Item: Todoist
Rating: 8
Author: Vin Campbell

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I've used ToDoist as a task manager for my consulting firm, as well as personal use. Having all my tasks synced across all my devices was a key sell point to this solution. Also - having a simple method to add tasks to specific projects and prioritize the quickly and easily was important to me as well.

Pros and Cons

Multi-device sync - Sounds basic, but who can live without this?
Scheduling - Ss simple as typing "Tuesday at 7 pm" or something similar, and the system schedules the task properly, no date/time picking.

Outlook/Office 365 - Integration is seriously lacking/non-existent.
Task view - I'd like to see a weekly/monthly view.

Return on Investment

I was able to use this to effectively schedule and track daily and weekly tasks.
I was able to see, via goals, if I was actually finishing things in a timely fashion.

Alternatives Considered

Wunderlist, Smartsheet and Microsoft 365 Business

The primary reason behind my use of ToDoist fell upon the multiple devices syncing and the ease of which to set up a task by using plain English language to set the date/time. When comparing ToDoist to the other solutions I listed above - ToDoist wins on these two items, but loses on Project management regarding Smartsheet, and overall to Microsoft 365 Business. With Microsoft - you get the task to manage within Outlook along with To Do - their replacement for Wunderlist - which allows much deeper integration with tools I already use.

Support Rating

I didn't have much cause to contact support, but when I did, they were super responsive, helped me immediately and resolved the issues quickly. I give this rating because they did this while using the free account as well as the paid account - so you simply don't find that elsewhere.

Key Insights

Do you think Todoist delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Todoist's feature set?

Did Todoist live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Todoist go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Todoist again?

Other Software Used

Microsoft Office 365, Wave Accounting, Trello

Likelihood to Recommend

I'd recommend ToDoist to folks looking for a simple task management tool that allows quick and easy task setup. I'd also recommend this tool to people who need a go-to tool for tasks they look to complete in a week's time as the outlook only goes as far as 7 days out. I didn't find this tool to be well suited for someone looking to manage far-reaching tasks (monthly schedule), or those who rely heavily on Outlook/Office 365. There are plenty of other task managers that do these things better.

A nice task manager for weekly use

Overall Satisfaction with Todoist