# ClickUp vs Taskade

> ClickUp scores 60.7 (C) to Taskade's 57.7 (C) for issues and tasks. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-11-07

ClickUp scores 60.7 (C) on agent readiness against Taskade's 57.7 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Taskade leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and maintenance & community. Both do issues and tasks.

- ClickUp: grade C, 60.7/100, rank #638 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/clickup.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/clickup.json
- Taskade: grade C, 57.7/100, rank #779 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/taskade.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/taskade.json
- Best project and task management tools for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/project-management/index.md
- All 189 projects comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/project-management/index.md

## Which one, for what

### ClickUp (C)

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.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 62 against 40
- Security & auth, 64 against 45
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 20
- Transparency & trust, 75 against 69

Watch for: MCP calls are capped per rolling 24 hours by plan unless the Workspace has the Everything AI add-on, 100 on Free Forever and 300 on Core or Unlimited, per Workspace and client

### Taskade (C)

Good for: Small teams that keep projects, tasks and AI agents in one workspace and want an agent to read and change them.

Ahead on:
- Schema & documentation, 91 against 79
- Agent ergonomics, 68 against 57
- Maintenance & community, 85 against 54

Also in its favour:
- Runs on your own machine
- Free to start without a card

Watch for: Personal access tokens and OAuth grants carry no scopes beyond `mcp`, so no read-only credential exists


## Why the edge

### Maintenance & community: Taskade +31

- ClickUp (54): The MCP tools reference was updated on 27 October 2026 and product Release Notes 4.09 are dated 17 October 2026 (30). The product changelog has four dated entries since 5 August (18 August, 25 August, 18 September, 17 October), none about the public API. Docs pages changed on 10 August, 14 August, 17 September, 7 October and 27 October, and the official plugin repository had commits on 11 August, 7 September, 19 October and 30 October, the last two adding marketplace manifests (12 of 20). Public product changelog and feedback board, and 24/7 support stated on the pricing page. No API changelog, and response times were not checked (8 of 15). No entry under a ClickUp namespace in the official MCP registry, and no official SDK (0). The official clickup-plugin repository is MIT, still at version 1.1.0, with eight commits between 1 April and 30 October 2026 (4 of 10).
- Taskade (85): Changelog v6.306.0 on 5 November 2026, and v6.304.0 on 4 November updated the MCP setup page (30). Fifteen entries between 29 October and 5 November alone, and @taskade/mcp-server 0.1.3 (19 October) and 0.1.4 (22 October) (20). The taskade/mcp repository merged pull requests #114 to #122 between 26 October and 4 November; GitHub's API did not answer, so open issues and reply times were not counted (15 of 25). Verified io.github.taskade/mcp-server namespace in the official MCP registry, with the hosted remote (15). CI, release and registry-publish workflows, and the Docker image moved off end-of-life Node 20 on 28 October (5 of 10, with dependency health not checked). 30 + 20 + 15 + 15 + 5 = 85.

### Reliability: ClickUp +22

- ClickUp (62): Graded on the hosted MCP server and the public REST API, with the hosted lines. Status page at status.clickup.com on incident.io with 22 components, Public API among them, per the 8 October check (20). The incident window from 5 August couldn't be read on 3 November (a permission check refused the status feed and it wasn't retried). The 8 October incident reading came from the page's data endpoint, which this method doesn't use, so it is struck and the window is scored as unread (5). API limits published per plan, 100 requests a minute per token on Free Forever, Unlimited and Business, 1,000 on Business Plus and 10,000 on Enterprise, an MCP server limit of 1,000 requests a minute per connection and daily MCP caps of 100 to 25,000 calls (15). 429s carry `X-RateLimit-*` headers on the REST API. Since 27 October the MCP tools reference documents 429 with `Retry-After: 60`, `RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` with `retryAfter`, reads as safe to retry, and says to check whether a write happened before retrying, since creates, comments and time entries duplicate. Safe-retry guidance without idempotency keys (12). No SLA found in the reviewed pages (0). Neither surface is marked beta, though the MCP docs say limits may change (10).
- Taskade (40): Graded as a hosted service on the hosted MCP server and REST API v1. status.taskade.com is Taskade's own status portal, but it draws its data by script and no components could be read (10 of 20). No readable incident history (5). Rate limits have numbers only for `prompt_agent` (60 calls in 10 minutes) and `publish_kit_version` (5 an hour); the API docs say 429 marks a rate limit without stating it (5 of 15). The API returns 429 with Retry-After, MCP tools use `x-rate-limit-reset`, and tool errors say whether a retry is safe and after how many seconds (15). The terms commit to no uptime level without a separate written agreement, and only Enterprise mentions SLAs (0). REST API v1 is GA, while Action API v2, which most hosted MCP tools mirror, is beta (5 of 10). 10 + 5 + 5 + 15 + 0 + 5 = 40.

