Asana vs ClickUp
ClickUp scores 9.2 to Asana's 7.0 among the AI work management tools we rate, and is the better pick for 4 of the 4 kinds of buyer below.
ClickUp wins, 9.2 to 7.0
ClickUp's AI, Brain, is a $9 a user monthly add-on you buy on top of any plan, while Asana folds a small AI allowance directly into its $13.49 a month Starter plan. ClickUp offers more ways to view work, 9 against Asana's 6, and a Brain that searches your other apps, where Asana's AI allowance is smaller but already in the price. Both track time, run goals and build forms.
Pick Asana if you want AI included from your first paid plan.
Pick ClickUp if you want more views and don't mind paying for AI separately.
Best for
Who each one suits, decided on the criteria that matter to that buyer and the checked facts where the two differ.
- Ways to view work: 9 views against 6 views
- Docs and wiki: ClickUp yes, Asana does not say
- Ask AI about your whole workspace: ClickUp yes, Asana does not say
- Ways to reach support: 3 support channels against 2 support channels
- Cheapest paid plan, monthly: $10 against $13.49
- But Asana leads on aI on the cheapest paid plan: Limited against Add_on
- Does not train AI on your data: ClickUp yes, Asana does not say
How they score
Both are scored the same way, against the other AI work management tools we rate, from facts on each vendor's own pages. ClickUp leads on 4 of 4 criteria.
Where they differ
Every point where the two vendors' published facts disagree, with a link to where each fact was read. "Not published" means the vendor does not say either way.
Published by only one of them
Where they match (6)
Pricing, plan by plan
Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.
Asana
ClickUp
Pros and cons
From each tool's full review, written from the same checked facts.
Asana
- Asana's free Personal plan allows unlimited tasks and projects with unlimited storage (100MB per file) for up to 2 users.
- Unlimited free guest seats let clients and contractors collaborate from the Starter plan without adding to the license count.
- AI Teammates includes more than 30 prebuilt agents for marketing, operations and IT, plus industry-specific ones.
- Asana is SOC 2 Type 2 certified.
- The Starter plan's AI allowance is capped at 5 requests per user a month, up to 50 per account.
- Unlimited portfolios and Goals are only available from the Advanced plan.
- Native time tracking is only on the Advanced plan; Free and Starter track time only through third-party integrations.
ClickUp
- ClickUp's free plan includes unlimited tasks, unlimited free plan members and collaborative docs.
- Brain AI's chat lets you choose between Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini.
- ClickUp is SOC 2 Type 2 certified, GDPR compliant and HIPAA compliant.
- Read-only guests are unlimited and free on every paid plan.
- ClickUp Brain is not included on any base plan; it is a separate add-on costing $9 or $28 a user a month.
- The AI notetaker is only on the higher Everything AI add-on, not on Brain AI.
- Single sign-on with SAML is limited to the Enterprise plan.
Asana vs ClickUp: common questions
Which is better, Asana or ClickUp?
ClickUp scores 9.2 and Asana 7.0 out of 10 among the AI work management tools we rate. ClickUp is ahead on what it manages, working with others, pricing and privacy and trust.
Is Asana or ClickUp cheaper?
Asana's cheapest paid plan is $13.49/mo (Starter) and ClickUp's is $10/mo (Unlimited). Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
