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ClickUp vs Smartsheet
A side-by-side editorial comparison of ClickUp and Smartsheet — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
ClickUp vs Smartsheet: at a glance
| Feature | ClickUp | Smartsheet |
|---|---|---|
| Sector | PM | Collab, PM |
| Velocity score | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Sparks · 30d | 0 | 0 |
| Top themes | project-management, ai-agents, mcp, ai-coworker | table-view, ai-handoff, integrations, enterprise |
| Last editorial update | 2mo ago | 3d ago |
| Website | — | Visit → |
What is ClickUp?
ClickUp folds MCP into Super Agents, wiring outside tools into its AI coworker
ClickUp's recent shipping is dominated by Brain² and Super Agents: the Brain² takeover release enumerated artifact generation, model routing and memory, and Release Notes 4.07 extended MCP server connections to Super Agents while scoping Custom Fields by task type. The newest entry is smaller and commercial rather than functional — PayPal is rolling out as an additional payment option in India, explicitly not a pricing change, with other markets to follow. Classic project-management work like Gantt Baselines continues underneath the AI releases.
What is Smartsheet?
Smartsheet becomes where plans drafted in Claude Sheets get executed.
Smartsheet is rebuilding its core around table view: a table view report builder, Enterprise sheets above 500,000 cells, reports above 1,500,000 rows and a new Gantt view with critical path. On November 10 it added a beta that sends a plan started in Claude Sheets into Smartsheet, ready for a team to act on. Earlier it retired card view for Enterprise and limited AI to Table, Board and Timeline views.
ClickUp vs Smartsheet: editorial side-by-side
ClickUp
5.0PM
ClickUp folds MCP into Super Agents, wiring outside tools into its AI coworker
◆ Current state
ClickUp's recent shipping is dominated by Brain² and Super Agents: the Brain² takeover release enumerated artifact generation, model routing and memory, and Release Notes 4.07 extended MCP server connections to Super Agents while scoping Custom Fields by task type. The newest entry is smaller and commercial rather than functional — PayPal is rolling out as an additional payment option in India, explicitly not a pricing change, with other markets to follow. Classic project-management work like Gantt Baselines continues underneath the AI releases.
◆ Where it's heading
The arc is from work-management app to AI work-execution platform, and the recent releases are about widening what the agents can reach rather than announcing new agents. Connecting any publicly hosted MCP server to Super Agents is the clearest expression of that: ClickUp is content to be the place agents run, not the place every tool lives. The payment-option work is a reminder that the same period includes ordinary commercial plumbing aimed at growth markets.
◆ Prediction
Expect the PayPal rollout to expand country by country as stated, and the MCP surface to keep absorbing capability that would previously have shipped as a named ClickUp integration. Nothing in these entries indicates a change to how Brain² is priced.
Smartsheet
5.0COLLABPM
Smartsheet becomes where plans drafted in Claude Sheets get executed.
◆ Current state
Smartsheet is rebuilding its core around table view: a table view report builder, Enterprise sheets above 500,000 cells, reports above 1,500,000 rows and a new Gantt view with critical path. On November 10 it added a beta that sends a plan started in Claude Sheets into Smartsheet, ready for a team to act on. Earlier it retired card view for Enterprise and limited AI to Table, Board and Timeline views.
◆ Where it's heading
Two tracks are visible. The core product is consolidating onto fewer, larger views, and Smartsheet is positioning itself as the execution layer for work drafted elsewhere, starting with an AI spreadsheet. Imports from SharePoint and Workday sync point the same way: pull data in, run the work in Smartsheet.
◆ Prediction
Expect the Claude Sheets handoff to leave beta and similar send-to paths from other AI assistants, since the release frames Smartsheet as the destination rather than the drafting tool.
ClickUp alternatives
Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Tap any card for the full editorial trajectory or compare directly with ClickUp.
Asana
Asana lets Division admins run their own custom roles, on top Enterprise plans only.
NocoBase
NocoBase's v3 beta lets apps ship their own CLI, separate from Agents.
Productboard
Productboard's v2 documents API now keeps plain web addresses and emoji as ordinary text.
Hive
Hive turns reporting into a planning tool: shared inputs, grouped values, per-person drill-downs.
Tracecat
Tracecat 1.5 alpha patches add sub-cases and lock down agent sandboxes.
Smartsheet alternatives
Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Tap any card for the full editorial trajectory or compare directly with Smartsheet.
Interact
Interact opens its intranet to outside AI assistants and uses Claude to attack its own platform.
Nextcloud
Nextcloud's November patches lean on preview speed and sharing fixes across three branches.
Mattermost
Mattermost v12.1 puts bots and burn-after-reading messages under the same access rules.
Asana
Asana lets Division admins run their own custom roles, on top Enterprise plans only.
Double
Double turns a recorded Chrome session into an agent that repeats the task.
SiYuan
SiYuan 3.8.11 alphas add freeform mind maps and plugin snapshots right after 3.8.10.
Recent activity from ClickUp and Smartsheet
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 5d agoSmartsheetUse the Jira Smartsheet Connector with Jira v11.x
- 5d agoSmartsheetSort, filter, and find workspaces in Browse
- 5d agoSmartsheetSmartsheet adds bidirectional sync with Dynamics 365
- 5d agoSmartsheetSend to Smartsheet from Claude Sheets, now available in beta!
- 11d agoSmartsheetWork with large-scale sheets and reports in table view
- 11d agoSmartsheetVisualize your project schedule in the new Gantt view
- 2mo agoClickUpPayPal payments begin rolling out in India
- 2mo agoClickUpMCP servers reach Super Agents; Custom Fields scope by task type
- 4mo agoClickUpBrain² takeover: artifacts, model routing, memory, and MCP ⚡
- 4mo agoClickUpReddit AMA with ClickUp's Head of AI on Brain²
- 4mo agoClickUpBrain² announced as ClickUp's multi-model company AI
- 6mo agoClickUpGantt Baselines, Brain on mobile, ClickUp inside ChatGPT and Cursor
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between ClickUp and Smartsheet?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. ClickUp and Smartsheet are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is ClickUp better than Smartsheet?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. ClickUp and Smartsheet are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to ClickUp?
Top ClickUp alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "ClickUp alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/clickup for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Smartsheet?
Top Smartsheet alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Smartsheet alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/smartsheet for the full list with editorial commentary on each.