### Security & auth: ClickUp +19

- ClickUp (64): The MCP server takes only OAuth 2.1 with PKCE (S256), dynamic client registration and resource indicators, with two scopes, read and write. The REST API takes a personal token (`pk_`) or an OAuth 2.0 token, neither of which expires or carries scopes (24 of 30). The read scope, the user's choice of Workspaces at authorisation and ClickUp's permission model limit reach. The MCP FAQ says deletion tools are withheld as a safety measure, while the tools page lists Delete task. No server-side confirmation step is documented (12 of 20). Tools return task, comment, Doc and Chat text written by other people, and no injection guidance was found (3 of 15). Audit Log is an Enterprise capability with a v3 endpoint, and MCP responses carry `X-Correlation-ID`. Whether MCP calls are logged per tool was not established (8 of 15). security.txt valid until 1 September 2027, a disclosure policy with safe harbour, SOC 1 and SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, 27017, 27018, 27701 and 42001 stated, third-party penetration tests. No paid bounty found (17 of 20).
- Taskade (45): OAuth 2.0 with PKCE, dynamic client registration, 1-hour access tokens and rotating refresh tokens, but the only scope is `mcp`. Personal access tokens are revocable, limited to five, carry no scopes and grant the whole account. Tokens go in headers (20 of 30). No read-only credential; workspace roles limit what tools can do, and the write and billed `_meta` flags let a client ask first, with no server-side confirmation (10 of 20). Tools return task, project, conversation and app text written by others, and no prompt-injection guidance was found (0). The security page says account and workspace activity is logged and exportable on request, with no immutable logs (7 of 15). security.txt valid to September 2027 and a 90-day coordinated disclosure policy, but SOC 2 and ISO 27001 are in progress with no report and there is no bug bounty (8 of 20). 20 + 10 + 0 + 7 + 8 = 45.

### Schema & documentation: Taskade +12

- ClickUp (79): OpenAPI 3.1 spec for API v2 with 138 operations and an OpenAPI 3.0 spec for v3 with 35, both public, per the 8 October check (25). The MCP tool JSON schemas need an OAuth session and were not read. llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every docs page (10). 137 of 138 v2 operations carry a description. Since 27 October the MCP tools reference gives each of 65 tools its exact name, Read or Write type, a Sensitive flag, inputs, returns and side effects. It lists `clickup_delete_task` while the MCP FAQ still says no deletion tools exist (15 of 20). Required fields are marked, but v2 has 6 enums, dates are Unix milliseconds and `custom_fields` filters travel as JSON in a query string. v3 has 62 enums (10 of 15). Every v2 operation has a response example. REST error responses are specified on few (400 on 6, 401 on 3), while the MCP reference now has an error table with meanings and whether to retry (12 of 15). Versions sit in the path (v2, v3). No API changelog was found, and the product changelog rarely covers the API (7 of 15).
- Taskade (91): OpenAPI 3.0.3 specs for REST v1 and Action v2 are linked from llms.txt and committed in the public taskade/mcp repository, which is where we read them because the site's /api/ path is disallowed in robots.txt (25). llms.txt, a developer docs index and a Markdown copy of each page (10). The hosted MCP docs say what each tool does, which role it needs and what the server cannot do; the v2 spec's operations carry no descriptions of their own (14 of 20). The v1 spec has 96 enums and 254 required lists (13 of 15). Error tables with causes and fixes on the MCP and API pages, and a documented error envelope (14 of 15). Versioned APIs (1.0.0, 2.0.0-beta), deprecations marked in the spec and a changelog updated almost daily (15). 25 + 10 + 14 + 13 + 14 + 15 = 91.

### Agent ergonomics: Taskade +11

- ClickUp (57): 65 documented MCP tools (5). The OAuth metadata advertises separate read and write scopes and `clickup_get_task` takes an `include` list (3 more, 8 of 25). Get Tasks filters by status, assignee, tag, dates and Custom Fields at 100 tasks a page, v3 and the MCP read tools use cursors with `has_more`, and MCP has a Workspace search tool. No field selection on v2 (16 of 20). REST errors carry `err` and an `ECODE`, v3 adds `status`, `message` and `trace_id`, and the MCP reference documents each error with whether to retry (16 of 20). No idempotency keys in either spec. The MCP reference states for each write what repeating it does and marks reads and writes, while `readOnlyHint` and `destructiveHint` could not be checked without an OAuth session (10 of 20). Create Task needs only `name` (and `list_id` over MCP). No official SDK found on npm or in the ClickUp GitHub organisation. The official plugin adds three skills that preview a plan before writing (7 of 15).
- Taskade (68): 47 hosted MCP tools are listed (5), with `inspect_space` line ranges and cursor pagination to size reads (3 back). Cursor pagination on list tools and a paginated, plan-filtered `list_spaces`, with few filters (15 of 20). MCP tool errors return `class`, `code`, `retry` and `retryAfterSec`, and invalid arguments come back as a tool result the model can correct (20). Every tool states readOnlyHint, destructiveHint and openWorldHint, and `_meta` flags mark writes and billed calls; no idempotency keys for creates were found (18 of 20). Setup is one URL with OAuth; the TypeScript SDK is in preview and not on npm, and no second official SDK exists (7 of 15). 8 + 15 + 20 + 18 + 7 = 68.

