Best ClickUp Alternatives
65 tools that can replace or complement ClickUp
Pricing Comparison
| Tool | Free Plan | Starting Price | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| ✓ Yes | Free / $7+ | ★ 4.5 | |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $10+ | ★ 4.6 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $10.99+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $9+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $5+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $5+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $10+ | ★ 4.8 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $20+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $7.91+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $10+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $9+ | ★ 4.6 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $3.99+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✗ No | $12+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $1.99+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $11.99+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $10+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✗ No | $15+ | ★ 4.1 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $10+ | ★ 4.2 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $9+ | ★ 4.2 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $5+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $12.99+ | ★ 4.2 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $12.5+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $10+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $10+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $30+ | ★ 4.2 |
| YouTrack | ✓ Yes | Free / $3.67+ | ★ 4.3 |
| Shortcut | ✓ Yes | Free / $8.5+ | ★ 4.4 |
| Plane | ✓ Yes | Free / $7+ | ★ 4.2 |
| TickTick | ✓ Yes | Free / $3.99+ | ★ 4.5 |
| Teamwork | ✓ Yes | Free / $13.99+ | ★ 4.3 |
| Huly | ✓ Yes | Free / $15+ | ★ 4.1 |
| Taiga | ✓ Yes | Free / $5+ | ★ 4.2 |
| Everhour | ✓ Yes | Free / $8.5+ | ★ 4.4 |
| Any.do | ✓ Yes | Free / $5.99+ | ★ 4.3 |
| Superlist | ✓ Yes | Free / $9+ | ★ 4.2 |
| Things 3 | ✗ No | $9.99+ | ★ 4.8 |
| Slite | ✓ Yes | Free / $8+ | ★ 4.3 |
| Lark | ✓ Yes | Free / $12+ | ★ 4.3 |
| Routine | ✓ Yes | Free / $10+ | ★ 4.2 |
| Zoho Sprints | ✓ Yes | Free / $5+ | ★ 4.2 |
| Focalboard | ✓ Yes | Free | ★ 4 |
| Height | ✓ Yes | Free / $8.5+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✗ No | $9+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✗ No | $19+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✗ No | $15+ | ★ 4.2 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $9+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✗ No | $10+ | ★ 4.4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $6+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✗ No | $6.99+ | ★ 4.5 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $11.99+ | ★ 4 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $6.05+ | ★ 4.1 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $6.7+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $10+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $8+ | ★ 4.7 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $10+ | ★ 4.3 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $8+ | ★ 4.2 |
| | ✓ Yes | Free / $15+ | ★ 4.3 |
| Paymo | ✓ Yes | Free / $5.9+ | ★ 4.3 |
| Filevine | ✗ No | Contact sales | ★ 4.3 |
| Dotloop | ✗ No | $31.99+ | ★ 4.1 |
| Insightly | ✓ Yes | Free / $29+ | ★ 4 |
| PandaDoc | ✓ Yes | Free / $35+ | ★ 4.3 |
| Motion | ✗ No | $12+ | ★ 4.3 |
| Craft | ✓ Yes | Free / $5+ | ★ 4.6 |
| Huly | ✓ Yes | Free / $12+ | ★ 4.3 |
| ZenHub | ✗ No | $8.33+ | ★ 4.2 |
All ClickUp Alternatives
Notion
All-in-one workspace for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.
- Extremely flexible
- Great free tier
- Powerful databases
- Slow with large pages
- Steep learning curve
Asana
Work management platform for teams to organize, track, and manage tasks.
- Clean interface
- Great for teams
- Timeline view
- Limited free plan
- Can feel complex
Monday.com
Work OS for teams to run projects, workflows, and everyday work.
- Visual and intuitive
- Great automations
- CRM built-in
- Expensive at scale
- Free plan is very limited
Trello
Simple, visual Kanban-style project management tool.
- Dead simple to use
- Great free plan
- Power-Ups ecosystem
- Limited views
- Not great for complex projects
Todoist
Powerful yet simple task manager for personal and team productivity.
- Clean design
- Natural language input
- Cross-platform
- No built-in calendar view
- Limited project views
Linear
Streamlined issue tracking built for modern software teams.
- Blazing fast
- Beautiful UI
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Dev-focused only
- Limited customization
Airtable
Low-code platform for building collaborative apps.
- Powerful database views
- Great API
- Interface designer
- Expensive
- Row limits
Jira
Industry-standard issue and project tracking for software development teams.
- Powerful Agile/Scrum support
- Detailed reporting (burndown, velocity)
- Deep dev tool integrations
- Steep learning curve
- Overwhelming for non-technical users
Gamma
AI-powered presentation and document builder that creates beautiful slides, docs, and webpages from text prompts.
