Clockwise vs GitHub Projects: which one fits your team?
These two barely overlap. One arranges hours on a calendar, the other is the record of what your engineers are shipping. Teams that use both are not confused, they are covering two different needs.
It turns on nothing, really. If you are weighing these against each other you are probably looking for a single tool that does both.
Pick Clockwise if
nothing any more, because it closed on 27 March 2026 after the team joined Salesforce. Where it stops: it is no longer available, so this is a landing spot rather than a comparison.
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: Clockwise does not publish a per seat price we can put in this sum, GitHub Projects does not publish a per seat price we can put in this sum, and UnaTask is €480 plus VAT.
Clockwise: No longer offered. Clockwise shut down on 27 March 2026. GitHub Projects: Included with GitHub. There is no separate charge for Projects.
Where they part company
GitHub Projects does more on 10 of them
- being the place the tasks actually live
- linking pull requests to the work
- portfolio and agile reporting
- rules that fire on their own
- being useful before you configure it
- having a free plan
- dependencies and a timeline
- showing who has room
- docs and a wiki inside
- AI that does the work rather than the scheduling
Side by side
| What it does | Clockwise | GitHub Projects | UnaTask |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time blocking on a calendar | Gone | No | Core |
| A plan for today and this week | Gone | No | Core |
| Two way calendar sync | Gone | No | Yes |
| It is the task manager itself | No. It was a calendar optimiser, never a task manager. | Core | Core |
| Dependencies and a timeline | No | Partly | Yes. Dependencies with a timeline that shows what is waiting on what. |
| See who has room | Gone | Partly | Core |
| Booking links | Gone | No | Yes |
| Meetings become tasks | No | No | Yes |
| Email and chat become tasks | No | No | Yes |
| Pull requests linked to work | No | Core. Issues and pull requests are the items. Nothing to link. | Yes |
| Docs and wiki inside | No | 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 | Gone | Yes | Partly. Team workload and project progress, not portfolios that roll up to a board. |
| Rules that fire on their own | Gone | Yes | Yes |
| AI that does the work, not just the scheduling | No | Partly | Yes. AI teammates you assign a task to. The work comes back on the task for review. |
| Useful before you configure it | Gone | Yes | Core |
| A free plan | Gone | Yes | Yes |
What should not decide it
They answer the same on 6: time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today, two way calendar sync, booking links, turning meetings into tasks and turning email and chat into tasks.
And where UnaTask sits
That single tool is roughly what UnaTask is aiming at: real time blocks on a calendar, with pull requests linked to the tasks they close.
It does more than both of them on time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today, two way calendar sync, dependencies and a timeline, showing who has room, booking links, turning meetings into tasks, turning email and chat into tasks, AI that does the work rather than the scheduling and being useful before you configure it.
Common questions
Clockwise vs GitHub Projects: which should I pick?
Pick Clockwise if nothing any more, because it closed on 27 March 2026 after the team joined Salesforce. 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 Clockwise and GitHub Projects?
The clearest gap is being the place the tasks actually live, where GitHub Projects does more than Clockwise. Underneath that, Clockwise is software that arranges your calendar for you and defends what it put there, and GitHub Projects is a system of record for software work, built around issues and cycles.
Is Clockwise or GitHub Projects cheaper?
For a team of 5, billed yearly: Clockwise does not publish a per seat price we can put in this sum, GitHub Projects does not publish a per seat price we can put in this sum, and UnaTask is €480 plus VAT.
What do Clockwise and GitHub Projects have in common?
They answer the same on 6 of our 16 axes, among them time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today and two way calendar sync. Those are the things that should not decide it for you.
Where does UnaTask fit against Clockwise and GitHub Projects?
UnaTask does more than both on time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today and two way calendar sync. 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 June 2026.