ClickUp Pricing

ClickUp pricing starts at just $5 per user, per month for the ClickUp Unlimited plan, making this one of the cheapest project management solutions around for small teams – so no wonder it was awarded 4.4 out of 5 for pricing in our independent research. Growing businesses may want to spend more (the Business tier is $12 per user, per month) for added features.

While rival solution monday.com costs $8 per user, per month for the lowest-paid tier, ClickUp's Unlimited plan undercuts this (and much of the rest of the market) nicely. Along with being affordable, we found it pretty easy to master and found the project and workflow creation tools on offer genuinely useful.

The deal gets even better with Tech.co's exclusive discount code– input TECHCO20 at checkout for 20% off the first year of your subscription. There's also the Free plan suited to individual users with smaller-scale project management and task tracking – but considering the Unlimited plan is so affordable, that's certainly your best bet for project success.

The key question is whether or not ClickUp is a smart investment for your business and has the features you need to succeed.

With the mass shift to remote work becoming more permanent, software that helps keep staff increasingly organized and on the same page will continue to be relied upon to play a pivotal role in overall project success – so whether ClickUp is up to that task is the central consideration. We'd recommend checking for any available ClickUp deals and discounts (and take advantage of that free ClickUp tier to get a feel for the software).

In this ClickUp review, we break down the various ClickUp pricing plans and their core benefits to help you understand if this is the right project management tool for you.

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ClickUp Pricing Overview

First up in our ClickUp review, we'll be discussing ClickUp pricing. When purchasing project management software, pay close attention to the workflow creation features (like budget and resource management tools, preset/custom project templates, and automations builders), task management features (Gantt Charts, Kanban boards, etc.), and collaboration tools on offer, which can differ greatly from supplier-to-supplier.

This is why ClickUp is such a great option though – it's the first paid plan that has multiple ways to manage and view tasks, as well as custom project templates and automations, and a form builder, helping ClickUp achieve a 4.4/5 for pricing.

There aren't many competitors that offer such a vast range of features for such an affordable price. Out of the 14 project management tools we tested, ClickUp scored the highest for task management (4.9/5), workflow creation (4.3/5), and data visualization (5/5).

Our Pricing Research Criteria

When we talk about project management, “Pricing” is a reference to one of our research criteria – it's effectively our value for money metric.

“Pricing” is an analysis of the features offered on a provider's most basic plan, and whether any limits are placed on them. Due to the fact providers add features to (rather than remove them from) their more expensive plans, this way of assessing basic plan features is a good gauge of how much value you'll be able to extract from the software for the least cost.

To ensure you don't miss out on the best price possible, be sure to check our comparison table of the Best Project Management Software Deals, below:

• ClickUp Pros:
  • Excellent range of task and workflow management tools, which help create collective clarity.
  • extremely functional free plan, so you can get off the ground without spending anything.
  • pre-built/custom automations on all plans, so improving efficiency isn't reserved for the highest payers.
  • Unlimited users on all plans (including the free version) mean you can get more team members involved when necessary.

• ClickUp Cons: 
  • Other competitors we tested were easier to use, monday.com is slightly more intuitive for example.
  • there aren't many features that facilitate post-project feedback, which is crucial for reflection.
  • There are better options available in terms of collaboration, which might become troublesome if you don't have a comms platform your team already uses.

Free plan

The most basic version of ClickUp starts at its free tier, and is surprisingly useful. With the Free version, you get the ability to create unlimited projects and spaces, add unlimited users, and use all the key features for tasks such as dependencies. 

When looking at competing software, some features included on this ClickUp plan, like a Gantt chart and automations, are locked behind higher tiers. ClickUp provides these features and more on its free plan than many of its competitors, but it limits the number of times you can use them. Other limited features include goal-setting and custom field creation, and the free tier also limits storage to 100MB total – which isn't a lot.

So, although it's good that ClickUp offers these features on its free plan in the first place, it's likely to only suit infrequent use by an individual or a very small team. You'll be able to access the aptly named Unlimited Plan (more on this below) for just a few extra dollars a month, however, and remove these limits on how many times you can use certain items. 

Importantly, ClickUp's first paid plan is cheaper than many of its competitors and, thanks to the removal of those pesky limits on the free plan, is excellent value for money – and well worth the upgrade as a consequence.

Unlimited plan

The next tier up is the Unlimited plan, which charges $5 per user, per month when billed annually, and $9 per user, per month when billed monthly. For that money, you get unlimited everything, including storage, integrations, features, and advanced reporting.