- Generates full presentations in seconds
- Beautiful default designs
- Responsive — looks great on any device
- Less design control than PowerPoint
- AI-generated content needs editing
Toggl Track
Simple and intuitive time tracking tool for freelancers and teams with powerful reporting.
- One-click timer start
- Works across all devices
- Detailed reporting and analytics
- Free plan limited to 5 users
- No invoicing built-in
Clockify
Free time tracking tool with unlimited users and projects, plus invoicing and scheduling features.
- Completely free for unlimited users
- Simple and clean interface
- Invoicing and scheduling included
- Advanced features require paid plans
- Reporting less detailed than Toggl
Motion
AI-powered calendar that automatically schedules tasks, meetings, and projects based on priorities and deadlines.
- AI auto-schedules your entire day
- Combines calendar + tasks + projects
- Automatically reschedules when things change
- No free tier
- AI scheduling can feel restrictive
Google Drive
Cloud storage and file sharing platform integrated with Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides).
- 15GB free storage
- Deep integration with Google apps
- Real-time collaboration
- Privacy concerns with Google scanning
- Desktop app can be confusing
Dropbox
Cloud storage platform with smart sync, file sharing, and Dropbox Dash AI-powered universal search.
- Reliable sync across all devices
- Smart Sync saves local disk space
- Dropbox Dash AI search across apps
- Only 2GB on free plan
- Expensive for just storage
Coda
All-in-one document platform combining docs, spreadsheets, and app-building with automation and integrations.
- Combines documents, tables, and buttons in one surface
- Powerful formulas and automation (Packs)
- Templates for product management and team ops
- Performance degrades on very large docs
- Learning curve for advanced features
Basecamp
Simple project management and team communication tool with opinionated workflows to reduce meetings and email.
- Flat monthly price for unlimited projects (Pro)
- Reduces meeting culture with async communication
- Hill Charts for visual project progress
- No free tier available
- Limited customization compared to Asana/Monday
Wrike
Versatile project management platform with Gantt charts, custom workflows, and cross-tagging for complex organizations.
- Cross-tagging lets tasks live in multiple projects
- Powerful Gantt charts with dependencies
- Custom request forms for intake workflows
- Interface can feel cluttered and overwhelming
- Free tier limited to basic features
Smartsheet
Enterprise work management platform combining spreadsheet familiarity with project management, automation, and governance.
- Familiar spreadsheet interface reduces learning curve
- Powerful automation with no-code workflows
- Enterprise-grade permissions and governance
- Can feel overwhelming for simple projects
- Expensive at enterprise scale
Craft
Beautiful document editor for Mac and iOS with nested pages, real-time collaboration, and native Apple ecosystem integration.
- Stunning native macOS/iOS design
- Offline-first with seamless sync
- Nested documents for organized hierarchies
- Best experience limited to Apple ecosystem
- Web app less capable than native apps
Canva Docs
Visual document creation tool within Canva's ecosystem combining rich text editing with Canva's design elements, charts, and media for beautiful documents.
- Combines document writing with Canva's design library
- Access to millions of stock photos and graphics inline
- Easy to convert documents to presentations
- Less powerful text formatting than Google Docs or Word
- Requires Canva ecosystem knowledge
AppFlowy
Open-source Notion alternative offering documents, databases, kanban boards, and AI-powered features with data privacy and self-hosting capabilities.
- Open-source with full self-hosting option
- Familiar Notion-like interface and features
- Local-first with offline support
- Less mature than Notion with fewer integrations
- Template library is limited
Eraser
Technical design and documentation tool combining diagrams-as-code, whiteboarding, and docs in one platform purpose-built for engineering teams.
- AI-generated diagrams from text descriptions
- Code-first diagrams with version control
- Combines docs and diagrams in one canvas
- Limited general-purpose whiteboarding features
- Smaller template library than Miro/Lucidchart
Fibery
Connected workspace for product teams combining project management, knowledge management, feedback analysis, and custom databases in one flexible platform.
- Highly flexible with custom entity types and relations
- Combines PM, wiki, and feedback tools in one platform
- Bi-directional relations between any entities
- Steep learning curve due to extreme flexibility
- Smaller community than Notion or ClickUp
Documenso
Open-source DocuSign alternative for digital document signing offering legally binding e-signatures, templates, and API access with full self-hosting capability.
- Open-source with self-hosting option
- Legally binding electronic signatures
- Clean modern interface
- Fewer enterprise features than DocuSign/Adobe Sign
- Smaller template library
YouTrack
Issue tracking and project management tool by JetBrains with agile boards, time tracking, and deep IDE integration for software development teams.
