Todoist vs. Zeplin

Todoist

Todoist

218 Reviews and Ratings

Zeplin

Zeplin

63 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Todoist	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	Doist, a company boasting an entirely globally distributed workforce, offers Todoist, a project management platform emphasizing the needs of a distributed workforce. The application emphasizes tracking events over time with advanced closed task and progress reporting, with custom graphics for sharing or ease of review.	$8 per month per user
Zeplin	Score 6.8 out of 10	N/A	Zeplin, from the company of the same name, is a platform supporting collaboration in application development by engineers and designers by providing an API with popular collaboration, development and prototyping tools and creating a space where productions can be shared and reviewed.	$0 up to 1 project

Pricing

Todoist

Zeplin

Editions & Modules

Business: $8
per month per user

Free: $0
up to 1 project
Advanced: $15
per month per seat (up to 50 projects)
Basic: $15
per month per project
Enterprise: Contact sales team

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Todoist	Zeplin
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	Todoist	Zeplin
Considered Both Products	Todoist Verified User Anonymous Chose Todoist Notion and ClickUp are pretty similar. I find them useful for an entire team, and for creating docs and things like that. For a basic task management system though, it's overkill and I would lose tasks constantly (not be able to find them). Trello is better for a flow with … Incentivized Helpful? David Mynář Head Of Online Marketing Chose Todoist Compared to other tools, Todoist offers a stronger focus on completing tasks compared to more complex project systems. We chose a combination of Asana (projects) and Todoist (more detailed task tracking), mutual integration and synchronization works flawlessly. We have … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Todoist Todoist is better than Asana for the reason being that it focuses on task management rather than projects. If a task that is in Todoist suddenly becomes a project or more of a long term thing, then I will duplicate the task in Asana as to track it's progress, stay on time, etc. Incentivized Helpful? Kenji Doshida Founder Chose Todoist Just best for straight forward communication regarding specific projects. Very simple to use. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Todoist No inline due date creation in To Do is a huge issue for me, hence why I still use Todoist Incentivized Helpful? SC Steve Crawford Associate Pastor Chose Todoist At one point, I used both Excel and Numbers to help keep track of my to do list… They were effective and so so far as it goes, but Todoist, in general prove to be the more superior program. The fact that I could easily color code and reassign tasks, and also the satisfaction of … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Todoist Ease of use, interoperability between platforms, and ease of integrating directly onto my calendar. Incentivized Helpful? TT Tristen Tan Founder Chose Todoist I've tried using project management software and other task management tools in the past but I have always come back to Todoist for its ease of use and simple yet effective functionality. It does a specific thing and does it really well without trying too hard or overextending … Incentivized Helpful? MS Mario Stone Office Manager Chose Todoist Todoist is more focused on its goal than Google Keeps and is far more intuitive to use. For example, with just a click we see immediately that Todoist provides a way to distill tasks so that we only see what's immediately pertinent to us, via the Filters (which can be … Incentivized Helpful? KL Kaite Li Software Engineer Chose Todoist If I were to choose mutually exclusively, I would rather have Todoist: To-Do List & Task Manager than all those 3 Google apps combined; but if Todoist: To-Do List & Task Manager come out with an in-house calendar, then it would be super awesome. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Todoist Monday, Asana, Trello, Notes Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Todoist [Todoist: To-Do List & Task Manager] is significantly simpler and cheaper than most of the alternatives and doesn't complicate the management of tasks with a plethora of unnecessary features. While all the alternatives have strong feature sets, what Todoist does better than any … Incentivized Helpful? TK Thomas Knight Product Manager Chose Todoist Todoist: [To-Do List & Task Manager] is easier to use and makes it easier to assign owners and determine a due date. I feel more confident that I know where and how a task will be tracked when I use [Todoist: To-Do List & Task Manager] versus any other similar software[.] Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Todoist Todoist: To-Do List & Task Manager is much more simple with the ability to remove tasks from a single list rather than moving the item. The price point is very low and even the free features of often enough for my needs. The ability to quickly add items, have them synced to my … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Todoist Todoist: To-Do List & Task Manager is great for individual and personal use but isn't the best for team projects. It's too difficult to set up project tasking across multiple users with multiple tasks and multiple due dates. Incentivized Helpful? AK Ann Korb Chose Todoist Slack has a lot of options but was not what we needed. If we would go back to a more detailed tool we would use Ryver as that has more functions we would actually use. TickTick is great but somehow Todoist: To-Do List & Task Manager worked out better for us, but that is a very … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Todoist Todoist: To-Do List & Talk Manager is so much better than Google Tasks for one simple reason: nested project folders. There's also the smart text recognition when entering tasks in Todoist that makes it so much easier. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Todoist I prefer Todoist over Microsoft Notes. Todoist offers reminders and such to make sure we are not forgetting to do something that might've slipped off our plate. Microsoft Notes is simply just a great way to take notes. Using both is great, but we mainly stick to Todoist because … Incentivized Helpful? Oleksandr Torlo Product R&D Manager Chose Todoist Todoist has a number of undeniable advantages over other solutions in its class: It is much simpler than a Jira. It is a little more comfortable than Trello. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Todoist Todoist: To-Do List & Task Manager is a more focused to-do app than monday.com or even Trello. It is simple yet flexible. However, Kanban power users will be underwhelmed by the limited functionality of the new board view. I hope that Doist will keep up the rapid pace of … Incentivized Helpful? Molly Terbovich-Ridenhour Owner Chose Todoist [Too] complicated for a to-do list Incentivized Helpful? Jamie Caroland Independent Consultant Chose Todoist I like Todoist better than Asana, Slack, and Boardable, but it may be simply because I don't use Todoist as a shared SaaS. Airtable serves a different main function (project management database), but inherent in it is the possibility of a large shared to-do list. Both Asana and … Incentivized Helpful? Shane Murphy Manager, Field Services Group Chose Todoist There are so many task managers out there that it comes down to business needs and user preference. I selected Todoist because, for our particular business setup, it checked all the boxes. It's flexible, it's not limited to one ecosystem, and the price is exceptional. It can be … Incentivized Helpful? Jason Vance Owner Chose Todoist I found that Todoist was the easiest way to organize all my tasks in multiple ways. I could be organized by date, priority, create sub-tasks, larger "areas" to keep things sorted. Others have a lot of the same options but not as good. I also really like how the app works on … Incentivized Helpful? Paul Tedder IT Systems Administrator Chose Todoist Asana is more project oriented and I really did not use it much, We used Trello with our team and while I liked it for projects, it really did not work for me with tasks. I have used many task managers over the years, and none can stack up to Todoist: To-Do List & Task … Incentivized Helpful?	Zeplin Verified User Anonymous Chose Zeplin Zeplin is used for us purely as a handoff tool. It keeps it clean and clear for devs and product managers what is completed. It has some good labels and other organizing features. The different levels of access are also super helpful to give the correct people the view they … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zeplin As our project is large and there are many modules and they should be consistent. So, Zeplin's style guide can be shared globally across different projects and we can easily ensure consistency across all modules. Zeplin automatically exports assets in multiple file formats like … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zeplin Actually, we didn't select Zeplin. After a long time of internal discussions, the majority of the team decided that we want to move to Figma. We still use Zeplin as a legacy, but we don't use it for new features. In my opinion, it's less flexible than Figma, which allows … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zeplin We went without a tool like Zeplin for a long time, but as we grew we needed to get a better handle on the design process and handoff to engineering. We went straight to Zeplin off of numerous recommendations and didn't look back. We have had a great experience with Zeplin. Incentivized Helpful? Raphael Sanguinete Creative Director Chose Zeplin Zeplin is more focused on the handoff than in the creation itself. The other alternatives can do both, but Zeplin is an awesome tool for the handoff part. It depends in how big is your team and how the workflow is organized to understand whats the best tool for your team. Incentivized Helpful? Christopher Fritz Head of Global IT Chose Zeplin It was a business need from different departments. From an IT point of view, we have been a part of purchasing and setting up. However, the decision to go with Zeplin was not ours. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zeplin I believe Invision is the only one that is supporting such inspection tools at this moment. Incentivized Helpful? Ray Flores Software Engineer Chose Zeplin Zeplin has and easier on the eyes UI, not a cumbersome constructors of projects and easier collaboration. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zeplin Out of all of the products that I have used to support design-to-development handoffs, Zeplin is my favorite. It’s pretty lightweight and easy to use (once you get the hang of it). Zeplin also has a smooth interface and is, generally, clearer to use than other tools, such as … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zeplin These other tools are really helpful products for creating and sharing wireframes / prototypes. However, Zeplin is the best tool for the actual hand off between the design and development teams once the design is actually ready to share. Zeplin fills this gap and improves the … Incentivized Helpful? Prashant Mahajan Senior Product Manager Chose Zeplin Zeplin is simpler. Zeplin lacks prototyping on par with Invision. Zeplin doesn't give a direct code for Android and iOS like Figma does. Zeplin doesn't have a lot of advanced features like Invision, for example, whiteboard. But Zeplin is good for at its job which is to share … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zeplin Zeplin is a really nice lightweight app, that is easier to use than Invision for sharing purposes. Invision does primarily handle prototyping, which Zeplin does not do. Abstract is my product of choice but is also a slightly different tool — almost a Github for design. It … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zeplin We chose Zeplin because it allowed our product and design teams to collaborate more effectively, while providing the rest of the organization an easily accessible location to access up-to-date assets. While InVision's interface can be more intuitive, we prefer Zeplin because it … Incentivized Helpful? Ronald Melendez Desarrollador de software Chose Zeplin Marvel is a pretty expensive application for what it gives you, it is a pretty good tool but I think the handoff is not as good as Zeplin's. I think the style of Zeplin is more oriented to developers and Marvel is more oriented to the designers. I like the way Zeplin is … Incentivized Helpful? Carlos Eduardo de Souza Co-founder & Manager Chose Zeplin Zeplin is great to inspect and share user interfaces, specifications and assets, perfect for developers. Tools like Invision and Marvel are much better to create prototypes for both developers, coworkers and even stakeholders, but they don't have this kind of feature … Incentivized Helpful? Hernán Silva Senior Front-end developer Chose Zeplin For my company needs, Zeplin comes as the best tool in its category. Zeplin's competitors are great tools but they either offer way too many features or are priced above Zeplin with the same features. Zeplin is in the right spot for both pricing and features. Incentivized Helpful? Tariq Virani Product Manager Chose Zeplin Zeplin is a better tool for collaboration and has a deeper feature set that helps communicate the information developers need to build products. Incentivized Helpful? Brad Henderson Co-Founder/Chief Janitor Chose Zeplin I know there are other products out there but Zeplin has been so effective that I haven't even bothered to look elsewhere. The whole experience of Zeplin has been excellent. However, once Adobe XD is more built out Zeplin will finally have a formidable competitor as it will be … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Zeplin Zeplin is much better when it comes to seeing the properties and CSS code of the design elements. Our developers love it when they get all that info from the Zeplin file. Incentivized Helpful? Matthew Gardner Co-Founder Chose Zeplin Zeplin is the only solution tailored for this common use case. Previously we just shared files in dropbox but that was messy and didn't allow for specific comments, etc. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Todoist

