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ClickUp pricing, price hikes and cheaper alternatives

ClickUp (clickup.com) is a project management tool. Per-user subscription with monthly or annual billing, a free tier, custom Enterprise pricing, and per-user AI add-ons.. Free plan: Free Forever: unlimited members and tasks, but 60 MB storage, 5 spaces and 2 teams..

What ClickUp costs

  • 10 users: $120/mo (Core $12/user/mo on monthly billing x 10 = $120 (yearly billing $9/user). Core includes unlimited storage, spaces and Gantt charts; Free Forever has 60 MB of storage.)
  • 1 user: $12/mo (Core $12/user/mo on monthly billing.)
  • 25 users: $300/mo (Core $12/user/mo x 25 = $300.)

Plan compared: Core, billed monthly ($12/user). Prices are total USD per month on monthly billing (annual-only plans divided by 12) for the cheapest plan that fits the scenario: 10 or 25 full members with no practical cap on projects, tasks or storage, or one user on the cheapest paid plan. A free plan counts as $0 only when it meets the same limits.

What ClickUp does

Core: Automations and AI agents, Databases inside docs, Workspace integrations (partly), Shared team library (partly), Task & project tracking, List, board & calendar views, Docs alongside work, Shared projects & team spaces, Apps on every platform (partly).

Important: Real-time collaborative editor, Spaces and nested pages (partly), Full-text search with filters (partly), Granular permissions and guests, AI answers from your docs (partly), AI writing assistant, Native desktop and mobile apps, Integrations, API and import (partly), SSO and compliance, Follow-ups and AI workflows (partly), Gantt and dependencies, Agile sprints and backlogs, Custom fields and workflows, No-code automations, Portfolios and reporting, Client and guest access, AI assistant and agents, Integrations and API, Native mobile apps, Recurring tasks & reminders (partly), Quick capture & natural language (partly), AI task assistant, Integrations & API.

Also has: Version history and review (partly), Search across connected apps, Knowledge in Slack, Teams and browser (partly), Public help center & docs (partly), Whiteboard canvas (partly), Offline editing (partly), AI call & meeting notes, Meeting bot recording (partly), In-person audio transcription (partly), Code repository integration, Forms that create records, Workload & capacity planning, Project time tracking (partly), Built-in team chat, Proofing & approvals (partly), SSO and compliance (partly), Calendar accounts & events (partly), Universal task inbox (partly), Habits & focus timer (partly), Daily notes & journaling (partly), Defer dates & reviews (partly).

ClickUp price hikes

  • ClickUp quietly cut what you get · Jul 2, 2026
    Brain AI's premium-model access changed from 'Unlimited' (listed at a $200 value) to 'Expanded use', with no price change listed. Everything AI also dropped 'Unlimited Talk-to-Text' while gaining 3X Super Agent usage.
  • ClickUp quietly cut what you get · May 2025
    Unlimited dropped Column Calculations and Agile Reporting, and PricingSaaS records no price change for Unlimited. PricingSaaS records it in its 2025 Q2 diff.
  • ClickUp cut its free tier · Feb 2025
    Free Forever lost Real-Time Chat, and PricingSaaS records no price change. PricingSaaS records it in its 2025 Q1 diff.
  • ClickUp raised its Brain AI add-on from $5 to $7 per user a month · Aug 2024
    PricingSaaS records the Brain AI add-on rising 40% from $5 to $7 per user per month. It is an add-on, so the base-plan ref point is unchanged, and the date is uncertain: PricingSaaS logs it on 2026-01-11 but labels the diff 2024Q3.

Cheaper alternatives to ClickUp

At a 10-person team, ClickUp costs $120/mo. 3 project management tools cost less:

  • Jira: free (Free (10 users); Standard for solo and 25 users), covers 91% of ClickUp; missing or partial: Docs alongside work (partly), Workload & capacity planning (partly), Built-in team chat
  • Trello: $60/mo (Standard), covers 78% of ClickUp; missing or partial: Docs alongside work (partly), Gantt and dependencies (partly), Agile sprints and backlogs (partly), Portfolios and reporting (partly), Client and guest access (partly)
  • Linear: $100/mo (Basic), covers 60% of ClickUp; missing or partial: List, board & calendar views (partly), Docs alongside work (partly), Gantt and dependencies (partly), Custom fields and workflows (partly), No-code automations (partly)

ClickUp alternatives: 3 cheaper project management tools compared, at every size.

Other kinds of products that cover part of ClickUp

  • Smartsheet (Online databases): covers 90% of ClickUp; missing or partial: Docs alongside work (partly), Agile sprints and backlogs (partly), Code repository integration (partly), Built-in team chat (partly)
  • Airtable (Online databases): covers 81% of ClickUp; missing or partial: Docs alongside work (partly), Gantt and dependencies (partly), Agile sprints and backlogs (partly), Portfolios and reporting (partly), Code repository integration (partly)
  • Notion (Docs & wikis): covers 78% of ClickUp; missing or partial: Gantt and dependencies (partly), Agile sprints and backlogs (partly), No-code automations (partly), Portfolios and reporting (partly), Integrations and API (partly)
  • GitHub (Code hosting & CI): covers 76% of ClickUp; missing or partial: List, board & calendar views (partly), Gantt and dependencies (partly), Agile sprints and backlogs (partly), No-code automations (partly), Portfolios and reporting (partly)
  • GitLab (Code hosting & CI): covers 66% of ClickUp; missing or partial: List, board & calendar views (partly), Gantt and dependencies (partly), Agile sprints and backlogs (partly), Custom fields and workflows (partly), No-code automations (partly)
  • SmartSuite (Online databases): covers 62% of ClickUp; missing or partial: Docs alongside work (partly), Gantt and dependencies (partly), Agile sprints and backlogs (partly), Portfolios and reporting (partly), Client and guest access (partly)

Every change we logged

  • Oct 2026 · Repriced: ClickUp's pricing page now shows a new grid: Core at $12/user a month on monthly billing ($9 yearly) where Unlimited was $10 ($7), Business at $25 ($17 yearly) instead of $19 ($12), and a new MAX tier at $120 ($100 yearly). At 10 members the cheapest paid plan goes from $100 to $120 a month. The old grid still appeared for some visitors in mid-October 2026.
  • Jul 2, 2026 · Limits cut: Brain AI's premium-model access changed from 'Unlimited' (listed at a $200 value) to 'Expanded use', with no price change listed. Everything AI also dropped 'Unlimited Talk-to-Text' while gaining 3X Super Agent usage.
  • May 2025 · Limits cut: Unlimited dropped Column Calculations and Agile Reporting, and PricingSaaS records no price change for Unlimited. PricingSaaS records it in its 2025 Q2 diff.
  • Feb 2025 · Free tier cut: Free Forever lost Real-Time Chat, and PricingSaaS records no price change. PricingSaaS records it in its 2025 Q1 diff.
  • Aug 2024 · Price increase: PricingSaaS records the Brain AI add-on rising 40% from $5 to $7 per user per month. It is an add-on, so the base-plan ref point is unchanged, and the date is uncertain: PricingSaaS logs it on 2026-01-11 but labels the diff 2024Q3. PricingSaaS records it in its 2024 Q3 diff.

Sources

Pricing page: clickup.com/pricing. Prices last checked Oct 16, 2026. Monthly and yearly prices read from ClickUp's official pricing page on 2026-10-17 (Core, Business, Enterprise and MAX grid). Earlier plans and changes come from PricingSaaS diffs; their dates follow the period each diff is labelled with.