Partner disclosure

How TaskCompass earns money. When a reader clicks a vendor link on this site (Asana, ClickUp, Trello, Linear, Notion, Monday, Wrike, and other task-tracking apps we cover) and signs up for a paid plan, the vendor pays TaskCompass a referral fee. The fee varies by vendor and by plan tier; for most apps it falls in the standard SaaS-affiliate range of 10-30% of the first year's subscription. The reader pays the same price they would by going to the vendor directly — referral fees come out of the vendor's marketing budget, not the reader's pocket.

What that means for coverage. Commissions do not change which criteria we apply, which apps make it onto a shortlist, or what we publish about pricing and product tradeoffs. When a vendor's product worsens — pricing climbs, the free tier shrinks, the mobile app regresses — the review changes. When the product improves, the review changes the other way. We currently do not accept paid placement, sponsored shortlists, or "review for review" arrangements with vendors. Several apps that pay generous commissions are deliberately not in our top shortlists because they do not match the buyer criteria described on the editorial page.

SaaS evaluation reminder. Task-tracking apps move fast: pricing, free-plan caps, and integrations change often. Every quoted number on this site is dated against the vendor's own published page when the article was last verified (look for the inline "verified against vendor pages on..." clause). Re-check the vendor's pricing page before signing a contract. Migration costs (data export, retraining, integration rewrites) are real but vary too much to quantify in a generic guide — budget for them separately.