ClickUp has every feature...
Tootela has what you actually use

If you need advanced project views, custom dashboards, and deeply nested task hierarchies: ClickUp is worth exploring. If you want your team to communicate, collaborate, and get things done without a 3-hour onboarding: that's Tootela.

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Two tools, two missions

Not competitors. Just built for fundamentally different problems.

ClickUp
ClickUpProject OS

Built for project power users. Tasks, subtasks, custom views, automations, dashboards: when your team runs complex multi-level workflows and needs extreme flexibility in how work is structured.

Strong at
Tasks, subtasks & sprint planning
15+ views (Gantt, Timeline, Board...)
Custom automations & workflows
Goal tracking & dashboards
Typical buyer
Project managers, DevOps teams
Setup time
Weeks
TootelaCollaboration OS

Built for team velocity. Chat, projects, CRM, HR: everything in one workspace so your team spends less time switching tools and more time doing the work.

Strong at
Team chat, channels & threaded DMs
Projects, kanban & sprint planning
Social media planner & scheduling
CRM & customer helpdesk
HR, onboarding & time off
Typical buyer
CEO, COO, Head of Ops
Setup time
Minutes

What actually changes with ClickUp

The feature paradox: more options often means more friction, which recreates the problem you wanted to solve.

🌀

Too many features, not enough clarity

ClickUp ships new features every week. The result is a UI that takes weeks to master. Teams spend more time configuring workspaces than doing actual work. Feature count is not a productivity metric.

💬

Chat is an afterthought

ClickUp added a chat feature, but it's a module bolted onto a project tool. Your team still has Slack. That means two places for conversations, two places for decisions, and context that gets lost between them.

🧩

No CRM, no HR: still incomplete

ClickUp can track almost anything project-related. But the moment you need to manage a sales pipeline, onboard a new hire, or handle time off: you're back to a separate tool. Tootela covers that by default.

“ClickUp builds everything.
Tootela builds what teams actually ship with.”

You didn't start your business to manage subscriptions

The average team spends $247/user/month on tools that don't talk to each other. There's a simpler way.

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Slack
Jira
Notion
Gmail
Zoom
Monday
Asana
Drive
Outlook
Salesforce
Slack
Jira
Notion
Gmail
Zoom
Monday
Asana
Drive
Outlook
Salesforce
Slack
Jira
Notion
Gmail
Zoom
Monday
Asana
Drive
Outlook
Salesforce
tootela

Most teams need simplicity, not more features

The best tool is the one your whole team actually uses.

ClickUp€120/mo
Slack€145/mo
HubSpot€300/mo
BambooHR€120/mo
Loom€80/mo
Total€765/mo

You're still paying for Slack + HubSpot + BambooHR on top of ClickUp

That's often more than €50 per person per month. For tools that don't talk to each other and data scattered everywhere.

ClickUpClickUp×
SlackSlack×
HubSpotHubSpot×
GmailGmail×
LoomLoom×
DriveDrive×
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app.clickup.com
Sprint tasks
Design new landing pageIn Progress
Update API docsTo Do
Fix mobile nav bugTo Do
Client onboarding deckDone
💬 “Is the client update in ClickUp or did someone send it in Slack?”

Your team spends the day switching tabs

Context switching costs an average of 6 hours per week per employee. That's a quarter of a working day, every single week.

Where is this info?
Sprint goalsClickUp
Client decisionSlack
Budget approved?Email
New hire docsDrive
Sales pipelineHubSpot
Time off requestSpreadsheet

ClickUp solves projects. Tootela solves your whole team.

Project management is one piece. Tootela adds team chat, CRM, HR, and documents in the same workspace: so your team never needs to leave to get the full picture.

Tootela is right for you if…

Good fit

You have a team of 10 to 200 people
You want chat, projects, CRM and HR in one place
You want to be up and running in under a week
Your priority is collaboration, not feature configuration
You are a CEO, COO, or Head of Ops
You are tired of paying for tools that do not talk to each other

Not yet a fit

You need deeply nested 5-level task hierarchies
Your team lives in Gantt charts and complex automations
You need a dedicated project OS with 15+ view types

Full honesty: if your team's primary need is advanced project management with extreme customization, ClickUp is genuinely powerful. Tootela is for teams that want the collaboration layer without the configuration overhead.

Projects
Chat
Mail
Calendar
HR & People
Documents
CRM
Invoicing
Helpdesk
Meet

All your teams,
in one place

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