Swit vs Twist (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Twist grades higher than Swit: 2.8 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 6, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Twist grades higher on ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Swit
Team chat with built-in task and project management
Which one is for you
Pick Swit if
- Fits if you want chat and a task board without two separate tools
- Works for a team that wants a trial before paying, with no card needed
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you are small, since Startup is 25 seats at $450 a year
- Pricey if you want automation at $99, or approvals, goals and guests at $5 a person each
- Skip it if you need on-premises hosting, because the vendor says there is none
- Watch out: SAML sign-on starts at Business, and two-factor and audit logs at Business Pro
- Tight if you stay free, with the hub only, 5 integrations and 1 year of history
Pick Twist if
- Fits if your team is spread across time zones and replies when it can
- Works for teams that want written discussions they can find again by topic
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a product that's still getting new features or bug fixes, as development is on hiatus
- Tight if you're staying free: anything older than a month is hidden, with 5 integrations, 5 GB and no trial of Unlimited
- Not for you if you want calls built in, as video meetings go through Jitsi Meet
- Watch out: on Unlimited every member and multi-channel guest is billed, so you can't mix free and paid members
How we grade them
| 2.2GPASwitFair | 2.8GPATwistGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStartup is $1.50 a seat but sold as 25 seats, $450 a year, so one person pays that. Growth is $6 a seat, near the middle of the category. | CUnlimited is $6 a user a month billed yearly, $8 monthly, about the going rate for team chat, and Doist's help centre says no other discounts are offered. Paying the going rate for a product whose own What's New page says development is on hiatus is the part to think about. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree plan with unlimited seats, but only the chat hub, 5 integrations, 5 GB and 1 year of history. A 30-day trial of paid plans needs no card. | CFree takes up to 500 members and 500 guests, but you only see and search the last month of comments and messages. Older threads are kept and hidden until you upgrade. Add 5 integrations and 5 GB of storage, and there's no trial of Unlimited. |
| Features | CChat, tasks and projects, with a task plug-in. Automation, approvals, goals and guests are paid add-ons. | CIt has titled threads in channels, an inbox with Active, Done and Saved views, search filtered by author, channel and date, and no online-status dots anywhere. Two gaps: video meetings go out to Jitsi Meet, and development is on hiatus, with the last What's New entry from May 2023. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Workspaces, projects and plug-ins all need setting up. | A4.7 on the App Store from about 1,080 ratings. A thread has a title, it lands in your inbox, and you mark it done, the same steps as email. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android. Only one integration is listed. | AWeb, Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Android. The directory covers Todoist, GitHub, GitLab, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Jira Software and Trello, with Zapier, Make and n8n for the rest, and there's a developer API for your own automations. |
| Best for | team chat with tasks and projects in the same place | async teams who'd rather write than ping |
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: Swit and Twist. How we grade
Price against what you get
Swit starts at $1.50 a month for each person and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Twist starts at $6 a month for each person and scores 3.3.
Twist scores higher, and starts $4.50 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other team communication apps on the chart, 6 score higher than Swit for less, and 1 scores higher than Twist 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
- Swit also covers tasks, kanban boards, workflow automation and goals.
- Twist also covers file sharing.
At a glance
| Swit | Twist | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $1.50 per user / month, billed yearly, for 25 fixed seats ($450 a year) | $6 per user / month, billed yearly |
| Free plan | Unlimited seats, up to 2 workspaces, 5 GB of storage per organization, 25 MB attachments and 1 year of message history. | Access to the last month of comments and messages, up to 5 integrations, 5 GB of file storage, and up to 500 members and 500 guests. |
| Free trial | 30-day free trial on paid plans, no credit card required | None listed |
| Web | ||
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| Made by | Swit Technologies Inc. | Doist Inc. |
| Price read from | swit.io | twist.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Swit
- Startup is sold as 25 fixed seats; Growth caps at 100 seats.
- Plug-ins cost extra: Automation $99 for 100K actions a month, and Approvals, Goals and Guests $5 per user a month each.
