Marketing resource management · October 2026 Edition
ClickUp vs Smartsheet
Zero of fourteen models named ClickUp first on the direct prompt; one named Smartsheet. ClickUp was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Smartsheet by eight and ClickUp carries 24 labels and Smartsheet 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.
San Diego, United States, founded 2016. Named in seven categories this edition.
Named in four categories this edition.
First-choice share13%4%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate17%20%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#2#7A position in a field of 11; printed, not drawn.
Labels2410A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, ClickUp reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Wrike for Marketing was named alongside these two in nine of the fourteen direct answers. Wrike for Marketing vs ClickUp · Wrike for Marketing vs Smartsheet · ClickUp vs monday.com Work Management
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the marketing resource management page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
ClickUpFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSmartsheet
Direct01
Paraphrase101 against Smartsheet
Comparative001 against ClickUp
Budget-constrained60
Scale-constrained01
Negative103 against ClickUp · 1 against Smartsheet
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where ClickUp and Smartsheet stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | ||||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | ||||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | ||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | ||||
| Mistral Small | | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | ||||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | ||||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | |||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | |
ClickUp Smartsheet first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, ClickUp on the left and Smartsheet on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where ClickUp and Smartsheet stood in it.
Smartsheet first, ClickUp not the choice
1 of 14 modelsClickUp was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Qwen 3.7 FlashSmartsheet, Teamwork.com alternatives: Uptempo
Neither was the first choice, one was named
1 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.DeepSeek V4 FlashWrike for Marketing alternatives: Asana, ClickUp, Screendragon, monday.com Work Management
Neither was named
12 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Claude Haiku 4.5Wrike for Marketing alternatives: Asana, HubSpot Marketing Hub, monday.com Work Management
GPT-5.4 miniLytho alternatives: monday Work Management
Gemini 3.5 FlashWrike for Marketing alternatives: Optimizely Content Marketing Platform, Screendragon, Uptempo, monday.com Work Management
Perplexity SonarUptempo alternatives: HubSpot Marketing Hub, Lytho, Teamwork.com, Wrike for Marketing, monday Work Management
Grok 4.1 FastWrike for Marketing alternatives: HubSpot Marketing Hub, Teamwork.com, monday.com Work Management
Mistral SmallScreendragon alternatives: Teamwork.com, monday.com Work Management
Llama 4 Maverickno first choice
Kimi K2Wrike for Marketing alternatives: Bynder, monday.com Work Management
GLM 4.7 FlashXWrike for Marketing, monday.com Work Management alternatives: Asana, HubSpot Marketing Hub, Screendragon
MiniMax M2.5Wrike for Marketing alternatives: Lytho, Teamwork.com, monday.com Work Management
GPT-6 LunaWrike for Marketing alternatives: Adobe Workfront, Marmind
Muse Glimmer 30BFrontify alternatives: Bynder, Uptempo
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
ClickUp leads by twenty points.
ClickUp21%#2 of 13Smartsheet2%#10 of 13Mid-marketThe figures above
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
ClickUp0%#– of 10Smartsheet0%#8 of 10What the models said about ClickUp
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.
“they are not true MRMs... lack automated financial reconciliation/ledger-level budget tracking” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“ClickUp (Best All-Around Value) ... best balance between high-end features and affordability” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Smartsheet
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of five in this category shown.
“they are not full MRM systems unless you are ready to build process, reporting, approvals, and financial controls around them” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Spreadsheet-like flexibility, good for complex B2B campaign timelines, but weaker on native budget tracking” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Best All-Around for Mid-Market B2B: Smartsheet ... The safest bet for a generic B2B marketing operations role” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Mid-market sweet spot: Wrike, monday work management, Teamwork.com, Smartsheet” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice
“It may suit teams moving from spreadsheets who want to preserve a familiar planning model.” GPT-6 Luna · comparative prompt · alternative
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Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.