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What Is ClickUp?
ClickUp is an all-in-one productivity platform that eliminates work silos. It's the hub where teams come together to plan, organize, and collaborate on work using tasks, Docs, Chat, Goals, Whiteboards, and more.
Easily customized with just a few clicks, ClickUp helps teams of all types and sizes deliver work more effectively. By replacing inflexible and overlapping tools, ClickUp helps teams save one day each week!
Who Uses ClickUp?
Teams that want to work smarter and more efficiently on a masterfully intuitive platform.
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Reviews of ClickUp

Easy to Get Started, Effective to Run Projects
Comments: Awesome experience! The pricing was great and it does offer a lot of features that benefit your project management and flow. Compared to its most competitors, it charges less and the user interface is just easy to use.
Pros:
Easy user interface and greatly simple to manage projects and team members' work.
Cons:
Sometimes the web app was slow to load and could get laggy with data overload.
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Maybe the most complete tool you need to manage your projects
Comments: To put it in one word I will say it was great. I used it in the past and also I've tried multiple other solutions like Jira, Asana, Plaky, and many more others trying to find the perfect tool but somehow I always relied on ClickUp. It's not the perfect solution but I think is there compared with other solutions on the market.
Pros:
I find the concept of spaces the most complete for my needs. I use spaces for customers, and I put all the client projects there as folders, but I also use them for large projects.
Cons:
The loading speed. I tried on multiple different networks but it has that lazy loading that way in the past, when I started to use the tool it was not there.

Great functionality, but is it over complicated?
Comments: Maybe I'm just not skilled enough to take full advantage of it yet, but the complexity of it and the lack of natural UX flow put me off trying.
Pros:
It has a lot of features and functionalities.
Cons:
It can be quite confusing. I think there's an overwhelm of features and functionalities so sometimes I feel like I lost the whole benefit of managing tasks because it's all just time-consuming and over-complicated. I've been using it for a while and sometimes I still can't find what I'm looking for.. it doesn't feel intuitive.

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Efficient Project Management
Comments: My overall experience with ClickUp has been positive. It effectively streamlines project management and enhances team communication. However, the initial learning curve can be challenging.
Pros:
Task management, customizable workflows, and integration with other tools.
Cons:
Complex interface, which can be overwhelming for beginners, and occasional performance slowdowns. It also requires time to fully customize.
Track progress, milestones and meet sprint goals - ClickUp
Comments: I have been using it for 2 years, overall is a good product and experience is good. It comes with integration of CI/CD tools like github so that team members can collaborate together. I also use it to track my daily tasks, progress and milestones achieve. It helps me meet deadlines by timely tracking
Pros:
I like the UI, it is a modularised platform. It helps product managers to organise sprints and assign tasks to team members to reach milestones. It helps to track progress of the project, goals , milestones, etc. It comes with integration of CI/CD tools like github and gitlab
Cons:
It is costlier in comparison to similar products in market. Slightly organisation of tasks, allocation to sprint, filling in the fields relevant to the task is slightly complex
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Task Manager and CRM for all!
Comments: Fantastic! We are an accounting firm and being able to track tasks and history was great. The change in the platform made things a little tricky but good!
Pros:
I love the customizability of the platform. Very versatile and can be used by seemingly any type of organization
Cons:
Not super intuitive on the automations and the structure changed making it harder to understand how tasks and subtasks work. Subtasks can get buried if not careful
Customizable Task and Workflow Management Solution
Pros:
Task and workflow management with the tool is easier and straightforward. Its affordable compared to its competition but meets the requirements. Offers strong collaboration features such as whiteboard, team messaging and commenting. Integrates with a number of solution such as zapier, dropbox, etc.
Cons:
Due to its complexity, beginner may find it overwhelming.
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ClickUp is the Best
Comments: Since I started using ClickUp, it has been a game changer
Pros:
It is one of the best tools in our company. So easy to learn and use. I love the friendly user interface.
Cons:
It has been working well. I have nothing negative about ClickUp
How my busy mind got calm and quiet
Pros:
The visual aspect of my work schedule that it provides.
Cons:
The fact that I need to pay in order to use it woth others.
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100% recommended, useful, powerful for any use case.
Comments: Its good, I hope clickup find the way to optimize the resources, in order to have more light tool.
