ClickUp vs monday
ClickUp scores 9.2 to monday's 8.1 among the AI work management tools we rate, and is the better pick for 2 of the 4 kinds of buyer below.
ClickUp wins, 9.2 to 8.1
ClickUp uniquely has 15 features · monday uniquely has 6 features.
Best for
Who each one suits, decided on the criteria that matter to that buyer and the checked facts where the two differ.
- Searches your other apps: ClickUp yes, monday does not say
- Guests need no paid seat: ClickUp yes, monday no
- AI on the cheapest paid plan: Limited against Add_on
- But ClickUp leads on cheapest paid plan, monthly: $10 against $12
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 2 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 (11)
Pricing, plan by plan
Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.
ClickUp
monday
Pros and cons
From each tool's full review, written from the same checked facts.
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.
monday
- The free plan is free forever for up to 2 seats, with up to 3 boards and 3 Docs.
- Sidekick can create workflows, automations, dashboards and forms from a single request.
- An AI meeting notetaker joins Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet automatically and also captures in-person meetings without a bot.
- monday never uses your data to train AI models.
- Paid plans require a minimum of 3 seats.
- The Basic plan does not include guest access or automations.
- The AI credit allowance on the Basic plan is limited to 1,000 credits a month across 3 tools.
ClickUp vs monday: common questions
Which is better, ClickUp or monday?
ClickUp scores 9.2 and monday 8.1 out of 10 among the AI work management tools we rate. ClickUp is ahead on what it manages and working with others. monday is ahead on pricing.
Is ClickUp or monday cheaper?
ClickUp's cheapest paid plan is $10/mo (Unlimited) and monday's is $12/seat/mo (Basic). Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
What can ClickUp do that monday cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: guests need no paid seat.
