Comparisons

Every AI agent, one table

TODO for AI is a TODO list where the items get done by AI agents. It logs into your tools, does the work and shows you the result. It reads your business first, so over time it proposes the TODOs instead of only closing them. Here is how that compares, cell by cell.

16
tools compared
6
questions each
1
row without a hole
2026-09-30
verified
ToolShared boardOpen-ended workShell you ownYour browserModel choiceProposes the work
Work platforms that added agents
LinearShared board. Yes: Yes, issuesOpen-ended work. Partly: Workspace, MCP and reposShell you own. Partly: Linear's sandboxYour browser. Partly: Sandbox browser, for testingModel choice. Yes: Claude, GPT, GLM, per workspaceProposes the work. Partly: Triage suggestions, Loops
NotionShared board. Yes: Yes, agents shareableOpen-ended work. Partly: Workspace and MCP appsShell you own. No: NoYour browser. Partly: Its own browsingModel choice. Yes: Claude, GPT, Gemini, GrokProposes the work. Partly: Runs on your triggers
ClickUpShared board. Yes: Yes, assignableOpen-ended work. Partly: Workspace and skillsShell you own. No: NoYour browser. No: NoModel choice. Yes: Max, Claude, GPT, GeminiProposes the work. Partly: Ambient, on your rules
AsanaShared board. Yes: Yes, AI teammatesOpen-ended work. Partly: Workspace and connected appsShell you own. No: NoYour browser. No: NoModel choice. Partly: AI Studio rules onlyProposes the work. Partly: Suggests a teammate per project
LindyShared board. Partly: Per user, shared poolOpen-ended work. No: Build the flow firstShell you own. No: NoYour browser. No: NoModel choice. Yes: Per nodeProposes the work. Partly: Runs on your triggers
Agent vendors that added a task list
Claude CoworkShared board. Partly: Projects shareable on TeamOpen-ended work. Yes: YesShell you own. Partly: Their sandbox, your foldersYour browser. Yes: Claude in ChromeModel choice. No: Anthropic onlyProposes the work. No: No
Copilot CoworkShared board. No: No shared task boardOpen-ended work. Partly: Microsoft 365 appsShell you own. No: Microsoft cloudYour browser. Partly: Local Edge, previewModel choice. Partly: Picker in Frontier previewProposes the work. No: No
Claude CodeShared board. No: Private sessionOpen-ended work. Partly: Repo first, MCP beyondShell you own. Yes: YesYour browser. Yes: Claude in ChromeModel choice. No: Anthropic onlyProposes the work. No: No
OpenAI CodexShared board. No: Private task listOpen-ended work. Partly: Repo shapedShell you own. Yes: YesYour browser. No: NoModel choice. No: OpenAI onlyProposes the work. No: No
CursorShared board. No: Private, repo configOpen-ended work. Partly: Repo shapedShell you own. Yes: YesYour browser. Partly: To check your appModel choice. Yes: Multi-vendor, meteredProposes the work. No: No
GitHub CopilotShared board. Yes: Yes, GitHub issuesOpen-ended work. Partly: Repo shapedShell you own. Yes: CLI local, cloud on runnersYour browser. No: NoModel choice. Yes: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAIProposes the work. No: No
ChatGPTShared board. No: Private chatsOpen-ended work. Yes: YesShell you own. Partly: Their sandboxYour browser. Partly: Its own, plus connectorsModel choice. No: OpenAI onlyProposes the work. Partly: Suggests from memory
ManusShared board. No: Tasks shared one by oneOpen-ended work. Yes: YesShell you own. Partly: Their cloud; local folders via desktop appYour browser. Yes: Browser Operator extensionModel choice. Partly: Vendor picks, or BYOK via FlexProposes the work. No: No
OpenClawShared board. No: Chat threadsOpen-ended work. Yes: YesShell you own. Yes: The box you hostYour browser. Yes: CDP, self-configuredModel choice. Yes: Any, BYOKProposes the work. Partly: Heartbeat alerts
Hermes AgentShared board. No: Chat threadsOpen-ended work. Yes: YesShell you own. Yes: The box you hostYour browser. Yes: CDP, self-configuredModel choice. Yes: Any, BYOKProposes the work. Partly: Cron you write
TODO for AIShared board. Yes: Yes, one boardOpen-ended work. Yes: YesShell you own. Yes: Your PC + cloud VMYour browser. Yes: Your Chrome profileModel choice. Yes: Any provider, per agentProposes the work. Yes: From your site, learns from dismissals
Our take
The first five columns are each matched by somebody. Notion and ClickUp let you pick the model, GitHub has a shared board and a local shell, Cowork acts in your Chrome. The last column is the one nobody fills: every other agent waits to be told. The unglamorous work, the invoice, the follow-up, the stale landing page, is exactly the work nobody remembers to ask for.

