ClickUp vs Notion
ClickUp scores 9.2 to Notion's 8.1 among the AI work management tools we rate, and is the better pick for 1 of the 4 kinds of buyer below.
ClickUp wins, 9.2 to 8.1
ClickUp sells its AI, Brain, as a separate $9 a user monthly add-on on top of any plan; Notion instead gives Free and Plus a limited AI trial, with full access only from Business. ClickUp gives you 9 ways to view work, including Gantt, table and whiteboard, plus time tracking and goals on its paid plans. Both keep guests off paid seats, but ClickUp's real AI cost only shows up once you add Brain.
Pick ClickUp if you want every view type and will pay for full AI.
Pick Notion if you want an AI trial without paying extra per user.
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 3 views
- Time tracking: ClickUp yes, Notion does not say
- Goals and portfolios: ClickUp yes, Notion does not say
- Free trial of a paid plan: ClickUp not published, Notion 0 days
- Cheapest paid plan, monthly: $10 against $12
- AI on the cheapest paid plan: Limited against Add_on
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
Notion
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.
Notion
- Docs, wikis and project databases are included in Notion at no extra cost.
- Guests never require a paid seat on any Notion plan.
- Notion offers a public REST API and a remote MCP server for AI clients.
- By default, Notion does not use customer data to train its models.
- Notion's full AI, including its agent, meeting notes and cross-app search, is included only from the Business plan.
- There is no free trial of a paid Notion plan.
- The external guest limit on Free and Plus is capped at 10.
ClickUp vs Notion: common questions
Which is better, ClickUp or Notion?
ClickUp scores 9.2 and Notion 8.1 out of 10 among the AI work management tools we rate. ClickUp is ahead on what it manages and pricing.
Is ClickUp or Notion cheaper?
ClickUp's cheapest paid plan is $10/mo (Unlimited) and Notion's is $12/mo (Plus). Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
