TL;DR: Dynalist is a fast outliner with a free plan and Pro at $7.99 a month billed annually, or $9.99 monthly (verified October 2026). Taskade keeps the nested lists and adds AI agents, multiple project views, real-time chat and video, and 100+ bidirectional integrations that turn an outline into a live app. Free Forever to start, Pro $10/mo billed annually. Try Taskade Genesis free →
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| Capability | Dynalist | Taskade Genesis |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing (starting) | Free; Pro $7.99/mo billed annually | $0 Free · $10/mo Pro billed annually (10 seats) |
| Cloneable live demo | ❌ | ✅ |
| AI agents | ❌ | ✅ built-in tools |
| Automation engine | ❌ | ✅ Durable runtime, 100+ integrations |
| Workspace DNA loop | ❌ | ✅ ▲ Memory · ■ Intelligence · ● Execution |
What Is Taskade?
Taskade is an AI-native productivity workspace founded by John Xie, Dionis Loire, and Stan Chang in 2017. The Y Combinator-backed platform helps teams plan, build, and ship together. With Taskade you outline ideas, manage projects, run AI agents, automate workflows across 100+ integrations, and generate complete deployed apps from a single prompt with Taskade Genesis.
Get a head start on your next project with the template library, or open a blank workspace and let an AI agent help you outline.
Taskade AI: outlines that think
Taskade AI runs on frontier models from top AI labs. You never wire API keys.
- AI Agents v2 — Custom AI teammates with built-in tools, persistent memory, and the option to embed publicly inside Taskade Genesis apps.
- AI Generators — Turn a topic into a structured outline, mind map, flowchart, or full project.
- AI Chat — Talk to your projects, summarize long outlines, or brainstorm next steps.
- AI Assistant — Built into every project.
- Taskade Genesis — Turn a prompt into a deployed app with data, agents, and automations.
Browse the full list of AI-powered features for the complete picture.
The Workspace DNA advantage
Dynalist is a fast outliner. Taskade Genesis goes one step further with Workspace DNA, a self-reinforcing loop that powers everything you build in Taskade.
- Memory (Projects) — Your outlines, files, and structured data become the substrate every agent reasons over. The longer you work, the smarter the workspace gets.
- Intelligence (Agents) — Custom AI Agents with persistent memory and built-in tools live inside the workspace as teammates, not floating chat windows.
- Execution (Automations) — Durable workflows triggered by Slack, Gmail, Stripe, GitHub, Calendly, schedules, or webhooks on Pro and above read from Memory and act through Intelligence, then write results back into Memory. The loop closes.
Read the full architecture in How Workspace DNA Works.
Key Features of Taskade
Taskade gives you a clear hierarchy of Workspaces, Folders, and Projects on every plan, including Free Forever.
- Project Views — multiple project views: List, Board, Table, Mind Map, Docs (Beta), Gantt Chart, Calendar, Actionsheet, and Org Chart. Gantt Chart, Actionsheet, and Org Chart need a paid plan. Timeline planning lives inside the Gantt Chart view.
- Fold/Unfold — Collapse parent tasks to hide subtasks. Tab and Shift+Tab to indent and outdent, as in Dynalist.
- Real-time Communication — Chat and video on every project.
- Template library — Ready-made outlines and project templates across many categories.
- Recurring Tasks — Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly.
- User Roles & Permissions — role-based access from Owner to Viewer.
- Search — Full-text plus semantic search across every project.
- Team Calendar — Two-way sync with Google Calendar and Outlook.
- Version History — Restore an earlier snapshot.
See the full list of Taskade features.
What Is Dynalist?
Dynalist is a hierarchical outliner built by Shida Li and Erica Xu. It launched as Omniflow and took its current name later. The founders built it after they found WorkFlowy did not fit their workflow.
Dynalist at a glance (verified October 2026 on dynalist.io): A keyboard-first outliner with unlimited items and documents on the free plan, internal linking, Markdown formatting, dates, tags, and checklists. The same two people now run Obsidian, which Erica Xu started in 2020.
Dynalist is widely used as a collaborative note-taking tool and a place to take notes hierarchically. Its own team page invites users to vote on the features they want.
Features of Dynalist
The Dynalist free plan includes:
- Unlimited items and documents
- Move item, internal linking, and Markdown formatting
- Dates, tags, and checklists
- Sharing and collaboration
- Export and import
- 5 bookmarks
Dynalist Pro adds Google Calendar integration, capture to inbox, a tag pane, recurring dates, unlimited bookmarks, image and file attachments, version history, daily Dropbox and Google Drive backup, an item finder, custom shortcuts, a custom mobile toolbar, custom CSS, and priority email support.