Pros:
It is very powerful, I mean, it is simple with a lot of tools, designed in a very general way that allow us to use it in many different purposes.
Cons:
It is heavy, in some devices consume a lot of resources so it performs slow.
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Great product! Wish I was still using it!
Comments: I was tasked with finding a software that would give my department a place to store our workplans. We have multiple divisions within the department and needed something to be able to show our commissioner a snapshot of our projects for the year. Click-up was amazing! It was visual, had so much detail that could be included and so much functionality and editing capacity that it can be used for a whole range of data. The system is user friendly and I had to do minimal training with staff as it is very intuitive.
Pros:
Click-up is easy to use, visually stimulating, well organized and can provide a great snapshot of company projects, timelines and status. The FAQs are great and so are the Youtube videos.
Cons:
I liked everything about Click-Up. I did not have any cons when using this program.
Almost great planning tool
Comments: I am overall happy about using ClickUp in my daily workflow. It is a tools that helps me with my daily tasks and organizes my work. Sometimes it can be a bit laggy, but except meetings it doesn't happen really often.
Pros:
ClickUp can make your work more organized by allowing you to create various spaces in which you can divide your companies or departments to make your tasks be where they belong. You can use a few default views to sort your lists of tasks. It is perfect for managing projects, keeping your work documented and well planned. It is also great for collaboration.
Cons:
My biggest issue with ClickUp is it has a lot of problems during meets. I am not able to comfortably present the project to the team, or scrum along with them.
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CLICKUP is the JAM!!!
Comments: Using ClickUp has been a fantastic experience! It’s made managing my tasks and projects so much easier. The ability to customize everything—from task views to priority levels—lets me organize my work exactly how I want. The features like time tracking, goal setting, and integrated docs help me stay focused and productive. What really stood out was how smoothly it supports teamwork; everyone stays on the same page with clear communication and updates. Overall, ClickUp has streamlined my workflow and significantly improved how I manage my day-to-day tasks.
Pros:
ClickUp is a game-changer for staying organized! The app offers incredible flexibility with task management, allowing you to customize views, set priorities, and track progress all in one place. The integrations and automations are seamless, saving tons of time. Whether you're working solo or with a team, ClickUp makes collaboration smooth and efficient. I love how I can break down complex projects into manageable tasks while keeping everything connected. The user interface is intuitive, and the customization options are endless. Highly recommended for anyone looking to boost productivity!
Cons:
Havent came across something I did not like.
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With great power, comes great responsibility
Comments: ClickUp is great, we've tried numerous other project management platforms and it's a top-tier product. Overall, it helped us increase productivity, but with some growing pains and if you're going to go all-in with ClickUp you need at least one person dedicated to making sure things keep working and team members are using it.
Pros:
Clickup allows you to build out processes and workflows where you can manage them from a single place while also allowing internal/external members to see "where things are at" in terms of deliverables.
Cons:
Clickup has an insane amount of customization and that can be overwhelming if you're coming into it cold and if you start building things as a newbie, there's a good chance down the road or when you go to scale that you made some poor organizational decisions (speaking from experience).
My projects, tasks and workflows have been streamlines using ClickUp.
Comments: Wow, ClickUp has boosted productivity, streamlined how I manage projects and tasks as well as communicating with colleagues.
Pros:
Wow. I love how clean, attractive and organized the UI of ClickUp was designed, it just puts everything in order and appropriately. I am also happy with how I can customize channels, templates and projects to how I know best. Incase a project is overdue or almost reaching completion, ClickUp marks it with a red colour to help you time track and know how to mitigate it. I can also communicate with teammates using the business instant messaging collaborate on a project using the Kanban and white boards. Fantastic drag and drop functionality. ClickUp has also the capability to integrate with third party platforms like Google Calendar that helps in date and time tracking.
Cons:
I can't think of any dislikes at the moment simply because I have come across any.
