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Audited 2026-08-09 · RXed table v1.0

ClickUp

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“ClickUp is the AI work platform that not only helps manage and orchestrate work, but also does the work for you.” — the vendor’s own words

The most feature-dense AI layer among work-management platforms — real memory, real multi-model choice, real agents — but every bit of it rides on a mandatory per-seat Brain add-on, and ClickUp's headline agent benchmark is self-graded.

The verdict, read by Jan · AI clone of Jan’s voice, generated locally with his consent.
Best for: Teams that want the deepest AI feature set inside a single work-management tool and are comfortable paying the mandatory Brain add-on across every seat, not just the ones using AI.
Scope15/20
Quality6/10
Where the quality sits
6Reactive
Retrieval & Memory
7Orchestration
6Validation
6Models
SMB toolProductivityAutomation & AgentsMeeting NotetakersFreemium
Vendor
ClickUp · clickup.com
Origin
US — San Diego, CA
Pricing
Free Forever · Unlimited $7/user/mo · Business $12/user/mo · Enterprise Custom · Brain (AI add-on) $9/user/mo · Everything AI $28/user/mo
Users (official only)
Over 20 million users, 5M+ teams, surpassed $300M in annual recurring revenue (source, 2025-09-09)
Free ForeverFree60MB storage, unlimited tasks/members
Unlimited$7/user/mobilled annually (~$10 monthly)
Business$12/user/mobilled annually
EnterpriseCustomSAML SSO, SCIM, audit log, contact sales
Brain (AI add-on)$9/user/moon top of any paid plan
Everything AI$28/user/moSuper Agents, Brain MAX, premium models

Official pricing page shows USD only; EUR figures are approximate conversions. AI (Brain) is a mandatory per-seat add-on charged on every paid member in the workspace, not only active AI users.

checked 2026-08-09 · vendor pricing page

Element scores

Reactive
Retrieval & Memory
Orchestration
Validation
Models
Primitives
Compositions
Deployment
Emerging
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Strengths

Brain2 adds persistent memory and automatic model routing across GPT-5.x, Claude Opus, Gemini 3 Pro and o3 (including reasoning-class o3). Super Agents are a genuinely mature agent product — mentionable, schedulable, 500+ skills — and an official MCP server (plus MCP-client support for GitHub/Atlassian) gives real two-way protocol coverage.

Honest dings

No embeddings API, vector store, fine-tuning or interpretability surface for customers. The Business-tier audit-log gap and Enterprise-gated governance features leave mid-market teams with weaker oversight. ClickUp's own benchmark comparing its agents to Copilot and ChatGPT is self-administered, not independently verified, and the Brain add-on is billed per seat regardless of AI usage.

Prices and details change — this passport is re-verified at least quarterly.
Sources (10) — every claim traceable

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