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ClickUp vs Clerk

One app to replace them all — tasks, docs, chat, goals, time tracking
vs. User management and authentication as a service

ClickUp website ↗Clerk website ↗

Pricing tiers

ClickUp

Free Forever
$0. Unlimited tasks + members. 100MB storage. 2 lists. Basic features.
Free
Unlimited
$7/user/mo annual ($10/mo). Unlimited storage, integrations, dashboards, Gantt.
$7/mo
ClickUp Brain (AI)
$7/user/mo add-on. AI writing, auto-summary, Q&A over workspace.
$7/mo
Business
$12/user/mo annual ($19/mo). Advanced time tracking, automations (10k/mo), workload mgmt.
$12/mo
Business Plus
$19/user/mo annual ($29/mo). Team sharing, custom roles, permissions, 25k automations.
$19/mo
Enterprise
Custom. SSO, HIPAA, white labeling, advanced permissions, unlimited automations, dedicated CSM.
Custom
ClickUp website ↗

Clerk

Free
50k MAU included. No SSO/SAML. Perfect for side projects and early prototypes.
Free
Pro
$25/mo (or $20/mo annual). 50k MAU, $0.02 each after. 1 enterprise SSO connection per app. Webhooks, JWT templates, custom session duration.
$25/mo
Business
$300/mo (or $250/mo annual). Advanced organizations, enhanced support, additional enterprise features.
$300/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Volume MAU discounts, SLA, workspace-wide SAML SSO, dedicated support.
Custom
Clerk website ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on ClickUp vs hobby on Clerk.

MetricClickUpClerk
mao—100 orgs/month
mau—50000 users/month
sso connections—0 connections

Features

ClickUp · 17 features

  • 15+ Views — List/Board/Gantt/Timeline/etc.
  • Automations — No-code workflow builder.
  • Chat — Native team chat.
  • ClickUp Brain (AI) — AI across workspace.
  • Custom Fields — 15+ field types.
  • Dashboards — Custom widget boards.
  • Desktop Apps — Mac + Windows + Linux.
  • Docs — Rich text docs + wikis.
  • Forms — Collect tasks via form.
  • Goals — OKRs + progress tracking.
  • iOS + Android Apps — Native mobile.
  • REST API — Public API for integrations.
  • Sprints — Agile sprint views.
  • Subtasks + Dependencies — Nested + blocking.
  • Tasks — Full task management.
  • Time Tracking — Native timers + timesheets.
  • Whiteboards — Collaborative canvas.

Clerk · 15 features

  • Account Portal — Hosted sign-in/user profile pages at accounts.yourapp.com — zero UI code, fully …
  • Bot Protection — Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA integrated into sign-up.
  • Clerk Billing — Built-in Stripe-powered billing: subscriptions, plans, proration — ties directly…
  • Enterprise SSO (SAML/OIDC) — SAML and OIDC for enterprise customers. Per-domain connection. Pro+ (1 included)…
  • Impersonation — Act as a user from dashboard to debug. Logged.
  • JWT Templates — Custom JWT issuance for third-party backends (Supabase, Hasura, Firebase, Convex…
  • Machine Tokens (M2M) — API keys and machine tokens for service-to-service auth in addition to user sess…
  • Multi-Factor Auth — TOTP (authenticator apps), SMS OTP, backup codes. Forced or optional per user.
  • Organizations (B2B) — Multi-tenant orgs with roles, permissions, invitations, domain allowlist, and pe…
  • Passkeys (WebAuthn) — Passwordless passkey sign-in with per-device biometrics.
  • Prebuilt Components — Drop-in React components: <SignIn/>, <SignUp/>, <UserButton/>, <OrganizationSwit…
  • Sessions — Server-side session tokens. Sliding expiration by default; configurable absolute…
  • User Management — Full user CRUD, metadata (public/private/unsafe), email/phone verification, ban/…
  • Waitlist Mode — Collect sign-ups before opening the app. Approve waitlist entries to activate ac…
  • Webhooks — Events: user.created/updated/deleted, session.created, organization.* — delivere…

Developer interfaces

KindClickUpClerk
SDKclickup.js (community)@clerk/astro, @clerk/backend / @clerk/clerk-sdk-node, @clerk/chrome-extension, @clerk/clerk-expo, @clerk/clerk-js (vanilla), @clerk/clerk-react, @clerk/clerk-react-native, @clerk/nextjs, @clerk/nuxt, @clerk/remix, clerk-sdk-go, clerk-sdk-python, clerk-sdk-ruby, @clerk/tanstack-start, @clerk/vue
RESTClickUp REST API v2Backend REST API, Frontend API
MCP—Clerk MCP
OTHERClickUp Apps, ClickUp Chrome Extension, ClickUp Webhooks, OAuth 2.0Webhooks (Svix)
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