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Sign up for a free ClickUp account at clickup.com Create your first workspace and invite team members Start with a template (Project Management, Agile, or CRM) to see ClickUp's structure Customize task statuses, fields, and views to match your team's workflow Add ClickUp Brain AI ($7/user/month) for intelligent task generation and insights
💡 Quick Start: Follow these 1 steps in order to get up and running with ClickUp quickly.
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Spaces > Folders > Lists > Tasks > Subtasks with custom fields, statuses, dependencies, and multi-assignees. Same data renders as List, Board, Calendar, Gantt, Timeline, Mind Map, Workload, Activity, Table, Box, Map, Embed, Chat, Doc, and Whiteboard views.
Bundled AI layer that summarizes threads, drafts task descriptions and standup updates, answers natural-language questions across workspace content, and powers AI Agents that triage and route work. Sold as a paid add-on per user.
Notion-style document editor with nested pages, live task embeds, and collaborative editing. Whiteboards support sticky notes, shapes, and direct conversion of objects into actionable tasks.
Pre-built and conditional automations triggered by events, schedules, or natural-language rules. 100+ native integrations including Slack, GitHub, GitLab, Figma, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Zoom, Salesforce, HubSpot, plus a public API and webhooks.
Custom dashboards with 50+ widget types (sprint velocity, workload, time reports, custom charts). Goals module ties measurable targets to tasks and OKRs. Native time tracking with billable rates, timesheets, and idle detection.
In-product messaging tied to tasks, lists, and projects. Reduces context switching by anchoring conversations directly to work items, with AI-generated summaries of long threads.
The Free Forever plan is permanent, not a trial. It includes unlimited tasks, unlimited free plan members, 100MB of storage, and access to most core views (List, Board, Calendar, etc.). Limits kick in on advanced features: Gantt views, Timeline, custom fields, automations, and dashboards are capped or restricted, and storage is the main pain point for teams uploading attachments.
ClickUp competes on breadth and price. Versus Asana and Monday.com, it offers more native modules (docs, whiteboards, chat, goals) at a lower per-seat cost, but with a steeper learning curve and a less polished UI. Versus Notion, ClickUp is far stronger at structured project management — dependencies, Gantt, workload, time tracking — while Notion remains better for free-form documentation and lightweight databases. Teams that want one tool for execution typically pick ClickUp; teams that prioritize writing and knowledge management pick Notion.
Yes. ClickUp Brain is a paid add-on layered on top of paid plans (Unlimited, Business, and Enterprise), priced per user per month. The free plan does not include AI features. This is a key cost consideration when comparing total spend against competitors that bundle some AI capabilities into their base tiers.
It depends on team needs. ClickUp Chat is competent for task-anchored conversations and reduces context switching, but lacks the deep third-party app ecosystem and real-time polish of Slack — most teams keep Slack for company-wide chat. ClickUp Docs covers most Notion use cases for project documentation, but Notion's editor, templates, and database flexibility remain stronger for knowledge bases and wikis. The realistic gain is consolidating 2–3 tools, not eliminating every adjacent product.
ClickUp offers SOC 2 Type II compliance, GDPR compliance, HIPAA compliance (on Enterprise), and supports SSO, 2FA, and granular permissions. Enterprise plans add advanced features like custom roles, MSA, white-labeling, and a dedicated success manager. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Teams in regulated industries should verify HIPAA/data residency requirements during the Enterprise sales process.
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Tutorial updated March 2026