agent app. | Free forever: up to 3 Genesis apps with hosting, 1 AI agent and automations that run up to 10 times a month. No monthly AI credits; credits are earned through referrals and shares. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | CREAO AI | Taskade |
| Price read from | creao.ai | taskade.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 |
Worth knowing
CREAO
- Prices shown are for monthly billing; the page labels yearly billing as saving 20%.
- Extra credits cost $0.15 each, or 30% less when buying 4,000 or more.
- Inside a team, every member gets the owner's plan and only the owner pays.
- It builds agents and automations rather than standalone apps, unlike most tools in this category.
Taskade
- Free includes no monthly AI credits: only credits earned through referrals (up to 3,500) and social shares, and credit packs are sold on paid plans only.
- A Free workspace is limited to 3 apps, 1 AI agent and 10 automation runs a month; Starter allows 3 users and 3 agents.
- Pro connects up to 10 custom domains; white-label branding, SAML single sign-on and unlimited domains start on Business.
- Genesis builds web apps only: Taskade says there is no App Store or Google Play build step.
Key features
CREAO
- Agents from chat
- Describe a recurring task and CREAO builds an agent for it, with a Super Agent for general requests.
- Schedules and triggers
- Agents run daily, weekly, on a webhook or when a Slack message arrives.
- Approval gates
- Write or destructive actions pause for sign-off until an agent is switched to full auto.
- Memory
- Preferences and decisions from conversations carry over to new agents.
- Media generation
- Agents can generate video, images and voice narration, and operate a browser.
- Connectors
- Over 30 built-in connectors, including Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Teams, Linear, Asana and Google Drive.
Taskade
- Genesis app builder
- One prompt generates a hosted web app, such as a CRM, dashboard or client portal, connected to the workspace's projects, agents and automations. Free keeps up to 3 apps; Pro is unlimited.
- AI agents
- Agents can be trained on files, projects and web content, given custom tools, and left running in the background. Paid plans offer 15+ models, and Business adds agent teams.
- Automations
- Workflows with branching, looping and filters run on triggers or on an hourly, daily, weekly or monthly schedule, and connect to more than 100 integrations.
- Projects and real-time collaboration
- Projects sync in real time across the web, desktop and mobile apps. Guests and collaborators are free on every plan; only workspace members count toward plan limits.
- Publishing and branding
- Apps are shared by public URL or embedded in a site, with password protection from Pro. Custom domains and white-label branding start on Business.
- API and MCP server
- A REST API, webhooks and HTTP request actions connect Taskade to other systems, and the downloads page lists a hosted MCP server for agent apps.
Plans
CREAO
Free$0
1 member, 30 one-time credits plus 5 daily credits, standard models, 1 concurrent scheduled run.
Pro$20
per month, billed monthly
Up to 3 people, 200 credits a month on one team wallet, premium models and 2 concurrent scheduled runs.
Pro Plus$50
per month, billed monthly
Up to 5 people, 600 credits a month, large uploads and priority support.
Max$150
per month, billed monthly
Up to 10 people, 2,000 credits a month, 4 concurrent scheduled runs and dedicated support.
Ultra$1000
per month, billed monthly
Up to 50 people, 20,000 credits a month and founder office hours.
EnterpriseCustom
Volume credits, SSO and a dedicated partner; sold through sales.
Taskade
Free$0
Up to 3 Genesis apps with hosting, 1 AI agent, 10 automation runs a month and 250 MB of storage. No monthly AI credits; earn them through referrals and shares.
Starter$6
per month, billed yearly ($72); monthly price not shown
3 users, 10,000 AI credits a month, unlimited apps, 3 AI agents, 350 automation runs a month and 5 GB of storage.
Pro$10
per month, billed annually ($120); $20 billed monthly
10 users, 50,000 credits a month, unlimited apps, agents and automations, 100 GB storage, and no Taskade watermark on published apps.
Business$25
per month, billed annually ($300); $50 billed monthly
Unlimited users, 150,000 credits a month, custom domains, white-label branding, SAML single sign-on, API access and 1 TB storage.
Max$100
per month, billed annually ($1,200); monthly billing costs double
Unlimited users and 400,000 credits a month, with extended thinking modes and capacity for several agent teams running at once.
Enterprise$250
per month, billed annually ($3,000); monthly billing costs double
1.1 million credits a month, SCIM provisioning, bring-your-own OpenAI, Anthropic and Google Vertex AI keys, dedicated onboarding and a custom SLA.
Ways to pay less
CREAO
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
The pricing page labels the Yearly option as saving 20% compared with monthly billing.
Taskade
- Annual discount
50% off with annual billing
Taskade's pricing page says annual billing costs 50% less than monthly billing on Pro, Business, Max and Enterprise. Pro is $120 a year, which works out to $10 a month.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, CREAO or Taskade?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Taskade is cheaper to start with: $6 a month, against $20 a month for CREAO. CREAO starts at $20 per month, billed monthly, and Taskade starts at $6 per month, billed yearly ($72) (Starter, 3 users).
Which has a free plan, CREAO or Taskade?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both CREAO and Taskade have a free plan.
Which platforms do CREAO and Taskade run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Taskade lists macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android apps and a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.