Zeplin

Project Management

Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
	Todoist - Ratings	Zeplin 5.2 Ratings 39% below category average
Search	00 Ratings	5.20 Ratings

Communication

Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
	Todoist - Ratings	Zeplin 8.0 Ratings 1% above category average
Notifications	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings

File Sharing & Management

Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
	Todoist - Ratings	Zeplin 6.5 Ratings 19% below category average
Versioning	00 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Document collaboration	00 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Access control	00 Ratings	5.20 Ratings
Advanced security features	00 Ratings	4.00 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Todoist	Zeplin
Likelihood to Recommend	9.9 (0 ratings)	6.3 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (0 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.6 (0 ratings)	9.5 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Todoist	Zeplin
Likelihood to Recommend	[Todoist: To-Do List & Task Manager is] fantastic for small teams or for personal use. Really simple and easy to use so requires very little in the way of onboarding and gets people engaged quickly in the tasks they need to complete. May not be perfect where more complex usage is required but integrates with other tools so time tracking and other add ons are more than possible through other tools. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	I still have some issues, especially with color integration between the style guide and also project. When we update the colors, it's not automatically sync to every project. Aside from that, zeplin solves my problem for hand-off design from design to developer. I set zeplin is source of truth design file Incentivized D Hendrik Mulyana Lead Designer Read full review
Pros	Being able to manage tasks across multiple devices and platforms is absolutely critical to me. If I am out of the office, the tasks will be on my phone. But they are also readily accessible on the web, on my desktop, and on my iPad. There are several ways to organize your tasks... via Projects, Labels, Boards, Lists, etc. that allow users to use Todoist to fit their productivity workflow. I use them all and I have been delighted to see how Todoist has continued to improve and advance the Todoist application over the years. I rely extensively on recurring tasks which allow me to never forget a birthday, monthly submission, chore at home, etc. Todoist offers many ways to manage recurring tasks, such as, "every week", "every April 8", "every fourth Thursday in November", etc. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Provides dimensions across iOS, Android and Web which saves developers from a lot of guess and check when implementing designs Allows for easy download of digital design assets for developers to easily organize and implement Great user experience in terms of the product itself and a great value for your money Automatically generates CSS for web designs which is AMAZING! Incentivized Brad Henderson Co-Founder/Chief Janitor Read full review
Cons	Task Dependencies - Particularly for business projects, I'd love if we could make one team member's task dependent on another's where we could say "do this task 3 days after another one is complete" No Two Factor Authentication - For me personally, I like to keep all my passwords secure and backed up by two-factor authentication. Just wish this was something Todoist offered! Adding Start Date & End Date - Sometimes I set an end date farther in the future, but I'm not alerted that I need to be working on it before then to achieve that due date. If I look at the "Next 7 Days" section, I can see upcoming tasks, but ideally, I'd love to be able to set a start date and an end date so it could appear in today's tasks without needing to be completed today. Incentivized Amber Callan Inbound Marketing Strategist Read full review	It would be better if it has a dedicated web application It's not the easiest tool to learn and start working with It would be awesome if it had more features turning it into an all-around tool for mockups and prototypes Incentivized Raphael Sanguinete Creative Director Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	Great tool Incentivized Hernán Silva Senior Front-end developer Read full review
Usability	Excellent features and concept, simple implementation, but the software is not very clear in training new users and communicating features. The occasional unexplained crash or freeze is not handled gracefully by the desktop software, requiring either the user or tech support to manually restart. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Zeplin's component management and style guide help us to be consistent across whole product and it so easy to use for non-technical person. It is now easy to collaboration for designes between different teams like stackholders, product owner, UI/UX, developers and testers. Now there is only one point of reference is Zeplin so it is so easy to get details without asking designer or developer again and again. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	I've been able to find answers to any questions I have in the support documents. You can explore key features and view ideas and best practices for getting organized with Todoist. You can also fill out a support form to submit a request for customized help if you run into anything not covered in the support documents. Incentivized Christy Price Web Designer Read full review	Zeplin has classic support with a chat from the website. It's working fine, and we're also getting the support needed when needed. However, Zeplin is very good at closing the incidents and moving on. It was a while ago we had a case with their support so that it might have improved since then. Incentivized Christopher Fritz Head of Global IT Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Todoist is more focused on its goal than Google Keeps and is far more intuitive to use. For example, with just a click we see immediately that Todoist provides a way to distill tasks so that we only see what's immediately pertinent to us, via the Filters (which can be customized and set to various priority levels). Also, Todoist's project board is something Google Keep doesn't even offer, it really can't even compete with Todoist simply because Todoist does so much more and was obviously designed with the business professional in mind. Incentivized MS Mario Stone Office Manager Read full review	Out of all of the products that I have used to support design-to-development handoffs, Zeplin is my favorite. It’s pretty lightweight and easy to use (once you get the hang of it). Zeplin also has a smooth interface and is, generally, clearer to use than other tools, such as InVision. Plus, all of the plug-ins that you can use with Zeplin have supported the design-development relationship and workflows in which I’ve been involved in more efficient, clear, and effective ways than I’ve seen with any other product. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	A good project management tool for daily completing/recycling my customers' project line items--time to value. Incomplete items stay on the list where I can see them and reschedule easily if needed--time to value. Built-in completion metrics for reviewing project completion success--time to value, and indirectly, customer satisfaction. Incentivized Jamie Caroland Independent Consultant Read full review	We're using the free plan, so it fits in our needs, although we're limited to create only one project at a time Sketch has some plugins that offers exactly what Zeplin does, for free The integration with design apps (Sketch, Photoshop, XD) and collaboration (Slack and Trello) helps our team to better communicate and be notified on every update Incentivized Carlos Eduardo de Souza Co-founder & Manager Read full review
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