- Free for up to 10 users
- Powerful query language for filtering
- Seamless JetBrains IDE integration
- Steep learning curve
- UI can feel dated compared to Linear
Shortcut
Project management built for software teams with stories, epics, and iterations.
- Intuitive UI for engineering teams
- Great API and integrations
- Flexible iteration planning
- Limited reporting on free plan
- No time tracking built-in
Plane
Open-source project tracking that serves as a modern alternative to Jira.
- Open source and self-hostable
- Modern clean interface
- Jira-like power without complexity
- Relatively new
- Smaller integration ecosystem
TickTick
All-in-one task manager with calendar, habit tracker, and Pomodoro timer.
- Built-in calendar and habits
- Pomodoro included
- Affordable premium
- Some features need premium
- Smaller ecosystem
Teamwork
Project management and client work platform designed for agencies and professional services, with built-in time tracking, billing, and resource management.
- Excellent for client-facing work
- Built-in time tracking and billing
- Unlimited free client users
- Interface can feel cluttered
- Learning curve for full feature set
Huly
Open-source all-in-one project management platform combining issue tracking, team collaboration, HR, and knowledge management in a Linear-inspired interface.
- Open-source with self-hosting option
- All-in-one platform reducing tool sprawl
- Fast and modern interface
- Smaller ecosystem than established tools
- Documentation still growing
Taiga
Open-source agile project management platform for cross-functional teams, with Scrum and Kanban boards, epics, user stories, and sprint planning built in.
- Fully open-source and self-hostable
- Beautiful modern interface
- Both Scrum and Kanban support
- Smaller community than Jira
- Fewer integrations
Everhour
Time tracking tool that integrates directly into project management tools like Asana, Trello, and Jira, allowing teams to track time without switching contexts.
- Native integration with PM tools
- Timer appears inside Asana/Trello/Jira
- Visual budgeting and estimates
- Requires a PM tool to get full value
- Free plan limited to 5 users
Any.do
Minimalist task management app combining daily planner, to-do lists, and calendar in a clean interface designed for people who want simplicity over complexity.
- Beautiful minimal interface
- Daily planner feature prioritizes tasks
- WhatsApp integration for task creation
- Limited free plan features
- Fewer power features than TickTick
Superlist
Modern task manager from the creators of Wunderlist, blending personal to-do lists with team collaboration in a fast, beautifully designed cross-platform app.
- Lightning fast performance
- Seamless personal and team lists
- Beautiful design by Wunderlist creators
- Relatively new with fewer integrations
- Limited automation features
Things 3
Award-winning personal task manager for Apple devices with a GTD-inspired design, known for its beautiful interface and thoughtful approach to task organization.
- One-time purchase (no subscription)
- Stunning Apple-native design
- GTD workflow built in
- Apple ecosystem only
- No collaboration features
Slite
AI-powered team knowledge base that helps remote teams document processes, onboard new hires, and find answers instantly using AI that reads your docs.
- AI that actually reads and answers from your docs
- Clean distraction-free editor
- Good for async-first teams
- Limited customization of structure
- No public documentation hosting
Lark
All-in-one collaboration suite by ByteDance combining messaging, video calls, docs, sheets, and project management in a single integrated platform.
- All-in-one suite (chat, docs, video, tasks)
- Very generous free tier
- Fast and responsive
- ByteDance ownership raises data concerns
- Less popular in Western markets
Routine
AI-powered planner that unifies calendar, tasks, and notes in one tool with smart scheduling that automatically finds the best time for your tasks.
- Unifies calendar + tasks + notes
- AI auto-schedules tasks into free time
- Beautiful minimal design
- Newer product with fewer integrations
- Limited team features
Zoho Sprints
Agile project management tool from Zoho designed for Scrum teams, with sprint planning, backlog management, velocity charts, and deep Zoho ecosystem integration.
- Free for up to 5 users
- Deep Zoho suite integration
- Built-in timesheet tracking
- Limited outside Zoho ecosystem
- Fewer integrations than standalone tools
Focalboard
Open-source project management tool by Mattermost that serves as a self-hosted alternative to Trello, Notion boards, and Asana, with kanban, table, and calendar views.
- Completely free and open-source
- Self-hostable for data control
- Multiple view types (board, table, gallery)
- Limited to basic project tracking
- No built-in time tracking
Height
AI-powered project management tool that automates routine work like bug triage, task labeling, and status updates using built-in AI agents for engineering teams.
- AI automates repetitive PM tasks
- Cross-project task management
- Beautiful modern interface
- Newer tool with smaller community
- AI features can over-categorize
Toggl Plan
Visual project planning tool with drag-and-drop timelines for teams.
- Beautiful visual timelines
- Simple interface
- Team workload view
- Limited features vs competitors
- No free tier
TeamGantt
Online Gantt chart software for simple and intuitive project scheduling.
