ClickUp vs monday.com
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.
monday.comsite ↗pricing ↗
A work operating system built on customisable boards, used for projects, CRM and operations by the same team. Paid plans start at £11/mo (Basic); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at £21/mo (Pro). It bills by country — entry $12/mo to a US reader and €12/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads. The free plan runs to two seats; every paid figure is per seat and multiplies by your team.
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 ↓) |
monday.comsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-10-13 · GBP
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Basic | £11/mo (£7.8 ↓) |
| Standard | £13/mo (£10.5 ↓) |
| Pro | £21/mo (£17 ↓) |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: monday.com at £11/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: only ClickUp publishes one — a plan priced at zero, not a trial.
- How far each ladder goes: ClickUp tops out at $120/mo, monday.com at £21/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.
- monday.com: It bills by country — entry $12/mo to a US reader and €12/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.