TODO for AI
vs 
OpenClaw
By Marcell Havlik, founder of TODO for AI · Updated
Open-source personal agent that runs on your own machine and answers in WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack and 20+ other chats, bring your own keys. Here is where each one wins, with numbers, and who should pick which.
| Fact | OpenClaw | TODO for AI |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | Chat apps, CLI, desktop | Web, desktop, mobile, CLI, IDE (Zed, JetBrains, VS Code), voice |
| Models | Any provider (BYOK) | Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok and other supported models |
| Source | Open | Edge + CLI public |
| Starts at | Free | Free |
Key takeaways
- Models. OpenClaw model choice: Any provider (BYOK). TODO for AI includes Claude, GPT, Gemini and Grok on paid plans. Pick the model for each job; let another review the result.
- Benchmark. TODO for AI scored 91.0% on Terminal-Bench 2.1 with Opus 5.5 (high) (own harness, 81/89 tasks, 2026-10-26; not an official leaderboard submission).
- Price. OpenClaw pricing: Free, MIT, donation funded. You pay each provider for tokens and host it yourself. TODO for AI has a free plan (Claude Sonnet only), then Starter $20, Pro $100 or Ultra $200 a month with the supported multi-vendor catalog.
- Shared business work. TODO for AI: Your whole team and its AI agents, on one board. Shared company context, brand voice and memory. AI working in your connected tools, signed-in browser and machines.
- Included usage. One shared pool of credits, with the cloud VM and browser included. Personal session and weekly limits apply. Credit usage depends on the model; see the pricing page for plan details.
- Who should pick which. Pick OpenClaw if you want a free MIT agent and will host and secure it yourself. Pick TODO for AI if you want the cloud machine, browser and vault managed for you.
OpenClaw
Any provider (BYOK)
TODO for AI
Supported vendorsWhere our product fits
One board for the company’s work.
People decide. Agents do the work.
Your whole team and its AI agents, on one board. Shared company context, brand voice and memory. AI working in your connected tools, signed-in browser and machines.
Chase the invoice. Ship the website update. Prepare the report. Fix the code. Every task keeps its request, contributors and result together, ready for the next colleague or agent to pick up.
Keep OpenClaw where it fits. Bring the rest of the company’s backlog here.
Plans and usage limitsWhat OpenClaw is, and where it stops
OpenClaw is an open-source personal agent: MIT licensed, run by a non-profit foundation, and living on your machine rather than a vendor cloud. It reads your inbox, moves your calendar, browses, runs shell commands, and you talk to it from WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack or iMessage. Any model works through your own keys, including local ones. For a developer who wants full control and nothing hosted, it is the obvious starting point.
The trade is that you become the operator. There is a gateway to run, ports to keep off the internet, a skills marketplace to vet, and a security page that publishes advisories by surface. Tokens are billed by each provider you use, and there is no cloud machine, so the agent is only as always-on as the computer under your desk.
Technical people who want a self-hosted assistant in their chats and are happy to operate it.
Three reasons OpenClaw users look elsewhere
Gateway, auth, sandboxing, plugin vetting and updates are yours. The project is candid that misconfigured instances get found.
No hosted VM or cloud browser. Always-on means a server you provision and patch.
Every key is a separate invoice with no pooled plan or spending window.
Six dimensions that decide it
OpenClaw 21/30TODO for AI 28/30How does OpenClaw compare to TODO for AI, feature by feature?
| Feature | OpenClaw | TODO for AI |
|---|---|---|
Persistent cloud VM A hosted workspace with persistent files, separate from the machines you connect. | Self-hosted only | Yes |
Model choice | Any (BYOK) | Supported models across vendors |
Cross-vendor review Review GPT output with Claude, or the other way around. | No | Yes |
Drives your real browser Browser extension (Chrome, Firefox) plus cloud browsers. | Local browser tool | Yes |
Business tasks, not only code SEO, email, ads, social, CRM via CLI tools. | Yes | Yes |
Any CLI as an integration | Skills + MCP | Any binary |
Voice control | Via chat apps | Yes |
People and agents on one board Colleagues and agents work the same list. Items show who contributed and which agent ran them; filter the board by person. | No | Yes |
Many agents, each configured Each agent gets its own model, prompt, tools and permissions. Runs remain subject to usage limits. | Multi-agent, own configs | Configured per task |
Projects for the whole company Engineering, marketing, ops, finance: separate projects and agents, one team and one bill. | No | Unlimited, shared |
Team roles and usage Pooling is not exclusive to TODO for AI. A shared budget does not remove personal session or weekly limits. | Shared gateway | Shared credits, per-seat limits |
Tool permissions | Exec approvals | Allow, approve, block |
Open runtime | Yes | Edge + CLI public |
What it costs
Free, MIT, donation funded. You pay each provider for tokens and host it yourself.
Hobby free (Sonnet only), Starter $20, Pro $100, Ultra $200. Paid plans include the supported multi-vendor model catalog.