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ClickUp alternatives
The best ClickUp alternatives in PM, ranked by Sparkpulse's velocity_score.
About ClickUp
ClickUp goes all-in on agentic AI, from Super Agents to the self-improving Brain²
ClickUp has reoriented around AI at a fast clip. After the 4.0 convergence rebuild, it launched Super Agents — agentic teammates you @mention and assign work — then pushed Brain everywhere: mobile, inside ChatGPT, and inside Cursor. The newest beat is Brain², a self-improving company AI that routes across frontier models, builds slides and sites, and compounds organizational memory. Core PM work (Gantt baselines, Workload capacity, Google Drive automations) still ships, but increasingly in service of the AI layer.
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Top 12 alternatives to ClickUp
Ranked by recent ship velocity. Tap any card for the full editorial breakdown, or pivot to a head-to-head.
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Atlassian threads agentic CI/CD and richer package management through Bitbucket
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Aha! pushes from planning into building — roadmaps now compile to working apps
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Plane is bolting an AI layer and an app platform onto an enterprise-grade project tool.
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Hostaway pushes AI from inbox triage to a conversational analytics copilot.
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BigTime previewed an Enterprise BI Agent that builds PSA dashboards from plain English.
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Leantime lands a major architecture rebuild, then spends a week stabilizing its API auth
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TimeCamp's feed is competitor-comparison SEO, not product releases — billing beats stopwatch.
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ProdPad's feed is a sustained argument against dated roadmaps and for Now-Next-Later.
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RescueTime's feed is its productivity blog, with no product signal
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Everhour's tracked feed is its HR/PM glossary blog, not the product changelog.
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Toggl's tracked feed is its comparison blog, not the Toggl Track changelog.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best alternatives to ClickUp?
The top ClickUp alternatives we currently track in PM are SmartSuite, Atlassian, Aha!, Plane, Hostaway, ranked by recent ship velocity.
How is this list of ClickUp alternatives ranked?
Alternatives are ranked by Sparkpulse's velocity_score — release cadence + 30-day spark count + sector-relative ship rate.
Can I compare ClickUp directly with one of these alternatives?
Yes — every card has a "Compare with ClickUp" link to a side-by-side /compare page.