Hive vs ClickUp Pricing (2026)
How do these two stack up on price? Here's what each one costs, what you get, and where the value sits.
Free
- 1,000 AI credits / month
- 200MB storage
- Up to 10 workspace members
- Unlimited tasks
- Unlimited collaborative notes
- Work your way views
- Email in Hive
- Native chat messaging
Starter
- 3,000 AI credits / month
- Unlimited storage
- Up to 10 workspace members
- Up to 10 projects
- Gantt view
- Cloud storage integrations
- In-app calendar
- Zoom & Slack from Hive
- AI Assistant
Teams
Popular- 5,000 AI credits / month
- Unlimited workspace members
- Flexible add-ons (extra)
- Shareable forms
- Time tracking
- Portfolios
- Team sharing
- Custom fields, labels and statuses
Enterprise
- Custom AI credits
- Flexible add-ons included
- Enhanced security & permission controls
- Unlimited onboarding
- Dedicated Customer Success Manager
- Enterprise API
- Access to Professional Services
Free Forever
- 60MB Storage
- Unlimited Tasks
- Unlimited Free Plan Members
- Two-Factor Authentication
- Collaborative Docs
- Kanban Boards
- Sprint Management
- Calendar View
- Basic Custom Field Manager
- In-App Video Recording
- 24/7 Support
- 1 Form
Unlimited
- Unlimited Spaces, Folders, and Forms
- Unlimited Gantt Charts
- Unlimited Integrations
- Unlimited Storage
- Unlimited Custom Fields
- Native Time Tracking
- Goals & Portfolio Management
- Guests With Permission Control
- Resource Management
- ClickUp Chat
- Email in ClickUp
- Integrations like Slack, Hubspot, Google Drive, and more
Business
Popular- Unlimited Dashboards with Advanced Cards
- Unlimited Message History
- Unlimited Activity Views
- Unlimited Timeline Views
- Webhooks & Automation Integrations
- 5K Automations Per Month
- Mind Mapping
- Private Whiteboards
- Custom Exporting
- Sprint Points & Reporting
- Portfolio Workload Management
- Google SSO
- SMS 2-Factor Authentication
- Unlimited Proofing
Enterprise
- Enterprise Permissions and Governance
- Unlimited Custom Roles
- SAML SSO & SCIM Provisioning
- Audit Log
- Session Management
- Enterprise API
- 250K Automations Per Month
- Custom Branding
- Default Personal Views
- MSA & HIPAA Available
- Data Residency
- Enterprise-Scale Automations & Integrations
- Enterprise-Scale API Usage
- Live Onboarding Training
- Customer Success Manager
- Access to Managed Services
Hive vs ClickUp FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- Hive starts lower at $5/mo, compared to $7/mo for ClickUp.
- Can I use either one for free?
- Both offer free plans, so you can try each without paying. Start with whichever fits your workflow better and upgrade when you hit the limits.
- How do they charge?
- Both use a per-seat model, so the comparison is straightforward — it comes down to features and limits at each price point.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. Hive: Hive is playing the affordable challenger card against Asana and Monday.com, which regularly run $10–$25+ per seat at comparable tiers. At $5 for Starter, they're undercutting most mid-market PM tools and clearly targeting teams that find Asana's pricing hard to justify — this is a 'same job, lower bill' pitch. ClickUp: ClickUp is aggressively cheap relative to Asana and Monday.com, which regularly run $10-$24/seat at comparable tiers. They're clearly hunting the value-conscious mid-market buyer who's sticker-shocked by Asana's pricing and willing to trade some polish for savings.
Keep tabs on both.
We'll monitor pricing changes for Hive and ClickUp and let you know when something moves.