ClickUp vs. Microsoft Planner

ClickUp

ClickUp

1311 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft Planner

Microsoft Planner

105 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
ClickUp	Score 8.5 out of 10	Small Businesses (1-50 employees)	ClickUp is an all-in-one productivity platform. It’s a hub where teams can come together to plan, organize, and collaborate on work using tasks, Docs, Chat, Goals, and Whiteboard. Customized with just a few clicks, ClickUp helps teams of all types and sizes deliver work more effectively, to boost productivity to new heights. ClickUp aims to make the world more productive by removing friction caused by using many different applications. The platform boasts millions…	$0
Microsoft Planner	Score 7.6 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Planner is presented as a solution to organize teamwork with intuitive, collaborative, visual task management. With it, users can create Kanban boards using task cards with files, checklists, and labels. Users can collaborate in Planner and Microsoft Teams and check visual status charts—all in the Microsoft cloud.	N/A

Pricing

ClickUp

Microsoft Planner

Editions & Modules

Free: $0.00
Unlimited: $9.00 ($5.00)
per member per month (annual contract pricing)
Business: $19.00 ($12.00)
per member per month (annual contract pricing)
Business Plus: $29.00 ($19.00)
per member per month (annual contract pricing)
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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
ClickUp	Microsoft Planner
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
	ClickUp	Microsoft Planner
Considered Both Products	ClickUp Gastón Barcia Advisor Chose ClickUp I still use both. ClickUp is a little "bigger" and has some more tunning over details. When someone ask me about which to choose, my answer is "you must try them"... start using both and you'll find the best using them and asking users how they feel. Incentivized Helpful? Victoria Piedade Manager of Corporate Services Chose ClickUp The big selling point of Notion is that it is completely customisable. I would say ClickUp is only slightly less customisable and because the framework and support is there in ClickUp, it is actually faster to onboard people too. ClickUp gives businesses a better foundation to … Incentivized Helpful? Louis Venter Founder Chose ClickUp Access is great - but not a shareable cloud environment. Monday.com is a close second - CU pips them at the post at this stage. It does become difficult to switch so the choice of tool at the beginning is very very important. The continuous improvements in CU gives me a lot of … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ClickUp We used ClickUp because if offered the most versatility, while still remaining functional and efficient for our entire company. ClickUp offers features that save time for every team member, and it was very easy to implement and integrate within our company. Incentivized Helpful? Conor Engelbrecht System Manager Chose ClickUp Love how ClickUp allows tasks to be opened in their own little window, where you can then see additional info. Monday.com forced us to have every field visible as a column, which lead to really complicated and difficult to navigate boards. ClickUp's Lists are cleaner, more … Incentivized Helpful? Paige Knickle Owner of Copper Cabbage Studios Chose ClickUp I walked away from so many other products that I tried primarily because I wanted to have a task and productivity tool that allowed me to re-envision my 'data' at the task level. I wanted to be able to have Gantt views and dashboard views and then dive in deeper with comments … Incentivized Helpful? GG Guilherme Gomes CEO Chose ClickUp ClickUp is more efficient than all of these tools combined. Trello only has one type of view, kanban. You can't customize it to list, dashboard, or calendar. Notion is much harder to manage my company's departments and connect everything like ClickUp. Notion doesn't have the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ClickUp More customization and ease of use. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ClickUp monday CRM Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ClickUp It combines them all with a user friendly interface and a really nice workflow. It keeps work in as less places as possible which makes it easy for new colleagues. