Our pick for most teams
93.6/ 100
- Price
- From $10/user/mo · $84/user/yr
- Free plan
- Free Forever: 60MB storage, unlimited tasks, 5 Spaces, 40 Lists/Space, 100 Folders/Space, 1 form
Asana vs ClickUp: ClickUp fits most teams of 5
69.1/ 100
- Price
- From $13.49/user/mo · $131.88/user/yr
- Free plan
- Personal plan, free forever: 2 users collaborate, unlimited tasks and projects, unlimited storage (100MB per file)
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Which one fits your team
- Checked 2026-10-14
- 3 sources
The score is worked out from the facts below. How we score tools. What we earn is not part of it.
ClickUp: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- Teams of all sizes from startups to enterprises
- Agencies and consultants needing client management and automation
- Product teams using sprint planning and backlogs
- Remote teams wanting chat, docs and tasks in one place
- Not for
- Small teams that find a big feature set overwhelming
- New users who want a gentle learning curve
- Users needing strong offline functionality
- The catch
- Extremely feature-rich all-in-one tool, but with a steep learning curve and occasional slowness on large projects.
Data last verified: 2026-10-14
Asana: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- Medium-to-large teams running multiple cross-functional projects
- Complex, long-term projects with many owners and timelines
- Product, design, marketing and ops teams (not just developers)
- Not for
- Solo users and small teams with simple projects
- Budget-conscious buyers
- Teams that want phone or live-chat support on lower tiers
- The catch
- Handles work across many teams, but it's pricey, key features (like the workflow builder) sit on higher plans, and the screen is busy for a small team.
Data last verified: 2026-10-14
What each one costs over five years
Same team size, cheapest plan of each, paid monthly or yearly.
ClickUp
Five years for a team of 5, paid yearly: $2,100
On the Unlimited plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- $600
- Paid yearly, one year
- $420
Paying yearly saves $180 a year (30%).
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-18Asana
Five years for a team of 5, paid yearly: $3,297
On the Starter plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- $809.40
- Paid yearly, one year
- $659.40
Paying yearly saves $150 a year (19%).
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-18The four facts that decide it
| ClickUp | Asana | |
|---|---|---|
| Score out of 100 | 93.6 | 69.1 |
| Cheapest plan | Unlimited | Starter |
| Free plan | Free Forever: 60MB storage, unlimited tasks, 5 Spaces, 40 Lists/Space, 100 Folders/Space, 1 form | Personal plan, free forever: 2 users collaborate, unlimited tasks and projects, unlimited storage (100MB per file) |
| Works with (apps) | 4 | 9 |
Every figure comes from the vendor's own pages, listed under Sources.
ClickUp
- Score out of 100
- 93.6
- Cheapest plan
- Unlimited
- Free plan
- Free Forever: 60MB storage, unlimited tasks, 5 Spaces, 40 Lists/Space, 100 Folders/Space, 1 form
- Works with (apps)
- 4
Asana
- Score out of 100
- 69.1
- Cheapest plan
- Starter
- Free plan
- Personal plan, free forever: 2 users collaborate, unlimited tasks and projects, unlimited storage (100MB per file)
- Works with (apps)
- 9
Feature by feature, on the same list
Open a row for the vendor's own wording and the page we read it on.
Task managementClickUp: YesAsana: Yes
Board view (Kanban)ClickUp: YesAsana: Yes
Timeline view (Gantt)ClickUp: YesAsana: Yes
Time trackingClickUp: YesAsana: Yes
- ClickUp
- Time tracking with integrations on Personal; Timesheets & Budgets is a paid add-on Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Recurring tasksClickUp: YesAsana: Yes
- Asana
- 'Automate work that happens on a schedule—daily, weekly, or monthly' Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
File sharingClickUp: YesAsana: Yes
Invite clients or guestsClickUp: YesAsana: Yes
- Asana
- Guests on Free have full access with no permission controls; Core adds guest permissions Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Does routine steps for youClickUp: YesAsana: Yes
- Asana
- 5 active rules/100 executions on Free; 1K/month Core; 10K Business; 1M Enterprise Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
ReportingClickUp: YesAsana: Yes
- ClickUp
- Reporting dashboards on Starter; portfolio dashboards on Advanced Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
- Asana
- Dashboards are a trial on Free/Core; Advanced Dashboards on Business Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Mobile appClickUp: YesAsana: Yes
What you risk by starting
ClickUp
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of ClickUp.
- Refund policy
- Advertises a '100% Money-back Guarantee'; terms not shown on the page
- Vendor page · checked 2026-10-18
- Getting your data out
- Custom Exporting listed; availability by plan inconsistent on the page
- Vendor page · checked 2026-10-18
Asana
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of Asana.
- Getting your data out
- Organization JSON export via the Compliance management add-on
- Vendor page · checked 2026-10-18
Where these facts come from
ClickUp
https://clickup.com/pricing · checked 2026-10-14https://clickup.com/features · checked 2026-10-14What to do next
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Data last verified: 2026-10-14