Motion uses AI to auto-schedule your tasks into your calendar and rebuild your day when things change. Orbit is a simple AI-powered CRM with a full GTD task system, an assistant named Hiro, and a free plan. To be clear, Orbit does not auto-schedule your day the way Motion does. If auto-planning is the goal, Motion fits.
Motion's core trick is automatic scheduling. You add tasks with durations and deadlines, and it fits them into open slots on your calendar, then reshuffles the plan when a meeting appears or a task runs late. For people who want software to decide what to work on next, that is a genuine time-saver.
It combines a calendar, task manager, and project features around that auto-scheduling engine, and it tends to sit at a higher price than a plain to-do app. If your main problem is turning a long task list into a realistic daily calendar, Motion is built for exactly that. Check their site for current pricing.
Side by side on scheduling, tasks, and the CRM layer.
| Orbit | Motion | |
|---|---|---|
| AI auto-schedules tasks into your calendar | Yes, this is its core feature | |
| GTD lists (Inbox, Today, Next, Waiting, Someday) | Tasks and projects, check their site | |
| Unlimited tasks on the free plan | Free | Paid, check their site |
| Tasks linked to contacts and deals | ||
| Built-in CRM (contacts and pipeline) | 250 contacts and 1 pipeline free | |
| Calendar with drag-to-schedule | Yes, plus auto-scheduling | |
| Built-in email inbox | 100 emails/mo free, send and receive | |
| AI assistant | Hiro, drafts and manages your CRM | AI focused on scheduling, check their site |
| Free plan | $0 forever, no card | Paid, check their site |
| Price | Free, or Pro $14/mo | Higher, check their site for current pricing |
Motion and Orbit both put AI near your tasks, but they point it at different jobs. Motion aims its AI at your calendar, deciding when each task should happen. Orbit aims its AI, Hiro, at your CRM: creating and updating contacts and deals, sorting tasks, and drafting the follow-ups and replies that keep clients warm. Nothing sends until you approve it.
So be honest with yourself about the real problem. If it is a chaotic calendar, Motion's auto-scheduling is the answer. If it is client work slipping through the cracks, Orbit keeps tasks on the contact and gives you a free CRM around them. You can also compare the underlying task management if scheduling is not your main need.
Motion auto-plans your calendar. Orbit does not, it keeps your tasks and clients together instead.
It depends on the problem. Motion auto-schedules your tasks into your calendar. Orbit does not do that. Orbit is a free CRM with a task system and an AI assistant, Hiro, that manages contacts and drafts follow-ups. If auto-planning your day is the goal, Motion fits better.
No. Orbit does not automatically place tasks on your calendar the way Motion does. You can drag tasks onto time blocks yourself, and Pro adds two-way Google Calendar sync, but there is no auto-scheduling engine. Motion is the better fit if that is what you need.
Hiro, Orbit's assistant, can create and update contacts, deals, and pipelines, manage tasks and the calendar, draft follow-ups and replies, and build pages and forms. It is approval-gated, so nothing sends on its own, and every workspace gets free monthly AI credits.
Yes. Tasks, projects, and GTD lists are free on every Orbit plan, with no limit and no credit card. The free plan also includes up to 250 contacts, one pipeline, a calendar, notes, and 100 emails a month from a built-in inbox.
Orbit is free forever with no credit card. Pro is $14 a month or $112 a year and adds two-way Google Calendar sync, the Chrome extension, unlimited contacts and pipelines, and more. AI credits are included free every month on every plan.
People running a business mostly alone: founders, consultants, freelancers, and small teams whose tasks are really client follow-ups. If your main need is AI that auto-schedules your calendar, Motion may fit better.
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