# Asana vs ClickUp (slim)

> Asana scores 70.1 (BB) on agent readiness against ClickUp's 60.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do tasks create. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Asana scores 70.1 (BB) on agent readiness against ClickUp's 60.9 (C), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do tasks create.

- Asana: BB 70.1, rank #134 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/asana.min.md
- ClickUp: C 60.9, rank #336 of 629 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clickup.min.md
- Asana, good for Teams already on Asana that want an agent to create and update tasks, comment, post status updates and read project and portfolio summaries. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 91 against 74; Agent ergonomics, 71 against 48; Maintenance & community, 80 against 54; Transparency & trust, 83 against 75. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better.
- ClickUp, good for Teams already working in ClickUp that want an assistant to create and update tasks, comment, log time and read Docs through one OAuth connection.

| Category | Asana | ClickUp |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 72 | 74 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 91 | 74 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 71 | 48 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 65 | 64 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 80 | 54 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 83 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Asana | ClickUp |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Asana, Inc. | Mango Technologies, Inc. DBA ClickUp |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://app.asana.com/api/1.0` | `https://api.clickup.com` |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Asana's terms and API terms. The JavaScript and Python client libraries on GitHub are MIT | Proprietary service under ClickUp's Terms of Service and Developer Terms. The clickup-plugin repository on GitHub is MIT |
| Tools exposed | 27 | 48 |
| Last release | 2026-10-02 | 2026-09-18 |
| Terms last updated | 2024-01-01 | 2025-06-27 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-01 | 2026-06-02 |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | yes |
| Popularity | 344k npm/wk, 805k PyPI/wk | none |