Todoing vs ClickUp: a simple alternative to the everything app

ClickUp's pitch is one app to replace them all: tasks, docs, whiteboards, goals, chat and dashboards in a single product, at a price that undercuts most of the tools it replaces. For feature-hungry teams that's genuine value. It is also, not by coincidence, the tool people mean when they type "too complicated" into a search box.

Todoing sits at the other end of the spectrum: one job, done calmly. This page is for teams deciding between everything and enough.

The short version

Choose ClickUp if you'll actually use the breadth. Docs next to tasks, native time tracking on every plan, goals and dashboards, and a free plan that allows unlimited members. Nothing else bundles this much for the money.

Choose Todoing if what your team needs is a plan for the week that everyone can read and keep current. It opens on the answer, takes minutes to learn, and there are no settings to become an expert in.

Side by side

	Todoing	ClickUp
Built for	Teams of 3 to 15	Teams that want one app for everything
Core model	Projects, milestones, tasks on people and days	Spaces, folders, lists, tasks, subtasks, checklists
Learning curve	Minutes	Steep; the depth is the point
Views	My Week, team overview, projects timeline	15+ views you choose between and configure
Team workload view	Included	On paid plans
Timeline and milestones	Included, on the same calendar as the work	Gantt views, limited on the free plan
Live multiplayer	Yes, edits appear in under a second	Yes
Time tracking	Confirm-the-plan logging, no timesheets to fill (Enterprise plan)	Native, including the free plan
Leave and holidays	Built in: booking, approvals, balances, public holidays (Pro plan)	Through workarounds
Estimates and quotes	Built from your own task history (Enterprise plan)	Manual estimate fields
Docs, whiteboards, chat	No	Yes
Automations	No	Yes, with quotas per plan
Mobile	Browser app that installs to your home screen	Native iOS and Android apps
Free plan	3 people, 3 projects	Unlimited members, with storage and feature limits
Paid from	$2 per person per month	About $7 per user per month, billed annually

Prices are correct at the time of writing, July 2026.

Where ClickUp is genuinely better

On breadth for price, nothing touches it. Native time tracking on every plan, docs that can replace a separate subscription, goals, dashboards, and a free plan that lets a whole team in the door. If your team enjoys tooling and will genuinely use the pieces, ClickUp is the value pick, and its native mobile apps and integrations go far beyond what Todoing offers.

Where Todoing is better for a small team

Depth has a carrying cost. Every one of those features lives in the interface whether you use it or not, every view is a decision, and someone ends up owning the settings. ClickUp is honest about being a power tool; the search results are honest about how that feels at fifteen people.

Todoing carries one job. The team's week is the home screen: every person, every day, every project in its own colour, milestones sitting on the same calendar as the work, so a deadline at risk shows up on Tuesday rather than Friday. Leave and public holidays shade the same grid, which keeps work off people's days off. Time tracking asks for one tap to confirm the plan instead of running timers, and that history quietly becomes per-task-type estimates you can quote from. There is nothing to configure, which also means there is nothing to misconfigure.

On price the gap is smaller than with the other big tools: at the time of writing, five people on ClickUp Unlimited cost about $35 a month against $10 on Todoing Pro. The difference a small team feels is time, not money.

Switching

There's no import wizard, and a small team doesn't need one. Bring next week, not your archive: create your projects, drop the week's tasks onto people and days, set the milestones you're committed to. Half an hour later the whole team can see the week. Your ClickUp workspace stays readable whenever you need the history.

Three questions people ask

Is ClickUp too complicated for a small team?

It can be. The product is built to do everything, and the interface carries that ambition even when you use a tenth of it. Teams that thrive in ClickUp usually have someone who enjoys being its administrator. If nobody wants that role, that's the signal to pick a smaller tool.

Is Todoing a good ClickUp alternative?

For a team of 3 to 15 that mostly needs weekly planning, yes. You give up docs, automations and the long feature tail, and get a planner everyone reads and updates without being asked.

Does Todoing have a free plan?

Yes: 3 people and 3 projects, free for as long as it fits, and every new workspace starts with 14 days of the full feature set. It doesn't ask for a card.

Also weighing other tools? See Todoing vs Asana, Todoing vs Monday.com, Todoing vs Notion, Todoing vs Trello.