ClickUp vs Orangescrum (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick ClickUp: it is first in our ranking of project management tools, and it grades higher too, 3.0 against 2.4.
Checked Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
ClickUp grades higher on features, ease of use and platforms. Orangescrum grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
ClickUp
Work platform combining tasks, docs, chat and dashboards
Orangescrum
Project management with unlimited users on every paid plan
Which one is for you
Pick ClickUp if
- Fits if your team pays for a task app, a docs app and a chat app and wants one bill
- Works for teams where one person wants a list, another a board and the boss a Gantt chart
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you just want a simple shared to-do list, as work sits in spaces, folders and lists
- Not for you if slow screens drive you mad, as speed is a common complaint and search can take 5 to 10 seconds
- Pricey if you lean on the AI, as each plan's monthly credits run out and extra ones are $10 per 10,000
- Tight if you attach files on the free plan, where storage stops at 60MB, with 5 spaces, 1 form and 3 whiteboards
- Watch out: the whole workspace upgrades together, timeline view needs Business at $17, and SSO is Enterprise or Max only
Pick Orangescrum if
- Fits if you have a big or changing team and want to stop paying per seat
- Works for teams that want to host their own copy, from $1,500 a year for up to 25 users
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you are staying free: 1 user and 1 project
- Watch out: Basic is capped at 10 projects, and agile boards, timesheets and budgets are on Pro at $62
- Pricey if you need resource allocation or program management, which start on Premium at $297 a month
- Watch out: self-hosting starts at $1,500 a year for 25 users and needs your own server
How we grade them
| 3.0GPAClickUpVery good | 2.4GPAOrangescrumFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CCore is $9 a person a month on yearly billing, right on this category's $9 middle and well outside the $5.40 cheapest quarter, so it's ordinary money. For that you get unlimited storage, Gantt charts, time tracking and 1,000 AI credits a person. Timeline view and advanced dashboards need Business at $17. | BBasic is $26 a month billed yearly for unlimited users, about $5.20 each for a team of five, inside the cheapest quarter. But it caps at 10 projects, and the agile and time tools need Pro at $62 a month. |
| Free plan and trial | CUnlimited tasks and unlimited members for nothing. Then you meet the caps: 60MB of storage, which a few slide decks fill, 5 spaces, 1 form, 3 whiteboards, and AI only as a 500-credit trial. | CFree for 1 user and 1 project with 500 MB of storage, plus a 14-day trial of the paid cloud plans with no card needed. |
| Features | ATasks in 15-plus views, list, board, Gantt, calendar, table, then docs and wikis, chat, whiteboards, dashboards, goals, time tracking, automations and AI credits in one workspace. No other tool here covers that much, though timeline view and advanced dashboards need Business at $17. | CKanban, Gantt, milestones, time and budgets, with self-hosting and an open source core. Agile boards and timesheets are Pro, and program management and resource allocation are Premium. |
| Ease of use | B4.68 from nearly 10,000 App Store ratings, just under the 4.7 an A needs, and the written reviews are why it goes no higher. Work lives in spaces, then folders, then lists, and one reviewer was still lost after a week of how-to videos. | CNo store rating on record. A project tool with boards and workflows to set up, and a self-hosted option that needs a server. |
| Platforms and integrations | AWeb, Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android and a Chrome extension, which is the longest list in this category. There's a public API, and it hooks into Slack, GitHub, GitLab, HubSpot, Google Drive, Figma, Zoom and Microsoft Teams. | BWeb, iOS and Android, with GitHub, GitLab, Google Drive, Microsoft Teams and Jenkins links. No desktop app on record. |
| Best for | teams that want everything in one app | teams that want one flat price however many people join |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: ClickUp and Orangescrum. How we grade
Price against what you get
ClickUp starts at $9 a month for each person and scores 3.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Orangescrum starts at $26 a month for each person and scores 2.3.
ClickUp scores higher and starts $17 a month lower. Of the other project management tools on the chart, none scores higher than ClickUp for less, and 53 score higher than Orangescrum for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Orangescrum is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
- ClickUp also covers workflow automation.
- Orangescrum also covers issue tracking.
At a glance
| ClickUp | Orangescrum | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $9 per user / month, billed yearly (Core) | $26 per month for unlimited users, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Free Forever plan: unlimited tasks and free members, 60MB of storage, 5 spaces, 1 form and 3 whiteboards, with a 500-credit trial of ClickUp Brain² per workspace. | Free Forever: 1 user, 1 project, Kanban board and 500 MB storage. |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day free trial of the paid cloud plans, no credit card required. |
| Web | ||
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| Windows | ||
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| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | ClickUp (Mango Technologies, Inc.) | Orangescrum |
| Price read from | clickup.com | orangescrum.com |
| Checked | Nov 2, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
ClickUp
- The Free Forever plan is capped at 60MB of storage, 5 spaces, 1 form and 3 whiteboards.
