{
    "title": "Sunsama Alternatives 2027: 12 Paid, Free & Open-Source",
    "url": "https://zekaiwork.com/alternatives/sunsama/",
    "summary": "The best Sunsama alternatives in 2027 are Motion (best overall, $19/seat/mo billed yearly), Reclaim AI (best free plan) and Super Productivity (best open source, MIT). Sunsama itself starts at $17/mo billed yearly. Zekai checked these prices on vendor pages on 14 Nov 2026; 9 more are compared below, including 2 with a free plan and 4 open source.",
    "tool": {
        "name": "Sunsama",
        "starting_price": "$17/mo billed yearly",
        "free_plan": "No",
        "price_checked": "2026-11-14",
        "pricing_url": "https://sunsama.com/pricing"
    },
    "task": "AI calendar and to-do planner",
    "prices_checked": "2026-11-14",
    "date_modified": "2026-11-14",
    "alternatives": [
        {
            "name": "Motion",
            "type": "Paid",
            "starting_price": "$19/seat/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "No free plan",
            "best_for": "AI auto-scheduling and projects",
            "difference": "Auto-schedules tasks into your calendar by priority and deadline and adds projects, docs and 7,500 AI credits at $19 per seat billed yearly; Sunsama keeps you choosing the day's tasks manually.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.usemotion.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://www.usemotion.com",
            "zekai_score": 7.9,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/motion/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Reclaim AI",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$10/seat/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "1 user, 1 calendar sync, 1 scheduling link, 1-week scheduling range",
            "best_for": "Calendar defence and habits",
            "difference": "Has a permanent Lite plan with habits, focus time and smart meetings for one user and one calendar sync; Starter is $10 per seat billed yearly, below Sunsama's $17.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "pricing_url": "https://reclaim.ai/pricing",
            "website": "https://reclaim.ai",
            "zekai_score": 9,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/reclaim-ai/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Akiflow",
            "type": "Paid",
            "starting_price": "$19/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "No free plan",
            "best_for": "Keyboard-driven time blocking",
            "difference": "Time-blocks tasks pulled from many apps with keyboard shortcuts, availability sharing and an MCP connector, but the monthly plan is $34 against Sunsama's $22.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "pricing_url": "https://akiflow.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://akiflow.com",
            "zekai_score": 7.5,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/akiflow/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Morgen",
            "type": "Paid",
            "starting_price": "$15/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "No free plan",
            "best_for": "AI planner across many calendars",
            "difference": "Combines an AI planner for time blocking with unlimited calendar and task integrations, scheduling links and a Linux app, at $15 a month billed yearly; the page states Swiss hosting.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "pricing_url": "https://www.morgen.so/pricing",
            "website": "https://www.morgen.so",
            "zekai_score": 7,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/morgen/"
        },
        {
            "name": "SkedPal",
            "type": "Paid",
            "starting_price": "$9.95/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "No free plan",
            "best_for": "Rule-based auto-scheduling on a budget",
            "difference": "Core is $9.95 a month billed yearly with a 21-day automatic scheduling window, time budgeting zones and one synced calendar; Pro at $14.95 adds unlimited calendars and time tracking.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "pricing_url": "https://skedpal.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://skedpal.com",
            "zekai_score": 7.7,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/skedpal/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Todoist",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$5/mo billed yearly",
            "free_plan_limit": "5 personal projects, 3 filter views, 1 week of activity history",
            "best_for": "General to-do lists with a free tier",
            "difference": "Beginner is free with 5 personal projects and 3 filter views; Pro at $5 billed yearly adds a calendar layout, task duration and deadlines but no guided daily planning ritual or time blocking.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "pricing_url": "https://todoist.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://todoist.com",
            "zekai_score": 9.6,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/ai-tools/todoist/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Superlist",
            "type": "Free plan + paid",
            "starting_price": "$17/mo",
            "free_plan_limit": "Free plan exists; limits not shown in the page text read",
            "best_for": "Notes and tasks for teams",
            "difference": "Super is $17 per person a month and adds unlimited AI meeting notes, voice task capture and Slack or email task summaries, while Sunsama centres on a calendar-based daily plan.",
            "price_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "pricing_url": "https://superlist.com/pricing",
            "website": "https://superlist.com"
        },
        {
            "name": "Super Productivity",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "MIT",
            "best_for": "Offline-first daily planner with time tracking",
            "difference": "Offline-first planner with time tracking that imports tasks from Jira, GitHub and others; unlike Sunsama it has no subscription, though it lacks Sunsama's guided shutdown ritual.",
            "website": "https://super-productivity.com",
            "repository": "https://github.com/johannesjo/super-productivity",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/super-productivity/",
            "commercial_use": "Yes (MIT).",
            "runs_on": "Desktop app for Windows, macOS, Linux; web app and Android.",
            "setup": "easy: Installer or web app; no server needed.",
            "github_stars": 23700,
            "stars_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "last_commit": "2026-11-14",
            "last_release": "2026-11-06",
            "zekai_score": 8.7,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/super-productivity/"
        },
        {
            "name": "FluidCalendar",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "MIT",
            "best_for": "Self-hosted auto-scheduling of tasks",
            "difference": "Auto-schedules tasks into free calendar time like Motion, as an MIT web app you host; Sunsama has no automatic scheduling, though FluidCalendar has about 1,000 stars and fewer integrations.",