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Misleading payment structure, poor user experience and horrible customer service
Comments: Very poor experience with features, the user experience of the platform and what it can realistically accomplish without errors is very limited (only tasks and set of tasks). Very poor customer service that hides behind policies instead of helping when it comes to misleading and problematic payment structures. Click up wants to be easy to use but a lot of necessary features are hidden and not explained properly inside click up to the point that you have to go hunt in their website or get to the point of sending an angry email to staff because a bill just appeared that you did not sign up for. Be extremely careful in giving access or trying to built a client portal. Those are the absolute worse parts of this system and are built to confuse and mislead people. Customer service is clearly understaffed (they mentioned it and it took me 3 weeks to resolve an issue that could have take 3 days top in my experience). Very clear the [sensitive content hidden] care about competing in the market by adding a ton of poorly built and implemented features instead of working on making click up a reliable tasks management and possibly project management software that cares for the usability of its users and have real support of the customer service. We all get capitalism but when it is felt that this platform is being failed by their [sensitive content hidden] it is best to jump ship and moved to another one. It is sad to see the potential of what it could be and how it is utterly missed and misused.
Pros:
Click up is about tasks management and it excels at that and it is easy to set up simple tasks.
Cons:
Problematic and misleading payment method with poor invoicing system. Extremely problematic adding user access and/or the possibility of client portals. The users options is the most confusing and horribly designed and necessary feature of click up. Absolutely beware! Horrible customer service (unhelpful, gaslighting and understaffed). The platform is extremely poorly designed for all the added features. Anything related to workflow, project management, time tracking and the like is so badly implemented and designed that it cannot be used for serious projects without risking errors.
Best Visual And Audio conference's
Pros:
ClickUp has the best visual collaborations which are based on real-time communication and this helps because I can have video and audio conference's with my team members at ease and we work on projects.
Cons:
It has nothing to get alarmed that is a worry with the system.
It is very user friendly and organized
Comments:
It helps me to keep track of all projects
i am working on simply and efficiently. Easy to learn and understand.
Pros:
The ability to have multiple types of projects in the same space with different layouts.The UI is clean and easy to use which makes it easy to navigate.
Cons:
It could be little bit cheaper otherwise the customer service is amazing.
It provides all the necessary workflow management and collaboration needs.
Comments: ClickUp has increased our team’s efficiency in including all tasks in the workflow chart, which has enabled us to keep things organized as required, and made follow-up, updating, and documentation very smooth.
Pros:
I loved ClickUp for its ease of use in creating to-do lists and setting timelines for them. ClickUp supports our organizational capabilities and brings members together on a single workflow chart, which unifies goals and increases focus on completing tasks on time. I loved the ease of making updates and sending alerts or inquiries to other colleagues directly from the same page. I loved that all details and inputs are documented with ClickUp, so that the project page becomes a reference for everyone to implement accurate follow-up and push pending activities. The dashboards are amazing, as they can be configured according to the project’s needs, and I loved that they are automatically updated according to the latest updates, which makes them ready to view at any time.
Cons:
With the multiple versions and updates, the negatives have almost disappeared, and working with the rest of the team using ClickUp has become more efficient and enjoyable as well.
ClickUp is great!
Comments: My overall experience with ClickUp has been very positive. The platform has significantly streamlined my workflow, making it easier to manage multiple projects and collaborate with my team. The customization options are extensive, allowing me to tailor it exactly to my needs. While there was a learning curve initially, the benefits have far outweighed any challenges. It’s become an indispensable tool in my daily operations.
Pros:
I would highly recommend ClickUp to a friend or colleague. It has greatly improved my productivity and project management, offering a versatile platform that adapts to various needs.
Cons:
While ClickUp is a powerful tool, it can feel a bit overwhelming at first due to the extensive range of features. However, once you get familiar with the interface, it becomes much easier to navigate and customize to your needs.
Best Ticketing Tool
Comments: Overall clickup is good ticketing tool to work
Pros:
Clickup is easy to use ,user Interface is user friendly that help user to create a task s There is no need of special training to required and tags are so helpful as a QA team member to sort the tasks according to the features Building Dashboards that helped me a lot Documentation of release wiki's
Cons:
The thing i don't like in clickup is search some times i feel search is not that accurate and it lags when we search for the tasks and had few bugs like when we search for the keyword and click enter first task will open instead of search results

ClickUP: Efficient and user friendly project management.
Comments: My overall experience with ClickUP has been good. I found the platform to be user friendly and intuitive making it easy to organize and manage tasks and projects.
Pros:
I liked about ClickUP integrates with a variety of other tools and platforms such as Google Drive, Slack and Trello, allowing for seamless workflow management.