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ClickUp ClickUp has the best UX by far. It also has the most necessary features and the fewest unnecessary features. Incentivized Helpful? Ariana Nhu Le Project Manager Chose ClickUp - Data centralization - Fast and clean - Easy to manage Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ClickUp Clickup feels a lot more complete and professional. Incentivized Helpful? Kate Smoothy Director Chose ClickUp ClickUp's features were far superior in terms of what we could do for project management and flexible enough we could adjust it to our use case. We found Notion too basic and Monday.com too restrictive. ClickUp is the perfect blend of what we need and their new features often … Incentivized Helpful? Lisa Wheatley Implementation Project Manager Chose ClickUp I did not make the decision to move to ClickUp, but I did provide feedback and hear feedback from our internal team about how ClickUp centralizes a lot of the company wides resources into one space. I feel that ClickUp provides more dynamic workflow building beyond Jira and … Incentivized Helpful? Maque Mathison Project Manager Chose ClickUp ClickUp is definitely a marked improvement in just about every way from Redmine. UI, functionalities, usability- all of it has been a much better experience in ClickUp. As for JIRA and AirTable, I think ClickUp's overall layout and organization style trumps those sites by … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ClickUp We liked ClickUp for the flexibility, the ease of set up, ClickUp university, and the price. Incentivized Helpful? AF Amanda Faro CEO Chose ClickUp All of them are based on activity management, however ClickUp stands out in several areas: integrations with other tools, management of several spaces simultaneously through views/dashboards, the vast majority of the tools listed do not allow me to have visibility of everything … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ClickUp Notion, Clickup is easier and it is better looking Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ClickUp ClickUp is by far the most easy to use, superb interface and functionality. The notifications are far superior too. Incentivized Helpful? HS Hina Sohrab Systems Specialist Chose ClickUp The best feature of ClcikUp over others is it's customization as well as hierarchy. Departments, clients, operations become easier to manage if the hierarchy is setup in a good way that can allow your business scale without altering it repeatedly. Customization is another … Incentivized Helpful? Lourens Swart Founder Chose ClickUp It has been probably around 4 years. A big part of the decision between monday and ClickUp (CU) when we decided on a platform was the pricing model of CU was more suitable. There has been massive updates since we started using CU. So not sure how it stacks up now Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ClickUp Much more flexible and complete, you can shape it for your liking. Incentivized Helpful? DB David Bradley Owner Chose ClickUp ClickUp can be very simple, yet very advanced. That helps us get started while providing something we can grow into as well, to avoid a future switch again. Incentivized Helpful? Daniel Leibold Head of Online Marketing Chose ClickUp ClickUp is a good match when you have many complex projects Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft Planner Brandon Stokes Global Revenue Enablement Manager Chose Microsoft Planner Our organization chose MS Planner because it is an included tool in the MS Suite, and since we are unfortunately replacing our current and much better project management tool due to a consolidation of the tech stack. However, it doesn't appear that any of the teams using the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner In my experience, Microsoft Planner has much less features and less effective than other project management tools. But, it's free and included as part of Microsoft 365, so senior management may think it's saving them money. However, the poor productivity and the inefficient … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner The Planner has a more straightforward and intuitive interface, making it ideal for teams that want to get started quickly without a steep learning curve. Additionally, Planner is more budget-friendly, making it a better option for smaller teams like mine. Additionally, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner We used Microsoft Planner because it was free to our organization but ended up paying for Asana for more features we needed for our team. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner Microsoft Planner stands out for its seamless integration with Microsoft 365, making collaboration with tools like Teams, Outlook, and SharePoint effortless. Its user-friendly interface, with drag-and-drop features and color-coded labels, simplifies task management. Microsoft … Incentivized Helpful? Matt Aldridge Learning Analytics Lead Chose Microsoft Planner Compared to the other options, we already had access to Microsoft Planner, preconfigured accounts, and support and ordination from tech internally to use it. We previously used Wrike, I wanted to use Asana, and other people in the organisation either used Microsoft Project, or … Incentivized Helpful? francesca turra Project Manager Chose Microsoft Planner The integration with Microsoft Teams is a must that other platform doesn't have. Incentivized Helpful? DA Deepika Arora Digital Marketer Chose Microsoft Planner Microsoft Planner was included in our package of Microsoft email. Thus, we [don't] have to pay anything separately. This is was the main reason. However, the functionality we required was similar. [Microsoft] Planner also gives a schedule calendar where we can add tasks as per … Incentivized Helpful? Quratulain