ClickUp prices itself as a everything-app for work. Its long-running list is Free Forever at $0 with 60 MB storage and unlimited tasks and free members, Unlimited at $7 per user a month billed yearly ($10 monthly) with unlimited spaces, folders, forms, Gantt charts, integrations and storage, Business at $12 yearly ($19 monthly) with unlimited dashboards, webhooks, sprint reporting and 5,000 automations a month, and Enterprise by quote with SAML SSO, SCIM and audit logging. AI is a separate purchase on these plans: Brain AI at $9 per user a month or Everything AI at $28, with super credits at $10 per 10,000.
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ClickUp's classic price list is Free, Unlimited at $7 and Business at $12 per user a month billed yearly, with AI sold separately at $9 or $28 per user. A second lineup that folds AI into the plan, Core at $9, Business at $17 and Max at $100, is shown to some workspaces. monday.com work management is Free up to 2 seats, then Basic at $9, Standard at $12 and Pro at $19 per seat a month billed annually, with AI credits bundled. ClickUp is cheaper at the low end and noisier; monday.com is pricier per seat and more rigid about what a board is.
There is a second price list. ClickUp's own help material says some workspaces now see a lineup with AI included in every plan: Free, Core at $9 per user a month billed yearly ($12 regular), Business at $17 yearly ($25 regular), Enterprise by quote and Max at $100 yearly ($120 regular), each carrying a pooled monthly allowance of AI credits, from 1,000 per user on Core up to 10,000 per user on Max. Which list you see depends on the workspace, and ClickUp says existing plans do not change. Pricing this comparison therefore means naming which price list you were shown.
monday.com keeps one price list for work management: Free at $0 for up to 2 seats with up to 3 boards, Basic at $9 per seat a month billed annually, Standard at $12 and Pro at $19, all with unlimited items and free viewers, plus Enterprise by quote with a 99.9% uptime SLA and up to 250,000 automation and integration actions a month. AI credits ride along with each plan, 1,000 a month on Basic, 2,000 on Standard and 3,000 on Pro, with extra credits at $10 per 1,000. Billing annually saves 18% against paying month to month.
| Feature | ClickUp | Monday.com |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | $0: unlimited tasks and free members, 60 MB storage, 1 form | $0: up to 2 seats, up to 3 boards, up to 3 docs |
| First paid tier | Unlimited, $7 per user a month billed yearly ($10 monthly) | Basic, $9 per seat a month billed annually |
| Middle tier | Business, $12 yearly ($19 monthly) | Standard, $12 per seat a month billed annually |
| Upper tier | Max or Business on the AI-inclusive list, $17 to $100 yearly | Pro, $19 per seat a month billed annually |
| Top plan | Enterprise, price by quote | Enterprise, price by quote |
| AI pricing | Add-on on classic plans: Brain AI $9, Everything AI $28 per user a month; credits $10 per 10,000 | Credits bundled per plan: 1,000, 2,000 and 3,000 a month, extra at $10 per 1,000 |
| Automation limits | 100 runs a month on Free, 5,000 on Business, 250,000 on Enterprise | Enterprise lists up to 250,000 automation and integration actions a month |
| Views and structure | Spaces, folders, lists, Gantt, timeline, dashboards, docs and chat in one workspace | Boards, items, dashboards, automations and integrations on a fixed board model |
| Billing | Annual saves up to 33%; monthly rates run $10 and $19 on classic plans | Annual saves 18% against monthly billing |
Pick ClickUp if
If the budget is tight, ClickUp's classic list is the cheaper entry: $7 per user a month against monday.com's $9 for the first paid tier, with unlimited storage and forms from the start. It also packs more surfaces in: docs, chat, dashboards, whiteboards and goals in the same subscription. You accept the complexity, and you should confirm which price list your workspace sees, because the AI-inclusive lineup prices the same tiers differently.
Pick Monday.com if
monday.com is the calmer purchase. One ladder, prices that match what the page shows, AI credits included rather than sold again, and a free plan that clearly ends at 2 seats instead of shifting limits around. You pay more per seat than ClickUp's classic list, and you get a narrower tool: fewer surfaces, less to configure, and a structure a new team can read in an afternoon.
No independent reviews, ratings or user quotes were collected for this pair, so nothing here reflects measured user sentiment. The points above are vendor-published positioning from each pricing page.
On ClickUp's classic list, Unlimited is $7 per user a month billed yearly against monday.com's Basic at $9 per seat, and ClickUp Business is $12 against monday.com Standard at $12. ClickUp is cheaper at the entry tier and level in the middle, but only if your workspace still shows the classic list: the AI-inclusive lineup prices Core at $9 and Business at $17.
ClickUp's help centre says some workspaces see a newer set of plans that include more ClickUp AI, going to new workspaces, all free workspaces and some paid ones, while existing plans stay as they are. So the page you see depends on your account, and it is worth checking your own billing screen before quoting either list.
On monday.com yes: every paid plan carries a monthly credit allowance, 1,000 on Basic, 2,000 on Standard and 3,000 on Pro, with extra credits at $10 per 1,000. On ClickUp's classic plans no: Brain AI is $9 and Everything AI is $28 per user a month on top of the seat, while the AI-inclusive lineup bundles pooled credits into plans from Core upward.
ClickUp's Free Forever allows unlimited free members with 60 MB storage and one form. monday.com's free plan allows up to 2 seats and up to 3 boards, so a third editing colleague means a paid plan. Both allow guests or viewers to see work without a seat, with different editing rights.
Yes, both. ClickUp lists Unlimited at $10 and Business at $19 per user a month when billed monthly against $7 and $12 yearly. monday.com states that paying annually saves 18% over monthly billing, and its $9, $12 and $19 per seat figures on this page are the annual ones.
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