ClickUp vs Trello
Both ladders below were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages, in this market, on the dates shown. Nothing is converted: what you see is what each page showed a reader here.
What each one is
ClickUpsite ↗pricing ↗
A project management tool that deliberately covers many jobs — tasks, docs, goals, whiteboards — for teams consolidating tools. Paid plans start at $12/mo (Core); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at $120/mo (Max). It bills by country — entry $8/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads. Its published prices moved on 2026-10-10 — the change log holds the rows.
Trellosite ↗pricing ↗
A card-and-board task tool, known for being immediately understandable, used for light project tracking. Paid plans start at $6/mo (Standard); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 2 paid tiers, topping out at $12.5/mo (Premium).
The two ladders
ClickUpsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-10-13 · USD
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | Free |
| Core | $12/mo ($8 ↓) |
| Business | $25/mo ($17 ↓) |
| Max | $120/mo ($100 ↓) |
Trellosite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-09-06 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 'Free for up to 10 collaborators per Workspace'. Unlimited cards, unlimited activity log, iOS and Android apps, 2FA. |
| Standard | $6/mo ($5 ↓) | '$5 USD Per user/month if billed annually ($6 billed monthly)'. 1,000 Workspace command runs per month, single board guests, saved searches. |
| Premium | $12.5/mo ($10 ↓) | '$10 USD Per user/month if billed annually ($12.50 billed monthly)'. Workspace-level templates, collections, observers, simple data export. |
| Enterprise | $17.5/mo | '$17.50 USD Per user/month - billed annually ($210.00 annual price per user)'. No monthly-billing figure is published for this plan. |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: Trello at $6/mo, against ClickUp at $12/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: both publish one — a plan priced at zero, not a trial. What each caps differs.
- How far each ladder goes: ClickUp tops out at $120/mo, Trello at $12.5/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
- Recently moved: ClickUp (2026-10-10). A change only counts once a second clean read agrees.
- ClickUp: It bills by country — entry $8/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads.
How to choose in this category
- Nearly everything here is per seat — multiply by the team before comparing.
- Free tiers cap different things: seats on some tools, features on others. Check which.
- Billed-monthly rates sit above the advertised annual-billed figures.