ClickUp vs. Microsoft Planner

ClickUp

Microsoft Planner

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
ClickUp	Score 8.7 out of 10	Small Businesses (1-50 employees)	ClickUp is a productivity platform that brings together work apps, data, and workflows. Also presented as a Converged AI Workspace, ClickUp eliminates work sprawl to provide context and a single place for humans and agents to work together. The platform currently boasts over 20 million users worldwide. ClickUp Brain² is deeply embedded into the workspace, offering conversational intake for project scoping and autonomous task generation. It can transform brainstorming docs…	$10 per month per user
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

Unlimited: $10
per month per user
Business: $19
per month per user
Enterprise: Custom

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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

Additional Details

Discount available for annual billing.

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Community Pulse
	ClickUp	Microsoft Planner
Considered Both Products	ClickUp SS Sid Sekhar Email Marketing Specialist Chose ClickUp Trello Incentivized Helpful? VB Veronika Boos Operations Manager Chose ClickUp I haven't used Asana very much at all but I wasn't any more impressed with it than ClickUp. However, I wasn't in it long enough to customize it to my liking so that could have been why. Incentivized Helpful? CP Caroline Picolo Content Coordinator Chose ClickUp ClickUp is more intuitive than other tools and has more features that assist with processes. O ClickUp é mais intuitivo do que outras ferramentas e possui mais recursos que auxiliam nos processos. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ClickUp ClickUp has many more features and is also much better visually, furthermore it allows for integrations with other applications. ClickUP tiene muchas más funciones y además es mucho mejor visualmente, además permite hacer integraciones con otras aplicaciones. Incentivized Helpful? JD Julian Dussan Operations Specialist Chose ClickUp ClickUp is way more robust than its competitors. Smartsheet is more of a simple spreadsheet-like tool. Asana has nowhere near the customizability. And Trello is too simple. ClickUp is like a mashup of all the PMIS tools out there, combining all of their features into a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ClickUp ClickUp is the best tool to use for teams that are scaling up because it comes with a lot of tools that you can eliminate out of the box and their advanced features (so many options for views, templates, custom fields) are unlike any other tool that I have used before. Incentivized Helpful? PP Preston Pohler, MPA Lieutenant Chose ClickUp ClickUp is a powerhouse product that is only limited by your imagination. It has become one of our go to applications that is a jack of all trades. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ClickUp ClickUp had the best and easiest user segmentation. Asana is a bit heavy to navigate sometimes. I also prefer the ClickUp List Views over the Monday.com list views. Incentivized Helpful? GH Grant Hillam Software Relationship Manager Chose ClickUp Hard to describe it, but the way it connects everything so much better, that they layout is significantly easier to use, and the capabilities are significantly higher. Cleaner and easier to use than SalesForce, both in capability and in the way the workspace UX is presented is … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ClickUp I've mentioned most of my thoughts in other comments, but in each of those listed softwares, I only get one main feature. In ClickUp, I consolidate all of the above into one. Pretty incredible. Incentivized Helpful? Ben Soutas Marketing Chose ClickUp I have never been the decision maker on software like this. They are always decided by someone else before I start working for a company. ClickUp seems like the one with the most features though. My co-worker especially loves it and is the one who insisted we use ClickUp over … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ClickUp ClickUp got everything connected in one Incentivized Helpful? Caroline Hess CEO Chose ClickUp For me the customizability of ClickUp was unmatched. It really felt like there was no limit on what I could use it for and how I could organize things. For specific features, their Docs are really my favorite part. The customizability and ability to directly link to related … Incentivized Helpful? Howar Rasguido Web Developer Chose ClickUp Mejor integracion y visualizacion de tareas, la contabilidad del tiempo por tareas/tickets es una de las partes mas robustas de ClickUp, la integration con gitlab es una ventaja y ayuda mucho a la organizacion del trabajo, la posibilidad de agrupar tareas por grupos o tipos … Incentivized Helpful? Hugo Moreira CS Manager Chose ClickUp Asana is very limited in its basics; I believe only the paid version would work better. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ClickUp Purely automations and the ability to use the workspace with different custom fields. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ClickUp We have only ever used ClickUp Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose ClickUp both are people using it for project management and product development and follow the agile teams across the teams to complete the things on time. But in ClickUp, it's all in one platform for all the daily tasks happening in the company, from onboarding to the completion of … Incentivized Helpful? HM Helen McDaniel Specialist Chose ClickUp Microsoft Teams is a good project however, there were also software glitches that became detrimental to our success. We tried working it out with the company but found that the product did not meet our needs. ClickUp does so much more and has fewer issues with glitches and … Incentivized Helpful? JR Jaclyn Reisser Vice President of Operations Chose ClickUp I used Salesforce at my last job and would recommend ClickUp if utilizing the product for more than just sales. My last company tried using Salesforce for a number of other actions, such as department project tracking, client documentation, and outbound communication which did … Incentivized Helpful? Mariah Milán Project Manager Chose ClickUp ClickUp offers more ways to set up a project. It's not just one or two ways - which makes it a bit more stealthy in its way to fit a variety of team sizes and project types. For us, having so many features within one tool makes it a no-brainer for our team. Incentivized Helpful? SM Stacie Moody-McClung Program & Administrative Coordinator Chose ClickUp The main reason I initially chose ClickUp over all of the others was price. Because we are a small nonprofit, our funds for this were basically $0. So the robust free version of ClickUp really sold me. Once I got in there and worked with it, I realized just how valuable this … Incentivized Helpful? √ Andre Lucas Co Founder Chose ClickUp ClickUp has more features integrated and well organized. Especially the concept of having Spaces, folders and lists helps a lot in organizing the projects and each having its own workflows. Incentivized Helpful? RS Ramon Salinas Owner Chose ClickUp Once I found ClickUp I migrated everything to it, I started with Trello and then went to Asana. But ClickUp showed truly being the one tool to replace them all since the beginning. Incentivized Helpful? Ranjeet Malik Retention Marketing Specialist Chose ClickUp It stands out as more feature-rich and customizable, especially for handling multiple projects in one place. Incentivized Helpful?	Microsoft Planner 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? Verified User Anonymous Chose Microsoft Planner Microsoft Planner isn't as detailed for project planning as some of these. However, it is more user friendly. Anyone can learn how to use it. If you want simple and affordable for a diverse group, it's the way to go. Incentivized Helpful? 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?