Two groups are converging on the same product. Linear, Notion, ClickUp and Asana had the shared board and added agents, which act inside the app and never get a command line. Claude Code, Cowork, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw and Hermes had the command line and added task lists, which stay private to one person. GitHub is the closest to both, and only accepts work that can become a pull request.

None of them starts the work. Every row except ours runs on a prompt, a trigger or a rule somebody wrote. That is fine for work you already know about. Most of what slips is work nobody thought to write down.

Tool by tool

Each comparison in full

Anthropic
Claude Code

Anthropic's coding agent, tied to Claude models and Claude subscription tiers.

OpenAI
OpenAI Codex

OpenAI's coding agent: an open-source CLI plus a cloud sandbox inside ChatGPT.

Anysphere
Cursor

A VS Code fork with built-in AI chat, unlimited tab completion and repo-scoped cloud agents.

SST
OpenCode

Open-source terminal coding agent, bring your own keys, any provider.

Cline Bot Inc.
Cline

Open-source VS Code agent extension, bring your own keys, plan and act modes.

Paul Gauthier
Aider

The original open-source pair-programming CLI, git-native, any model.

All Hands AI
OpenHands

Open-source autonomous software agent with a self-hosted or cloud workspace.

Anthropic
Claude Cowork

Anthropic's agent, merged into Claude itself in September 2026: ask for anything and Claude decides whether it is an answer or a task it works through on its own.

OpenAI
ChatGPT

The default AI assistant, with agent mode, deep research and connectors bolted onto the chat product.

Lindy AI
Lindy

No-code AI teammates for business workflows: email, CRM, meetings and support, built from triggers and steps.

Manus AI
Manus

A general-purpose agent that researches and builds documents, slides, sites and videos in its cloud, with a desktop app that can work in approved local folders.

Lovable
Lovable

A prompt-to-app builder: describe a web app, get a hosted React front end with a built-in backend, edited by chat.

Wix
Base44

Wix-owned prompt-to-app builder with backend, auth and hosting included, metered in messages and integration credits.

OpenClaw Foundation
OpenClaw

Open-source personal agent that runs on your own machine and answers in WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack and 20+ other chats, bring your own keys.

Nous Research
Hermes Agent

Open-source self-improving personal agent from Nous Research: skills it writes itself, memory that persists, reachable from 20+ chat apps.

Linear
Linear

The issue tracker engineering teams like, with its own Linear Agent and coding sessions in a Linear sandbox.

Notion Labs
Notion

The docs-and-databases workspace, with Custom Agents that run on schedules and triggers inside it.

ClickUp
ClickUp

All-in-one work platform whose Super Agents can be @mentioned and assigned tasks like teammates.

Asana
Asana

Work management with assignable AI Teammates, Dash, and a no-code studio for cross-system workflows.

Microsoft
Copilot Cowork

Microsoft 365 Copilot's agent: describe a task and it does the work across Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint.

GitHub
GitHub Copilot

GitHub's coding agent: completions in the editor, a cloud agent that takes an issue and opens a pull request.

monday.com
monday.com

Work OS whose AI agents sit in board columns and automations, metered in AI credits.

Zapier
Zapier

The largest integration network, plus Agents you can chat with on a separate activity meter.

Make (Celonis)
Make

Visual scenario builder with credit-metered runs and AI agents on every plan.

n8n
n8n

Fair-code workflow automation you can self-host, priced per whole workflow run.

Airtable
Airtable

Database-shaped workspace whose Omni agents build apps and act on records, metered in AI credits.

Motion
Motion

AI calendar and task manager that schedules your work for you, credits included per seat.

Atlassian
Trello

The simplest kanban board, with AI that summarises and organises cards rather than working them.

Gumloop
Gumloop

AI-native automation for business teams: chat-driven agents plus flows, priced in credits.

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FAQ

Common questions

Is this table maintained?
Names and logos come from the same data as every /vs page; the cells are judged by hand against vendor documentation, last verified 2026-09-30. When a vendor fills a hole, the cell changes. Several already did: Notion agents pick their own model, Cursor and Copilot are multi-vendor, Cowork works on local folders.
What counts as proposing the work?
Putting new items on the list that nobody asked for, based on what it learned about your business, which you then accept or dismiss. Running a rule you configured does not count, and neither does a morning summary of work that already exists. TODO for AI reads your website on day one, proposes items, and the ones you dismiss are fed into the next round so it stops suggesting them.
What counts as a shared board?
A place where a person and an agent hold the same item, with state the whole team can see, and a record of who and what worked on it. A private task list inside a chat product does not count, and neither does a project whose tasks are shared one at a time.
What counts as a shell you own?
A command line on a machine you control: your laptop, your server, or a VM assigned to your account that keeps state between runs. A vendor sandbox that resets per task does not count.
Can I use TODO for AI alongside these tools?
Most people do. Keep Linear for engineering issues, Notion for knowledge, Cursor for typing, and put the work that needs a machine, a browser session or someone to think of it in the first place on a TODO list.

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