A list you type into, or tasks that fill themselves
Todoist is a genuinely great task manager. You capture tasks by hand, and it is fast and polished at exactly that. this+that works the other way around: the request inside an email or a Slack thread becomes a tracked, assignable task on its own, inside a universal inbox with workflows and a brain.
Best-in-class for tasks you type vs tasks that come from your messages
Todoist is one of the best task managers ever made. Its natural-language quick add, projects, sections, labels, and filters are sharp, its apps are excellent on every platform, and it is mature and reliable in a way few tools match. If the job is capturing and organizing tasks you type in yourself, Todoist is hard to beat, and we will not pretend otherwise. this+that solves a different problem. Most of your real work does not arrive as a task you remember to write down; it arrives as a sentence in an email or a chat message. DoBox, our team task manager, reads Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Google Chat, and Telegram and turns those requests into tracked tasks you can assign to teammates, with priorities, due dates, labels, and checklists. Around it sit a universal inbox, plain-language workflows, and a brain that grounds the AI. DoBox is lighter than Todoist on pure task structure today, its status is simply open or resolved, with no custom views yet. The trade is deliberate: you stop transcribing your inbox into a list, because the list builds itself from the messages you already get.
Feature by feature
How the two products compare across the things that matter most.
| Topic | Todoist | this+that |
|---|---|---|
| Core idea | A task list you type into. Capture tasks by hand, then organize and track them. | A team task manager that fills itself from your messages. The request in an email or chat becomes a tracked task automatically. |
| Where tasks come from | You enter them. Quick add, voice input, email-to-task, and integrations all start with you deciding to add a task. | DoBox reads your messages across channels and extracts requests, commitments, and deadlines into tasks. You can also add tasks by hand. |
| Channels read for tasks | Not a messaging tool. Tasks can be forwarded in from email or created via integrations, but it does not monitor your inbox or chat. | Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Google Chat, and Telegram are read as one stream of incoming work. WhatsApp, Instagram, and FB Messenger are coming soon. |
| Task structure | Deep and mature: projects, sections, sub-tasks, labels, priorities, due dates, custom filter views, and recurring tasks. A real strength. | Multiple shared lists, priorities, due dates, labels, checklists, comments, and recurring tasks. Status is open or resolved, with no custom views yet. |
| Natural-language quick add | Excellent. Type a sentence and it parses the date, recurrence, project, priority, and labels. Best in class. | Manual quick add is simpler. The point is that most tasks are created from your messages, not typed. |
| Team assignment | Shared projects with collaborators; assign a task to one person. Team workspaces on the Business plan. | Shared team lists with multiple participants per task; assign, reassign, add and remove teammates, with comments and @mentions. |
| Workflow automation | Recurring tasks and integrations, plus AI assist for filters and tasks. Not a general automation builder. | Plain-language workflows triggered by your messages: 32 action types, conditional logic, loops, sub-agents, and MCP tool connections. |
| Knowledge layer | Not a feature. Todoist is focused on task management. | A brain with version history that grounds the AI in what your team has written down. It does not auto-update from your messages yet; that is coming. |
| Apps and platforms | Polished native apps on web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, and browser extensions. Mature and reliable. | Web app and mobile apps with an in-app assistant. Less mature than Todoist on pure app polish. |
| Pricing | Free tier (5 projects); Pro $5 / month annual; Business $8 / user / month annual. | $24 / month individual ($20 annual); $20 / user for teams ($17 annual). |
- Pure task-management depth: projects, sections, sub-tasks, custom filter views, and saved layouts that DoBox does not have yet.
- Natural-language quick add that parses date, recurrence, project, priority, and labels from a single typed sentence.
- Polished, fast native apps on web, macOS, Windows, iOS, and Android, plus browser extensions.
- Years of maturity and reliability, with a large, loyal user base.
- A genuine free tier and a low Pro price for individuals.
- Voice input and email-to-task for fast manual capture wherever you are.
- Tasks fill themselves: DoBox reads Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Google Chat, and Telegram and turns requests into tracked tasks, so you type far fewer of them.
- A universal inbox: the same product that reads your messages is where the tasks live, not a separate list you switch to.
- Multi-participant team tasks: assign, reassign, add or remove teammates, with comments, @mentions, and attachments.
- Plain-language workflows: 32 action types, conditional logic, loops, sub-agents, and MCP connections, triggered by your messages.
- A brain that grounds the AI in what your team has written down, so the work it does reflects your context.
- Built for teams: shared lists and channels, not one person managing their own list.
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