# Basecamp vs Todoist (slim)

> Basecamp scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Todoist's 66.9 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Todoist leads on agent ergonomics and maintenance & community. Both do tasks create. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Basecamp scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Todoist's 66.9 (B), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Todoist leads on agent ergonomics and maintenance & community. Both do tasks create.

- Basecamp: B 67.9, rank #197 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/basecamp.min.md
- Todoist: B 66.9, rank #224 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/todoist.min.md
- Basecamp, good for Teams already on Basecamp that want an agent to create and complete to-dos, move cards, post messages and comments, and read overdue work and assignments, either through the CLI or the REST API. Ahead on Reliability, 74 against 66; Security & auth, 67 against 61.
- Todoist, good for Individuals and small teams who already keep tasks in Todoist and want an agent to add, reschedule, comment and report through MCP. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 77 against 65; Maintenance & community, 88 against 82.

| Category | Basecamp | Todoist |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 74 | 66 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 76 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 77 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 61 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 88 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 79 | 77 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Basecamp | Todoist |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | 37signals LLC | Doist |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://3.basecampapi.com` | `https://api.todoist.com` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the 37signals terms of service. The CLI, the SDKs and the OpenAPI spec on GitHub are MIT, and the API docs are CC BY-SA 4.0 | Proprietary service under Todoist's terms of service. The MCP server, the Python and TypeScript SDKs and the CLI on GitHub are MIT |
| Tools exposed | none | 47 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `net.todoist/mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-10-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-16 | 2026-08-27 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-16 | 2026-08-27 |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 286 stars, 3.1k npm/wk, 1.9k PyPI/wk | 554 stars, 5.4k npm/wk, 26k PyPI/wk |