Asana vs ClickUp vs Smartsheet

Written head to head: Asana vs ClickUp, with when to choose each side.

Compared on	Asana Free plan · from $10.99/user/mo VisitRemove	ClickUp Free plan · from $7/user/mo VisitRemove	Smartsheet Free trial · from $9/member/mo VisitRemove
What it is	Work management with prebuilt AI Teammates, an AI chief of staff, and unlimited automations from Starter	Work management app combining tasks, docs, chat and AI in one workspace	Spreadsheet-style work management for projects, programs and processes
Free plan	Personal plan: free forever for 2 users, unlimited tasks and projects, list, board and calendar views, unlimited storage (100MB per file), status updates and 100+ free integrations. No AI features.	60 MB storage, unlimited tasks, unlimited free plan members, 1 form; AI limited to trial access.	No
Cheapest paid plan	$10.99/user/mo billed annually (Starter)Asana pricing	$7/user/mo billed annually (Unlimited)ClickUp pricing	$9/member/mo billed annually (Pro)Smartsheet pricing
What it covers	$10.99 per user a month billed annually, or $13.49 billed monthly. No seat limit. Seats are added in increments: 1 at a time from 2 to 5 users, 5 at a time up to 30, 10 up to 100, 25 up to 500 and 50 above 500. Includes AI Teammates and Asana Dash (5 AI requests per user a month, up to 50 per account) and 50K AI Studio credits a month.	AI is a separate add-on: Brain AI from $9 per user/month.	1 to 10 members with unlimited free contributors; 250 automations per month.
Free trial	None stated	None stated	30-day free trial
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, API	Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome extension	Web
Integrations (vendor's figure)	100+ free integrations, including Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Slack	Not stated	Not stated
Open source	No	No	No
Good for	Cross-functional teams tracking projects with timelines and dependencies Teams that want built-in AI agents to plan, triage and report on work Linking daily tasks to company goals and portfolios	Running client projects with tasks, deadlines and Gantt timelines Keeping team docs, chat and task lists in one place Automating routine status changes and assignments	Planning a project on a Gantt timeline shared with clients as contributors Collecting requests through forms into a tracked sheet Reporting on several projects in dashboards
Watch out for	The free Personal plan allows 2 users and has no timeline, Gantt, dashboards or AI features AI Teammates and Dash include 5 requests per user a month, capped at 50 per account on Starter and Advanced; more costs $0.50 to $0.60 per request Goals, portfolios, approvals and time tracking need Advanced; SAML and SCIM need Enterprise	Free Forever is capped at 60 MB of storage and 1 form AI beyond a trial needs a paid add-on ($9 or $28 per user/month) on top of the workspace plan SAML SSO, SCIM and audit logs are limited to Enterprise	No free plan; a 30-day free trial only Pro is limited to 10 members and 250 automations per month SAML SSO, portfolios and scenario planning require Enterprise
Made by	Asana, Inc.	ClickUp	Smartsheet Inc.

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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