Head to head · Issues and tasks · October 2026 research run

Plane vs Taskade

Plane scores 61.8 (C) on agent readiness against Taskade's 57.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Taskade leads on schema & documentation and maintenance & community. Both do issues and tasks.

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Which one, for what

Plane C

Best for Teams that want an issue tracker they can also self-host, with an agent creating and updating work items, cycles, modules and pages over MCP.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 89 against 40
  • Agent ergonomics, 78 against 68
  • Security & auth, 68 against 45
  • Payments & pricing, 30 against 20
  • Transparency & trust, 76 against 69

Also in its favour

  • Open source

Watch for

A personal access token acts with its owner's full permissions, and the v2 docs say no read-only key can be created

Taskade C

Best for Small teams that keep projects, tasks and AI agents in one workspace and want an agent to read and change them.

Ahead on

  • Schema & documentation, 91 against 80
  • Maintenance & community, 85 against 80

Also in its favour

  • Free to start without a card
  • No incidents deducted, where Plane loses 11 points for them

Watch for

Personal access tokens and OAuth grants carry no scopes beyond mcp, so no read-only credential exists

Why the edge

Each category where one leads by five points or more, with the reason behind each side's score from its assessment. The numbers are in the table below; this is what they stand for.

Reliability Plane +49

Plane 89

Graded on the hosted MCP server and the Plane Cloud REST API, with the hosted lines. Status page at status.plane.so on incident.io with six components, API among them. The MCP server is not a component (20). Re-read on 1 November 2026, the page's 90-day window lists no incident and every component at 100 per cent. The one event is a payment-system maintenance window on 11 October, posted on 9 October and complete the same morning (30). API v1 is limited to 60 requests a minute per key. API v2 has per-token buckets with no number published, and no MCP limit was found (12 of 15). v2 returns 429 rate_limited with Retry-After and tells clients to wait that long, and v1 sends X-RateLimit-Remaining and X-RateLimit-Reset. No idempotency keys found (10 of 15). The SLA of 9 April 2026 sets 99.5 per cent monthly uptime with credits on Business and Enterprise (10). Neither surface is marked beta, but the MCP server is at 0.3.x and replaced its whole tool list in 0.3.0 on 14 August 2026 (7 of 10).

Taskade 40

Graded as a hosted service on the hosted MCP server and REST API v1. status.taskade.com is Taskade's own status portal, but it draws its data by script and no components could be read (10 of 20). No readable incident history (5). Rate limits have numbers only for prompt_agent (60 calls in 10 minutes) and publish_kit_version (5 an hour); the API docs say 429 marks a rate limit without stating it (5 of 15). The API returns 429 with Retry-After, MCP tools use x-rate-limit-reset, and tool errors say whether a retry is safe and after how many seconds (15). The terms commit to no uptime level without a separate written agreement, and only Enterprise mentions SLAs (0). REST API v1 is GA, while Action API v2, which most hosted MCP tools mirror, is beta (5 of 10). 10 + 5 + 5 + 15 + 0 + 5 = 40.

Security & auth Plane +23

Plane 68

The hosted MCP server uses OAuth with PKCE, dynamic client registration and read and write scopes, and REST OAuth apps can ask for any of 83 fine-grained scopes. The access-token route takes a personal access token that carries its owner's full permissions, with optional expiry, and the v2 docs say no read-only key exists. Tokens travel in headers only (25 of 30). The docs say there is no read-only endpoint and point to the client's tool allow-list. Workspace roles limit reach, a workspace access token can hold a minimum role, and no server-side confirmation for deletes is documented (10 of 20). The MCP docs tell users to treat titles, descriptions, comments and attachments as untrusted input and to prefer clients that confirm writes (9 of 15). Workspace audit logs record the actor type and source, with a read-only v2 endpoint, and the MCP server logs tool, action, status and user ID. The pricing page lists API-enabled audit logs under Enterprise Grid (10 of 15). A disclosure policy with a three-day acknowledgement and a no-legal-action promise, advisories published on GitHub, and SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR and HIPAA stated. No security.txt and no bounty found (14 of 20).

Taskade 45

OAuth 2.0 with PKCE, dynamic client registration, 1-hour access tokens and rotating refresh tokens, but the only scope is mcp. Personal access tokens are revocable, limited to five, carry no scopes and grant the whole account. Tokens go in headers (20 of 30). No read-only credential; workspace roles limit what tools can do, and the write and billed _meta flags let a client ask first, with no server-side confirmation (10 of 20). Tools return task, project, conversation and app text written by others, and no prompt-injection guidance was found (0). The security page says account and workspace activity is logged and exportable on request, with no immutable logs (7 of 15). security.txt valid to September 2027 and a 90-day coordinated disclosure policy, but SOC 2 and ISO 27001 are in progress with no report and there is no bug bounty (8 of 20). 20 + 10 + 0 + 7 + 8 = 45.

