ClickUp vs GitHub Projects: which one fits your team?
This is the engineering tool against the company tool, and it is usually settled by who is paying. Engineers want the tracker, operations wants the platform, and the company ends up with both.
It turns on whether the non engineers need to see the work, and how much that visibility is worth in seats.
Pick ClickUp if
somebody on the team enjoys building the system and you want it bent into the exact shape of your process. Where it stops: it is useful after you configure it, which is a project of its own.
Pick GitHub Projects if
every piece of work is an issue, it never leaves the repo, and everybody has a GitHub login. Where it stops: no calendar, and it assumes everyone is on GitHub.
What it costs
For a team of 5, billed yearly: ClickUp is about $420 a year, GitHub Projects does not publish a per seat price we can put in this sum, and UnaTask is €480 plus VAT.
ClickUp: Free plan. $7 Unlimited and $12 Business per user per month billed yearly, plus around $9 per user for Brain AI. GitHub Projects: Included with GitHub. There is no separate charge for Projects.
Where they part company
ClickUp does more on 10 of them
- two way calendar sync
- turning email and chat into tasks
- time blocking on a calendar
- having a plan for today
- dependencies and a timeline
- showing who has room
- turning meetings into tasks
- docs and a wiki inside
- portfolio and agile reporting
- rules that fire on their own
GitHub Projects does more on 2 of them
- being useful before you configure it
- linking pull requests to the work
Side by side
| What it does | ClickUp | GitHub Projects | UnaTask |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time blocking on a calendar | Partly. There is a calendar view and time estimates, but placing your week is not what it is for. | No | Core |
| A plan for today and this week | Partly | No | Core |
| Two way calendar sync | Yes | No | Yes |
| It is the task manager itself | Core | Core | Core |
| Dependencies and a timeline | Yes | Partly | Yes. Dependencies with a timeline that shows what is waiting on what. |
| See who has room | Yes | Partly | Core |
| Booking links | No | No | Yes |
| Meetings become tasks | Partly | No | Yes |
| Email and chat become tasks | Yes | No | Yes |
| Pull requests linked to work | Yes | Core. Issues and pull requests are the items. Nothing to link. | Yes |
| Docs and wiki inside | Yes | Partly. The repo wiki and markdown in the repo, not a workspace. | Partly. Docs live on a project, they are not a wiki you would run a company from. |
| Portfolio or agile reporting | Core | Yes | Partly. Team workload and project progress, not portfolios that roll up to a board. |
| Rules that fire on their own | Core | Yes | Yes |
| AI that does the work, not just the scheduling | Partly. Brain is a separate line on the bill. | Partly | Yes. AI teammates you assign a task to. The work comes back on the task for review. |
| Useful before you configure it | No. The power is real and it arrives after the configuration, not before. | Yes | Core |
| A free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
What should not decide it
They answer the same on 4: being the place the tasks actually live, booking links, AI that does the work rather than the scheduling and having a free plan.
And where UnaTask sits
UnaTask is the layer that includes everyone without asking engineering to move: it links your pull requests and welcomes the people who have never opened a repo.
It does more than both of them on time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today, showing who has room, booking links, turning meetings into tasks, AI that does the work rather than the scheduling and being useful before you configure it.
Common questions
ClickUp vs GitHub Projects: which should I pick?
Pick ClickUp if somebody on the team enjoys building the system and you want it bent into the exact shape of your process. Pick GitHub Projects if every piece of work is an issue, it never leaves the repo, and everybody has a GitHub login.
What is the biggest difference between ClickUp and GitHub Projects?
The clearest gap is two way calendar sync, where ClickUp does more than GitHub Projects. Underneath that, ClickUp is a configurable platform several departments can shape to their own process, and GitHub Projects is a system of record for software work, built around issues and cycles.
Is ClickUp or GitHub Projects cheaper?
For a team of 5, billed yearly: ClickUp is about $420 a year, GitHub Projects does not publish a per seat price we can put in this sum, and UnaTask is €480 plus VAT.
What do ClickUp and GitHub Projects have in common?
They answer the same on 4 of our 16 axes, among them being the place the tasks actually live, booking links and AI that does the work rather than the scheduling. Those are the things that should not decide it for you.
Where does UnaTask fit against ClickUp and GitHub Projects?
UnaTask does more than both on time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today and showing who has room. It is free on your own and €10 per seat for a team, with every feature included. Where it does less: it is not an issue tracker with sprints and burndown, and it is not a documentation workspace.
Details checked 2 August 2026 and June 2026.