Best for
Best for engineering organisations that want planning, code, CI/CD and security on one platform.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Project Management Comparison
GitLab vs. Todoist
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for individuals and small teams that want a fast, low-friction task manager rather than a heavy project suite.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | GitLab | Todoist |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free plan; Premium $29 / user / month Premium is billed annually and includes 10,000 compute minutes and 500 GiB of storage a month; Ultimate is priced on request. The free plan is capped at five users per top-level group. GitLab Credits for AI features cost $1 each, extra compute minutes $10 per 1,000 and extra storage $5 a month per 10 GiB. Enterprise Agile Planning seats for non-developers cost $15 per user and month on Ultimate. | Free Paid Pro and Business plans are billed per user; the amounts did not render on the official pricing page at time of writing. |
| Free trial | Free plan | Free tier |
| API | Yes, APIs and webhooks | Yes, 90+ integrations |
| Hosting | GitLab.com SaaS, single-tenant Dedicated or self-managed | Cloud (SaaS) |
| Task planning | Yes, an agile planning framework with epics, issues and tasks, kanban boards, milestones, roadmaps, issue weights, promotion of an issue to an epic and a planning hierarchy for portfolio work | Yes, tasks and projects in list, board and calendar layouts with labels, filters and reminders |
| Resource planning | Limited. Work is assigned to people and weighted, and weights roll up to the parent item as a measure of time, value or complexity, but GitLab's planning documentation describes no capacity, availability or workload view per person | No workload or capacity view. Work is spread by assigning tasks in shared team projects, and who is carrying what is read back through filters such as assigned to: others, assigned by: me or workspace: name rather than from a capacity chart |
| Time tracking | Yes, hours spent on issues, merge requests, epics and tasks, with estimates, detailed reports and standardised time units | No built-in timer. The Pro plan adds a duration on a task, which is a planned length rather than recorded time, and actual tracking comes from integrations: Toggl Track, Clockify, TimeCamp, Everhour, TMetric, Timeneye, TrackingTime, Time Doctor and WebWork Tracker |
| Reporting and controlling | Yes, burnup and burndown charts, drill-down reports, code and productivity analytics, insights and health reporting, DORA4 metrics and the Value Streams Dashboard | Yes, productivity reporting with activity history on paid plans |
| Integrations and API | Yes, APIs, webhooks and integrations, described by GitLab as how other tools plug into the platform | Yes, 90+ integrations |
| AI features | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Email helpdesk, Community forum | Not stated |
| Onboarding | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized |
| Integrations | Jira, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Confluence, Jenkins, Datadog, GitHub, Asana, Linear, Redmine, Google Chat, Mattermost, Discord, Google Play, Apple App Store Connect, GitGuardian | Google Calendar, Outlook Calendar, Gmail, Outlook Mail, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Twist, Zapier, IFTTT, Make, Jira, Trello, Toggl Track, Clockify, TimeCamp, Everhour |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price GitLab Free plan; Premium $29 / user / month Todoist Free
- Free trial GitLab Free plan Todoist Free tier
- Deployment GitLab Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise Todoist Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
- Company size GitLab Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Todoist Freelancers, Small and mid-sized
- Hosting GitLab GitLab.com SaaS, single-tenant Dedicated or self-managed Todoist Cloud (SaaS)
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
GitLab
Strengths
- Planning, source control, CI/CD and security in one platform
- Self-managed and single-tenant Dedicated options besides the SaaS
- Time tracking on issues, merge requests, epics and tasks is built in
Limitations
- The free plan is capped at five users per top-level group
- Compute minutes, storage and AI credits are billed on top of seats
- Portfolio and value stream features sit in the upper plans
Todoist
Strengths
- Fast task capture with quick add, recurring due dates and reminders
- List, board and calendar layouts with labels and filters
- Generous free tier and AI assists across the plans
Limitations
- Lighter on resource planning and time tracking than dedicated project tools
- Team features such as the shared workspace, roles and permissions require the Business plan
Plans
Pricing
GitLab
- Free $0 Five users per top-level group, 400 compute minutes a month and 10 GiB of storage, with source code management, CI/CD and static application security testing.
- Premium $29 Per user and month, billed annually. Unlimited licensed users, 10,000 compute minutes a month, 500 GiB of storage, advanced CI/CD, team project management, SLA management and priority support.
- Ultimate Custom Priced on request. Adds unlimited guest users, 50,000 compute minutes a month, application security testing, supply chain security, vulnerability management, portfolio management, value stream management and compliance features.
- Enterprise Agile Planning $15 Per user and month on Ultimate, an add-on seat for product managers and other non-technical stakeholders.
Todoist
- Beginner $0 Free plan with up to 5 personal projects, task reminders and list and board layouts.
- Pro Not stated Up to 300 personal projects, calendar layout, task duration, custom reminders, 150 filter views and full reporting history.
- Business Not stated Shared team workspace with up to 500 team projects, team activity logs, shared templates, project folders, roles and permissions and centralized billing.
What users say
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GitLab
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
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- Onboarding
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- Support and service
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Todoist
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
- Not rated yet
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
GitLab https://about.gitlab.com · checked against the official source on 2026-09-13
Todoist https://todoist.com · checked against the official source on 2026-08-22
This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.