Habib, PMP Partner / Director / Head of Projects Chose Microsoft Planner While Asana and Trello are mature products, Planner is getting there pretty quickly. Since our organization is on the Microsoft ecosystem, it helps to use SSO for most of the apps that are within the same license. It helps save money and does the work. For proper project … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner Microsoft Planner won out over Todoist due to it's ability to integrate other software and allow us to be able to do more work in one software. The project management functions were superior as well. Probably the biggest advantage was the task management. We liked how it worked … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner Have moved to JIRA in my recent project. I can say Microsoft plan is a good option but JIRA is more powerful compare to this tool. The only thing is its integration and easy communication feature between teams or assigned groups stand it out while comparing with the similar … Incentivized Helpful? DS Darshil S Assistant Manager Chose Microsoft Planner Microsoft Planner has a clear cut edge over all the other project planning software of having its native and extensive capability of integrating with the Office 365 apps which everyone uses heavily. Also, it is highly accessible and usable to a large extent through PDAs and … Incentivized Helpful? Christie Carbone Digital Marketing Analyst Chose Microsoft Planner Pros: Communicating with all members of the plan is easy since it’s part of the Office 365 suite. This allows you to easily communicate via Outlook. You can quickly view all the tasks everyone is working across Boards Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner Planner provides better integration with Microsoft products that are used across the organization as a whole. It provides better connection to SharePoint, MS Teams, MS Office products, and even in MS Outlook, which is the company's email client. Incentivized Helpful? Fernanda Ministerio Especialista de Desenvolvimento Industrial Chose Microsoft Planner Many areas of the company still use Trello to organize their activities and tasks, but gradually Microsoft Planner must replace the activities. Users are often "attached" to familiar technologies, but Office 365 takes advantage of the more organized use of the tools. This year … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner I would recommend Planner for light project / team management with strong MS Teams integration. For a PMO / large project with resources/cost/gantt management, I would really recommend MS Project. Incentivized Helpful? John Bayerl Director of Teaching Excellence Chose Microsoft Planner I have not used any other products that serve a similar function to Microsoft Planner. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner Planner, tho its user interface could be improved, was leaps and bounds better than TYA suite. Their user interface is difficult for many at our job site to use, especially the older generation. The decision to bring it in was largely a corporate decision. Individuals likely … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner I've used Asana and prefer it to Microsoft Planner. Asana has more functionalities than Planner and I think it is more user-friendly. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner Trello is better as a one off product, but if you use the Microsoft suite then Planner integrates better into the rest of your day-to-day apps. The integration into team members' calendars and mail makes the ease of assigning tasks across our organization well worth using the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner Microsoft Project Incentivized Helpful? RH Richard (Ric) Hazel Strategy Planning Advisor Chose Microsoft Planner Microsoft Planner is far superior and doesn't require expensive training to give people access to it. It is far easier to customize and allows for people to add projects and milestones without the cumbersome interface that Agility offers. I would far rather use Microsoft … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner We tried to select software from various tools, and in the end we chose Planner both for economic reasons (it is included in the Microsoft 365 license we have in the company) and for its ease of use (we have no particular or specific needs, such as advanced scheduling or ticket … Incentivized Helpful? MC Micaella Cirilo Talent Acquisition Specialist Chose Microsoft Planner Main reason is that it is cost efficient because we're already using Microsoft 365 and it's literally part of the ecosystem. No need to purchase any other software. Microsoft is also a well known company, credible for providing business solutions and has a strong enterprise … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner Planner is free and integrated with other Microsoft products that we use. We don't have a need for something more sophisticated given the price it would have cost to purchase licenses for a dedicated task/project mgmt tool. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