Features

ClickUp

Microsoft Planner

Project Management

Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
	ClickUp 8.4 Ratings 9% above category average	Microsoft Planner - Ratings
Task Management	9.40 Ratings	00 Ratings
Resource Management	8.50 Ratings	00 Ratings
Gantt Charts	8.10 Ratings	00 Ratings
Scheduling	8.60 Ratings	00 Ratings
Workflow Automation	8.30 Ratings	00 Ratings
Team Collaboration	9.30 Ratings	00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology	8.70 Ratings	00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology	8.40 Ratings	00 Ratings
Document Management	8.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Email integration	7.60 Ratings	00 Ratings
Mobile Access	7.40 Ratings	00 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking	8.20 Ratings	00 Ratings

Professional Services Automation

Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
	ClickUp 7.7 Ratings 0% below 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	8.8 (0 ratings)	7.6 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.3 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	8.5 (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	It has been great for all of my needs - tracking elaborate tasks/subtasks and their timelines, instructions, time spent, reporting on time, etc. I did try to use it for lesson planning and time tracking for homeschool and it got too hard to view and keep track of all the automations I had set up and if they were firing at the right times. But that's the only time I can think of where it didn't really work for what I needed! Incentivized VB Veronika Boos Operations Manager 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 is huge for us! We do not have the aspects of standard project management, so having the ability to customize basically everything in ClickUp is amazing. An outstanding free version of the software! We are a small nonprofit organization that cannot afford the robust levels of other software, so having access to SO MUCH for free is incredible. The layout and organization of tasks, Spaces, folders, etc. is perfect. I love how I can see which task all of my subtasks belong to on my dashboard. And the option to change colors and icons for everything also really appeals to my obsessive brain. Incentivized SM Stacie Moody-McClung Program & Administrative Coordinator 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	I would like to see when scheduling a task for someone, their available hours, as I am scheduling instead of having to go back to the workload view I'd like easier UX and understanding of what all of the different levels of folders, lists, tasks, can do and what they should be used for Notifications can be cleaned up Incentivized Erica Hernandez Group Director, Client Operations 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	It has been a game-changer in terms of project tracking, as animation is a demanding product that requires multiple layers of analysis, revisions, tracking, scheduling, etc. ClickUp simplifies many approvals as anyone can easily add items, and you can tag the people who need to look at them. Incentivized José Francisco Laguna Technical Writer 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	In general, I think the usability is probably great. The reason I didn't give it as high of a score is because at the last 2 companies I worked at, they each used different software. So I was already used to those. Learning their UI isn't hard, but always a little annoying to learn something new. Ben Soutas Marketing 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	Hard to describe it, but the way it connects everything so much better, that they layout is significantly easier to use, and the capabilities are significantly higher. Cleaner and easier to use than SalesForce, both in capability and in the way the workspace UX is presented is far more usable, the features are more rich and flexible than Monday (as well as billing and feature access across plans is way better), and the list + doc + spaces structure is miles ahead of Notion in terms of structure, layout, access, and usability. Incentivized GH Grant Hillam Software Relationship 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	Allows us to meet from anywhere in the world. Allow us to provide reports and updates via computer to leadership. Leadership in our organization have praised IT for the use of ClickUp because the tool is exactly what was needed. Before, we were depending on spreadsheets to keep track of work. ClickUp brings organizatins together in ways that other software has not. It provides everything we lacked and needed to get out organization up to the standard as other large universities. Incentivized HM Helen McDaniel Specialist 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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