Eddyline vs ClickUp for agencies

For 15 staff and 20 clients, ClickUp Unlimited costs $1,260 a year and Eddyline Team costs $490 a year, because ClickUp prices each of the 15 staff while Eddyline Team is one flat yearly price for up to 15 team members. See who counts as a team member.

The figures use ClickUp Unlimited at $7 per user per month, billed yearly, for 15 staff. ClickUp's FAQ gives Unlimited 33 guest seats for 15 paid users, so your 20 clients fit at no extra cost. See their pricing page.

The facts side by side

Eddyline and ClickUp compared for an agency
Fact	Eddyline	ClickUp, Unlimited plan
Pricing model	Priced per edition, not per client. Team covers 15 team members.	Priced per user. A Free Forever plan is listed.
Client or guest access	Clients are free and unlimited on every edition and never count as team members.	Guests with permission control are listed on Unlimited. The FAQ on the same page gives Unlimited 5 guest seats, plus 2 for each paid user after the first.
Hosting	Self-hosted on your own Linux server with one install line.	Hosted by ClickUp. The pricing page lists no self-hosted option.
Where your data lives	On your server. The only call Eddyline makes on its own is the daily update check, which you can turn off.	US, EU and APAC data residency is listed. The page names Enterprise for it.
Single sign-on	Google and any OpenID Connect provider, on every edition.	Google sign-in listed on Business. SAML SSO and SCIM on Enterprise.
Export	Time reports as CSV, and nightly database backups.	View exports are listed. Which plan has which export: varies, see source.
Yearly price, 15 staff and 20 clients	$490 a year	$1,260 a year

Source: https://clickup.com/pricing, checked on 2026-10-23. Where the page did not state a fact clearly, the table says so. Prices are in US dollars.

Where ClickUp is the better choice

One workspace for many jobs. ClickUp lists docs, whiteboards, chat, Gantt charts, dashboards and forms in the same product.
A low per-person price for teams that want many views and do not have clients inside the tool.
No server to run. ClickUp hosts the product, so there is nothing for you to install or back up.
Integrations and automations. The pricing page lists a large integration set and automation allowances on each plan.

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