monday.com vs ClickUp

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

Compared on	monday.com Free plan · from $9/seat/mo VisitRemove	ClickUp Free plan · from $7/user/mo VisitRemove
What it is	Board-based work management with AI agents and credits on every paid plan, sold in seat buckets from 3 seats	Work management app combining tasks, docs, chat and AI in one workspace
Free plan	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	$9/seat/mo billed annually (Basic)monday.com pricing	$7/user/mo billed annually (Unlimited)ClickUp pricing
What it covers	$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 trial	14-day free trial of the Pro plan; trials cannot be extended	None stated
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android, API	Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome extension
Integrations (vendor's figure)	850+ integrations and apps	Not stated
Open source	No	No
Good for	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	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 by	monday.com	ClickUp

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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