ClickUp vs. Trello

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ClickUp
Score 8.6 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.
$0
per month per seat
Trello
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Trello from Atlassian is a project management tool based on a Kanban framework. Trello is ideal for task-management in a to-do list format. It supports sharing boards and cards across users or teams. The product offers a free version, and paid versions add greater automation, collaboration, and administrative control.
$6
per month per user
Pricing
ClickUpTrello
Editions & Modules
Unlimited
$10
per month per user
Business
$19
per month per user
Enterprise
Custom
Standard
$6
per month per user
Premium
$12.50
per month per user
Enterprise
$17.50
per month per user
Free
Forever Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ClickUpTrello
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing.A discount is offered for annual billing and for larger numbers of users.
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Community Pulse
ClickUpTrello
Considered Both Products
ClickUp
Chose ClickUp
I think ClickUp is far more intuitive than Asana and certainly much more robust than Trello. With Asana there are lots of options to add various features on but I've found that ClickUp offers more natively without the need for bespoke customizations. It is robust yet simple …
Chose ClickUp
In the case of Trello, we had no problem making the change to clickup because it already has a board visual and also has the gantt and the way of creating and managing tasks is very simple. Zoho Sprints was tested for personal use in search of improvements but did not apply …
Chose ClickUp
ClickUp captured all the best features from all those tools. The hierarchy beats them all. In Basecamp, Trello and Asana, you have to check each board or project to see what is happening there. The Butler automation in Trello does not match what ClickUp can do. Airtable is …
Chose ClickUp
ClickUp Compared to like an Asana or Trello - it's ClickUp Hands Down! ClickUp gives you so many more features and tools to use that will help get and keep your teams on track. Your clients and staff will all be super happy once implemented.
Chose ClickUp
Trello was used initially for task & project management. The eLearning available & community of ClickUp made it much easier to identify other usage options.
Chose ClickUp
ClickUp offers the features of Trello, plus a whole lot more.
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 …
Chose ClickUp
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.
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 …
Chose ClickUp
Clickup feels a lot more complete and professional.
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 …
Chose ClickUp
The simple fact that ClickUp has everything integrated makes it very easy, no need to import information or update everything manually, is a one-stop shop and that’s the best part of ClickUp, The interface, which can be discovered and managed efficiently in a short time with a …
Chose ClickUp
ClickUp is by far the most easy to use, superb interface and functionality. The notifications are far superior too.
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 …
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
Chose ClickUp
Much more flexible and complete, you can shape it for your liking.
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.
Chose ClickUp
Because ClickUp simply aggregates all the best features from all those solutions.
Chose ClickUp
ClickUp was the best option for us given its low price, ease of use, and clean appearance. We moved from Zoho Projects, which was functional, but required advanced development knowledge to fully customize. Zoho Projects also was not as attractive or easy to use as ClickUp has …
Chose ClickUp
The reason we keep going back to ClickUp is for it's easy ability to overlap ALL work being done within our business without needing to change screens. We also choose ClickUp for it's chat functionality and now it's AI tools.
Chose ClickUp
Clickup does much more than all of the above, so avoids having to use multiple tools
Chose ClickUp
ClickUp is more complete than most of the other competitors on the list and is more focused on being awesome in providing the tools necessary for project management, including Agile methodologies, timetracking, and many more. For a software development company like mine, …
Chose ClickUp
We ended up going with another so for us it was #2 on the final decision. We found the automations easier with one of the other systems.
Chose ClickUp
I personally think ClickUp has the best flexibility and user interface of any similar programs i have used.
Trello
Chose Trello
Trello can be viewed as the simplest form of task management, whereas project management would look more like ClickUp followed by Asana and JIRA. Trello is easy to view, easy to use, and easy to implement.
Chose Trello
Asana is awesome but it comes with a price. For a startup pricing hurts. ClickUp is so vast and has a lot of areas to get lost in, if you don't set some standards there are many ways to do it wrong. Slack is just a communication platform, you can collaborate and stuff but not …
Chose Trello
We found that those software, while they included Kanban boards, offered a lot more features. Our tickets tended to get lost and it was harder to navigate through. Our Product team didn't particularly like how they functioned as much.
Chose Trello
Easier to use and easier to integrate with 3rd party software. Better design and we don't need to build everything from scratch.
Chose Trello
Todoist is a good to-do list app but I found it a bit more confusing to use than Trello because it feels like it does too much. Wunderlist was great until Microsoft bought it and stopped providing support. I used it before I switched to Trello and it would easily compete with …
Features
ClickUpTrello
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
ClickUp
8.3
681 Ratings
7% above category average
Trello
8.5
222 Ratings
9% above category average
Task Management9.2681 Ratings9.5222 Ratings
Resource Management8.4534 Ratings9.3185 Ratings
Gantt Charts8.1490 Ratings7.273 Ratings
Scheduling8.4560 Ratings9.1168 Ratings
Workflow Automation8.1533 Ratings8.2142 Ratings
Team Collaboration9.1651 Ratings9.0218 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology8.7453 Ratings8.9147 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology8.5377 Ratings7.5115 Ratings
Document Management8.0584 Ratings8.2159 Ratings
Email integration7.8471 Ratings7.7146 Ratings
Mobile Access7.3542 Ratings9.1192 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking7.9452 Ratings9.388 Ratings
Change request and Case Management00 Ratings8.7102 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings7.773 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
ClickUp
7.8
342 Ratings
1% above category average
Trello
5.9
72 Ratings
27% below category average
Project & financial reporting7.8342 Ratings6.658 Ratings
Quotes/estimates00 Ratings6.049 Ratings
Invoicing00 Ratings5.042 Ratings
Integration with accounting software00 Ratings6.044 Ratings
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User Ratings
ClickUpTrello
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(680 ratings)
9.4
(222 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.8
(33 ratings)
10.0
(6 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(30 ratings)
9.4
(60 ratings)
Availability
9.5
(6 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(5 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.2
(46 ratings)
9.9
(81 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.9
(7 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(2 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.0
(6 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
5.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
5.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ClickUpTrello
Likelihood to Recommend
ClickUp
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.
