ClickUp Pricing Explained: Plans, Costs and What You Get
ClickUp costs $0 on Free Forever, $9 per user a month on Core, $17 on Business, and $100 on Max, billed yearly. Enterprise is custom. What each plan includes.
By Galactic News Editorial · Published 2026-11-13T10:21:37+00:00 · Updated 2026-11-13T10:21:37+00:00
ClickUp Pricing Explained: Plans, Costs and What You Get
ClickUp charges per user, per month, billed yearly. The Free Forever plan costs $0. Core costs $9 per user a month. Business costs $17 per user a month and is the most popular plan. Enterprise is custom priced. Max, the top tier with the full AI engine, costs $100 per user a month. All of those prices assume annual billing. The list prices before the current discount are $12 for Core, $25 for Business, and $120 for Max. This guide explains what each plan includes, the limits that change the bill, and when each tier is worth paying for.
ClickUp pricing at a glance
| Plan | Price per user, per month | Automations per month | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Forever | $0 | Limited | Personal use and small teams testing ClickUp |
| Core | $9 (regular $12) | 1,000 | Small teams that need custom fields and Gantt charts |
| Business | $17 (regular $25) | 10,000 | Growing teams that need dashboards and resource management |
| Enterprise | Custom | 1,000,000 | Large organizations with security and governance needs |
| Max | $100 (regular $120) | Unlimited AI features | Teams that want the full AI engine plus Enterprise controls |
What the ClickUp Free Forever plan includes
The free plan is genuinely free, with no credit card required. It includes unlimited tasks and subtasks, and unlimited free members. It includes collaborative docs, Kanban boards, calendar view, sprint management, and time tracking. It includes video calls through SyncUps and two-factor authentication. Storage is capped at 60 MB, and you get one form. That storage cap is the main limit. For personal projects, freelancers, and small teams with few file attachments, the free plan can work for a long time. ClickUp says it is more than a trial, and the feature list supports that claim.
What the ClickUp Core plan includes
Core costs $9 per user a month billed yearly. It includes everything in Free Forever, plus custom fields and task types. Storage becomes unlimited. Spaces become unlimited. Forms become unlimited. Gantt charts become unlimited. It adds 1,000 automations a month, goals, and ClickUp Chat. It adds integrations with Google Drive, Dropbox, and Box, plus live chat support. Core is the first plan that removes the storage limit and unlocks custom fields. Those two changes matter most to teams that outgrow the free plan. A five-person team pays $45 a month on Core with annual billing.
What the ClickUp Business plan includes
Business costs $17 per user a month billed yearly. It includes everything in Core, plus advanced dashboards. It adds webhooks and automation integrations, and raises automations to 10,000 a month. It adds resource management, Google single sign-on with SMS two-factor authentication, private views, private docs, and timesheets. It adds time-in-status reports, which show how long tasks sit in each stage. Business is where ClickUp becomes a management tool rather than a task list. The dashboards and resource views help a team lead see workload across people. A ten-person team pays $170 a month on Business with annual billing.
What the ClickUp Enterprise plan includes
Enterprise is custom priced, so you need to talk to ClickUp's team. It includes everything in Business, plus white labeling. Automations rise to 1,000,000 a month. It adds enterprise permissions and governance, advanced single sign-on with SCIM and SAML, and audit logs with session management. It adds an enterprise API and integrations, plus connected search across Google Drive, OneDrive, Gmail, Microsoft Teams, and Slack. Enterprise suits organizations that need control over who sees what, proof of who did what, and integration with company identity systems. The price is not published, so budget through a sales quote.
What the ClickUp Max plan includes
Max costs $100 per user a month billed yearly, against a regular price of $120. It includes everything in Enterprise, plus the full Max AI engine. That engine adds custom skills, a context engine with auto-memory, talk-to-text, and connections to other tools. It adds artifact creation for prototypes. It includes unlimited AI fields, an unlimited AI notetaker, unlimited AI image generation, unlimited autopilot agents, and unlimited AI dashboard cards. Max is one plan with everything turned on. It suits teams that want ClickUp's AI features without limits, and that already need Enterprise controls. At $100 per user, it is a large step up from Business at $17.
ClickUp pricing details that change the bill
- Billing is per workspace. Each workspace needs its own upgrade. Two workspaces mean two bills.
- Upgrades apply to the whole workspace. You cannot upgrade one person. Every member in the workspace moves to the paid plan.
- Guests have seat limits on paid plans. Free workspaces allow unlimited members and guests at no charge. On Core, a one-user workspace gets 5 guest seats, plus 2 for each extra paid user. Business gives 10 guest seats for one paid user, plus 5 per extra user. Enterprise matches Business, with advanced permission options.
- Added users are billed pro rata. ClickUp bills automatically for new paid users based on the time left in your cycle.
- Cancelling keeps the plan until the cycle ends. You can cancel at any time, and the current plan runs to the end of the billing cycle.
- There is a 30-day satisfaction guarantee. If you are not satisfied, ClickUp will issue a full refund within 30 days.
- Discounts exist for nonprofits, students, educators, and startups. ClickUp offers discounts for each group, with a claim or application process on its site.
When the ClickUp free plan is enough
Stay on Free Forever if your team is small, your file attachments are light, and you do not need custom fields. The free plan covers tasks, docs, boards, sprints, and time tracking. Move to Core when the 60 MB storage cap bites, or when you need custom fields to track work your way. Move to Business when you need dashboards, resource management, or more than 1,000 automations a month. Skip Enterprise unless your organization needs SSO, audit logs, and governance. Skip Max unless you will use the AI engine heavily. At $100 per user a month, Max only pays off for teams that live inside ClickUp's AI features.
Bottom line
ClickUp pricing is simple at the bottom and steep at the top. Free Forever is one of the most generous free plans in project management. Core at $9 per user a month is good value for small teams. Business at $17 is the sensible default for growing teams, with dashboards and 10,000 automations. Enterprise is for organizations with compliance needs. Max at $100 is a specialist tier for AI-heavy teams. Start free, pay for Core when storage or custom fields force the move, and step up to Business when you need to manage people, not just tasks.