ClickUp vs. Microsoft Project

ClickUp

1,311 Reviews and Ratings

Microsoft Project

717 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
ClickUp	Score8.5 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 per month per seat
Microsoft Project	Score8.1 out of 10	N/A	Microsoft Project is a project management software. It provides core PM functionality, including agile workflow support and resource management. Project can be deployed in the cloud or on-premise.	$120 per year per user

Pricing

ClickUp

Microsoft Project

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)
Enterprise: Contact Sales

Project Server: $0
Planner Plan 1: $10
per month per user
Planner and Project Plan 3: $30
per month per user
Planner and Project Plan 5: $55
per month per user
Project Standard 2024: $679.99
one-time fee per installation
Project Professional 2024: $1,129.99
one-time fee per installation

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

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Plans are billed annually.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	ClickUp	Microsoft Project
Considered Both Products	ClickUp Vladimir Janovsky Innovation Business Excellence Director AstraZeneca CE in Information Technology at AstraZeneca (Pharmaceuticals, 10,001+ employees) Chose ClickUp Combine its features and have a massive focus on flexibility. Like gant views, task hierarchy, not necessarily too complex options and process. Jira was more for programmers as well as MS Project. Todo and Planner are too simple and missing gant or hierarchy of tasks. Monday was … Incentivized Helpful? Andrew Houghton Senior Project Manager in Professional Services at Aptean (Information Technology & Services, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose ClickUp ClickUp far outclasses MS Project in its collaborative features, its ease of use and engaging user interface. Its uncomplicated approach makes it accessible to anyone. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ClickUp Microsoft Project has too many options and requires a college course to learn how to keep it moving. It is not live, no app access and has no comment threads. I did not personally use Asana, our marketing director did for his work and we were able to convert him to join … Incentivized Helpful? Alex Cavoli Director of Operations in Professional Services at BoxPower Inc. (Utilities, 11-50 employees) Chose ClickUp For task management, clickup was clearly better than the rest - it has a variety of functions and a document interface that's better that most other task managers. As a scheduler, clickup had clear limitations from the start - MS Project is more sophisticated and an industry … Incentivized Helpful? Louis Garcia CEO (Chief Executive Officer) in Corporate at Media Garcia (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose ClickUp I like ClickUp because it is great for intellectual creatives. Jira is great for engineers, and MS Project is great for people who really like Microsoft products. Incentivized Helpful? Tiffany JK Vedamuthu Project Manager at Mayo Clinic (Education Management, 10,001+ employees) Chose ClickUp We only looked at platforms with an existing contract with Mayo. ClickUp compared to Aha! was an interesting comparison. At face value, they appeared to do very similar things. However, Aha! was much more technical in its look and feel and seemed about as "user-friendly" as MS … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ClickUp MS Project is clunky, expensive, hard to share and has limited views. I avoid using MS Project whenever I can! Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ClickUp ClickUp is more user-friendly, collaborative, flexible and scalable as compared to the other tools I have used. Incentivized Helpful? Lorenzo Lopez Continuous Improvement Project Manager in Manufacturing at TaylorMade Golf Company (Sporting Goods, 1001-5000 employees) Chose ClickUp They all are in one place, ClickUp. The cost-benefit analysis pointed out that ClickUp would be able to drive an improvement in the department and teams' collaboration at a lower cost. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ClickUp ClickUp's hierarchy and customizability is what led us to use ClickUp. The others cannot complete on this feature. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ClickUp We have compared different parameters such as usability, functionalities, cost, learning curve. And in the ended opted in for ClickUp due to a higher match with our requests. Incentivized Helpful? Brian McGary IT Director in Information Technology at 3A Composites (Building Materials, 201-500 employees) Chose ClickUp ClickUp has very competitive pricing, and is generally more cost effective than its competitors at each feature tier. Asana is also a great product, and it does have some advantages when it comes to built-in tasks, such as approvals, or project management reports and … Incentivized Helpful? Ryan Dowson Vice President, Strategic Growth and Chief Training Officer in Sales at Professional Sales Agents International Inc. (Management Consulting, 1-10 employees) Chose ClickUp After spending a great deal of time with alternative tools, we found that the functionality and flexibility of ClickUp far surpassed other products on the market. The integrations alone meant that we could reduce or eliminate duplicate functions and keep our teams focused … Incentivized Helpful? Scott Marchand Davis Director, Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance in Quality Assurance at Microline Surgical (Medical Device, 51-200 employees) Chose ClickUp ClickUp wins against these alternatives primarily because of lower cost and higher simplicity. Creating a task takes a few clicks, and the only remotely complex decision is which task list to connect. The flexibility, solid mobile app, and ability to tailor the task structure … Incentivized Helpful? Marcos Rocha Operations Manager in Information Technology at SMANAGER Business Solutions (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees) Chose ClickUp First, was the message - we will work less and replace a lot of apps Second, it is ease to use, clean and intuitive - anybody could start using spending a miminum amouny of time to learn Third, the plans and prices - very flexible Incentivized Helpful? Mitch Stephens, PMP Technical Program Manager in Information Technology at Shipt (Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees) Chose ClickUp Jira was more expensive, but ClickUp competed directly with core functionality. However, in comparing them side by side, Jira felt to be more "mature." Meaning, Atlassian seems to know and anticipate use cases more thoroughly that ClickUp. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ClickUp Upper management and our PMO team had chosen to introduce ClickUp to my department. Incentivized Helpful? Kaycee Thomas Marketing Manager in Marketing at Mountz Torque (Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering, 51-200 employees) Chose ClickUp ClickUp is much easier to use and onboard for. Incentivized Helpful? Marianela Fernandez Water Treatment Consultant in Product Management at Eco Supplier Panamá (Chemicals, 51-200 employees) Chose ClickUp It has a friendlier interface, increases the number of available features, and is supported by integrations with third parties to meet all needs from a single platform. On the other hand, it is multi-device, and its tool for mobile teams offers everything that is needed to keep … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ClickUp ClickUp stands tall against the productivity software I've used in past. The biggest advantage of ClickUp can be summed up in one phrase - "Less is more". By combining multiple features and functions in one tool, it has reduced the number of tools we use, which saves time and … Incentivized Helpful? Aaron Parker Website Builder, Content Creator And SEO Specialist in Information Technology at Freelance (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees) Chose ClickUp Overall, Clickup is simply easier to use than other products I tried. The screen layouts and natural navigation of the system conforms to a style of use that is familiar to me and so the transition into the system was easy. The training is well laid out and easy to follow and … Incentivized Helpful? Ahmad Abu Sharea Project Engineer in Engineering at Primeland Real Estate Development (Commercial Real Estate, 11-50 employees) Chose ClickUp It is a big difference in regards to interaction and productivity, but I choose Google Drive because it was our only tool to archive data and create tools. ClickUp as an archiving tool is great compared to Google Drive, but it became slower when we uploaded a huge amount of … Incentivized Helpful? Salah Boukadoum CEO (Chief Executive Officer) in Corporate at Good Returns Group (Non-profit Organization Management, 1-10 employees) Chose ClickUp ClickUp has a very large feature set and doesn't force you into any particular paradigm. Its user management and overall architecture of Space - Folder - List - Task works really well for many, many use cases. It's flexible enough to get something started very quickly, and has … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose ClickUp ClickUp strikes the right balance between easy to configure and having enough features that allow you to effectively track a large number of tickets. Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft No answer on this topic
	Would buy again
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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	Implementation went as expected
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Features

