Our pick for most teams
95.1/ 100
- Price
- From $4/user/mo · $36/user/yr
- Free plan
- Up to 5 users, 5GB storage, 50 workflow executions/month (project count stated inconsistently: 3 vs 2)
ClickUp vs Zoho Projects: Zoho Projects fits most teams of 5
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Small to medium businesses and startups wanting a low-cost full-featured tool
67.1/ 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
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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.
Zoho Projects: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- Small to medium businesses and startups wanting a low-cost full-featured tool
- Teams of roughly 5-50 people
- Businesses already using Zoho products or Zoho One
- Not for
- Large enterprises with complex, high-budget projects
- Teams wanting a modern, highly intuitive interface
- Industries needing niche features such as crew management
- The catch
- Affordable and strong inside the Zoho ecosystem, but the interface feels dated and has a learning curve.
Data last verified: 2026-10-14
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
What each one costs over five years
Same team size, cheapest plan of each, paid monthly or yearly.
Zoho Projects
Five years for a team of 5, paid yearly: $900
On the Premium plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- $240
- Paid yearly, one year
- $180
Paying yearly saves $60 a year (25%).
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-18ClickUp
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 2026-10-18The four facts that decide it
| Zoho Projects | ClickUp | |
|---|---|---|
| Score out of 100 | 95.1 | 67.1 |
| Cheapest plan | Premium | Unlimited |
| Free plan | Up to 5 users, 5GB storage, 50 workflow executions/month (project count stated inconsistently: 3 vs 2) | Free Forever: 60MB storage, unlimited tasks, 5 Spaces, 40 Lists/Space, 100 Folders/Space, 1 form |
| Works with (apps) | 5 | 4 |
Every figure comes from the vendor's own pages, listed under Sources.
Zoho Projects
- Score out of 100
- 95.1
- Cheapest plan
- Premium
- Free plan
- Up to 5 users, 5GB storage, 50 workflow executions/month (project count stated inconsistently: 3 vs 2)
- Works with (apps)
- 5
ClickUp
- Score out of 100
- 67.1
- 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
Feature by feature, on the same list
Open a row for the vendor's own wording and the page we read it on.
Task managementZoho Projects: YesClickUp: Yes
Board view (Kanban)Zoho Projects: YesClickUp: Not verified
- ClickUp
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
Timeline view (Gantt)Zoho Projects: YesClickUp: Yes
Time trackingZoho Projects: YesClickUp: Yes
- Zoho Projects
- Time tracking on Core and above; advanced on Enterprise Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
- ClickUp
- Time logs and timesheets on Premium; multi-user timesheets on Ultimate Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Recurring tasksZoho Projects: YesClickUp: Yes
- Zoho Projects
- 'Automate work that happens on a schedule—daily, weekly, or monthly' Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
File sharingZoho Projects: YesClickUp: Yes
- Zoho Projects
- 60MB storage on Free; unlimited storage on Core and above Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Invite clients or guestsZoho Projects: YesClickUp: Yes
- Zoho Projects
- Guests on Free have full access with no permission controls; Core adds guest permissions Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
- ClickUp
- 10 read-only users on Enterprise; 100 on Ultimate; none on Free/Premium Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Does routine steps for youZoho Projects: YesClickUp: Yes
- Zoho Projects
- 5 active rules/100 executions on Free; 1K/month Core; 10K Business; 1M Enterprise Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
- ClickUp
- Workflow actions: 50/month (Free), 5,000 (Premium), 50,000 (Enterprise) Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
ReportingZoho Projects: YesClickUp: Yes
- Zoho Projects
- Dashboards are a trial on Free/Core; Advanced Dashboards on Business Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
- ClickUp
- Basic reports on Free; portfolio dashboard on Enterprise; unlimited custom dashboards on Ultimate Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Mobile appZoho Projects: YesClickUp: Yes
What you risk by starting
Zoho Projects
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of Zoho Projects.
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
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