# ClickUp: how AI models rank it, September 2026

HR AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition. Named in 20 judge labels across 7 categories by 10 of 12 models. Page: https://hr-ai-index.com/vendors/clickup/

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goals and OKRs | 2% | 15 | 27% | 11 |
| Employee onboarding | 0% | 101 | 100% | 2 |
| Skills intelligence | 0% | 53 | 0% | 2 |
| Workforce scheduling | 0% | 64 | 50% | 2 |
| HR help desk and case management | 0% | 43 | 0% | 1 |
| Internal communications and intranet | 0% | 52 | 0% | 1 |
| Org charts and org design | 0% | 45 | 0% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "The Best All-Rounder: ClickUp ... ClickUp is widely considered the best value-for-money software on the market." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Goals and OKRs)
- "Project Scheduling: Use Asana or ClickUp for general business" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Workforce scheduling)
- "Need visual workflows: Pipefy or ClickUp" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, HR help desk)

## And against it

- "Avoid using your internal tools (like Asana, ClickUp, or Monday) as customer-facing onboarding portals." (Mistral Small, Employee onboarding)
- "avoid running customer onboarding through internal PM tools like Monday.com, Asana, ClickUp" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Employee onboarding)
- "ClickUp's goals module is its weakest link, arguably the worst of all the PM tools tested" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Goals and OKRs)
- "Ambitious "All-in-One" Productivity Schedulers (ClickUp, Akiflow, Routine, etc.)- Why caution: ... request excessive permissions" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Workforce scheduling)

## Record

- Method: https://hr-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://hr-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as HR AI Recommendation Index, September 2026 Edition, hr-ai-index.com.