The best AI agent for agencies and consultancies
By Marcell Havlik, founder of TODO for AI · Updated
Billable work across many client accounts, logins and deadlines. The agent has to act inside each client's real accounts, in a browser that is already signed in. Here is how 18 tools score against what this job actually needs, and where each one fits.
Key takeaways
- Top pick. TODO for AI ranks first of 18 AI agents for agencies, at 98% fit, followed by n8n (74%) and Notion (67%).
- What decides it. For agencies the ranking weights beyond code and team & permissions highest, and tools that cannot do the core job are not ranked at all (12 left out).
- Models. TODO for AI runs any provider, Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok or a local Ollama model, on one plan. Pricing: free plan (Claude Sonnet only), then Starter $20, Pro $100 or Ultra $200 a month with any provider included.
- Benchmark. TODO for AI scored 89.9% on Terminal-Bench 2.1 with Opus 5.5 (high) (own harness, 80/89 tasks, 2026-10-08; not an official leaderboard submission).
- Not for you if. If your processes are already fixed and repeat identically across clients, a no-code workflow builder like Lindy may get you live faster than an open-ended agent. The trade is flexibility for setup speed.
What agencies actually need done
Agency work is the hardest test in this market, because most of it lives behind someone else's login. The deliverable is rarely a file on your machine: it is a change in a client's ad account, CMS or CRM, produced under a deadline and billed by the hour.
That is why this ranking weights breadth beyond code, team controls and unattended running above raw coding ability. A tool that cannot hold credentials safely or drive a real logged-in browser cannot do the majority of agency work, however good its code output is.
Their ad manager, their CMS, their analytics, their inbox. Mostly behind a login, often without an API.
Client A credentials must never appear in client B work. Isolation is a requirement, not a preference.
The audit, the monthly report, the content batch: the same shape of work, different client.
Juniors should not be able to push to a client production account because an agent suggested it.
Scored for agencies
| Rank | Tool | Fit |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  TODO for AIBillable work across many client accounts, logins and deadlines. The agent has to act inside each client's real accounts, in a browser that is already signed in. | 98% |
| 2 |  n8nTechnical teams who want automation they can self-host and extend in code. | 74% |
| 3 |  NotionTeams whose work already lives in Notion and who want agents to maintain it. | 67% |
| 4 |  OpenClawTechnical people who want a self-hosted assistant in their chats and are happy to operate it. | 65% |
| 5 |  ClickUpTeams already running ClickUp who want agents inside their existing boards. | 65% |
| 6 |  AsanaOperations teams who want repeatable intake and routing automated inside Asana. | 61% |
| 7 |  Hermes AgentTechnical users who want a self-hosted agent that learns them over time and lives in Telegram, Discord or the terminal. | 61% |
| 8 |  LindyOps and go-to-market teams automating repeatable processes without writing code. | 59% |
| 9 |  Copilot CoworkCompanies already standardised on Microsoft 365 who want an agent inside Outlook, Teams and Office. | 58% |
| 10 |  MakeTeams who want Zapier-style automation with more control and a lower per-run cost. | 56% |
| 11 |  monday.comTeams already running monday boards who want agents acting on those boards. | 55% |
| 12 |  Claude CoworkClaude subscribers who want autonomous document, research and browser work without leaving Anthropic. | 55% |
| 13 |  GumloopMarketing and ops teams automating AI-heavy research, enrichment and content pipelines. | 54% |
| 14 |  ZapierConnecting SaaS tools with reliable trigger-to-action plumbing. | 52% |
| 15 |  AirtableTeams whose work is structured records and who want internal apps and agents on top of them. | 51% |
| 16 |  ManusPeople who want polished research, decks, sites or short videos from one prompt, mostly in a vendor cloud. | 48% |
| 17 |  ChatGPTAnyone who wants one excellent assistant for research, writing and everyday questions. | 47% |
| 18 |  Claude CodeDevelopers whose work lives in a repo and who are all-in on Anthropic models. | 47% |
How we weighted it
Every tool carries one set of scores across 6 dimensions, used on every page of this site. A page for agencies does not rewrite those scores, it weights them. Here is every weight, including the ones turned down:
Most agency work happens inside a client's ad manager, CMS or CRM, so a tool is only ranked here if it can act in business systems. Excellent code output does not substitute for that. Not ranked here: OpenAI Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Cline, Aider, OpenHands, Lovable, Base44, Linear, GitHub Copilot, Motion, Trello.
We build one of these tools, so treat this as an editorial argument rather than a measured verdict. The weights are all above and each tool's underlying scores are on its own comparison page, precisely so you can disagree with them.
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