ClickUp

Microsoft Planner

Project Management

Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
	ClickUp 8.0 Ratings 4% above category average	Microsoft Planner - Ratings
Task Management	8.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
Resource Management	7.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
Gantt Charts	7.80 Ratings	00 Ratings
Scheduling	7.80 Ratings	00 Ratings
Workflow Automation	7.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
Team Collaboration	8.80 Ratings	00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology	8.40 Ratings	00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology	8.30 Ratings	00 Ratings
Document Management	7.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
Email integration	7.80 Ratings	00 Ratings
Mobile Access	6.80 Ratings	00 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking	7.50 Ratings	00 Ratings

Professional Services Automation

Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
	ClickUp 7.7 Ratings 2% above category average	Microsoft Planner - Ratings
Project & financial reporting	7.70 Ratings	00 Ratings

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User Ratings
	ClickUp	Microsoft Planner
Likelihood to Recommend	8.6 (0 ratings)	7.5 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	7.3 (0 ratings)	3.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	7.8 (0 ratings)	7.8 (0 ratings)
Availability	9.5 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	8.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.4 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Online Training	10.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	7.9 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	8.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	7.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	8.9 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	5.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	5.0 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	ClickUp	Microsoft Planner
Likelihood to Recommend	Great for project management, reoccurring task management, building trackers and keeping track of what everyone is up to. Like all software that has great functionality, having solid governance and control over access is essential. I recommend ensuring that your admins/owners have a close eye on what is going on across the space or it can turn into an unmanageable nightmare. Victoria Piedade Manager of Corporate Services Read full review	Microsoft Planner is a user-friendly visual tool for organizing tasks and workflows. It’s great for team collaboration, integrates seamlessly with Microsoft 365 tools like Teams and Outlook, and offers flexibility for projects of all sizes. Additionally, it provides mobile and web access for seamless productivity on the go. That’s a big plus right there. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Customization of fields in Tickets Integrations with other sites such as Google, Figma, JIRA, and GitHub Combining many apps into one- Ticketing, sprint tracking, form submissions, documentation, file management, and chats Continual improvements. The ClickUp team is always making amazing strides to update the site and make it that much better for its users Maque Mathison Project Manager Read full review	I love the ability to tag and untag others as needed I love the ability to customize the tag labels and that there are so many options I love the ability to add comments and it notifies the others tagged in the task I love that the task description can be changed as needed without notification to others assigned to the task Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Their chat feature was nonexistent, and a revamp was rolled out recently. Their whiteboard function for visual collaboration feels clunky and difficult to use smoothly. Their table view/feature (which is supposed to feel like a spreadsheet) is lacking and makes it difficult to copy/move information. Incentivized Cathy Baillargeon Founder/CEO Read full review	Does not allow you to view all tasks and sub-tasks (checklist) in a nested view. Comments have character limits that can make it harder for teams to communicate exactly what they want to share. There is no way to mention a teammate in a comment and share files and documents in the conversation (collaborative tool???). Fernanda Ministerio Especialista de Desenvolvimento Industrial Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	We're very pleased with how the system works in general. For over a year we've barely ever had any problems with ClickUp and there might have only been one or two times when it wasn't operational for us due to a global emergency. Moreover, when we had a problem once with renewing our licenses we've been contacted directly by our account manager and taken care of in a very professional way (with a due refund as well). The exceptional customer service makes us firmly believe that ClickUp is just the right tool for us. Incentivized MI Marcin Iglicki Key Account Manager Read full review	It is a very useful tool that brings teams in sync with one another. The integration with other Microsoft products makes it an obvious choice because you don't have to purchase a license for a completely different tool that doesn't have cross-functional capabilities with the software you already use on a daily basis. Incentivized Richard (Ric) Hazel Strategy Planning Advisor Read full review
