The Thicket Blog

ClickUp vs Trello, with a winner for each kind of team. Trello wins for small teams that just need a kanban board ($6/user/mo on Standard); ClickUp wins on feature breadth and customization ($10/user/mo on Unlimited). Verified monthly prices, each product's limits, and a $49/mo flat third option.

Asana's Starter plan costs $13.49 per user per month billed monthly, or $10.99 billed annually; Advanced is $30.49 and $24.99. Past 5 people, seats come in bundles, so a 6-person team pays for 10 seats. The full 2026 breakdown, plus a $49/mo flat alternative.

Teamwork.com publishes only annual rates: $9.99/user/mo (Basics) and $24.99/user/mo (Accelerate), with a "Save 29%" discount implying roughly $13.99 and $34.99 billed monthly. The full 2026 breakdown, the derived-monthly math, and a $49/mo flat alternative.

Trello is $6/user/mo (Standard) or $12.50/user/mo (Premium) billed monthly; the advertised $5 and $10 are annual rates. The free plan is capped at 10 boards and 10 collaborators per Workspace. The full 2026 breakdown, and a $49/mo flat alternative.

Notion is $12/user/mo (Plus) or $24/user/mo (Business) billed monthly. The advertised $10 and $20 are annual rates, and the AI features live on Business, with agent usage priced in credits. The full 2026 breakdown, and a $49/mo flat alternative.

Monday.com is $14/user/mo (Standard) or $24/user/mo (Pro) billed monthly, and the advertised $12 and $19 are annual rates. Every paid plan carries a 3-seat minimum. The full 2026 breakdown, and a $49/mo flat alternative.

ClickUp is $10/user/mo (Unlimited) or $19/user/mo (Business) billed monthly, plus $9/user for the Brain AI add-on. The advertised $7 and $12 are annual rates. The full 2026 breakdown, and a $49/mo flat alternative.

Basecamp now sells flat plans tiered by project count: $25/mo for 3 projects up to $299/mo for unlimited. Here's the full 2026 breakdown of every tier, what changed from the old per-user model, and a $49/mo unlimited alternative.

ClickUp charges $10–19/user/mo and overwhelms teams with 100+ features. Compare pricing, common complaints, and simpler alternatives at $49/mo flat.

Per-seat pricing costs a 10-person team $110–150/mo. Flat-rate tools like Thicket charge $49/mo for unlimited users. Compare both models with the calculation shown.

Small teams don't need complex enterprise tools. Here's what to look for in a PM tool, and why most teams overpay by $50–200/month.

Remote teams juggle Slack, Asana, Google Docs, and email. Work scattered across four apps makes it harder to keep a project moving.

How much does project management software cost in 2026? We compare pricing for Monday.com, Asana, ClickUp, Basecamp, Teamwork, Notion, and Thicket across team sizes of 5 to 50.