Motion
Motion is for people whose day collapses whenever one meeting moves: hand it deadlines and priorities and it keeps re-fitting the task list into the calendar without being asked. That hands-off scheduling is the reason to pay $19 a seat, and also the reason to be wary — if you want to decide for yourself when to do things, the constant re-planning feels like being managed by your own to-do list.
Pros
- Automatic rescheduling around calendar changes is the core and it works without prompting
- Projects, tasks, meeting booking, docs and wiki share one per-seat subscription
- Apps on web, macOS, Windows, iOS and Android, plus a documented REST API
- Capacity planning on Business AI shows when a team is over-committed before the deadline
- Free trial, so the scheduling behaviour can be judged before paying
Cons
- No free plan; the price is per seat and the page is vague about monthly versus annual billing
- AI features draw on a monthly credit pool per seat, so heavy use of chat and writer tools can run out
- The auto-scheduler can over-rule your own choices if priorities and estimates are not kept accurate
- Pricing page copy renders 'This plan is not available' in static HTML, which looks like a broken page to scrapers and some browsers