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monday.com vs ClickUp vs Wrike

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

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monday.com

Free plan · from $9/seat/mo

ClickUp

Free plan · from $7/user/mo

Wrike

Free plan · from $10/user/mo

What it isBoard-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 workspaceWork management with request forms, proofing and AI agents, billed annually per user from $10
Free planUp 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.Free plan: project and task management, board and table views, web, desktop and mobile apps, 2 GB storage per account; no automations, dashboards or Gantt chart
Cheapest paid plan$9/seat/mo billed annually (Basic)monday.com pricing$7/user/mo billed annually (Unlimited)ClickUp pricing$10/user/mo billed annually (Team)Wrike 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.$10 per user a month, billed annually. For 2 to 15 users. Includes AI Essentials, dashboards, Gantt charts, 2 GB storage per user and 50 automation actions per seat a month. Seats are sold in groups of 5 up to 30 seats.
Free trial14-day free trial of the Pro plan; trials cannot be extendedNone stated14-day free trial, no credit card required
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, APIWeb, macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome extensionWeb, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)850+ integrations and appsNot stated400+ integrations
Open sourceNoNoNo
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
  • Marketing and creative teams running request intake, proofing and approvals
  • PMOs managing portfolios, resources and budgets
  • Larger organisations that want AI agents inside governed workflows
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
  • Team is limited to 2 to 15 users and Business to 5 to 200 users
  • Prices are billed annually, and Business and above are only sold as annual subscriptions
  • The free plan has 2 GB of storage per account and no automations, dashboards or Gantt chart
Made bymonday.comClickUpWrike, 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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