- Intuitive Gantt charts
- Easy collaboration
- Drag-and-drop scheduling
- Limited beyond Gantt view
- No free tier
LiquidPlanner
Predictive project management with intelligent scheduling and resource planning.
- Predictive scheduling
- Automatic resource leveling
- Risk assessment
- Steep learning curve
- Expensive
Smartsheet
Enterprise work management platform combining spreadsheet familiarity with project tools.
- Familiar spreadsheet interface
- Powerful automation
- Enterprise-grade
- Can be confusing
- Expensive for small teams
DocuSign
Electronic signature and agreement management platform for digital contracts.
- Industry standard
- Easy to use
- Legally binding
- Expensive for individuals
- Limited templates on basic
Google Docs
Free cloud-based document editor with real-time collaboration and Google AI integration.
- Free
- Best real-time collaboration
- Accessible everywhere
- Limited offline
- Fewer formatting options than Word
Microsoft Word
Industry-standard document processing software with advanced formatting and Copilot AI.
- Most powerful word processor
- Professional templates
- Copilot AI
- Subscription required
- Heavy application
Dropbox Paper
Collaborative workspace for creating, sharing, and organizing team documents.
- Clean interface
- Good for teams
- Embedded media
- Limited formatting
- Tied to Dropbox
Confluence
Team workspace from Atlassian for creating, organizing, and sharing knowledge.
- Jira integration
- Structured spaces
- Templates
- Can be slow
- Complex permissions
GitBook
Documentation platform for technical teams to create beautiful published docs.
- Beautiful output
- Git-sync
- Great for APIs
- Limited customization
- Editor limitations
Coda
All-in-one doc that combines documents, spreadsheets, and applications.
- Powerful formulas
- Packs ecosystem
- Flexible docs
- Steep learning curve
- Complex pricing
Linear
Fast and streamlined issue tracking tool built for modern software teams.
- Incredibly fast
- Beautiful design
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Limited customization
- Opinionated workflow
Fibery
Connected workspace for product teams combining strategy, discovery, and delivery.
- Highly connected
- Custom entities
- Good for product teams
- Complex setup
- Steep learning curve
Taskade
AI-powered workspace for tasks, notes, and real-time collaboration with AI agents.
- AI agents built-in
- Real-time collaboration
- Multiple views
- Less mature than competitors
- AI quality varies
Dropbox Sign
Electronic signature solution from Dropbox for sending, signing, and managing documents.
- Simple interface
- Dropbox integration
- API available
- Limited templates on free
- Fewer features than DocuSign
Paymo
Work management platform combining project planning, time tracking, resource scheduling, and invoicing for small businesses and freelancers.
- All-in-one project and time tool
- Built-in invoicing
- Resource scheduling
- Limited advanced features
- Reporting could be deeper
Filevine
Legal work platform with case management, document automation, and AI-powered tools designed for high-volume plaintiff and insurance defense firms.
- Excellent for litigation firms
- Good document automation
- AI contract tools
- Not ideal for transactional practice
- Pricing not transparent
Dotloop
Real estate transaction management platform with e-signatures, document editing, and compliance tracking for agents, teams, and brokerages.
- All-in-one transaction management
- E-signatures included
- Good compliance tools
- Interface can be clunky
- Limited outside real estate
Insightly
CRM and project management platform that connects sales, marketing, and project delivery for growing businesses needing unified relationship management.
- CRM plus project management
- Good workflow automation
- AppConnect integration platform
- Interface feels dated
- Limited marketing features
PandaDoc
Document automation platform for creating, sending, and e-signing proposals, quotes, and contracts with built-in analytics and CRM integration.
- Excellent proposal builder
- Built-in e-signatures
- Good CRM integrations
- Expensive for small teams
- Template editor limitations
Motion
AI-powered task manager and calendar that automatically schedules your tasks, meetings, and projects to build the perfect daily plan.
- AI auto-scheduling
- Combines calendar and tasks
- Reduces planning time
- No free plan
- AI decisions not always ideal
Craft
Beautiful document and note-taking app for Apple devices with blocks, AI assistant, nested pages, and real-time collaboration.
- Stunning native Apple design
- Fast and responsive
- Good sharing and collaboration
- Best on Apple devices
- Limited web version
Huly
Open-source all-in-one project management platform combining issues, documents, HR tools, and chat as an alternative to Linear, Jira, and Notion.
- Open-source
- All-in-one platform
- Modern interface
- Newer and less proven
- Smaller community
ZenHub
Project management tool built inside GitHub that adds boards, roadmaps, epics, and sprint planning without leaving the GitHub workflow.
- Lives inside GitHub
- No context switching
- Good sprint planning
- GitHub only
- Limited outside development
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