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ClickUp vs Airtable

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 23 September 2026.

Compared on
ClickUp

Free plan · from $7/user/mo

Airtable

Free plan · from $20/seat/mo

What it isWork management app combining tasks, docs, chat and AI in one workspaceSpreadsheet-style database for building team apps, with AI built in
Free plan60 MB storage, unlimited tasks, unlimited free plan members, 1 form; AI limited to trial access.Up to 5 editors; 1,000 records per base; 1 GB of attachments per base; 100 automation runs; 500 AI credits per editor per month; 1,000 API calls per workspace per month; 2 weeks of revision history.
Cheapest paid plan$7/user/mo billed annually (Unlimited)ClickUp pricing$20/seat/mo billed annually (Team)Airtable pricing
What it coversAI is a separate add-on: Brain AI from $9 per user/month.Seats are charged for users with edit permissions; read-only collaborators are free. Includes 15,000 AI credits per paid user per month.
Free trialNone statedNone stated
PlatformsWeb, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome extensionWeb, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedNot stated
Open sourceNoNo
Good for
  • 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
  • Tracking clients, inventory or content calendars in a shared database
  • Building a simple internal app or dashboard for a team without code
  • Automating notifications and record updates
Watch out for
  • 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
  • Free plan caps each base at 1,000 records and 1 GB of attachments, with up to 5 editors
  • On paid plans, every user with edit access to a base is billed as a seat
  • SAML single sign-on and two-way sync require the Business plan
Made byClickUpAirtable

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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