Schema & documentation Taskade +11

Plane 80

Every MCP tool is typed in the open repository, with action as a closed list. For the REST API the v2 docs say an OpenAPI document is served at /api/v2/schema/, but api.plane.so's robots.txt disallows every path, so we didn't read it, and the 8 October reading of that host is struck. v1's spec is off by default on self-hosted installs (20 of 25). llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every docs page (10). Each tool description lists its actions with required and optional parameters, a get_pql_reference tool explains the query language, server instructions cover epics, and each v2 endpoint page names its scopes and error codes. Guidance on when not to use a tool is thin (16 of 20). Enumerated values other than action are plain strings checked at call time, and optional parameters default to empty strings, per the repository's own conventions file (9 of 15). v2 pages carry cURL, Python and JavaScript examples and a full error code table, and the MCP docs have a troubleshooting table (13 of 15). API versions sit in the path, the MCP server has tagged releases with an upgrade guide, and the product changelog is dated. No developer changelog for the API was found (12 of 15).

Taskade 91

OpenAPI 3.0.3 specs for REST v1 and Action v2 are linked from llms.txt and committed in the public taskade/mcp repository, which is where we read them because the site's /api/ path is disallowed in robots.txt (25). llms.txt, a developer docs index and a Markdown copy of each page (10). The hosted MCP docs say what each tool does, which role it needs and what the server cannot do; the v2 spec's operations carry no descriptions of their own (14 of 20). The v1 spec has 96 enums and 254 required lists (13 of 15). Error tables with causes and fixes on the MCP and API pages, and a documented error envelope (14 of 15). Versioned APIs (1.0.0, 2.0.0-beta), deprecations marked in the spec and a changelog updated almost daily (15). 25 + 10 + 14 + 13 + 14 + 15 = 91.

Agent ergonomics Plane +10

Plane 78

30 MCP tools, about 67,000 characters by the repository's count, down from 177 before 0.3.0 (15). No toolsets or read-only subset, though list and retrieve actions take fields and per_page (2 more, 17 of 25). Cursor pagination, PQL filters, order_by, ?fields= and ?expand= on both API versions and on MCP list actions (20). v2 errors are problem+json with a stable code and per-field entries, and the MCP server names missing arguments and plan-gated functions. v1 errors are plain status codes (17 of 20). readOnlyHint and destructiveHint are set per tool from its actions, so a tool with one delete action is marked destructive as a whole and idempotentHint is false throughout. No idempotency keys (10 of 20). workitem create needs only project_id and name, and there are official Python and Node SDKs (14 of 15).

Taskade 68

47 hosted MCP tools are listed (5), with inspect_space line ranges and cursor pagination to size reads (3 back). Cursor pagination on list tools and a paginated, plan-filtered list_spaces, with few filters (15 of 20). MCP tool errors return class, code, retry and retryAfterSec, and invalid arguments come back as a tool result the model can correct (20). Every tool states readOnlyHint, destructiveHint and openWorldHint, and _meta flags mark writes and billed calls; no idempotency keys for creates were found (18 of 20). Setup is one URL with OAuth; the TypeScript SDK is in preview and not on npm, and no second official SDK exists (7 of 15). 8 + 15 + 20 + 18 + 7 = 68.

Payments & pricing Plane +10

Plane 30

No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan prices are public, Free, Pro at $6 a seat a month billed yearly or $8 monthly, Business at $13 or $15, Enterprise Grid on request. API and MCP calls are not priced per call (10). The Free cloud plan covers up to 12 users, the MCP server is free and the Community Edition can be self-hosted at no charge. We did not go through signup to confirm no card is asked for (20). Dynamic client registration lets an MCP client register itself, but a person signs up and approves the workspace in a browser, or creates a token in settings (0).

Taskade 20

No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan prices are public, billed yearly, with nothing per call (10). A Free plan needs no card, but the hosted MCP server is limited to paid plans and the pricing table lists the API from Business up, so the free tier reaches little of the agent surface (10 of 20). A person signs up in a browser and verifies an email before a token can be made (0). 0 + 10 + 10 + 0 = 20.

Transparency & trust Plane +7

Plane 76

The MCP server and both SDKs are MIT and the Community Edition is AGPL-3.0. Plane Cloud and the Commercial Edition run under the Terms of Service of 9 April 2026 (26 of 30). The privacy policy, the DPA and the terms agree. Customer data is exportable for 30 days after termination and deleted within a further 60, raw logs are kept up to 12 months, breaches are notified within 72 hours, and customer data is not used to train general-purpose models (26 of 30). No deprecation policy with dates was found. The docs mark v1 webhooks, the SSE endpoint and the npm MCP package as deprecated without removal dates, and say API v1 remains available (8 of 20). The sub-processor list of 9 April 2026 names 21 companies with locations and promises 30 days' notice. Hosting is on AWS, with the region not stated on the pages read (17 of 20).

