Best All-Around Project Management Tool
November 19, 2019
Best All-Around Project Management Tool
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with ClickUp
ClickUp is our agency-wide project management and task organization tool. It is being used for all teams (PPC, SEO, dev and creative) to at least some degree. Over the past 5 years we've tried to do this with every major platform (Asana, Teamwork, Trello) and have never stayed with one solution for more than a year or so for various reasons. ClickUp is by far my favorite platform personally, as it is easy to setup, personalize, automate and collaborate with other team members.
- Easy to setup tasks, lists and assign to other team members.
- Following tasks and projects is straightforward, all relevant information can be included in an organized manner.
- Automation and schedule of recurring tasks is designed well, much more so than other platforms like Trello.
- The notification emails are a little much, I believe they can be personalized but it can still overload your email if not set properly.
- Small detail, but when you're using the Harvest integration, and have multiple projects/clients, when you go to track time for a task, it does not always relate to that particular client. Annoying and every other tool does this correctly.
- Little bit of a learning curve getting the initial projects/tasks created but not much different than comparable platforms.
- After using most of the major project management platforms, ClickUp has so far been the most effective.
- It is actually cheaper than our previous solution Trello, and makes our workflow a little more efficient.
- With any transition, there will be a period of downtime, getting acclimated to new process, but that is to be expected, it's been well worth the change.
Asana - Probably my 2nd favorite platform. Loved the recurring task setup, easy to filter tasks to have a dashboard with your preferred view. Not as easy to run projects across different teams, there was some limitations, at least during the time we were using it.
Teamwork - Very robust solution, capable of extensive customization for cross-functional teams/projects. Really nice platform, but might be a little overkill for smaller organizations/agencies.
Trello - Least favorite project management platform by far. Too much manual workflow for simple things that should be able to be automated, can end up spending more time in the platform properly logging your work and setting tasks up than you actually work on the task. Would be fine for small teams, or even keeping track of stuff around the house, but wouldn't be my first solution for even a midsize agency.
Teamwork - Very robust solution, capable of extensive customization for cross-functional teams/projects. Really nice platform, but might be a little overkill for smaller organizations/agencies.
Trello - Least favorite project management platform by far. Too much manual workflow for simple things that should be able to be automated, can end up spending more time in the platform properly logging your work and setting tasks up than you actually work on the task. Would be fine for small teams, or even keeping track of stuff around the house, but wouldn't be my first solution for even a midsize agency.
Do you think ClickUp delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with ClickUp's feature set?
Yes
Did ClickUp live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of ClickUp go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy ClickUp again?
Yes