Head to head

Sunsama vs Pace

Sunsama
Calm daily planner for mindful professionals - start calm, stay focused, end confident
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Pace
Personal agentic scheduler that plans around your real calendar

Sunsama is a beautiful daily planning ritual. Their whole pricing manifesto argues that serious professionals should pay serious money - around $1 per workday - for a tool they use every day. If what you want is a sustainable morning ritual (plan intentionally, check in midday, shut down at 5pm feeling accomplished), Sunsama is probably the product most aligned with that philosophy. Pace comes at it differently. Pace isn't a daily ritual - it's the layer above. You tell Pace your goal (train for a half marathon in April, write a first draft by December, hit B2 Spanish by the summer) and it builds a plan that exists in the background, surfacing what to do now and rebuilding when you miss a week. Sunsama owns the shape of today. Pace owns the arc of months.

The quick verdict

Which one fits you?

Pick Sunsama if...
  • you want a deliberate morning-and-evening planning ritual
  • your problem is 'work is chaotic and I want to feel calm today'
  • you aggregate tasks from Asana, Linear, Notion, Gmail, Slack and want them in one daily plan
  • you're willing to pay around $1 per workday for a tool you use every day
Pick Pace if...
  • you don't want to plan every morning - you want the plan already made
  • your goals span months (training cycles, manuscripts, certifications)
  • you want the plan to adapt automatically when life happens, not require daily rework
  • you want one tool for the goal AND the schedule, not just the daily shape
Feature by feature

How they stack up

Feature
Sunsama
Pace
Long-horizon goal planning
No
Yes
Daily planning ritual
Yes
Optional
Adapts when you miss a session
Next-day only
Multi-week rebuild
Task aggregation (Asana, Linear, Notion, etc.)
Yes
No
Calendar sync
Google, Outlook, Apple
Read-only default, optional write-back
Pomodoro / focus mode
Yes
No
Goal-arc momentum framing
No
Yes
Free tier
14-day trial, no free
$1 for 7 days trial
Price
$20/mo yearly, $25/mo monthly
$1 trial, then $49/year
What you pay

Pricing side by side

Sunsama
$20/mo billed yearly, $25/mo monthly
14-day trial, no free tier, no lifetime deals
Pace
$1 for 7 days
then $49/year (special launch price), cancel anytime

Common questions

Pace or Sunsama for ADHD?
Different strengths. Sunsama's morning-and-evening ritual can build consistency if you stick to it. Pace is more forgiving of missed sessions - it rebuilds the plan instead of making you feel behind. Try whichever matches your relationship to structure better.
Can I use both?
Technically yes. Sunsama owns your daily shape and work-task aggregation; Pace owns your long-term personal goals. They don't step on each other because Pace defaults to read-only.
Does Pace aggregate tasks from Asana, Linear, Notion, etc. like Sunsama does?
No. Pace is calendar-first and doesn't pull from task tools. If task aggregation across 5 work tools is your core problem, Sunsama (or Akiflow) is better at that.
Is Pace as polished as Sunsama?
Honestly, Sunsama has had years to polish the experience. Pace is earlier and less precious. The tradeoff is scope: Pace does long-horizon goal planning that Sunsama doesn't attempt.

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