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Productivity and scheduling tools

AI productivity tools add assistants to the places work already happens: documents, notes, task lists and calendars. They summarise pages, draft documents, answer questions about your workspace and, in scheduling tools, plan your day around meetings and deadlines.

9 tools · prices checked 23 September 2026 · no rankings are paid for

A laptop showing a calendar planned by an AI assistant

Notion

Workspace for docs, wikis, databases and projects with built-in AI

Free plan · from $10/user/mo

Microsoft 365 Copilot

AI assistant built into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams for business

From $21/user/mo

Gemini in Google Workspace

Gemini AI inside Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Meet and other Google Workspace apps

Free trial · from $7/user/mo

ClickUp

Work management app combining tasks, docs, chat and AI in one workspace

Free plan · from $7/user/mo

Superhuman Docs

Docs that combine pages, tables, formulas and automations, now Superhuman Docs

Free plan · from $12/moFormerly Coda

Mem

AI notes workspace with an agent that learns from what you save

Free plan · from $9/mo

Taskade

AI workspace for building apps, agents and automations from prompts

Free plan · from $10/user/mo

Motion

AI calendar, task and project manager that plans work into the calendar

Free trial · from $19/user/mo

Reclaim.ai

AI scheduling for Google and Outlook calendars: focus time, habits and meetings

Free plan · from $10/user/mo

Side by side

ToolFree planStarting priceOpen sourcePlatforms
Notion$10/user/mo (annual)NoWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS
Microsoft 365 Copilot$21/user/mo (annual)No
Gemini in Google Workspace$7/user/mo (annual)NoWeb
ClickUp$7/user/mo (annual)NoWeb, macOS, Windows, Linux
Superhuman Docs$12/mo (annual)NoWeb
Mem$9/moNomacOS, Windows
Taskade$10/user/mo (annual)NoWeb, macOS, Windows, Linux
Motion$19/user/mo (annual)NoWeb, iOS, Android
Reclaim.ai$10/user/mo (annual)NoWeb

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan per month, as published by each vendor. Annual means the monthly rate when billed yearly.

How to choose

  1. 1

    Is the AI included in the plan you would buy, or a paid add-on per person?

  2. 2

    Can it answer questions across your whole workspace, or only the page you are on?

  3. 3

    Does it connect to the calendar and email you use?

  4. 4

    How easy is it to get your data out if you switch later?

Also worth a look

Tools listed elsewhere that do this job too.

Read AI

AI notetaker and search assistant for meetings, email and messages

Meeting assistantsFree plan · from $15/user/mo

Fellow

AI meeting assistant for notes, recordings and agendas with security controls

Meeting assistantsFree plan · from $7/user/mo

Smartsheet

Spreadsheet-style work management for projects, programs and processes

Spreadsheets and dataFree trial · from $9/user/mo

Guides

Questions

What are AI productivity and scheduling tools?

AI productivity tools add assistants to the places work already happens: documents, notes, task lists and calendars. They summarise pages, draft documents, answer questions about your workspace and, in scheduling tools, plan your day around meetings and deadlines.

Which AI productivity and scheduling tools have a free plan?

Of the 9 listed here, 6 have a free plan: Notion, ClickUp, Superhuman Docs, Mem, Taskade and Reclaim.ai. Free plans are limited; each tool's page lists the limits.

Which of these AI productivity and scheduling tools costs least to start?

Of the tools here with a published price, the lowest entry price is Gemini in Google Workspace's Business Starter plan at $7/user/mo billed annually, as published on its pricing page on 23 September 2026. The cheapest plan is not always the best value: check what each plan includes.