Free Forever
Unlimited members and tasks with storage caps.
Free
no card needed
- Tasks and docs
- Board and list views
- Whiteboards
- Chat
Search software and articles
Verified ratings, feature-by-feature comparison and rand pricing — everything a South African business needs to pick between these two.
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Ratings
Verified user ratings across every dimension — ClickUp against Jira, nothing weighted.
Dimensions won
5 – 0
ClickUp vs Jira, across 5 rating dimensions
Widest rating gap
+0,4
ClickUp leads on overall
Verified reviews
401
205 for ClickUp, 196 for Jira

205 verified reviews

196 verified reviews
Overall
Ease of use
Value for money
Customer service
Functionality
Who South African reviewers actually write about.
Cheapest paid plan, shown per month.
ClickUp
R130/mo
Jira
R160/mo
ClickUp is the cheaper way in. Lower isn't automatically better — weigh it against the ratings above.
Head to head
Row by row, with the stronger score highlighted. Straight from verified reviews.
| ClickUp | Jira | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4,2 | 3,8 |
| Reviews | 205 | 196 |
| Ease of use | 4,1 | 3,8 |
| Value for money | 4,1 | 3,8 |
| Customer service | 4,2 | 3,8 |
| Functionality | 4,2 | 3,8 |
| Starting price | R130/user/month | R160/user/month |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
Features
Everything each product ships, side by side. No marketing gloss.
| Feature | ClickUp | Jira |
|---|---|---|
| Tasks with custom fields and statuses | ||
| Documents and wikis | ||
| Whiteboards | ||
| Goals and OKRs | ||
| Dashboards | ||
| Time tracking | ||
| Automation | ||
| Chat | ||
| Gantt and workload views | ||
| 1000+ integrations | ||
| Scrum and kanban boards | ||
| Backlogs and sprints | ||
| Epics and story points | ||
| Roadmaps | ||
| Custom workflows | ||
| Automation engine | ||
| Reports and velocity charts | ||
| Marketplace of thousands of apps | ||
| Confluence and Bitbucket integration | ||
| REST API |
Pricing
Every plan from both vendors, priced as South African teams actually pay.
Unlimited members and tasks with storage caps.
Free
no card needed
7 dollars per user billed annually.
R130/mo
per user, per month
12 dollars per user billed annually.
R220/mo
per user, per month
Custom pricing with enterprise controls.
Custom
no card needed
Straight from the vendor
These are list prices in rand and vendors adjust them from time to time. Check with ClickUp for the figure you'll actually pay.
Up to ten users with core boards and backlogs.
Free
no card needed
About 8.60 dollars per user per month.
R160/mo
per user, per month
About 17 dollars per user per month.
R310/mo
per user, per month
Straight from the vendor
These are list prices in rand and vendors adjust them from time to time. Check with Atlassian for the figure you'll actually pay.
Verdict
The generalist against the specialist. ClickUp consolidates tasks, docs, goals and chat for every department at unbeatable per user value. Jira remains the deeper tool for software delivery, with sprints, velocity and audit trails engineering teams rely on. Dev shops stay on Jira; mixed companies consolidating tool spend move everything else into ClickUp, and plenty run both.