monday.com vs ClickUp
A side-by-side look at what monday.com and ClickUp publish about pricing, plans and features.
This page sets the two products' recorded data side by side. It is not an editorial review — nobody has tested either product for this page, and the figures below are not independently verified. Read how we handle data and what each label means.
| Field | monday.com | ClickUp |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Project Management | Project Management |
| Entry price | $9/mo | $7/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | 14-day trial | 14-day trial |
| Tagged for | Small Teams | Startups |
| G2 rating unverified | 4.7 / 5 | 4.7 / 5 |
| Capterra rating unverified | 4.6 / 5 | 4.6 / 5 |
Where they differ
- Entry pricing recorded here is $7/month for ClickUp and $9/month for monday.com. Plan structures differ, so these are not like-for-like — check both pricing pages before comparing totals.
Head to head
monday.com
monday.com sells a 'Work OS' rather than a project tool: colorful, spreadsheet-like boards that teams reshape into CRMs, content calendars, sprint trackers or intake queues. Its automation recipes and dashboard widgets are unusually approachable, which explains its popularity with marketing and operations teams. Pricing is the friction point — per-seat tiers with three-seat minimums and key features gated behind higher plans mean costs climb as adoption spreads.
A colorful Work OS for any workflow.
What we record about monday.com →Reported strengths
- Highly visual
- Very flexible
- Good automations
Reported drawbacks
- Pricing tiers add up
- Min seat requirements
ClickUp
ClickUp's pitch is consolidation: tasks, docs, whiteboards, goals, time tracking and chat in one product, aggressively priced. For teams tired of paying for four overlapping tools, that bundle is compelling, and its customization runs deep — custom fields, statuses and views per space. The cost of that breadth is a denser interface and a history of rough edges after big releases, so it suits teams willing to invest setup time in exchange for range.
One app to replace them all.
What we record about ClickUp →Reported strengths
- Feature-packed
- Affordable
- Highly customizable
Reported drawbacks
- Can be buggy
- Steep learning curve