Todoist vs Vikunja
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Todoist
Cross-platform to-do list with natural-language task entry
Vikunja
Open-source task manager to self-host or use as a paid cloud
Where they differ
- Todoist starts at $5 per user / month, billed yearly. Vikunja starts at €4 per month, or €40 billed yearly (Vikunja Cloud Personal).
- Only Todoist lists an iOS app.
- Only Todoist lists a browser extension.
- Vikunja is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Todoist also covers templates and calendar.
- Vikunja also covers Gantt & timelines.
At a glance
| Todoist | Vikunja | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $5 per user / month, billed yearly | €4 per month, or €40 billed yearly (Vikunja Cloud Personal) |
| Free plan | Beginner plan: 5 personal projects, task reminders, list and board layouts, 3 filter views and 1 week of activity history. | 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 |
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| Made by | Todoist Inc. | Konrad Langenberg Software |
| Price read from | todoist.com | vikunja.io |
| Checked | Oct 4, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Todoist
- People who want one task list on every device they own
- Fast capture: typing a task with its date in a single line
- Households and small teams sharing a few projects
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
Todoist
- The free plan stops at 5 personal projects and keeps only 1 week of activity history.
- Calendar layout, task durations and custom reminders all need Pro or Business.
- Personal projects are capped at 5 people, even on paid plans.
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
Todoist
- Quick Add
- Capture tasks in natural language as they come to you, including recurring due dates and reminders.
- List, board and calendar layouts
- Switch any project between a list, a kanban board and a calendar. The calendar layout needs a paid plan.
- Filters, labels and priorities
- Saved filter views pull tasks from across projects: 3 on the free plan, 150 on Pro and Business.
- Shared projects
- Share a project to assign tasks and comment on them. Personal projects allow up to 5 people on every plan.
- Team workspace
- Business adds public and private team projects, folders, roles and permissions, and shared templates.
- Ramble and Task Assist
- Ramble turns spoken thoughts into tasks; free accounts get limited sessions. Task Assist is included from Pro.
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
Todoist
Beginner$0
5 personal projects, task reminders, list and board layouts, and 3 filter views.
Pro$5
per user / month, billed yearly ($60)
300 projects, calendar layout, task durations, custom reminders, 150 filter views and Task Assist.
Business$8
per user / month, billed yearly ($96)
Everything in Pro, plus a shared team workspace with up to 500 team projects, roles and central billing.
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
Todoist
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
Todoist's pricing page lists a 20% saving on Pro and Business when billed yearly instead of monthly.
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.
