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Asana vs monday.com vs ClickUp

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 21 October 2026.

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

Compared on
Asana

Free plan · from $10.99/user/mo

monday.com

Free plan · from $9/seat/mo

ClickUp

Free plan · from $7/user/mo

What it isWork management with prebuilt AI Teammates, an AI chief of staff, and unlimited automations from StarterBoard-based work management with AI agents and credits on every paid plan, sold in seat buckets from 3 seatsWork management app combining tasks, docs, chat and AI in one workspace
Free planPersonal 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.Up to 2 seats, up to 3 boards, up to 3 Docs, 200+ templates, 8 column types, iOS and Android apps; the help centre adds a 200-item limit and 500 MB storage. No AI features.60 MB storage, unlimited tasks, unlimited free plan members, 1 form; AI limited to trial access.
Cheapest paid plan$10.99/user/mo billed annually (Starter)Asana pricing$9/seat/mo billed annually (Basic)monday.com pricing$7/user/mo billed annually (Unlimited)ClickUp 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.$9 per seat a month billed yearly, $12 billed monthly. Sold in seat buckets (3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 100, 200+) with a 3-seat minimum, so the lowest Basic bill is $27 a month billed yearly or $36 monthly. Includes 1,000 AI credits a month, unlimited items and free viewers; no automation or integration actions.AI is a separate add-on: Brain AI from $9 per user/month.
Free trialNone stated14-day free trial of the Pro plan; trials cannot be extendedNone stated
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, APIWeb, iOS, Android, APIWeb, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome extension
Integrations (vendor's figure)100+ free integrations, including Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Slack850+ integrations and appsNot stated
Open sourceNoNoNo
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
  • Teams that want to build their own boards and workflows without code
  • Running projects with AI agents and an AI assistant on the same boards
  • Departments such as marketing, operations or a PMO standardising work across teams
  • 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
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
  • Seats are sold in buckets (3, 5, 10, 15, 20 and up) with a 3-seat minimum, so a team of 4 pays for 5
  • The free plan allows 2 seats, 3 boards and 3 docs, with no AI features
  • Basic includes no automation or integration actions, and Standard is capped at 250 of each a month
  • 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
Made byAsana, Inc.monday.comClickUp

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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