ClickUp alternatives
Project Management · clickup.com
ClickUp is a work management platform offering tasks, docs, chat, dashboards, time tracking and automations, sold on per-user plans.
Also written Click Up.
Switching to Miro, which covers 50% of the compared capabilities.
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Way less money.
Top ClickUp alternatives
We compared 14 products and found 9 cheaper options (5 of them cover at least half the compared features) · vs ClickUp Unlimited at $100/mo for 10 seats ($10/seat) · scenario: 10 seats, monthly billing, USD.
ClickUp costs $100/mo on the Unlimited plan at 10 seats, monthly billing. We found 9 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 1 of them covers at least 75% of the 8 compared capabilities.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Basecamp Freelancer plan · missing: Sprints & agile boards, API access, Workflow automations, Gantt & timeline views, Time tracking, Whiteboards & mind maps | 25% | $25/mo how? ⓘ | $900 / year 75% cheaper | |
TOP PICK GoodDay Professional plan · missing: Guest access | 88% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $480 / year 40% cheaper | |
Plane Pro plan · missing: API access dev project management — adjacent | 88% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $480 / year 40% cheaper | |
Trello Standard plan · missing: Sprints & agile boards, Docs & wikis, Gantt & timeline views, Time tracking, Whiteboards & mind maps | 38% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $480 / year 40% cheaper | |
Jira Standard plan · missing: API access, Docs & wikis, Time tracking, Whiteboards & mind maps dev project management — adjacent | 50% | $79.10/mo how? ⓘ | $250.80 / year 21% cheaper | |
Miro Starter plan · missing: Sprints & agile boards, Workflow automations, Guest access, Time tracking | 50% | $80/mo how? ⓘ | $240 / year 20% cheaper | |
monday.com Basic plan · missing: Sprints & agile boards, API access, Workflow automations, Gantt & timeline views, Guest access, Time tracking, Whiteboards & mind maps | 13% | $90/mo how? ⓘ | $120 / year 10% cheaper | |
Teamwork.com Basics plan · missing: Sprints & agile boards, Docs & wikis, Whiteboards & mind maps | 63% | $99.90/mo how? ⓘ | $1.20 / year 0% cheaper |
Which ClickUp alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- Miro — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 50%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Plane — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 50%
- Best paid drop-in
- GoodDay — $60/mo (Professional plan) · covers 88%
- Need sprints & agile boards or guest access?
- Plane — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need API access, docs & wikis, gantt & timeline views or whiteboards & mind maps?
- Miro — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need workflow automations?
- Trello — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need time tracking?
- GoodDay — from $60/mo (Professional plan)
What you give up
Capabilities ClickUp has that the top alternatives lack.
- Sprints & agile boards — Plan and run work in sprints on an agile board.Missing from Miro, Trello.
- API access — Access and update project data programmatically via an API.Missing from Plane.
- Workflow automations — Automate repetitive workflow steps.Missing from Miro, Plane, Linear.
- Docs & wikis — Create shared documents and a team wiki alongside tasks.Missing from Plane, Linear, Trello.
- Gantt & timeline views — View project timelines as Gantt or timeline charts.Missing from Linear, Trello.
- Guest access — Invite external guests into a project.Missing from Miro, Linear, Trello.
- Time tracking — Track time spent on tasks.Missing from Miro, Plane, Linear, Trello.
- Whiteboards & mind maps — Sketch ideas on a shared whiteboard or mind map.Missing from Linear, Trello.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
| Usage | ClickUp | Cheapest assessed alternative |
|---|---|---|
| 3 seats | $30/moUnlimited | $0/mocheaperTeamwork.com · Free |
| 10 seats | $100/moUnlimited | $0/mocheaperMiro · Free |
| 25 seats | $250/moUnlimited | $0/mocheaperMiro · Free |
Feature comparison
ClickUp vs the top alternatives, on the 8 compared capabilities.
| Capability | ClickUp | Miro | Plane | Linear | Trello |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprints & agile boards from Free Forever | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| API access from Free Forever | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Workflow automations from Free Forever | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Docs & wikis from Free Forever | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Gantt & timeline views from Unlimited | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Guest access from Free Forever | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Time tracking from Unlimited | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Whiteboards & mind maps from Free Forever | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $100/mo Unlimited | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What ClickUp covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Sprints & agile boards — from Free Forever
- ✓ API access — from Free Forever
- ✓ Workflow automations — from Free Forever
- ✓ Docs & wikis — from Free Forever
- ✓ Gantt & timeline views — from Unlimited
- ✓ Guest access — from Free Forever
- ✓ Time tracking — from Unlimited
- ✓ Whiteboards & mind maps — from Free Forever
- ↑ Dashboards & reporting — only from Business, not compared
- ↑ SSO & SCIM provisioning — only from Enterprise, not compared
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://clickup.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
Frequently asked
How much does ClickUp cost?
ClickUp's Unlimited plan costs $100/mo in our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free ClickUp alternative?
Yes. Miro has a free plan that covers 50% of the 8 capabilities we compared against ClickUp.
What is the cheapest ClickUp alternative?
In our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing), Miro is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
What is the cheapest ClickUp alternative with Time tracking?
GoodDay covers Time tracking and costs $60/mo (Professional plan) in our scenario.
Does ClickUp have a free plan?
Yes. ClickUp's free plan exists; its limits are not stated on the pricing page.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-29, on the vendors' official pricing pages.