ClickUp

Microsoft Project

Comparison of Project Management features of ClickUp and Microsoft Project
Feature	ClickUp 8.0 620 Ratings	Microsoft Project 9.1 108 Ratings
Task Management	8.9620 Ratings	10.0107 Ratings
Resource Management	8.0478 Ratings	10.0104 Ratings
Gantt Charts	7.8436 Ratings	10.0104 Ratings
Scheduling	7.8505 Ratings	10.0106 Ratings
Workflow Automation	7.9475 Ratings	10.083 Ratings
Team Collaboration	8.8591 Ratings	8.096 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology	8.4405 Ratings	6.080 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology	8.4332 Ratings	10.080 Ratings
Document Management	7.9523 Ratings	9.077 Ratings
Email integration	7.8421 Ratings	5.082 Ratings
Mobile Access	6.8490 Ratings	10.067 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking	7.6406 Ratings	10.073 Ratings
Change request and Case Management	00 Ratings	10.063 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management	00 Ratings	10.083 Ratings

Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of ClickUp and Microsoft Project
Feature	ClickUp 7.7 299 Ratings	Microsoft Project 10.0 77 Ratings
Project & financial reporting	7.7299 Ratings	10.074 Ratings
Quotes/estimates	00 Ratings	10.054 Ratings
Invoicing	00 Ratings	10.045 Ratings
Integration with accounting software	00 Ratings	10.050 Ratings

User Ratings
	ClickUp	Microsoft Project
Likelihood to Recommend	8.6 (620 ratings)	9.7 (108 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	7.3 (31 ratings)	10.0 (3 ratings)
Usability	7.8 (29 ratings)	10.0 (6 ratings)
Availability	9.5 (6 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	8.0 (5 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.4 (46 ratings)	8.2 (34 ratings)
Online Training	10.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	7.9 (7 ratings)	5.0 (1 ratings)
Configurability	8.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model	5.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Ease of integration	7.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	8.9 (6 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Professional Services	5.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	5.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	5.0 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)