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Sunsama

Daily planning app built around a guided morning-planning and evening-shutdown ritual, pulling tasks from your other tools into one intentional daily view rather than auto-scheduling them.

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What it does

Sunsama takes a more deliberately manual approach than the auto-schedulers elsewhere in this category. Each morning, it walks you through pulling tasks from your connected tools — Jira, Asana, Trello, Todoist, and others — into a single daily view, assigning realistic time estimates, and committing to a plan; if you plan more work than fits in your target hours, it warns you rather than silently letting the day overflow. An evening shutdown routine closes the loop, prompting a reflection on what got done and a deliberate decision about what moves to tomorrow. It’s built for people who want a structured ritual around planning their day, not full automation of it.

Ideal users

  • People who want to consciously choose and commit to a realistic day rather than have a calendar auto-fill for them
  • Anyone who tends to over-plan their day and wants a tool that actively warns when too much is scheduled
  • People who want a deliberate end-of-day shutdown routine to reduce unfinished work spilling into the next day

Who should avoid it

  • You want scheduling automated rather than done by hand each day — Motion or Akiflow remove more manual effort
  • You don't want a daily planning ritual — Sunsama's core value depends on actually doing the morning/evening routine consistently
  • You're price-sensitive — there's no free tier, and pricing rose in 2026

Key features

  • Guided daily planning ritual for pulling tasks from connected tools into one committed view
  • Evening shutdown routine for reflecting on the day and moving unfinished work forward intentionally
  • Workload warnings when planned tasks exceed your realistic target hours for the day
  • Focus mode and weekly objectives
  • 20+ integrations (Jira, Linear, Asana, Trello, Todoist, Google Calendar, Outlook, Slack)
  • AI time estimates and task channels; AI text assistant, MCP/API access, and Zapier triggers, all included in the single Pro plan

Pros

  • Workload warnings actively discourage over-planning, a genuinely different philosophy from tools that just fill your calendar
  • Evening shutdown ritual is a distinctive feature that helps close out a day intentionally rather than letting tasks silently roll over
  • Broad integration list makes it workable as a single daily view across many different task sources
  • Real automation hooks (API, Zapier, MCP) are included in the single Pro plan rather than gated behind a pricier tier

Cons

  • No free tier — the only way to try it is a 14-day trial before a required paid plan
  • Requires more manual daily engagement than fully automated schedulers like Motion
  • Sunsama raised prices in 2026 for the first time in five years, which is worth factoring into long-term cost expectations
  • Less useful for people who don't want to follow a structured daily ritual consistently

Pricing

Paid — $17/month (Pro, billed annually)

Confirmed directly on sunsama.com/pricing and Sunsama's pricing manifesto (help.sunsama.com), July 2026: Sunsama now sells a single Pro plan at $17/month billed annually ($204/year) or $22/month billed monthly, with unlimited usage across all integrations, time blocking, the shutdown ritual, and AI, MCP, and Zapier features included — the separate, higher-priced 'Power Pro' tier no longer appears on the current pricing page. Enterprise remains custom-quoted for SSO/SAML, SCIM, audit logs, and custom data requirements. No free tier; a 14-day trial with full feature access is available.

Typical workflows

  • Each morning, a user opens Sunsama, pulls in tasks from Asana and Slack, assigns time estimates, and commits to a realistic day — if the plan exceeds their target hours, Sunsama warns them before they overcommit.
  • At the end of the day, a user runs Sunsama's shutdown routine, reflecting on what got done and deliberately moving unfinished tasks to tomorrow's plan rather than letting them pile up unnoticed.

Integrations

  • Jira, Linear, Asana, Trello, and Todoist
  • Google Calendar and Outlook
  • Slack
  • Zapier and API/MCP access (included in the Pro plan)

Frequently asked questions

Does Sunsama automatically schedule my tasks, like Motion?

No — Sunsama is intentionally more manual. It pulls tasks into one daily view and helps you plan and commit to a realistic day, including warning you when you've planned too much, but a person actively chooses and arranges the day's tasks rather than an algorithm doing it automatically.

What's the 'workload warning' feature?

If the tasks you plan for a day exceed the realistic target hours you've set, Sunsama warns you before you commit to an overloaded plan — a deliberate design choice meant to build a habit of planning achievable days instead of aspirational ones.

Is there a free plan?

No — Sunsama offers a 14-day free trial but requires a paid subscription afterward, unlike Reclaim, which has a permanent free tier.

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