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Atlassian
For teams or individuals with lots of individual tasks/details to track, Trello is perfect! It basically removes the need for a paper checklist. For those that need an overall project management tool that requires less tasks and more overarching goals, collaboration amongst various teams, and gantt charts I would suggest monday.com
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Pros
ClickUp
  • Customizable setup and views for any personal preference (works for EVERYONE)
  • The communication tools inside of ClickUp help reduce emails
  • The ability to share ClickUp forms and documents with people outside of ClickUp is powerful
  • Unlimited file size for form attachments is amazing
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Atlassian
  • Helps track employees "to do before hire", "to do after hired," and "to do when employee leaves"
  • Provides important information on each employee like personal information along with data collected during the time of hire and during employment time
  • Allows more than one person to be assigned to a task per employee and will remain open until everyone involved has completed their task
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Cons
ClickUp
  • Add new people to meetings that are already in progress
  • Adicionar pessoas novas em reunioes que já estao em andamento
  • Record meetings within ClickUp
  • Gravar as reunioes dentro do clickup
  • connection with whatsapp to manage leads within the CRM in ClickUp
  • conexão com whatsapp para gerenciar leads dentro do CRM no ClickUp
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Atlassian
  • I use colour coding a lot so I would like a wider range of colour options.
  • Also as a visual thinker I would like to be able to easily add images to cards.
  • I would like to be able to attach a wider range of file formats to cards.
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Likelihood to Renew
ClickUp
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.
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Atlassian
I am very likely to renew Trello, because it doesn't cost anything to do so. I am also very likely to use Trello's upgraded features in the future because a lot of my team's data is stored on there and they have already gotten used to the platform. Trello is very easy for new team members to pick up, making the onboarding and usability very streamlined.
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Usability
ClickUp
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.
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Atlassian
Trello is incredibly intuitive, both on desktop and mobile right away. It is also full of helpful features that make it even easier to use, and is flexible enough to suit almost any organizational need. Onboarding for the software is thorough, but concise, and the service is frequently updated with even more QOL improvements.
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Reliability and Availability
ClickUp
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.
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Atlassian
yes always support available when I need it!
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Performance
ClickUp
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.
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Atlassian
Never experienced issues with the above!
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Support Rating
ClickUp
I started using ClickUp when it was what most would consider a baby company. There were the occasional bugs that made working in ClickUp a little bit of a headache, but the support feature allowed me to chat with a real persona and communicate my issues. I would always get prompt support and someone willing to really help me, not just point me to FAQ pages. Not feeling like a number really makes a difference.
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Atlassian
I haven't reached out to their support very often and their support is very limited anyway for the free users. They do have tons of great articles and videos in their Help Center and constantly send emails with updates and add-ons to the product. The fact that I've barely ever had to contact their support team means that they've developed a great product.
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In-Person Training
ClickUp
No answers on this topic
Atlassian
It was helpful and informative! It was back before the pandemic in 2019 so I'm not sure if they still do it but I really enjoyed the experience
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Online Training
ClickUp
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.
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Atlassian
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
ClickUp
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.
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Atlassian
For our small business, getting a few of us started well on Trello was the key, I think. As long as a couple of us were really comfortable with the interface, we could lead others and help them with any questions. From now on, anyone who works with us just naturally uses Trello for information sharing - it's just part of what we do.
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Alternatives Considered
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 Karbon, and tasks and questions are more searchable cross team, causing more time saved and less time reaching out to ask for an update. All Apps have their individual strengths, but ClickUp has it all live together in one space, making it easier overall for searching and updating items internally as a team.
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Atlassian
Trello is more simple and not as "robust" as the other tools, but it's easier to use and manage and understand and ACTUALLY get stuff done with. It's simplicity is part of the beauty of using it. You don't need a million options that nobody uses, you just need to get stuff done.
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Scalability
ClickUp
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.
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Atlassian
Feels like anyone across the org (no matter their location) can use the tool easily!
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Professional Services
ClickUp
No answers on this topic
Atlassian
Not sure if we use those
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Return on Investment
ClickUp
  • Before ClickUp, my team would have multiple different project trackers, all in different locations, formatted in different ways. ClickUp has allowed us to move all those trackers into one location with a specified template and the ability to directly link tasks to tickets. This has greatly impacted project deliveries in a very positive way.
  • The time tracking feature of ClickUp has been amazing for our development team. Instead of them having to track in a separate document or at the end of every day, try to remember what they worked on and when, they instead can just hit a timer button on the ticket and go off to work. This alone has saved time and improved the accuracy of tracked time to projects.
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Atlassian
  • Trello keeps me organized, focused, and on track. I could filter the Trello board to only see my issues and understand what I needed to work on and when.
  • Trello helped our team implement an agile structure. It's a very simple kanban method of viewing all of your team's tasks and statuses. You can completely customize the columns to your team's specific workflow and create tags relevant to your work.
  • Trello helps reduce unnecessary communications between teams. When I want to request translations, I simply create a card on the localization Trello board -- no need to directly message anyone on the team, and I can watch the status of the card change from "in progress" to "in review" to "translated," all without having to directly ask for updates.
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