Stelaah

Stelaah vs ClickUp

ClickUp is a powerful, flexible project tool. Stelaah is a workspace built around client work. If your need is mostly project management, ClickUp is formidable. If you also run contracts, invoices, and clients, Stelaah keeps it together.

Choose ClickUp if

you want the deepest, most flexible project management and you are happy to add billing tools around it.

Choose Stelaah if

you want project management and the client side, contracts, invoices, and CRM, in one place.

What each one does for client work.

Capability Stelaah ClickUp
Project management ✓ Tasks, dependencies, timelines ✓ Deep and flexible
Views and customization – Focused set ✓ Many views
Automations ✓ Across the workspace ✓ Powerful
Free tier ✓ Yes ✓ Yes
Client CRM ✓ One record per client Not native
Contracts and signing ✓ Built in Not included
Invoicing and payments ✓ Built in Not included
Time tracking to invoice ✓ Hours to billing – Time, but no billing
Client portal ✓ Branded Public views only
Reports and margin ✓ Client and project – Project only
AI assistant ✓ Aria acts across the work – AI as an add on

Checks mark a built in strength. We tried to be fair to both. ClickUp earns its checks where it leads.

Where ClickUp is genuinely strong.

Deep project flexibility

Shape tasks, views, and fields any way you like.

Strong automations

Powerful rules across a workspace.

Generous free tier

A lot of capability at no cost.

Scales to big teams

Built for large, complex use.

Where Stelaah fits better.

Client billing built in

Contracts, invoices, and CRM, not bolted on.

Time that becomes an invoice

Hours flow straight to billing.

Real client portals

A branded home for each client.

Aria acts on client work

Drafts proposals and bills, not just notes.

What you will pay.

Stelaah

Free to start. Each paid plan is priced per workspace and includes a set number of full members, with extra members available on the Team and Business plans. Aria is included. See the pricing page for the current plans.

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ClickUp

a free tier, then around $7 a seat a month (Unlimited) to about $12 (Business), billed annually, with AI as an add on. Check clickup.com.

Pricing changes often, so confirm the current numbers at clickup.com

Stelaah vs ClickUp, answered.

Yes. ClickUp is excellent at projects but has no native contracts, invoicing, or client CRM. Stelaah keeps the project depth and adds the client side in one place.

Great projects, plus the client side.

Keep the project depth you like and add contracts, invoices, and CRM in one workspace.