### Payments & pricing: ClickUp +10

- ClickUp (30): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan prices are public, Free Forever, Unlimited at $7 a seat a month billed yearly or $10 monthly, Business at $12 or $19, Enterprise through sales. API and MCP calls are not priced per call, and the MCP daily caps lift with the Everything AI add-on at $28 a seat a month (10). Free Forever includes the API and the MCP server at 100 MCP calls per rolling 24 hours. We did not go through signup to confirm no card is asked for (20). Dynamic client registration lets an MCP client register itself, but a person signs in and authorises the Workspace in a browser (0).
- Taskade (20): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan prices are public, billed yearly, with nothing per call (10). A Free plan needs no card, but the hosted MCP server is limited to paid plans and the pricing table lists the API from Business up, so the free tier reaches little of the agent surface (10 of 20). A person signs up in a browser and verifies an email before a token can be made (0). 0 + 10 + 10 + 0 = 20.

## Score by category

| Category | Weight | ClickUp | Taskade | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 62 | 40 | ClickUp +22 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 79 | 91 | Taskade +12 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 57 | 68 | Taskade +11 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 64 | 45 | ClickUp +19 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 20 | ClickUp +10 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 85 | Taskade +31 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 69 | ClickUp +6 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **60.7 · C** | **57.7 · C** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | ClickUp | Taskade |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |
| Vendor | Mango Technologies, Inc. DBA ClickUp | Taskcade Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.clickup.com` | `https://www.taskade.com/mcp` |
| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary service under ClickUp's Terms of Service and Developer Terms. The clickup-plugin repository on GitHub is MIT | none |
| Tools exposed | 65 | 47 |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.taskade/mcp-server` |
| Last release | 2026-10-27 | 2026-11-05 |
| Terms last updated | 2025-06-27 | 2026-09-30 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-06-02 | 2026-10-26 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | yes |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |

## How the scores have moved

### ClickUp

- -0.2 on 3 November 2026: product, correction

### Taskade

No score change since it was listed.

## Verdicts

**ClickUp.** The hosted MCP server uses OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, dynamic client registration and read and write scopes, works on the Free Forever plan, and since 27 October documents its 65 tools with error and retry guidance. MCP calls are capped per day by plan. No API changelog, deprecation policy, official SDK or SLA was found.

**Taskade.** Taskade's hosted MCP server and APIs are documented for agents, with public OpenAPI specs, annotated tools and structured errors that say when to retry. Its tokens are all-or-nothing, with no read-only scope, the hosted server needs a paid plan, and there is no SOC 2 report, DPA or published SLA.

## Before you call either

### ClickUp

1. Connect to https://mcp.clickup.com/mcp with OAuth 2.1 and PKCE. API keys and REST OAuth tokens are refused on the MCP server
2. Pass `workspace_id` on every MCP call when the user belongs to more than one Workspace, as ClickUp's own skills instruct
3. Budget MCP calls. Each tool call counts against the rolling 24-hour cap, and `RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` returns `retryAfter`
4. On the REST API read `X-RateLimit-Remaining` and `X-RateLimit-Reset`, and page Get Tasks with `page` at 100 tasks a page
5. Treat `team_id` in API v2 as the Workspace ID, and send dates as Unix milliseconds
6. After a timeout or server error on an MCP write, check whether the change happened before retrying. Creates, comments and time entries duplicate when repeated

### Taskade

1. Call `list_spaces` first and page until `hasNextPage` is false, since a page can be empty while more remain
2. Ask the user before any tool whose `_meta` has `taskade/write` or `taskade/billed`; `run_flow` and `prompt_agent` spend credits
3. On an error, read `structuredContent.error.retry`: retry at once on safe, wait `retryAfterSec` on after_wait, stop on no
4. Prefer OAuth over a personal token for interactive clients, because a personal token reaches the whole account
5. Treat task, project, conversation and app text as untrusted content written by others

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, ClickUp or Taskade?

ClickUp scores 60.7 (C) on agent readiness against Taskade's 57.7 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Taskade leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and maintenance & community.

### Do ClickUp and Taskade need an API key?

Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.

### Can an agent call ClickUp and Taskade without installing anything?

Yes. ClickUp has a hosted endpoint at https://api.clickup.com and Taskade at https://www.taskade.com/mcp.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-taskade.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/clickup-vs-taskade.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "clickup", "b": "taskade"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare clickup taskade`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/clickup.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/taskade.json

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