Cons:
ClickUP is overwhelming with it's numerous features and customization options, which can make it difficult to navigate and use efficiently.
ClickUp Clicks Projects and Tasks for 24/7
Pros:
Creation of unlimited gantt charts and real-time chat for team collaboration is what I like most.
Cons:
It doesn’t have built-in message board but I have merged with external apps.
The app is not easy-to-use, productive, efficient. No bug fixing. only money & time lost.
Comments:
The App was an aim to help Project managers in their work and life, and instead - it makes it more complicated. The bugs are not fixed, the features are not improved. I reported many bugs since a year (wrong filters working, statises not visible, wrong data tracki g and much more), but the company did nothing about it. We get info about an updates every month on our mailboxes but none of the crucial bugs was ever fixed. I have 300+250 tasks on ClickUp, they are not able to tell when they would be able to fix those, so no Roadmap. I am a Project manager and product Owner since many years and I havent seen that kind of Roadmap Management in my lifetime. I lost much money and time cause I was not on time with many tasks and what was the cause? The ClickUp shows different tasks on different lists and somehow many on them are not visible, even if I use date Filter or due date "last 7 days" etc - we cannot trust this App, and instead of giving some Roadmap, we still do not know whether its good to move 1000 tasks somewhere else or what. And it has been since almost a year.
Sometimes I got answer like "We cannot estimate the time but its in the Review" for 15 weeks... And sometimes - no info for long time, promising they are working on it and then - tadaaam "We are not working on it cause its only you who reported that bug and we prioritize bugs and issues Based on the number of reporters". Omg. It is unbelieveable.
Of course you would get AI updates, some integrations etc, but the crucial things like reponsiveness, productivity, reliable features, bug fixing, filters working properly, lists showing right tasks every moment - this is something you cannot See.
ClickUp Team, info that developers are working on sth for weeks, months or you cannot estimate the time is neither empowering their businesses nor saving their time money / nor giving them overview of how the Projects are going and whether they should perform some actions etc. Whasn't that the aim of the App?
If I loose more than 50€ once again due to the bugs, I am done of waiting… Please, think twice while choosing the app. Especially if you don’t want to have your work disruptive.
Moreover, I got info “We have only one report of this issue, the issue doesn't block workflow, and there are viable workarounds using the web and desktop apps.” -> the ClickUp team told be that I could use computer to workaround this. Really? heavy computer everyday with me, those days? Web app is terrible, no responsiveness at all.
Really, I was about to have “The Highest Rated Project Management Platform” “ClickUp's easy-to-use product management software keeps your team productive, efficient and headache-free” “ClickUp's productivity platform is constantly improving as we release new features requested by our clients every single week.” ar they told avout the app, and unfortunately no progress in those really crucial bugs and features. The slogans on the websites are not real.
Pros:
Maybe the layout, I thouth it would be useful. I like the dependencies.
Cons:
The app is not easy-to-use, productive, efficient. No bug fixing. only money & time lost. In My Work, opening a task and returning to the view places you back at the top of the list Statuses not appearing when adding a status filter tasks are not getting displayed in My Work > Overdue > See All of the mobile app. Task with DueDate for today are missing in MyWork - Today section. Also shows tasks missing from Everything List] Mobile Home V3 | In My Work, opening a task and returning to the view places you back at the top of the list Home | Mobile | Tasks missing from My Work on the mobile app and browser] The statuses are not working properly The lists and due dates and not working The web site is not responsive How could I trust the App as I do have 5 tasks on my TODO list for today and then I got 25 email notifications that those tasks are overdue? Where those tasks were hidden for 24 hours? And Its the same with many functionalities. We cannot trust statuses, Dates, lists, progress... Mobile Home V3 | In My Work, opening a task and returning to the view places you back at the top of the list - could you imagine having to review/change the due dates and every time scrolling to the bottom (200+ tasks on the list) to change the date of one particular task? It last 1.5hours every few days.
ClickUp: PPM Tool with BIM Capabilities
Comments: Eradicating manual workflow when managing tasks and tracking time on projects improve productivity.
Pros:
ClickUp offers an extensive range of features in one place. BIM, live chat and PPM are my favorite capabilities which I use on a daily basis at workstation.
Cons:
I rarely come across any issue when managing tasks with ClickUp.