Sunsama vs Temporal

Sunsama

• Professionals who want a fixed routine for planning each workday
• Pulling tasks from several work tools into one daily list
• Linux users: desktop apps cover macOS, Windows and Linux

Temporal

• Google Calendar users who want tasks placed into protected focus blocks
• People who want to approve each AI scheduling change before it is applied
• Individuals looking for an AI scheduler at $9 a month or less

Sunsama

• There is no free plan. Workspace access stops when the 14-day trial ends unless you subscribe.
• The $17 rate requires paying $204 per user for the year; monthly billing is $22 per user.
• SSO, SAML, SCIM and audit logs are limited to the Enterprise plan, which has no public price.
• Workspace data is permanently deleted 30 days after a cancelled subscription ends.

Temporal

• The site describes a web app and lists no desktop or mobile apps.
• Google Calendar is the only calendar it syncs with today; Outlook is marked as coming soon.
• There is no free plan: after the 7-day trial, scheduling automation pauses until a paid plan is chosen.
• The terms of service license Temporal for personal, non-commercial use.

Sunsama

Guided daily planning

A step-by-step routine: review yesterday, add today's tasks, check the predicted workload and set the order. Sunsama can prompt you to start at a set time.

Timeboxing

Drag a task to a time slot, or press X to auto-schedule it. The block shows up in Google, Outlook or iCloud calendar, or on Sunsama's internal calendar.

Tasks from other tools

Bring in work from Asana, Trello, Jira, Linear, Notion, Todoist, Gmail, Slack and others, and plan it alongside tasks created in Sunsama.

Focus mode and Pomodoro

Work on one task at a time with a timer, Pomodoro intervals, break reminders and the option to mute other apps.

Weekly planning and review

A weekly prompt to review where time went and what got done, then set objectives for the week ahead.

AI estimates and channels

Suggests a time estimate and a channel for each new task, based on work you have previously added to Sunsama.

Temporal

Focus-aware scheduling

The AI reads where meetings cluster and where the week is open, then places deep-work tasks in the hours it identifies as your focus windows.

OFF, SUGGEST and AUTO modes

Schedule everything by hand, have the AI propose changes that you accept or skip one by one, or let it schedule automatically. SUGGEST is the default.

AI chat

A chat that can see the calendar and task list takes requests in plain language, such as moving a review to Thursday or fitting a set of tasks around meetings.

Google Calendar sync

Sync runs both ways: existing meetings are imported and respected during scheduling, and tasks Temporal schedules appear as events in Google Calendar.

Adaptive rescheduling

When priorities change during the week, the schedule is adjusted automatically rather than replanned by hand.

Linear and Notion connections

Linear and Notion are listed as available integrations, and the FAQ says tasks can be brought in from Notion. Outlook, Slack, GitHub and Todoist are marked as coming soon.

Sunsama

• Pro$17

  per user / month, billed yearly ($204)

  The one self-serve plan: unlimited usage and integrations, AI, MCP and Zapier. $22 per user / month when billed monthly.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Adds SSO and SAML, SCIM, audit logs and custom privacy and data requirements.

Temporal

• Quarterly$23

  per 3 months (about $7.67 per month)

  Every feature, billed every 3 months. Shown beside a crossed-out $27, the cost of three monthly payments.

• Monthly$9

  per month, billed monthly

  Unlimited tasks and events, AI time-blocking, Google Calendar sync, adaptive rescheduling and focus analytics, with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

• Lifetime Early Bird$149

  one-time purchase

  One payment instead of a subscription, with all future features and lifetime updates. The page limits it to 10 early bird spots.

Sunsama

• Annual discount

  Save $60 per user with yearly billing

  Sunsama charges $204 per user once a year ($17 per month) on the yearly plan, against $22 per user each month ($264 a year) on monthly billing.

• Education

  Student discount on request

  Actively enrolled college students can email support from a student address to get a discount. It lasts until graduation or four years, whichever comes first.

• Nonprofit

  Non-profit pricing on request

  Sunsama's billing guide says it offers non-profit plans. Organizations apply by sending proof of non-profit status to support.

Temporal

• Other savings

  Save 15% with quarterly billing

  Quarterly billing costs $23 every 3 months instead of $27 for three monthly payments, which the pricing section labels a 15% saving.

• Lifetime license

  Lifetime Early Bird for $149

  A one-time $149 payment covers lifetime access with all future features. The pricing section says it is limited to 10 early bird spots.