Dynalist does not include AI features, built-in chat or video, project views other than the outline, or app generation.
What Is Dynalist Good For?
- Personal note-taking
- Personal Knowledge Management
- Solo task lists
- Hierarchical brainstorming
- Quick capture of nested ideas
How Much Does Dynalist Cost?
| Plan | Price (verified October 2026) | What it adds |
|---|---|---|
| Dynalist Free | $0 | Unlimited items and documents, internal linking, Markdown, tags, sharing |
| Dynalist Pro | $7.99/mo billed annually ($95.88/yr), or $9.99 billed monthly | Google Calendar, recurring dates, attachments, version history, cloud backup, custom CSS |
Students get 50% off Dynalist Pro, and a 14-day Pro trial is available after the onboarding tutorial. See dynalist.io/pricing for current rates.
Taskade Pricing
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free Forever | $0 | Unlimited projects, 2 workspace members, 3 Taskade Genesis apps, 1 agent |
| Pro | $10/mo billed annually ($20 monthly) | Up to 10 seats, more AI credits, paid-only views |
| Business | $25/mo billed annually ($50 monthly) | Unlimited seats, SSO, higher AI capacity |
| Max | $100/mo billed annually ($200 monthly) | Maximum AI generation capacity |
| Enterprise | $250/mo billed annually ($500 monthly) | SCIM, bring your own AI key |
On Free, you earn free AI credits with referrals and invites, and you can upgrade any time. See the latest pricing options for Taskade.
Use both: Dynalist for private thinking, Taskade for team execution
Some writers and researchers keep Dynalist as a private, keyboard-first scratchpad. They move an outline to Taskade when it turns into work that other people must run. Taskade then adds the agents, views, and automations that a solo outliner does not carry.
Example workflow: from a Dynalist outline to an assigned team plan
- In Dynalist, right-click the document in the File pane, choose Export, and copy it as OPML.
- In Taskade, create a new project, choose Import, and upload the OPML file. Every level of nesting stays intact. The Dynalist import guide shows each step.
- Ask an AI agent in the project to turn each top-level branch into a task with an owner and a due date.
- A Task Completed automation posts each finished step to a Slack channel and assigns the next task.
- A Schedule automation runs every Monday. An Agent action writes a short progress summary back into the project.
When the plan needs a front end, a prompt to Taskade Genesis turns the same project into a live app, such as a knowledge base or a request tracker, at a shareable URL.
What changes when an outline moves to Taskade
| In Dynalist | In Taskade |
|---|---|
| Nested bullets | Nested tasks that keep every level, with owners and due dates |
| One outline view | List, Board, Mind Map, Calendar, and more views of the same tree |
| Dates on items | Due dates that show in Calendar view and sync with Google Calendar or Outlook |
| Sharing a document | Role-based access from Owner to Viewer, plus chat and video in the project |
| Version history on Pro | Version history to restore an earlier snapshot |
The outline stays an outline. Taskade adds the parts a team needs to act on it.
Choose Taskade if
- Your outlines turn into shared projects with owners and due dates
- You want AI agents and generators inside the outline
- You need Board, Mind Map, Gantt Chart, or Org Chart views of the same tree
- You want automations and 100+ integrations around your notes
- You want to turn an outline into a deployed Taskade Genesis app
Choose Dynalist if
- You want a fast, focused, keyboard-first outliner. Dynalist keeps the interface to nested lists, with custom shortcuts, an item finder, and custom CSS on Pro.
- You work alone and want a low price. The free plan has unlimited items and documents, and Pro is $7.99 a month billed annually, with 50% off for students.
- You want automatic backups of plain outlines. Dynalist Pro backs up daily to Dropbox and Google Drive and keeps version history.
Frequently asked questions
Is Taskade a good Dynalist alternative?
Yes. Taskade keeps nested outlining, fold and unfold, and Tab indenting, and adds AI agents, multiple project views, real-time chat and video, and 100+ integrations. The Free Forever plan covers unlimited projects for 2 workspace members.
How much does Dynalist cost?
Dynalist is free for unlimited items and documents. Dynalist Pro is $7.99 per month billed annually, or $9.99 billed monthly (verified October 2026).
Can I import my Dynalist outlines into Taskade?
Yes. Export as OPML and upload it in the Taskade Import dialog, or copy and paste the outline into an empty node. The Dynalist import guide shows each method.
Who makes Dynalist?
Shida Li and Erica Xu build Dynalist. The same two people now run Obsidian.
Which AI models does Taskade use?
Taskade Genesis runs frontier models from top AI labs, with TSK-Auto as the default. On Pro and up, you can bring your own OpenAI, Anthropic or Google Vertex AI API key (BYOK).
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- Build with Taskade Genesis — One prompt, one deployed app
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