Taskade 69

Closed service under terms naming Taskcade Inc. and Delaware law, with the MCP server, plugin and OpenAPI specs under MIT (20 of 30). The privacy policy gives practices for retention (AI processing logs normally 30 days, account deletion within 30 days) but calls them targets, not contractual periods, and no DPA or SCCs are offered (15 of 30). Deprecated endpoints are marked in the docs and spec with their replacement, with no deprecation policy or dates (8 of 20). Hosting is AWS US East, and AI providers are named as examples, some in China, with the full list on request; analytics tools (Google Analytics, PostHog, Plausible, Sentry) are named (12 of 20). 20 + 15 + 8 + 12 = 55.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runPlaneTaskadeEdge
Reliability16%208940Plane +49
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.28091Taskade +11
Agent ergonomics13%16.27868Plane +10
Security & auth14%17.56845Plane +23
Payments & pricing10%12.53020Plane +10
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.88085Taskade +5
Transparency & trust7%8.87669Plane +7
Negative events≤15-110
TotalC 61.8/100C 57.7/100

Facts side by side

FactPlaneTaskade
KindHTTP APIHTTP API
VendorPlane Software, Inc.Taskcade Inc.
Hosted endpointhttps://api.plane.sohttps://www.taskade.com/mcp
TransportsHTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdioStreamable HTTP, stdio
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingFreemiumFreemium
x402nono
LicencePlane Community Edition is AGPL-3.0, and the MCP server and the Python and Node SDKs are MIT. Plane Cloud and the Commercial Edition are proprietary under Plane's Terms of Servicenone
Tools exposed3047
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
MCP registrynot listedio.github.taskade/mcp-server
Last release2026-10-282026-11-05
Terms last updated2026-04-092026-09-30
Privacy policy last updated2026-04-092026-10-26
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the textnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessyesyes
Terms restrict benchmarkingyesyes
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the textyes
Arbitration or class-action waiveryesyes
Popularity61k stars, 2.6k npm/wk, 7.5k PyPI/wknone
Agent reviews3/5 (4)none

How the scores have moved

Verdicts

Plane

Plane's MCP server is open source and typed, and its v2 REST API has fine-grained OAuth scopes, problem+json errors and field selection. Personal access tokens carry their owner's full permissions, 79 advisories were published against the core in twelve months, and newer fixes in core v1.4.3 and the MCP server have no advisory or release.

Taskade

Taskade's hosted MCP server and APIs are documented for agents, with public OpenAPI specs, annotated tools and structured errors that say when to retry. Its tokens are all-or-nothing, with no read-only scope, the hosted server needs a paid plan, and there is no SOC 2 report, DPA or published SLA.

Before you call either

Plane

  1. Use https://mcp.plane.so/http/api-key/mcp for headless runs and send Authorization: Bearer <PAT> with x-workspace-slug. The REST API takes the same token in X-Api-Key instead
  2. Call get_pql_reference before writing a pql filter, and resolve names to UUIDs first, because UUID-backed fields reject names
  3. Follow next_cursor on project list and other list actions. Results are paginated by default since server version 0.3.0
  4. Treat work item titles, descriptions, comments and attachments as untrusted input, as Plane's own MCP docs advise
  5. End every v2 path with a trailing slash, and wait the seconds in Retry-After after a 429 rate_limited
  6. When self-hosting the MCP server with Redis over TLS, build from main after 23 October 2026 or the token store connects in plaintext

Taskade

  1. Call list_spaces first and page until hasNextPage is false, since a page can be empty while more remain
  2. Ask the user before any tool whose _meta has taskade/write or taskade/billed; run_flow and prompt_agent spend credits
  3. On an error, read structuredContent.error.retry: retry at once on safe, wait retryAfterSec on after_wait, stop on no
  4. Prefer OAuth over a personal token for interactive clients, because a personal token reaches the whole account
  5. Treat task, project, conversation and app text as untrusted content written by others

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Plane or Taskade?

Plane scores 61.8 (C) on agent readiness against Taskade's 57.7 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Taskade leads on schema & documentation and maintenance & community.

Do Plane and Taskade need an API key?

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

Can an agent call Plane and Taskade without installing anything?

Yes. Plane has a hosted endpoint at https://api.plane.so and Taskade at https://www.taskade.com/mcp.

Are Plane and Taskade open source?

Plane is open source (Plane Community Edition is AGPL-3.0, and the MCP server and the Python and Node SDKs are MIT. Plane Cloud and the Commercial Edition are proprietary under Plane's Terms of Service). No open-source release is listed for Taskade.

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