Teamwork is the clearer choice for agencies and consultancies that need client billing, time tracking, and client portals built in from day one. Its Deliver plan starts at $13.99 per user per month and includes features most agencies actually need. ClickUp is better for internal product, engineering, or ops teams that want to build their own workflow from scratch. Its unlimited plan starts at just $7 per user per month and offers more customization than almost anything else on the market.

Both tools offer free plans, but their paid tiers serve very different buyers at different price points.

Teamwork was built specifically for agencies that bill clients, and it shows. You get built-in time tracking, retainer management, budget tracking, and a client portal where clients can log in and view progress without accessing your internal workspace. ClickUp has time tracking and basic reporting, but there is no native client portal, no retainer tracking, and no invoicing built in. If your business model involves billing clients for hours or managing multiple client accounts, Teamwork is the obvious winner here. ClickUp would require workarounds and third-party integrations to get close to the same result. Winner: Teamwork.

ClickUp is one of the most customizable project management tools available. You can build custom views, create custom fields, set up complex automation rules, and use it as a database, CRM, or doc hub all in one. Teamwork is customizable enough for most teams but feels more opinionated in its structure, which is actually helpful for agencies that do not want to spend weeks configuring a setup. ClickUp’s flexibility is a feature for tech-savvy teams and a barrier for teams that just want to get started. If your team has a dedicated ops person or loves tinkering, ClickUp will feel liberating. If you want something that works out of the box for project delivery, Teamwork gets there faster. Winner: ClickUp.

ClickUp is significantly cheaper at every paid tier. At five users, ClickUp’s Unlimited plan runs about $35 per month compared to Teamwork’s $69.95 per month on the Deliver plan. That gap widens as your team grows. However, Teamwork’s higher price includes agency-specific features that ClickUp simply does not offer natively, so the value comparison depends entirely on what you need. For a team doing pure internal project management, paying double for Teamwork makes no sense. For an agency tracking billable hours and managing client communication, Teamwork’s features justify the premium. Winner: ClickUp for internal teams. Teamwork for agencies.

Teamwork organizes work around projects, task lists, and milestones in a way that maps naturally to client deliverables and deadlines. ClickUp offers far more structural options, including spaces, folders, lists, tasks, and subtasks, along with dozens of view types like Gantt, board, timeline, and workload. That flexibility is genuinely powerful for internal teams who want to design their own system, but it creates real overhead during setup and onboarding. Teamwork’s more opinionated structure means teams start shipping work faster without debating how to organize their workspace. For teams that need to move quickly without a dedicated ops person to configure everything, Teamwork wins this dimension on practical usability.