ClickUp Pricing
Complete pricing breakdown for ClickUp including all plans, hidden costs, and limitations.
Pricing score: 68/100
Plans & Pricing
- Unlimited tasks and members
- 100 automation runs/month
- Docs, whiteboards, in-app chat
- Limited AI trial
User limit: Unlimited members
Storage: 60MB total (not per user)
- Everything in Business
- 250,000 automation runs/month
- SAML SSO, HIPAA, advanced permissions, custom roles
- Dedicated success manager
User limit: Unlimited
Storage: Unlimited
- $7/user/month billed yearly or $10 billed monthly
- Unlimited storage, integrations and dashboards
- 1,000 automation runs/month
- Guests: 5 for the first paid user + 2 per additional user
- Goals, portfolios, resource management
User limit: Unlimited
Storage: Unlimited
- $9/user/month billed yearly (about $14 monthly)
- AI writing, summaries and search across the workspace
- Everything AI tier: $28/user/month yearly
User limit: Per user
- $12/user/month billed yearly or $19 billed monthly
- 5,000 automation runs/month
- Guests: 10 for the first paid user + 5 per additional user
- Advanced automations (webhooks, email, integrations)
- Timelines, workload, unlimited activity history, Google SSO
User limit: Unlimited
Storage: Unlimited
Pricing Issues Reported by Users
Internal guests now billed as paid seats
ClickUp reclassified guests from inside your company as limited members billed as paid users (only external guests stay free). Reddit users report bills doubling, e.g. $400 to $800, and one found an annual bill jumping from $144 to $1,250, prompting several teams to look for alternatives.
Guest seats add 15-30% to contract value
Guest seats are a commonly overlooked cost driver. Unlimited includes 5 guest seats for the first paid user plus 2 per additional user; Business includes 10 plus 5 per additional user. Beyond that allocation guests cost extra, which enterprise buyers report can add 15-30% to total contract value.
Features locked without warning requiring tier upgrade
One user was 'locked out of the Notes feature without warning, requiring an upgrade from $10 to $19 per license.' Recent billing changes have left teams 'staring at bills that have jumped tenfold.' The Unlimited plan price increased from $5 to $7 per user.
ClickUp AI costs $9-28 extra per user per month
ClickUp Brain AI is sold as an add-on: about $9/user/month billed yearly (around $14 monthly) for Brain AI and $28/user/month yearly for Everything AI, stacked on top of the base plan. Heavier use also burns AI credits, with extra credits sold at $10 per 10,000. A Business seat at $12 can end up at $21-40 per user once AI is added.
Pricing page tests a more expensive Core/Business/Max lineup
In October 2026 ClickUp's pricing page shows some visitors a new lineup: Core at $9/user/month yearly ($12 regular), Business at $17 ($25 regular) and Max at $100 ($120 regular), with pooled AI credits included. The tested Core price itself rose from $8 to $9 in mid-October. Prices you see may depend on your test group, which makes budgeting harder.