Airtable vs ClickUp
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
Airtablesite ↗pricing ↗
A spreadsheet-database hybrid: structured records with views and automations, used to run processes a spreadsheet outgrows. Paid plans start at $20/mo (Team); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 2 paid tiers, topping out at $45/mo (Business). We read the same $20/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
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.
The two ladders
Airtablesite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-10-13 · USD
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Team | $20/mo |
| Business | $45/mo |
ClickUpsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-10-13 · USD
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free | Free |
| Core | $12/mo ($8 ↓) |
| Business | $25/mo ($17 ↓) |
| Max | $120/mo ($100 ↓) |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: ClickUp at $12/mo, against Airtable at $20/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: only ClickUp publishes one — a plan priced at zero, not a trial.
- How far each ladder goes: Airtable tops out at $45/mo, ClickUp at $120/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.
- Airtable: We read the same $20/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country. It quotes USD here rather than local currency, so your bank sets the conversion.
- 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.