            "website": "https://github.com/dotnetfactory/fluid-calendar",
            "repository": "https://github.com/dotnetfactory/fluid-calendar",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/fluid-calendar/",
            "commercial_use": "Yes (MIT).",
            "runs_on": "Node.js server with a database; Docker is supported.",
            "setup": "moderate: Self-host a web app with a database and calendar OAuth keys.",
            "github_stars": 1000,
            "stars_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "last_release": "2026-09-08",
            "zekai_score": 6,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/fluid-calendar/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Vikunja",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
            "best_for": "Self-hosted tasks with Kanban and Gantt",
            "difference": "Offers list, Kanban, Gantt and table views with CalDAV on your own server; it is a task manager without Sunsama's daily-planning flow or calendar time blocking.",
            "website": "https://vikunja.io",
            "repository": "https://github.com/go-vikunja/vikunja",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/vikunja/",
            "commercial_use": "Yes; AGPL-3.0 means sharing changes if you run it as a service.",
            "runs_on": "Single Go binary or Docker; runs on small servers.",
            "setup": "moderate: Docker or binary plus a database for multi-user use.",
            "github_stars": 6100,
            "stars_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "last_commit": "2026-11-14",
            "last_release": "2026-11-05",
            "zekai_score": 7.5,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/vikunja/"
        },
        {
            "name": "tududi",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "MIT",
            "best_for": "Self-hosted tasks with areas and CalDAV",
            "difference": "Self-hosted task manager with projects, areas, recurring tasks and CalDAV sync under the MIT licence; it offers no calendar time blocking or integrations marketplace like Sunsama's.",
            "website": "https://github.com/chrisvel/tududi",
            "repository": "https://github.com/chrisvel/tududi",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/tududi/",
            "commercial_use": "Yes (MIT).",
            "runs_on": "Docker container; a small server or home lab is enough.",
            "setup": "moderate: Docker container with persistent storage and a login setup.",
            "github_stars": 3600,
            "stars_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "last_commit": "2026-11-06",
            "last_release": "2026-11-06",
            "zekai_score": 7.5,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/tududi/"
        },
        {
            "name": "Planify",
            "type": "Open source",
            "starting_price": "Free (self-hosted)",
            "free_plan_limit": "No limit (self-hosted)",
            "licence": "GPL-3.0",
            "best_for": "Linux to-do app with calendar view",
            "difference": "Native GTK4 to-do app for Linux with a calendar view and Todoist or Nextcloud sync; it has no Windows or macOS build and no daily-planning workflow like Sunsama's.",
            "website": "https://github.com/alainm23/planify",
            "repository": "https://github.com/alainm23/planify",
            "zekai_open_source_page": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/planify/",
            "commercial_use": "Yes; GPL-3.0 means sharing source if you distribute modified versions.",
            "runs_on": "Linux desktop (GTK4); Flatpak install.",
            "setup": "easy: Flatpak install from Flathub on Linux only.",
            "github_stars": 5800,
            "stars_checked": "2026-11-14",
            "last_commit": "2026-11-13",
            "last_release": "2026-09-10",
            "zekai_score": 7.5,
            "zekai_review": "https://zekaiwork.com/free-open-source/planify/"
        }
    ],
    "faq": [
        {
            "q": "What is the best alternative to Sunsama in 2027?",
            "a": "Motion is the best overall Sunsama alternative on this page ($19/seat/mo billed yearly). For no cost, Reclaim AI has a free plan (1 user, 1 calendar sync, 1 scheduling link, 1-week scheduling range). To self-host, Super Productivity is open source (MIT)."
        },
        {
            "q": "Is there a free version of Sunsama?",
            "a": "No. Sunsama has no free plan; paid plans start at $17/mo billed yearly, checked on 14 Nov 2026."
        },
        {
            "q": "Is there a 100% free alternative to Sunsama?",
            "a": "Yes. Super Productivity, FluidCalendar, Vikunja, tududi, Planify are open source and free to self-host. Reclaim AI, Todoist, Superlist have a free plan with limits, shown in the table."
        },
        {
            "q": "What is cheaper than Sunsama?",
            "a": "SkedPal starts at $9.95/mo billed yearly, against $17/mo billed yearly for Sunsama, as listed on each vendor's pricing page on 14 Nov 2026."
        },
        {
            "q": "How much do Sunsama alternatives cost for a team of 5?",
            "a": "If each of 5 people buys the entry paid plan, at the prices Zekai checked on 14 Nov 2026, the monthly cost is Todoist $25/mo, SkedPal $49.75/mo, Reclaim AI $50/mo, against Sunsama $85/mo for Sunsama. Team and business plans can cost more per seat. The Zekai Cost Finder on this page recalculates for any team size."
        },
        {
            "q": "Which is better, Motion or Sunsama?",
            "a": "Auto-schedules tasks into your calendar by priority and deadline and adds projects, docs and 7,500 AI credits at $19 per seat billed yearly; Sunsama keeps you choosing the day's tasks manually. Choose Motion if you want an algorithm to rearrange your day and need project management and docs in the same app. Stay with Sunsama if you want to pick each day's tasks yourself in a guided planning ritual with a shutdown review."
        },
        {
            "q": "Why are people leaving Sunsama?",
            "a": "The documented reasons are: Sunsama's pricing manifesto says that in 2026, after 5 years of keeping the price steady, it updated its price; it now lists $22 per user monthly or $204 per user yearly. The page gives no exact date (14 Nov 2026); The same page states Sunsama does not have a free forever plan and does not plan to; access after the trial requires a paid plan (14 Nov 2026). Each is sourced in the section above."
        },
        {
            "q": "What is the best alternative to Sunsama?",
            "a": "Motion for automatic scheduling, Reclaim for calendar protection with a free tier, Morgen or Akiflow for time blocking, and Super Productivity if you want an open-source planner."
        }
    ],
    "publisher": "Zekai (zekaiwork.com) — independently reviewed; prices read on vendor pages on the dates shown.",
    "licence": "Free to quote with a link to https://zekaiwork.com/alternatives/sunsama/. Bulk copying or republishing the dataset is not permitted."
}