Trello vs ClickUp

Two project management tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Short version

Trello costs less for a six-person team.
Trello fits retail shop, restaurant or café.
ClickUp: Lots included at a low per-seat price.

Compare	TrelloAtlassian	ClickUpClickUp
In one line	Kanban boards simple enough for the whole team	Tasks, docs, goals, and chat in one very configurable app
Starting price	From $5/person	From $9/person
Six-person team	$30/mo	$54/mo
Plans	Free (10 boards, 10 collaborators per workspace); Standard $5/user/mo; Premium $10/user/mo; Enterprise $17.50/user/mo, billed annually (monthly $6/$12.50)	Free Forever; Core $9/user/mo; Business $17/user/mo, billed yearly (monthly $12/$25); Max $100/user/mo; Enterprise on request
Pricing model	Free tier	Free tier
Free trial	—	—
Users	Per user	Per user
Integrations	Slack, Google Drive, Jira, 200+ Power-Ups	Slack, Google Drive, GitHub, Zapier, 1,000+
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	Not looked up yet
Live chat	None listed	Core and up
Support hours	Web form: Local business hours (Standard only), 24/5 (Premium only), 24/7 (Enterprise only)	Help center: 24/7
Incidents posted	0 incidents posted on Atlassian's status page in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026. Status page	1 incident posted on ClickUp's status page, which covers all ClickUp products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 0 marked major or critical by ClickUp. Status page
Capterra score	4.5 / 5 from 23,635 reviews	4.6 / 5 from 4,639 reviews
Trustpilot score	2.2 / 5 from 226 reviews	4.2 / 5 from 713 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	55	40
Fit: Restaurant or café	50	30
Fit: Service business	80	75
Fit: Agency or studio	85	92
Fit: Trades or contractor	60	55
Fit: Online store	65	65
Why people pick it	Zero learning curve Free plan is usable	Lots included at a low per-seat price Every view you could want
Where it falls short	Weak for timelines and dependencies Boards sprawl	Steep learning curve Can feel slow with big workspaces
	Visit Trello	Visit ClickUp

Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices

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Trello vs ClickUp

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