Usability	Far easier to use than any other PM tool. ClickUp is incredibly intuitive and had us saving time and energy within the first week of implementation. In my opinion, PM software should make it easier to focus on the deliverables - it shouldn't take all your time and energy to learn how to use the tool in the first place. ClickUp is a user-friendly tool that actually helps us focus on what's important. Incentivized SF Sian Ferguson Director and Copywriter Read full review	The tool is easy to use, but it is just as easy to set up. No specific skills are required, but its usefulness in our work is immediately apparent. Colors are very helpful in creating a clear interface and providing a very precise overview of the tasks to be performed. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Reliability and Availability	For over a year ClickUp was unavailable to us just twice for a couple of hours. I would say for a system this big and working globally that was a minor issue. They managed to fix all the issues within a couple hours and then it was back up and running perfectly fine. Incentivized MI Marcin Iglicki Key Account Manager Read full review	No answers on this topic
Performance	The speed of ClickUp is average to be honest. This is one of the biggest flaws of the system, sometimes it's also lagging a little bit but we also have a lot of documents, lists etc. on our workspace. However, with the next version of ClickUp I've seen they are planning to increase the speed by almost 500%, probably by changing the technology, so I am more than looking forward to it. Incentivized MI Marcin Iglicki Key Account Manager Read full review	No answers on this topic
Support Rating	Support are genuinely helpful and really nice to deal with. I had a bug on my workspace that I’d been experiencing for a while. They looked into it for me and asked some questions. Once they found the issue and resolved it, they even filmed a video detailing how they’d fixed it. That level of support is fantastic. Incentivized Will Helliwell Assistant Head of Engineering Read full review	No answers on this topic
Online Training	There are multiple guides on literally all of the functions you can find within the system, therefore it's easy to learn anything you'd really like to use, starting from project and people management, down to Gantts, mind maps, time tracking, inviting Clients as guests to work with you on the projects and so much more. Incentivized MI Marcin Iglicki Key Account Manager Read full review	No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating	Start small. Don’t try to build the most elaborate plans first. Resist the urge to get into Gantt charts if no one is used to them. Just get work written, add dates and assignees, and start getting used to it. If you did not use a work management tool before, you need to be gracious with yourself about the fact that you likely do not have the muscle memory for working this way yet. But you will get there. And leverage people who know it if possible. Look for ClickUp experts and vendors. They can really supercharge your effectiveness at building the tool out and speed up the process. Incentivized Leon Prather II, CTS Manager, Digital Product Operations Read full review	No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Every other tool I have used has been for organizing tasks and work only. There were some of the other features, but none of them had the ability to do everything we need to manage a project from start to finish Incentivized Holly Biondo Marketing & Communications Manager Read full review	Our organization chose MS Planner because it is an included tool in the MS Suite, and since we are unfortunately replacing our current and much better project management tool due to a consolidation of the tech stack. However, it doesn't appear that any of the teams using the current program intend to use MS Planner due to its poor functionality. We will likely be pivoting to Jira instead. Incentivized Brandon Stokes Global Revenue Enablement Manager Read full review
Scalability	Scaling with ClickUp is superb. If you create a workflow best suited for your organization then it's all about creating new accounts and teaching the new employees the workflow you're using. It's that simple. There is no black magic when it comes to Clickup. Incentivized MI Marcin Iglicki Key Account Manager Read full review	No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	We stopped losing customers due to lack of organization and management Deixamos de perder clientes pela falta de organização e gestão We increased our revenue by 30% by offering CRM implementation within ClickUp Aumentamos nossa receita em 30% por oferecermos implementação de CRM dentro do clickup We no longer waste time using different tools to manage tasks and internal communication with the team. Deixamos de perder tempo usando ferramentas diferentes para gerir tarefa e comunicação interna com o time GG Guilherme Gomes CEO Read full review	Saved over $1000 each year by not having to purchase a third party tool for our content planning Not sure that I can provide a hard number to this, but having the oversight to see when something is coming due and making sure everything gets executed in time Incentivized Christie Carbone Digital Marketing Analyst Read full review
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