Blue vs ClickUp

Blue

• Teams that prefer a one-time payment to per-seat subscriptions
• Tracking processes such as sales, orders, recruiting or projects as records
• Giving clients and contractors a limited view of shared data

ClickUp

• Teams that want tasks, docs and chat under one subscription
• Workspaces that need many different views of the same work
• Small teams starting on a free plan with unlimited members

Blue

• There is no free plan and no free trial; each purchase carries a 30-day money-back guarantee instead.
• Each tier caps users at 5, 30 or 150, and every role, including clients and view-only users, counts toward the cap.
• Record-level permissions, scheduled and conditional automations, saved views, audit logs and white label need the $500 a year Pro add-on.
• The vendor reserves the right to add a maintenance fee of up to $50 a year per organization, which it says is not part of current pricing.

ClickUp

• The Free Forever plan is capped at 60MB of storage, 5 spaces, 1 form and 3 whiteboards.
• AI is billed separately: Brain AI is listed at $9 and Everything AI at $28 per user / month.
• Timeline view, unlimited dashboards and mind maps start on the Business plan.
• SAML SSO, SCIM provisioning and audit logs are limited to Enterprise.

Blue

Structured records

Customers, orders, candidates, projects and other items are kept as records with custom fields, up to 100 per workspace on the base tiers.

Board, table, calendar and timeline

The same records can be viewed as a board, a table, a database, a calendar or a timeline, with real-time collaboration.

Automations

Trigger-based automations are included, with a monthly allowance set by tier. Scheduled, conditional and chained automations need the Pro add-on.

Roles and permissions

Custom roles and field-level permissions decide who can see and edit each column, so clients and contractors get a restricted view. Row-level permissions need Pro.

Dashboards and forms

Dashboards chart live data and can be shared through a public link without a login, and forms collect new records.

API, webhooks and AI agents

A REST and GraphQL API and webhooks cover custom integrations, and an MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT and other clients query and update records.

ClickUp

Tasks in 15+ views

Show the same tasks as a list, board, Gantt chart, calendar, table and more. Gantt charts are unlimited from the Unlimited plan; timeline view needs Business.

Docs and wikis

Collaborative documents that link to tasks and can serve as wikis or standard operating procedures inside the same workspace.

Chat

Real-time team messaging that sits inside the workspace, next to tasks and docs.

Automations

Rules that update tasks when conditions are met. Business includes 5,000 automation runs a month and Enterprise 250,000.

Dashboards, goals and time tracking

Dashboards chart project progress, goals roll up from linked tasks, and a built-in timer records time against tasks. Native time tracking starts on Unlimited.

ClickUp Brain

An AI assistant that works across tasks, docs and chat. The paid AI plans, Brain AI and Everything AI, are priced per user on top of the workspace plan.

Blue

• Starter$99

  one-time purchase

  5 users, 5 workspaces, 50,000 records per workspace, 10GB storage, 1,000 automations a month and community support.

• Growth$299

  one-time purchase

  30 users, 25 workspaces, 100GB storage, 5,000 automations a month, 10 dashboards, 3 custom roles and email support.

• Scale$999

  one-time purchase

  150 users, 100 workspaces, 500GB storage, 50,000 automations a month, 25 dashboards and 5 custom roles.

• Pro add-on$500

  per year, on top of any tier

  Optional: 500,000 records per workspace, record-level permissions, scheduled and conditional automations, audit logs, white label and priority support.

• EnterpriseCustom

  For more than 150 users: unlimited users, workspaces and storage, dedicated infrastructure and an account manager. Priced through sales.

ClickUp

• Free Forever$0

  Unlimited tasks and members with 60MB of storage, 5 spaces, 1 form and 3 whiteboards.

• Unlimited$7

  per user / month, billed yearly ($10 billed monthly)

  Unlimited storage, spaces, forms and Gantt charts, plus native time tracking, guest permissions and integrations.

• Business$12

  per user / month, billed yearly ($19 billed monthly)

  Everything in Unlimited, plus unlimited dashboards, timeline view, mind maps and 5,000 automation runs a month.

• EnterpriseCustom

  SAML SSO and SCIM provisioning, audit log, custom roles, data residency and 250,000 automation runs a month.

Blue

• Lifetime license

  One-time payment for ongoing access

  Each tier is bought once ($99, $299 or $999) with no per-seat or renewal charge, and a buyer can move up a tier later by paying the difference.

ClickUp

• Annual discount

  Yearly billing lowers the per-user price

  Unlimited is $7 per user / month billed yearly against $10 billed monthly, and Business is $12 against $19.

• Nonprofit

  Nonprofit discount on request

  ClickUp's pricing FAQ says nonprofits can claim a discount through its nonprofit page. The size of the discount is not published.

• Education

  Academic discount for students and educators

  The pricing FAQ says students, educators and administrators can claim an academic discount. The amount is not published.

• Startups

  Startup credit by application

  The pricing FAQ says startups can apply for a startup credit through a form. The amount and eligibility rules are not published.