# Upbase review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Client work management with a personal daily planner Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Upbase is a project and task manager aimed at small agencies and service teams, with a client dashboard, time tracking, docs and chat. It also has a daily and weekly planner with time blocking, and its pages say it can be used for personal planning alone. - **Category:** To-Do List Apps - **Made by:** Upbase - **Website:** https://upbase.io - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android, Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you pay per person: $10 a user a month, against a typical $3.99 for this category. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Upbase has a free plan, and paid plans start at $10 per user / month, billed yearly. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Unlimited tasks, 5 projects, 3 free guests, unlimited members and storage, time tracking and the daily planner. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial of Premium. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Unlimited tasks, 5 projects, 3 free guests, list, board and calendar views, daily planner and time tracking. | | Premium | $10 per user / month, billed yearly (monthly price not shown) | Unlimited projects and guests, custom fields, automations, recurring tasks, reminders, timesheets, AI assistant. | | Unlimited | $99 per month for unlimited users, billed yearly ($119 billed monthly) | The Premium features at a flat price for every user in a single workspace. | Read from https://upbase.io/pricing/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Upbase before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Yearly billing lowers the flat plan to $99** (Annual discount): The Unlimited plan is $119 per month billed monthly or $99 per month billed yearly, according to the pricing page FAQ. Source: https://upbase.io/pricing/ ## Key features - **Daily and weekly planner:** Drag tasks onto days of a weekly planner, block out time for each one, and see the team's schedule in one view. - **Client dashboard and guests:** Clients are added as guests who see only what is shared with them. Free includes 3 guests; Premium has unlimited. - **Tasks in list, board and calendar views:** Tasks are unlimited on every plan, with custom fields, recurring tasks and reminders on the paid plans. - **Time tracking and timesheets:** Track time on tasks on every plan. Timesheets are part of Premium and Unlimited. - **Google Calendar two-way sync:** Shows Upbase tasks and Google Calendar events together. The comparison table lists it for Premium and Unlimited. ## Good for - Small agencies and consultants who share work with clients - Solo users who want a planner with time blocking and a free plan ## Worth knowing - The free plan stops at 5 projects and 3 guests; recurring tasks, reminders and custom fields need Premium. - The pricing page does not show a monthly-billed per-user price, only $10 per user a month at the default view. - Per-user plans are charged per workspace, so each workspace is upgraded separately. - API access is listed as in progress. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Upbase is a project tool for small agencies with a daily planner and time blocking on top, and the free plan includes unlimited tasks. But the free plan stops at 5 projects and 3 guests, Premium is $10 per user a month, and recurring tasks and reminders sit behind it. - **Value for money: D.** $10 per user a month on yearly billing, when this category's dearest tenth starts at $9. The flat Unlimited plan is $99 a month, and a team of five on Premium pays $50 a month. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free forever, with unlimited tasks, time tracking and the planner. But 5 projects and 3 guests is a cap you'll hit, and Premium has a 14-day trial. - **Features: C.** List, board and calendar views, time blocking, client guests, time tracking and Google Calendar sync. Recurring tasks, reminders and custom fields need Premium, and API access is listed as in progress. - **Ease of use: C.** Projects, views and client guests all have to be set up before it is useful. No store rating is on record. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone, Android and a browser extension, with Google Calendar, Docs, Sheets and Slides. No desktop app is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Upbase's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among to-do list apps - Upbase's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 2 of the 133 other to-do list apps we grade, and level with 5. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 80 of 133) and worst on value for money (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $10 a month for each person, against a middle price of $3 for the category: 69 of the 71 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 44 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/to-do-lists ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of Upbase you could make: tasks, kanban boards, calendar, time blocking and time tracking. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 126 of the 133 other to-do list apps grade higher. It costs $120 a year. - You could make: Tasks, kanban boards, calendar, time blocking and time tracking: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides **Tags:** Tasks, Kanban boards, Calendar, Time blocking, Time tracking, AI features ## Alternatives - [Todoist](https://toolgpa.com/tools/todoist): Cross-platform to-do list with natural-language task entry. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/todoist-vs-upbase) - [TickTick](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ticktick): To-do list with a calendar, habit tracker and Pomodoro timer built in. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ticktick-vs-upbase) - [Nozbe](https://toolgpa.com/tools/nozbe): To-do app for small teams built on projects, tasks and comments. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/nozbe-vs-upbase) - [Superlist](https://toolgpa.com/tools/superlist): To-do lists that hold tasks and notes together, with AI meeting notes. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/superlist-vs-upbase) - [Amazing Marvin](https://toolgpa.com/tools/amazing-marvin): Customizable task manager with 100+ features you switch on as needed. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/amazing-marvin-vs-upbase) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://upbase.io/pricing/ - https://upbase.io/ - https://upbase.io/apps - https://upbase.io/features/daily-planner Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/upbase Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).