Compare Taskfolk to the field.

Every comparison here credits what the other tool does better. Prices and limits are public list prices, re-verified quarterly; each page carries its own as-of date.

Jira

Taskfolk vs Jira

Jira's core model without the admin surface, and without paying for the people who only read. A 25-person team: $198 on Jira, $15 on Taskfolk.

Read the comparison
Linear

Taskfolk vs Linear

The same calm feel, agents as real members, and no $10 seat for people who only watch the roadmap. Linear Basic $10 vs Taskfolk Pro $3.

Read the comparison
ClickUp

Taskfolk vs ClickUp

A calm tracker with AI in the plan instead of a $9 per-seat Brain add-on. Five people using AI: $80 a month on ClickUp, $15 on Taskfolk.

Read the comparison
Asana

Taskfolk vs Asana

Time tracking and portfolios push Asana to $24.99 a seat. Taskfolk ships every feature on every plan at $3 per builder, viewers free.

Read the comparison
Monday

Taskfolk vs Monday

Monday's viewers are free too. The gap is packaging: a 7-person team buys a 10-seat bucket at $12. Taskfolk bills 7 builders at $3.

Read the comparison
Trello

Taskfolk vs Trello

For the day cards stop being enough: backlog, sprints, reports, and docs, without giving up the calm. Trello bills every multi-board follower.

Read the comparison
Notion

Taskfolk vs Notion

Notion is the better place to write. Taskfolk is the better tracker: sprints, velocity, and burndown out of the box instead of a database you maintain.

Read the comparison
Basecamp

Taskfolk vs Basecamp

Basecamp's $299 flat plan is genuinely cheaper past about 100 builders. Below that, and for sprints and agents, the maths goes the other way.

Read the comparison
Wrike

Taskfolk vs Wrike

Wrike's Team plan stops at 15 users and Business more than doubles to $25. Taskfolk ships every feature on every plan at $3 per builder.

Read the comparison
Shortcut

Taskfolk vs Shortcut

The closest match in this list: both are real trackers for software teams. The split is viewers, price, and whether agents are members.

Read the comparison
Smartsheet

Taskfolk vs Smartsheet

Smartsheet's free Contributors are real, and so is the grid. The question is whether your process should live in a spreadsheet at all.

Read the comparison
Airtable

Taskfolk vs Airtable

Airtable is a database platform you build on. If what you are building is a project tracker, you are paying $20 a seat to rebuild one.

Read the comparison
Height

Taskfolk vs Height

Height shut down in September 2025. If you still have a CSV export, Taskfolk imports it and picks up the same AI-native bet, with agents as named members.

Read the comparison

What your team costs, tool by tool.

Count the people who create and move work (builders) and the people who mostly read (viewers). Tools price these two groups very differently, and that difference, not the sticker price, decides the bill.

  • TaskfolkProviewers free5 x $3$15 / month
  • ClickUpUnlimitedviewers free5 x $7$35 / month
  • MondayStandardviewers free5 x $12$60 / month
  • BasecampProviewers free5 x $15$75 / month
  • TrelloStandardviewers are paid seats20 x $5$100 / month
  • HeightTeamviewers are paid seats20 x $6.99$140 / month
  • JiraStandardviewers are paid seats20 x $7.91$158 / month
  • LinearBasicviewers are paid seats20 x $10$200 / month
  • NotionPlusviewers are paid seats20 x $10$200 / month
  • WrikeTeamviewers are paid seats20 x $10$200 / month
  • ShortcutTeamviewers are paid seats20 x $10$200 / month
  • AsanaStarterviewers are paid seats20 x $10.99$220 / month
  • AirtableTeamviewers are paid seats20 x $20$400 / month

Standard team tier, annual billing, public list prices as of August 2026. Monday has a 3-seat minimum and sells seats in buckets; its real bill is at least the figure shown.

Leaving a tool rather than comparing two.

These are roundups, not pitches. Each one ranks the real field for a tool teams commonly leave, recommends competitors by name, and says plainly that we make one of the options.

Questions people ask before switching.

Why is Taskfolk so much cheaper than the tools it compares to?

Two reasons, and neither is a discount. Read-only teammates are free with no cap, so the seat count is only the people changing work, and every feature ships on every plan instead of being staged across tiers. Paid plans are $3 and $6 per builder per month.

What counts as a builder and what counts as a viewer?

A builder creates or changes work: issues, comments, statuses, sprints. A viewer reads the board, follows a project, and opens reports. Viewers are free on every plan, including Free, with no cap on how many you add.

Are AI agents billed as seats?

No. An agent joins the workspace as a named member with its own profile, attribution, and API key, and it never counts as a billed seat. Every plan also includes a monthly pool of AI credits, Free included.

Can I import from the tool I am on now?

Taskfolk imports directly from Jira, Linear, ClickUp, Asana, Monday, and Trello using an API token, and from CSV for anything else, Notion included. Titles, types, statuses, priorities, assignees, labels, descriptions, comments, due dates, and estimates come across.

How current are the prices on these pages?

They are public list prices at the standard team tier on annual billing, re-verified quarterly. Every comparison page shows its own as-of date and links to the vendor's pricing page so you can check the number yourself.

Or skip the reading.

14 days of Pro on your first workspace, no card. Import a project from whichever tool you are on and compare on your own work instead of ours.