Planify vs Vikunja
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Vikunja
Open-source task manager to self-host or use as a paid cloud
Where they differ
- Planify is free. Vikunja starts at €4 per month, or €40 billed yearly (Vikunja Cloud Personal).
- Only Vikunja lists a web app.
- Only Vikunja lists macOS, Windows and Android apps.
- Vikunja is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Planify also covers Markdown.
- Vikunja also covers Gantt & timelines.
At a glance
| Planify | Vikunja | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Free plan |
| Starts at | Free | €4 per month, or €40 billed yearly (Vikunja Cloud Personal) |
| Free plan | Every feature is free under the GPL-3.0 license, with no subscriptions, ads or account. Development is funded by optional donations through Patreon, PayPal, Liberapay and Ko-fi. | Self-hosting is free under the AGPLv3 with all core features, on a server you maintain, update and back up yourself. Vikunja Cloud has no free plan. |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day free trial on every Vikunja Cloud plan |
| Web | ||
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| Android | ||
| Made by | Alain (alainm23) | Konrad Langenberg Software |
| Price read from | useplanify.com | vikunja.io |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Planify
- Linux users who want a native GTK task manager
- Todoist or Nextcloud users who want a desktop client on Linux
- Keeping tasks on the local disk with no account
- Scripting task capture and backups from the terminal
Vikunja
- People who want their task data on a server they control
- Households and teams sharing projects across list, board and Gantt views
- Moving off Todoist, Trello or Microsoft To Do with a built-in importer
Worth knowing
Planify
- Linux only: it is distributed on Flathub or built from source, with no Windows, macOS, web or mobile version.
- It has no sync service of its own, so reaching tasks on a phone means using the Todoist or Nextcloud apps.
- Planify is not created by, affiliated with or supported by Doist, the company behind Todoist.
- Development is funded by donations; the site lists Patreon, PayPal, Liberapay and Ko-fi.
Vikunja
- Vikunja Cloud has no free plan. The free option is self-hosting, where server maintenance, updates and backups are your job.
- The mobile app is an alpha pre-release for Android that the docs say covers only very basic features, and the maker gives no iPhone support.
- The admin panel, audit logs and time tracking belong to Vikunja Pro, a paid add-on for self-hosted instances in private beta with no public prices.
- Cloud prices are listed in euros only, and the vendor describes its CalDAV integration as early alpha with known bugs.
Key features
Planify
- Todoist, Nextcloud and CalDAV sync
- Syncs with a Todoist account or with Nextcloud and CalDAV servers such as Radicale and Baïkal, with several accounts at once. Nextcloud Deck boards sync two-way as projects.
- Projects, sections, labels and filters
- Tasks are grouped into projects and sub-projects with sections, labels, priorities and custom filters, and each project shows a progress indicator.
- Board view and calendar
- A project can be shown as a board for visual planning, and calendar integration displays scheduled events next to tasks.
- Quick Add with natural-language dates
- A global keyboard shortcut opens Quick Add, which parses dates written in English or Spanish and uses @ for labels, # for projects and ! for priorities.
- Reminders, recurrence and attachments
- A task can carry several reminders, a recurrence pattern, file attachments and links, with Markdown allowed in its title and description.
- Command-line interface
- The bundled CLI adds, lists and updates tasks and exports a JSON backup. Every command returns JSON, so it can be piped into scripts.
Vikunja
- List, kanban, Gantt and table views
- Each project can be shown as a list, a kanban board, a table with selectable columns or a Gantt chart, and you can switch between them at any time.
- Quick Add Magic
- Typing a date, a *label, an @assignee, a +project or a !priority into a task title sets those fields as the task is created. It works in the web UI.
- Sharing, teams and link shares
- A project can be shared with one user, a team or a link. Link shares let people view or edit tasks without an account, with the same permission levels.
- Reminders, repeats and relations
- Tasks take due dates, reminders, repeat intervals, priorities, labels, attachments and subtasks, and can be related to tasks in other projects, for example as blockers.
- Imports and CalDAV
- Built-in importers cover Todoist, Trello, Microsoft To Do, TickTick, WeKan, Planka and CSV files. A CalDAV integration syncs tasks with outside clients such as iOS Reminders.
- API, webhooks and MCP
- A documented REST API with token authentication, webhooks, a vendor-maintained community node for n8n and, from version 2.7.0, an MCP endpoint for AI assistants.
Plans
Planify
Free$0
All features of the Linux desktop app and its command-line tool, released as open source under GPL-3.0.
Vikunja
Self-Hosted€0
The open-source version on your own server: unlimited tasks and projects, all four views, teams, sharing and CalDAV.
Personal€4
per month, or €40 billed yearly
One managed Cloud account with unlimited lists, tasks, reminders, share links and filters, and 10GB of attachment storage.
Organization€5
per user / month, or €50 per user billed yearly
Everything in Personal, plus unlimited teams, 50GB of attachment storage, priority email support and central team billing.
Family€10
per month for up to 5 users, or €99 billed yearly
Everything in Personal for up to 5 users, with shared household projects on one subscription and one bill.
Ways to pay less
Planify
No public discounts listed.
Vikunja
- Annual discount
Lower price with yearly billing
Yearly billing costs €40 for Personal, €99 for Family and €50 per user for Organization, which the pricing page labels as 17.5% to 20% less than paying monthly.
