Taskhold vs Todoist (with Todoist's MCP server)
Todoist is a mature personal task manager with apps on every platform, a free Beginner plan, and an official MCP server from Doist at ai.todoist.net/mcp that signs in with OAuth. If your life already runs in Todoist, letting Claude Code add and complete Todoist tasks keeps everything in one place.
Taskhold is narrower: a list for work you hand to coding agents, with states and records built for that.
Side by side
| Todoist + MCP | Taskhold | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free Beginner plan (5 personal projects); paid Pro and Business plans | $12/month or $120/year per person, no free plan |
| Built for | Personal and team to-dos of every kind | Work handed to coding agents |
| MCP | Official hosted server, OAuth sign-in | Hosted server, API key via a setup URL |
| Task states | Open or completed, plus sections and labels | todo, in progress, blocked (with reason), done |
| Who made a change | Your account | Marked human or agent, with history |
| Code context | None built in | Tasks can carry a file path and line number |
| Apps | Native apps on phone, desktop, watch | Web app |
Todoist facts from todoist.com/pricing and github.com/Doist/todoist-mcp, checked 2026-10-09.
Pick Todoist if
- You want one list for your whole life, with agent tasks mixed in.
- You want native apps, reminders and a free plan.
- Your agents only need to add and tick off simple to-dos.
Pick Taskhold if
- You want agent work kept apart from groceries and errands.
- You want started, blocked and done states with notes, so you see where each agent stopped.
- You run several agents and need to know which one did what.
Give your agents a list you can both see.
$12 a month or $120 a year per person, every agent included. 7-day trial with a card; cancel before it ends and nothing is charged.
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- Can an agent use Todoist and Taskhold together?
- Yes, if both MCP servers are connected. The agent can read a Todoist item and file it as a Taskhold task, or the other way round. There is no built-in sync between the two.
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Updated 2026-10-09