With more people working from home or on independent teams, productivity is a key metric that managers monitor. Being organized with tasks and workflow helps productivity move at the right pace. Both ClickUp and Notion are productivity apps that help you get organized. We compare the two applications to help you determine the best fit for your needs.
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Notion vs. ClickUp: At a Glance
ClickUp and Notion are designed to be flexible and customizable solutions to best suit your workflow. They are both considered all-in-one productivity tools that combine Kanban-style boards with time tracking, document management, collaboration and task management.
Overall, ClickUp is a more robust product. It has more than 90 features while Notion has around 30 in its full versions. ClickUp has more than 35 integrations while Notion supports only 15. Both have a bit of a learning curve to absorb and utilize all their features fully.
Notion
Starting price
$8 per month (billed annually)
Free version available
Yes
Integrations available
Slack, Asana, Jira, GitHub, Trello, Google Drive
$8 per month (billed annually)
Yes
Slack, Asana, Jira, GitHub, Trello, Google Drive
Notion is an all-inclusive productivity app that helps you set up the workflow that is most efficient for you. Teams can house company documents in one place and use templates to create new ones. Roadmaps help team members see the project’s next stage and who the relevant stakeholders are.
The Free plan is designed for one person and provides unlimited blocks and pages. The Plus plan is available for $8 per person per month (if billed annually). In the Plus plan, you get the option to share permissions, collaborate on projects and have an unlimited number of team members. The Business plan is available for $15 per person per month (when billed annually) and has all of the features of the Plus plan, then add features that include private team spaces, Security Assertion Markup Language single sign-on (SAML SSO), bulk PDF support and more. Enterprise solutions are available with higher security features and admin tools.
- Free forever plan available
- Slightly more affordable than ClickUp
- High-speed platform
- Share notes for easy collaboration
- Simultaneous project changes
- No voice channel support
- Big learning curve
- Limited privacy configurations
ClickUp
Starting price
$7 per person per month (billed annually)
Free version available
Yes
Integrations available
Slack, GitHub, GitLab, Webhooks, Everhour, Toggl
$7 per person per month (billed annually)
Yes
Slack, GitHub, GitLab, Webhooks, Everhour, Toggl
ClickUp is as comprehensive of a platform as you can imagine that allows each team member to customize how they utilize the program. There is a Free version that lets you work in list, board or calendar view. It even has 100 application uses of mind maps and the use of three whiteboards. The step-up plan is the Unlimited plan for $7 per person per month (if billed annually). This includes team breakdowns for project workflow and Agile management.
The Enterprise Plus plan requires you to contact ClickUp for a quote and adds advanced time tracking and granular time estimates so that managers can better understand project resources and costs. To learn more, check out our ClickUp review.
- Free forever plan
- Commitment-free, monthly plans available
- Evolving and upgrading constantly
- Clean platform design
- Highly customizable
- Limited time-tracking feature
- Can lag after updates
- Navigation is not intuitive
How ClickUp and Notion Stack Up
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Free Plan
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Yes, for one user (100 MB of storage limit)
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Yes, for one user (5 MB file upload limit)
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Starting Price For Paid Plans
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$7 per month with annual billing
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$8 per month with annual billing
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Available Views
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List, board, calendar and Kanban
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Table, list, calendar, kanban board, gallery and timeline
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Role Assignment Features
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Yes
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Yes
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Timelines
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Yes
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Yes
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Gantt Charts
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Yes
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Yes
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Budgeting
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Yes
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Yes
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Billing and Invoicing
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Yes
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Yes
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Customer Service
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24/7 email support
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Email, chat or Twitter
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ClickUp and Notion are two of the most comprehensive solutions on the market. This is why they scored so high with our proprietary star ratings, getting a 4.6 and 4.5, respectively. When it comes to the general features that you are looking for in a productivity app, both have role assignment features, timelines and Gantt charts. Both solutions go a step further and help you manage the cost of any project with budgeting, billing and invoicing solutions.
While both have a bit of a learning curve to get used to all the features they offer, ClickUp seems to hide more things on the interface as it tries to keep a clean-looking dashboard. This can be frustrating for some to use and maximize all the features. Overall, users like the products and offer criticisms as a way to help the company make good products even better.
Bottom Line
Both ClickUp and Notion are good productivity solutions for teams of all sizes. ClickUp wins with a slight edge, offering more features and integrations with other products. We’d recommend trying the free version of each to see which platform is more intuitive for you to use and is better able to deliver on your productivity goals.
