TL;DR: Taskade Genesis adds AI agents, automations, and prompt-to-app building to flexible project views, on a Free Forever plan. Pro is $10/mo billed annually for 10 seats. Zenkit is flexible, EU-hosted project management at $8 (Plus), $12 (Team), and $21 (Business) per seat per month billed annually (verified October 2026). Try Taskade Genesis free →
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| Capability | Zenkit | Taskade Genesis |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing (starting) | $8/seat/mo billed annually (Plus) | $0 Free · $10/mo Pro billed annually (10 seats) |
| Cloneable live demo | ❌ | ✅ |
| AI agents | Not listed | ✅ built-in tools |
| Automation engine | Built-in automation, Zapier | ✅ Durable runtime, 100+ integrations |
| Workspace DNA loop | ❌ | ✅ ▲ Memory · ■ Intelligence · ● Execution |
What is Taskade?
Taskade is an AI-native workspace founded by John Xie, Dionis Loire, and Stan Chang in 2017 (Y Combinator-backed). It combines a structured project layer with multiple project views, AI Agents v2, durable workflow automations, and the Taskade Genesis app builder: one prompt, one deployed application.
What is Zenkit?
Zenkit is a project management and collaboration suite from Axonic GmbH in Karlsruhe, Germany. It is best known for letting users see one dataset as a Table, Kanban board, Gantt chart, List, Mind Map, or Calendar, and switch views with one click.
Zenkit at a glance (verified October 2026 on zenkit.com/en/pricing): Plus $8 per seat per month billed annually ($9 monthly), up to 10 users. Team $12 ($14 monthly), unlimited users. Business $21 ($25 monthly) with API access, SAML SSO, SCIM, and audit logs. Enterprise priced individually. Prices exclude VAT. 14-day trial.
Zenkit's strength is data flexibility with a European footprint. Every plan includes Kanban, Gantt chart, team calendar, team chat, a full file system, and automation. Zenkit adds resource management, a live reporting dashboard with ready-made reports, email-to-task, relational references between items, and native imports from Trello, Asana, and Microsoft To Do. Zenkit's pricing and features pages do not list AI agents or an app builder as of October 2026.
Why teams pick Taskade over Zenkit
| Need | Taskade Genesis | Zenkit |
|---|---|---|
| AI that acts on project data | AI Agents v2 read and write projects | Not listed |
| Turn a project into a live app | Taskade Genesis, one prompt | Not offered |
| Pricing for a growing team | Flat per workspace | Per seat, every member billed |
| Org Chart and Mind Map in one tool | Both included (Org Chart on paid plans) | Mind Map included |
Taskade starts where Zenkit's views stop: agents act on the data, automations move it, and Taskade Genesis turns it into an app other people can use. Flat workspace pricing means a 10-person team pays one Pro price, not ten seats.
Multiple project views, including Gantt Chart and Org Chart
Taskade offers 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, and Org Chart shows a hierarchy that a Kanban board cannot.
AI agents that take action
AI Agents v2 are teammates with persistent memory, built-in tools, and the option to embed publicly inside Taskade Genesis apps. An agent can sort a backlog, write a status summary, or answer a client question from your project knowledge.
Prompt-to-app Taskade Genesis builder
Taskade Genesis turns a single prompt into a deployed dashboard, portal, CRM, or internal tool. Apps go live at a shareable URL with GenesisAuth sign-in on every plan, password protection on Pro and above, and custom domains on Pro and above.
100+ bidirectional integrations
Taskade automations run across 100+ integrations. Triggers pull external events in (Slack, Gmail, Google Sheets, AI Forms, and webhooks on Pro and above). Actions push data out (Stripe checkouts, Shopify orders, Notion syncs, Salesforce updates, GitHub issues).
Use both: Zenkit for the team board, Taskade Genesis for the client front door
Some teams keep Zenkit because their data sits on EU servers and their people already know the views. They add Taskade Genesis for the parts Zenkit does not cover: a client-facing app and an AI layer that prepares work before it lands on the board.
Example automation: client request to a Zenkit task
- A client submits a request in a Taskade Genesis portal. The AI Forms trigger starts the automation.
- An Agent action classifies the request, checks it against the client's history in your Taskade projects, and writes a clear task title, description, and priority.
- A Gmail action sends that task to Zenkit's email-to-task address, which creates the item in the right Zenkit collection. On the Zenkit Business plan, you can call the Zenkit API through the HTTP Request action with your own key.
