ClickUp
Productivity & WorkOne workspace for tasks, docs, and AI.
ClickUp is an all-in-one project management workspace with an AI layer that searches your tasks, drafts updates, and can be assigned work of its own.
Visit ClickUpWhat can ClickUp do?
Search and answer across your whole workspace: ClickUp Brain can pull answers from tasks, docs, comments, and files instead of just the page you are on.
Get role-based AI actions: Pick your role, like marketing, product, or engineering, and ClickUp surfaces AI actions built for that work, such as brief generators or sprint retros.
Draft status updates automatically: Generate progress summaries and standup reports straight from your task data.
Assign work to an AI agent: Newer Agents can be given a task and work on it in the background rather than just answering questions.
Manage tasks, docs, and chat in one place: AI sits inside the same workspace you already use for projects, so there is nothing separate to switch to.
Quick Facts
Free Plan?
Yes, unlimited tasks and members
Pricing
From $16/month with AI included ($7 plan + $9 AI add-on)
Launched
2018
Headquarters
San Diego, CA
Pros
Genuinely one app for everything: Tasks, docs, chat, and time tracking live in the same workspace as the AI, so context carries across all of them.
Deep workspace context: The AI can see real task data, not just what you paste into a chat window.
A real free plan: Unlimited tasks and members on the free tier, with real project management features, not just a trial.
Cons
AI costs extra, on top of every seat: Brain and Agents are a separate add-on, from $9 to $28/user/month, charged per paid seat on top of your base plan.
Steep learning curve: The sheer number of views, fields, and settings can overwhelm first-time users.
Performance can lag: Load times can be slow and freezes happen in larger workspaces, and it gets worse when AI queries run across the whole thing.
Pricing
Free: $0
Unlimited tasks and members, core project views included. No AI.
Unlimited: $7/user/month
Adds unlimited storage, dashboards, and integrations. AI (Brain) is a $9/user/month add-on on top.
Business: $12/user/month
Most popularAdds private docs, sprint tools, and advanced reporting. AI (Brain) is a $9/user/month add-on on top.
Enterprise: Custom
Adds advanced security and dedicated support for larger companies.
Pricing and features may have changed. Check ClickUp's website for the latest details.
Knowtably Rating
Knowtably's Take
ClickUp is one of the most feature-complete project management tools around, and its AI genuinely benefits from that depth: it can see real task data, not just what you paste into a chat window. The catch is cost and complexity. AI is a separate add-on on top of every paid seat, and the sheer number of views and settings gives it a real learning curve.
We'd choose this if: You want one workspace for tasks, docs, and AI, and you are willing to spend time setting it up properly.
We wouldn't choose this if: You want something simple out of the box, or you do not want to pay extra for AI on top of your plan.
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Quick Facts
Free Plan?
Yes, unlimited tasks and members
Pricing
From $16/month with AI included ($7 plan + $9 AI add-on)
Launched
2018
Headquarters
San Diego, CA