In fact, this plan helped ClickUp achieve an impressive 4.5/5 for features in our last round of testing – as a first paid plan goes, we thought it was exceptional. Monday.com, a market leader in the project management world (which you've probably heard of by now), followed closely behind on 4.4/5, but our researcher's found ClickUp's feature selection more useful.

On top of all that, you can set permissions to restrict users from accessing certain data – decreasing your chances of a damaging data breach. If you're finding the free tier to be just a bit too restrictive, this might be the plan for you. It removes the majority of the restrictions and gives you unlimited storage and 1,000 automations.

Business & Business Plus plans

The Business plan charges $9 per user per month when billed annually $19 per user per month when billed monthly. You get all the features in the Unlimited tier, as well as security features such as two-factor authentication and the ability to sign-in to ClickUp with a Google account.

This tier is the first tier that is really suitable for a multi-person business. This is due to the addition of the resource management chart, which can help you check people's available resources. You also get a KPI tracker, burndown charts, and a widget builder, all of which help you stay on top of project and worker progress. The company also plans to add advanced data exporting and goal alignment in the future.

It's worth noting that the Business plan offers pretty much the same features and limits as ClickUp's competitors' equivalent tiers at a significantly lower price. The Business Plus plan, on the other hand, will grant you access to absolutely everything included in the Business Plan we just discussed and is available for just $19 per user per month.

However, there are a number of other useful features geared towards businesses that need more expansive functionality, either due to their size or the scope of their project. Additional features included team sharing, custom role creation and permissions, admin training, and priority support, and you'll have a much larger number of automations available for you to make use of.

Enterprise plan

Finally, there's the Enterprise plan, which ClickUp does not provide public pricing for, so you'll have to contact the sales department for more information. This plan adds all the Business features, plus the ability to sign-in with accounts from multiple providers, not just Google. The plan also supplies increased API limits for any internal customizations, contract and legal review for a customized ClickUp agreement, and HIPAA compliance.

More importantly, particularly for bigger businesses, the Enterprise plan allows for custom onboarding and support, so you know that your team will be able to effectively use the platform to improve productivity.

All of these tiers can be signed up for automatically, with the exception of Enterprise.

ClickUp came about as a result of its founders' dissatisfaction with other project management tools, which either offered too much or too little. ClickUp sees its product as right in the middle, between software that is too complex and others that are too simple.

Does ClickUp get things just right, in true Goldilocks fashion? Not entirely. Even in what it sees as striking a balance between simplicity and complexity, there may still be too much of the latter for some users' tastes. Our researchers still gave it 4/5 for usability, however, a better score than Asana, Teamwork, and plenty of other project management tools. 

ClickUp is just one of many project management providers out there. Read our ClickUp vs monday.com comparison to find out how the solution weighs up to our frontrunner, or take a look at a few of its competitors below.

The hierarchy

The key to understanding ClickUp's approach to project management is understanding how it's organized. Most project management services start with a company, and then have projects below that. ClickUp makes things a little more structured with Teams > Spaces > Projects > Lists > Tasks.

At the top are Teams, which ClickUp sees as just your company. That means you only need one Team per organization. You can create more teams than that if you prefer, but in ClickUp's view, it's better to start with just one.

Spaces are your company's different departments, such as marketing, sales, and administration. Client-based businesses, such as public relations firms, could also create a Space for each client.

Next up, Projects are just that – Lists, however, are a little more nebulous. Lists are there for people who want to create sub-projects within their larger projects, such as certain milestones, or to create specific marketing pushes. If HBO were a ClickUp customer, it might make a Game Of Thrones season eight project, and then have “pre-season marketing” as a list within that project.

Finally, you have Tasks, which are your everyday to-dos.

Multi-task toolbar

ClickUp lets users take actions on several tasks at once with its multi-task toolbar. It isn't all that different from what email programs do when you want to, say, mark all the messages in your inbox as read.

Once you select multiple tasks, the toolbar appears at the top of the screen, with options to set assignees, status, tags, due dates, convert to sub-tasks, set dependencies, and so on. It's a helpful tool when managing large numbers of tasks.

Power user tools

ClickUp is highly configurable, with a number of tools that advanced users will appreciate. It offers keyboard shortcuts for actions such as setting a due date within a task, or assigning a person responsible. There are also numerous filters you can use to view tasks within a project, based on attributes such as assignee, due date, and tags. These filters can also be saved, allowing you to customize your views. If you dedicate specific days to a single client, for example, and need to see the most urgent tasks for that client at any given time, a saved filter can help you do that.

ClickUp Video Overview: See It in Action

This video from ClickUp offers a high-level view of the company's product, including a basic tour of the interface, how to create tasks, and a look at custom statuses. We've added it into this ClickUp review so you can see what it's all about.