Free
Up to ten users with core boards and backlogs.
Free
no card needed
- Scrum and kanban boards
- Backlog
- Basic roadmaps
- 2GB storage
Jira vs ClickUp
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
Every score, at a glance
Verified user ratings across every dimension — Jira against ClickUp, nothing weighted.
Dimensions won
0 – 5
Jira vs ClickUp, across 5 rating dimensions
Widest rating gap
+0,4
ClickUp leads on overall
Verified reviews
401
196 for Jira, 205 for ClickUp
Jira
3,8
196 verified reviews
ClickUp
4,2
205 verified reviews
Ratings by dimension
- Jira
- ClickUp
Overall
3,8
4,2
Ease of use
3,8
4,1
Value for money
3,8
4,1
Customer service
3,8
4,2
Functionality
3,8
4,2
Share of verified reviews
Who South African reviewers actually write about.
- Jira (196)
- ClickUp (205)
Cost to get started
Cheapest paid plan, shown per month.
Jira
R160/mo
ClickUp
R130/mo
ClickUp is the cheaper way in. Lower isn't automatically better — weigh it against the ratings above.
Head to head
Where each one wins
Row by row, with the stronger score highlighted. Straight from verified reviews.
| Jira | ClickUp | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 3,8 | 4,2 |
| Reviews | 196 | 205 |
| Ease of use | 3,8 | 4,1 |
| Value for money | 3,8 | 4,1 |
| Customer service | 3,8 | 4,2 |
| Functionality | 3,8 | 4,2 |
| Starting price | R160/user/month | R130/user/month |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
Features
Feature by feature, checked off
Everything each product ships, side by side. No marketing gloss.
| Feature | Jira | ClickUp |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Tasks with custom fields and statuses | ||
| Documents and wikis | ||
| Whiteboards | ||
| Goals and OKRs | ||
| Dashboards | ||
| Time tracking | ||
| Automation | ||
| Chat | ||
| Gantt and workload views | ||
| 1000+ integrations |
Pricing
Both price lists, in rand
Every plan from both vendors, priced as South African teams actually pay.
Jira plans
Try it free
Standard
About 8.60 dollars per user per month.
R160/mo
per user, per month
- Everything in Free
- User roles and permissions
- Audit logs
- 250GB storage
Premium
About 17 dollars per user per month.
R310/mo
per user, per month
- Everything in Standard
- Advanced roadmaps
- Unlimited storage
- 24x7 support
- Automation at scale
Straight from the vendor
Get current pricing
These are list prices in rand and vendors adjust them from time to time. Check with Atlassian for the figure you'll actually pay.
ClickUp plans
Free Forever
Unlimited members and tasks with storage caps.
Free
no card needed
- Tasks and docs
- Board and list views
- Whiteboards
- Chat
Unlimited
7 dollars per user billed annually.
R130/mo
per user, per month
- Unlimited storage
- Integrations
- Dashboards
- Gantt views
Business
12 dollars per user billed annually.
R220/mo
per user, per month
- Everything in Unlimited
- Automation volume
- Workload management
- Advanced dashboards
Enterprise
Custom pricing with enterprise controls.
Custom
no card needed
- White labelling
- Advanced permissions
- Dedicated success manager
Straight from the vendor
Get current pricing
These are list prices in rand and vendors adjust them from time to time. Check with ClickUp for the figure you'll actually pay.
Verdict
Our 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.