- AI runs on pooled monthly credits that differ by plan; extra credits cost $10 per 10,000.
- Timeline view, mind maps and advanced dashboards start on the Business plan.
- SAML SSO, SCIM provisioning and audit logs are limited to Enterprise and Max.
Orangescrum
- The free plan is limited to 1 user and 1 project.
- Basic is capped at 10 projects; agile boards, timesheets and budgets need Pro.
- Premium costs $297 a month billed yearly, a steep jump from Pro.
- Self-hosted pricing starts at $1,500 a year for up to 25 users.
Key features
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 Core 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. Core includes 1,000 automations a month and Business 10,000.
- 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 Core.
- ClickUp Brain
- An AI assistant that works across tasks, docs and chat. Each plan includes a pooled monthly allowance of AI credits, from a 500-credit trial on Free to 10,000 per user on Max.
Orangescrum
- Flat pricing for unlimited users
- Each cloud plan has one monthly fee however many people use it.
- Kanban and Gantt
- Boards, Gantt charts with dependencies, milestones and a project calendar, with Gantt starting on the paid cloud plans.
- Agile tools
- Pro adds a sprint board, backlog, velocity and burndown charts.
- Time and budget
- Timer, weekly timesheets with approval, and project budgets from Pro; cost reports and invoices from Premium.
- Self-hosted and open source
- The vendor offers a self-hosted edition and an open-source Community Edition under AGPL.
- AI and MCP
- The vendor lists an AI assistant and an MCP server for connecting AI clients.
Plans
ClickUp
Free Forever$0
Unlimited tasks and free members with 60MB of storage, 5 spaces, 1 form, 3 whiteboards and a 500-credit AI trial.
Core$9
per user / month, billed yearly
Shown against a struck-through regular price of $12. Unlimited storage, spaces, forms and Gantt charts, time tracking, 1,000 automations and 1,000 AI credits per user a month.
Business$17
per user / month, billed yearly
Shown against a struck-through regular price of $25. Adds advanced dashboards, timeline view, mind maps, timesheets, 10,000 automations and 1,500 AI credits per user a month.
EnterpriseCustom
SAML SSO and SCIM, audit logs, custom roles, white labeling, data residency, HIPAA with a BAA and 3,000 AI credits per user a month.
Max$100
per user / month, billed yearly
Shown against a struck-through regular price of $120. Everything in Enterprise plus the top AI tier with 10,000 credits per user a month.
Orangescrum
Free Forever$0
1 user, 1 project, Kanban board and 500 MB storage.
Basic Unlimited$26
per month for unlimited users, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly)
10 projects and 50 GB storage with tasks, Kanban, Gantt, milestones and a project calendar.
Pro Unlimited$62
per month for unlimited users, billed yearly ($69 billed monthly)
Unlimited projects and 100 GB; adds agile boards, custom workflows, automation, timesheets, workload and budgets.
Premium Unlimited$297
per month for unlimited users, billed yearly ($349 billed monthly)
500 GB; adds program management, critical path, resource allocation, invoices, advanced dashboards and APIs.
EnterpriseCustom
1 TB storage plus SSO and LDAP, two-factor sign-in, custom reports and dedicated support.
Self-Hosted Core$1,500
per year for up to 25 users, hosted on your own servers
Business is $2,250 a year for up to 50 users; Enterprise is by quote.
Ways to pay less
ClickUp
- Annual discount
Save up to 33% with yearly billing
The pricing page advertises savings of up to 33% on yearly billing and shows Core at $9, Business at $17 and Max at $100 per user a month against regular prices of $12, $25 and $120.
- 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.
Orangescrum
- Annual discount
Save about 10% with yearly billing
The page marks yearly billing as saving 10%; Basic is $26 a month billed yearly against $29 monthly.
- Nonprofit
Nonprofit and education discount
10% off any plan plus a 60-day trial for nonprofit or education customers.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, ClickUp or Orangescrum?
As of Nov 12, 2026, ClickUp is cheaper to start with: $9 a month for each person, against $26 a month for each person for Orangescrum. ClickUp starts at $9 per user / month, billed yearly (Core), and Orangescrum starts at $26 per month for unlimited users, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, ClickUp or Orangescrum?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both ClickUp and Orangescrum have a free plan.
Which platforms do ClickUp and Orangescrum run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only ClickUp lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps and a browser extension. Both list a web app and iOS and Android apps. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.