- Swit is cloud only; the vendor says there is no on-premises version.
- SAML-based SSO starts at Business; two-factor authentication and audit logs are listed from Business Pro.
Twist
- Twist's own What's New page says development is on hiatus: no new features and no fixes for small bugs for the time being. Its last entry is from May 2023.
- The Free plan shows and searches only the last month of comments and messages; older content is kept but hidden until the team upgrades.
- Free teams are limited to 5 integrations and 5 GB of file storage.
- On Unlimited every member and multi-channel guest is billed, so a team cannot mix free and paid members.
Key features
Swit
- Channels and chat
- Unlimited channels and chats on every plan, with posts shareable across workspaces inside an organization.
- Tasks and projects
- Task cards carry checklists, subtasks, assignees and priorities, and a project dashboard shows progress and workload.
- Messages to tasks
- On the Hub plan, a channel message can become a task, and a task card can be dragged into a chat channel.
- AI plug-in
- Chat, Taskify, Summarize, Write, Rephrase and Translate are sold as a plug-in available on all paid plans.
- Plug-ins for work processes
- Automation, Approvals, Goals and Guests are add-ons, priced separately on the pricing page.
Twist
- Threads
- Each conversation in a channel is a titled thread with its own comments. Threads can be closed, pinned, muted or moved to another channel.
- Public and private channels
- Channels group threads by team, project, topic or client, and can be public to the whole team or private to invited members.
- Inbox
- The inbox lists every thread a member has been notified about across channels, with Active, Done and Saved views for working through them.
- Direct and group messages
- Messages sit alongside threads for one-on-one or small-group exchanges, with file attachments, GIFs and emoji reactions.
- Search with filters
- Search covers threads and messages and can be narrowed by author, channel, thread title and date range.
- Integrations and API
- The directory covers tools such as GitHub, Google Calendar, Jira Software and Todoist, plus Zapier, Make and n8n, and a developer API for custom automations.
Plans
Swit
Free$0
Hub only. Up to 5 integrations, unlimited channels, projects and chats, basic project features.
Startup$1.50
per user / month, billed yearly ($1.80 billed monthly)
Sold as 25 fixed seats, $450 a year. 5 GB per user, unlimited history and integrations, full projects.
Growth$6
per user / month, billed yearly ($11 billed monthly)
Up to 100 seats, up to 5 workspaces and 20 GB of storage per user.
Business$11
per user / month, billed yearly ($21 billed monthly)
Unlimited seats, up to 10 workspaces, 100 GB per user and SAML-based SSO.
Business ProCustom
Sold through sales, billed yearly. Adds 1 TB per user, two-factor authentication, audit logs and download control.
EnterpriseCustom
Sold through sales, billed yearly. 10 TB per user, EKM, IP-based access control and data residency.
Twist
Free$0
Up to 1 month of comment and message history, 5 integrations, 5 GB of file storage, 500 member accounts and 500 guest accounts.
Unlimited$6
per user / month, billed yearly ($8 billed monthly)
Full history, unlimited integrations and file storage, unlimited members and guests, priority support, custom groups and Google sign-in.
Ways to pay less
Swit
- Annual discount
Save up to 47% with yearly billing
The pricing page shows yearly rates against monthly ones, such as $11 per user on Business billed yearly versus $21 billed monthly.
Twist
- Annual discount
25% less with yearly billing
Twist Unlimited costs $6 per user / month billed annually against $8 billed monthly. Doist's help center says no other discounts are currently offered.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Swit or Twist?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Swit is cheaper to start with: $1.50 a month for each person, against $6 a month for each person for Twist. Swit starts at $1.50 per user / month, billed yearly, for 25 fixed seats ($450 a year), and Twist starts at $6 per user / month, billed yearly.
Which has a free plan, Swit or Twist?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Swit and Twist have a free plan.
Which platforms do Swit and Twist run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Twist lists a Linux app. Both list a web app and macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps. 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.