ClickUp vs Superhuman

ClickUp

One app for tasks, docs, goals, and chat

ClickUp is an all-in-one work platform that combines tasks, docs, whiteboards, goals, dashboards, chat, and time tracking in a single workspace, with an unusually capable free tier and AI sold as a separate per-seat add-on. The pitch is consolidation. Most teams run projects in one tool, documentation in another, and planning in a third, then spend real time keeping the three in sync. ClickUp's argument is that a task, the doc that specifies it, and the dashboard that reports on it should be the same object in the same system. The practical consequence is enormous configurability: multiple view types over the same data, custom fields, custom statuses per space, automations, and a hierarchy of workspace, space, folder, list, task, and subtask. Free Forever is genuinely usable rather than a demo. It includes 60MB storage, unlimited tasks, unlimited free plan members, two-factor authentication, collaborative docs, Kanban boards, sprint management, calendar view, a basic custom field manager, in-app video recording, 24/7 support, and 1 form. The binding constraint on the free plan is storage and advanced feature gating, not seat count, which is unusual and makes it viable for a small team indefinitely. Paid tiers are per user per month. Unlimited is $10/user monthly or $7/user billed yearly. Business is $19/user monthly or $12/user billed yearly. Enterprise is custom-quoted. AI is priced separately: Brain AI is $9/user monthly, or roughly $7.20/user with the 20% yearly discount, and covers the Brain assistant, the Brain agent, AI chat across Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini, expanded premium model use, unlimited AI writing, and enterprise workspace search. Everything AI is $28/user monthly, roughly $22.40/user annually, and adds agentic features including ambient answers, an AI notetaker, image generation, and AI fields. Budget the AI add-on as a real line item, because at the Everything AI tier it costs more than the underlying Business seat. Who it is for: small to mid-sized teams that want one subscription instead of four and are willing to invest setup time. It rewards a team with someone who enjoys configuring systems and punishes one that wants sensible defaults out of the box. How it compares: Asana and Monday.com are cleaner and faster to adopt, with less configuration surface and correspondingly less power. Notion is stronger for documentation and knowledge management and weaker for structured project execution at scale. Linear is far better for software engineering teams specifically, being opinionated and fast where ClickUp is flexible and heavy. Jira remains the default for large engineering organisations with formal process requirements. ClickUp wins on breadth per dollar and loses on speed and simplicity. Choose it when the cost of running four tools, in both money and context switching, has become the actual problem.

Superhuman

The fastest email experience ever made

Superhuman is a premium email client built for speed. It works on top of Gmail and Microsoft Outlook accounts and redesigns the email experience around keyboard shortcuts, a minimalist interface and features meant to help heavy email users get through their inbox faster. Superhuman was acquired by Grammarly in 2025, bringing it into a broader suite of AI writing and productivity tools. The product became known for its focus on performance and workflow. Almost every action can be done from the keyboard, and the interface responds instantly, which matters for executives, founders, investors and salespeople who process hundreds of emails a day. Split Inbox separates important messages from newsletters, notifications and other categories, so attention goes where it matters. Features such as snoozing, reminders when someone has not replied, scheduled sending, read statuses, undo send and instant search support the goal of reaching inbox zero. AI has become central to Superhuman. It can write and edit replies in the user's voice, summarise long threads, sort and label incoming mail, and let users ask questions of their inbox in natural language to find information. Calendar integration helps schedule meetings and share availability without leaving email. Team features let organisations share templates and best practices. Superhuman is a paid subscription and one of the most expensive email clients available, which is the main objection. It also works only with Gmail and Outlook accounts, and some users find that the speed gains depend on learning its shortcuts and workflows. Alternatives include Gmail and Outlook themselves, increasingly adding AI features; Spark for a free or low-cost smart email client with team features; Shortwave, an AI-first client for Gmail; Missive and Front for shared team inboxes; Hey, an opinionated email service with its own address; and Apple Mail for simplicity. Choose Superhuman when email is a large part of your job and speed justifies a premium price.