- A Schedule trigger runs every Friday. The agent writes a weekly client summary into a Taskade project, and the portal shows it to the client.
Zenkit stays the team's working board. Taskade Genesis becomes the front door that clients see and the agent that keeps requests clean.
Zenkit concepts in Taskade
| Zenkit | Taskade |
|---|---|
| Collection | Project |
| Item | Task, with fields, assignees, and due dates |
| Kanban, Table, List, Calendar views | Board, Table, List, Calendar views |
| Gantt chart and Mind Map | Gantt Chart (paid plans) and Mind Map |
| Automation | Automations with triggers, agents, and 100+ integrations |
The Workspace DNA advantage
Taskade is built on Workspace DNA, a self-reinforcing loop between three pillars.
- Memory (Projects) — Your team's docs, tasks, files, and structured data become the substrate every agent reasons over.
- Intelligence (Agents) — Custom AI Agents with persistent memory and built-in tools that act as teammates inside the workspace.
- Execution (Automations) — Durable workflows triggered by external events that read from Memory, act through Intelligence, and write results back into Memory.
The longer you work in Taskade, the more your workspace itself becomes the substrate that builds the next app. Zenkit gives you flexible views over data. Taskade closes the loop. Read the Workspace DNA explainer →
Pricing comparison (verified October 2026)
| Plan | Taskade | Zenkit |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free Forever: unlimited projects, 2 members, 3 Taskade Genesis apps, 1 agent | 14-day trial |
| Entry paid | Pro $10/mo billed annually ($20 monthly), up to 10 seats | Plus $8/seat/mo billed annually ($9 monthly), up to 10 users |
| Team tier | Business $25/mo billed annually ($50 monthly), unlimited seats | Team $12/seat/mo billed annually ($14 monthly) |
| Security tier | SSO on Business and above | Business $21/seat/mo billed annually ($25 monthly): SAML SSO, SCIM, API |
| Top tier | Max $100/mo, Enterprise $250/mo, both billed annually; SCIM on Enterprise | Enterprise, priced individually |
10-person team, 12 months
| Zenkit Plus | Zenkit Team | Taskade Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plan price | $8/seat/mo billed annually | $12/seat/mo billed annually | $10/mo billed annually, flat |
| Annual cost (10 users) | $960 plus VAT | $1,440 plus VAT | $120 |
| AI agents | Not listed | Not listed | Included |
| App generation | Not offered | Not offered | Taskade Genesis included |
On Free, you earn free AI credits with referrals and invites, and you can upgrade any time. Zenkit counts every member of an organization, including owners and admins, as a paid seat.
Choose Taskade if
- You want an AI-native workspace, not only flexible views over data
- You want Gantt Chart, Mind Map, and Org Chart views in one tool
- You want AI agents that persist, have tools, and embed in customer-facing apps
- You need durable automation workflows across 100+ integrations
- You prefer one flat workspace subscription over per-seat pricing
Choose Zenkit if
- You need EU data residency. Zenkit stores data on servers in Germany, is GDPR compliant, and signs a data processing agreement on request.
- Your team wants one dataset in many shapes with resource planning. Zenkit switches between Table, Kanban, Gantt, List, Mind Map, and Calendar, and adds global Kanban, global calendar, workload views, and a live reporting dashboard.
- You work in several languages or are moving from Trello or Asana. Zenkit is translated into more than 10 languages and offers native imports from Trello, Asana, and Microsoft To Do.
Frequently asked questions
Is Taskade really free?
Yes. The Free Forever plan includes unlimited projects for up to 2 workspace members, 3 Taskade Genesis apps, and 1 agent. On Free, you earn free AI credits with referrals and invites, and you can upgrade any time. Pro is $10/month billed annually for 10 seats.
How much does Zenkit cost?
Zenkit Plus is $8, Team is $12, and Business is $21 per seat per month billed annually, with Enterprise priced individually (verified October 2026).
Does Zenkit have AI agents?
Zenkit's pricing and features pages do not list AI agents as of October 2026. Taskade includes AI Agents v2 with built-in tools.
Can I migrate Zenkit data into Taskade?
Yes. Export a Zenkit collection as CSV and use CSV import, or paste Markdown. Relational reference fields need light reformatting.
Can I use Zenkit and Taskade together?
Yes. A Taskade automation can send triaged requests to Zenkit by email-to-task, or through the Zenkit API on the Business plan.
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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