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Scopeyard vs. the usual suspects.
Most agencies land on Scopeyard after outgrowing ClickUp, Asana, Trello, Linear, Basecamp, or Jira. Here’s an honest look at how we differ, focused on what actually matters for client delivery: pricing model, client access, approvals, and whether “approved” ever turns into “billed.”
| Scopeyard | ClickUp | Asana | Trello | Linear | Basecamp | Jira | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat monthly fee, $29 / $249 / $499 | Per seat, $7–$19/user/mo | Per seat, $11–$25/user/mo | Per seat, $5–$12.50/user/mo | Per seat, $8–$14/user/mo | Per seat ($15/user) or flat $299/mo (Pro Unlimited) | Per seat, $7.91–$14.54/user/mo (Standard/Premium) |
| 5 team + 6 clients (2 projects), est./mo | $29 flat (Starter) | ~$35–95 | ~$55 | ~$25–55 | ~$88–154 (11 seats, full price) | ~$165 (per-seat) or $299 flat | ~$40–73 |
| Client / guest access | Unlimited, included on every plan | Guest seats scale with paid seats (5–10 base, +2–5 per member); extras become paid seats | Unlimited free guests (view/comment) | Free for single-board guests; multi-board guests billed | Billed at full seat price, no discount | Included on all plans | Free guest access, 5 guests per paid seat, single space only (new 2026) |
| Client approvals | Native, a tracked step on every deliverable | Via Forms + automations (manual setup) | Approval task type (manual, not billing-linked) | Third-party Power-Ups only | Not built for this, Customer Requests is feedback intake | No structured approval step | Custom workflow statuses only, no native client sign-off |
| Approved → ready to bill | Automatic, approved work lands on your billing view | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| AI / MCP access | MCP servers built in (Studio & Company) | ClickUp Brain (in-app assistant) | Asana AI Studio (in-app) | Limited | AI features for engineering workflows | None | Rovo AI + Rovo MCP Server (in-app, GA 2026) |
Competitor pricing and features reflect publicly listed plans as of June 2026 and are provided for general comparison only. Please check each vendor’s own pricing page for current rates, as these change often.
Run the numbers
See how the cost changes as you grow.
Drag the sliders to match your team and client roster. Scopeyard’s price only moves when you cross a plan tier, everyone else scales with every seat you add.
Assumes each client brings ~3 contacts. ClickUp on Business (guest seats scale with team size, extra guests become paid seats); Asana on Premium/Advanced (unlimited free guests); Trello on Standard/Premium (single-board guests free); Linear on Business (every seat, including clients, billed full price); Basecamp per-seat vs. flat Pro Unlimited, whichever is cheaper; Jira on Standard/Premium (5 free guest seats per paid seat, extras billed). Scopeyard’s plan is based on number of active client projects.
A closer look
Where each tool falls short for client delivery.
vs. ClickUp
The everything-app, with an everything-bill.
ClickUp is the Swiss Army knife, and that's the trade-off. It's priced per seat, and guest seats are tied to your paid headcount, so growing your team or your client list both nudge the bill. Approvals exist, but they're a form plus an automation you wire up yourself, not a state the whole board understands.
Compare in detailvs. Asana
Generous with guests, blind on billing.
Asana gets one thing right that most don't: unlimited free guests. But "approved" in Asana is still just a task type, it doesn't connect to anything resembling an invoice. You'll still be exporting a spreadsheet at the end of the month to figure out what's billable.
Compare in detailvs. Trello
Cheap to start, expensive to outgrow.
Trello is cheap and simple, which is exactly why so many agencies start there, and exactly why they outgrow it. Clients on a shared board see everything on that board, approvals need a Power-Up, and there's no concept of "this is done and ready to invoice."
Compare in detailvs. Linear
Built for engineers, billed like it too.
Linear is built for engineering teams shipping software, not agencies shipping client work, and the pricing shows it. Every guest seat costs the same as a teammate's, full stop. Add a client for one project, and you're paying for a full seat to do it.
Compare in detailvs. Basecamp
The closest flat fee, but it's a bulletin board, not a billing system.
Basecamp gets the flat-fee instinct right, and its Pro Unlimited plan is the closest any of these tools come to our pricing model. But it's a general communication tool, message boards and to-dos, with no structured approval step and nothing that turns "client said yes" into "ready to bill."
Compare in detailvs. Jira
Powerful enough for engineering, overkill for client delivery.
Jira's 2026 free guest access update is a real improvement, clients can join a single space at no extra cost. But Jira is still an issue tracker built for engineering workflows, where "approval" means a custom workflow status and "billing" isn't a concept the product has at all.
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