A ClickUp alternative: Syntra vs ClickUp
ClickUp is a workspace with tasks, documents, dashboards, sprints, a Gantt chart and the ClickUp Brain AI, while Syntra is a tool for managers and PMOs with a project portfolio, risks and an AI assistant that answers in Ukrainian. ClickUp has no Ukrainian interface and no Telegram integration,1,2 and its prices are in US dollars.3
Which one fits whom
Syntra fits if
- you need the ready-made logic of a project office — portfolio, risks, budget, reports — without configuring a workspace;
- a Ukrainian interface, AI in Ukrainian and a Telegram bot matter to you;
- platform data has to be stored in Ukraine;
- a price per workspace in euros suits you better than a price per user in dollars.
Syntra and ClickUp: feature comparison
| Criterion | Syntra | ClickUp |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistant | Built into every plan: answers across all projects with links to tasks and documents, writes status reports, creates tasks after you confirm. 100 to 12,000 AI requests a month depending on the plan.9,10 | ClickUp Brain: in the new plan table, on every plan with AI credits (500 per workspace on Free); in the old one, a separate add-on at $9 per user per month billed yearly.8,11 |
| AI in documents | PDF, DOCX and XLSX in a project and in the company library: answers name the file and the page (from the Starter plan).12,13 | Docs on every plan; Brain in Docs summarises and creates tasks, and availability depends on the plan.8,14 |
| Ukrainian interface | Yes, Ukrainian is the default language; the AI answers in Ukrainian.15 | No, Ukrainian is not among the interface languages.1 |
| Interface languages | 8: Ukrainian, English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian.15 | 7 languages (8 variants; Japanese in beta).1 |
| Price | Per workspace, in EUR excluding VAT: Starter €49 (10 users), Business €149 (25), Enterprise €399 (50) per month; an extra user is €5 or €4.10 | Per user, in US dollars (other currencies only as a conversion); the pricing page shows two tables: either Core $9 and Business $17 or Unlimited $7 and Business $12 a month billed yearly.3,8,11 |
| Free plan | Yes: up to 3 users, 5 projects, 100 AI requests a month, 100 MB.10 | Yes: Free Forever with no card required, with limits on storage and on the number of feature uses.8 |
| Scrum sprints | Yes, on Business and Enterprise: backlog, story points, working-day burndown, team velocity, reports.16 | Yes, on every plan; Sprint Points up to 100 uses on Free and Unlimited, no limits from Business.17 |
| Kanban board | A board of projects on every plan; a sprint task board on Business and Enterprise.13,16 | Yes, on every plan.4 |
| Portfolio and dashboards | Yes: the portfolio by status, health and trends, a morning AI digest, PDF and Excel reports.18 | Dashboards with a portfolio card: 60 uses on Free, 100 on Unlimited, no limits from Business.19,20 |
| Risk register | Yes: risks with a level, a response plan and a status; the risk register in PDF or Excel (from Starter).18 | No separate register; there is a risk register template.21 |
| Team calendar | Yes, on Business and Enterprise: Outlook, Google, iCloud and iCal side by side, Find a time.22 | Calendar on every plan; the Workload view with usage limits on Free and Unlimited.4,23 |
| Telegram | Its own bot: notifications, the morning digest and questions to the AI (from Starter); voice messages on Enterprise.13,24 | No: a Telegram integration has been an open user request on the ClickUp feedback board since 2018.2,25 |
| Where data is stored | Platform data in Ukraine (Hosting Ukraine); the AI, e-mail and payment sub-processors in the USA, error monitoring in Germany.26 | AWS in one of five regions (Oregon, Ohio, Sydney, Singapore, Dublin); Enterprise customers can choose the USA, EU, Singapore or Australia; AI features are processed outside the region.27 |
| Integrations, API, MCP | Jira, GitHub, Worksection and Creatio connectors, webhooks, REST API, OAuth 2.0 and MCP — on the Enterprise plan.28 | A public API on every plan, webhooks, an official MCP server on every plan.29,30,31 |
| Gantt chart | No. | Yes: 60 uses on Free, no limits from Unlimited.4 |
| Time tracking | No. | Yes: up to 100 time entries on Free, no limits from Unlimited.5 |
| Phone | A web app that installs on the phone, and a Telegram bot.15 | iOS and Android apps on every plan (Gantt and dashboard editing are not available on the phone).7 |
Facts about other products come from their official pages (the numbers link to the sources); facts about Syntra come from its own pages. Prices are shown as the vendor shows them, without currency conversion.
When ClickUp is the better choice
ClickUp is the better choice if you want to bring tasks, documents, dashboards, Gantt and time tracking together in one place and tailor everything to your own processes.4,5 It has built-in importers from Asana, Jira, Monday, Trello, Notion and other services, phone apps and an MCP server on every plan.6,7,31
Syntra is worth choosing if your team needs the Ukrainian language, Telegram and a ready-made project portfolio with risks without a long setup.
Switching from ClickUp
ClickUp exports a workspace’s tasks to CSV and documents to PDF, HTML or Markdown;32 lists and tables export to CSV or Excel.33 There is no ready-made import from ClickUp to Syntra: the list of projects can be loaded from Excel (each row is a project), and the tasks moved by hand, with the AI from a document or through the Syntra REST API on the Enterprise plan.
Questions and answers
Is ClickUp available in Ukrainian?
No, Ukrainian is not among ClickUp’s interface languages: they are English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian and Japanese (in beta).1 Syntra’s default interface language is Ukrainian, and its AI assistant answers in Ukrainian.
Does ClickUp integrate with Telegram?
ClickUp has no official Telegram integration: a request for one has been open on its feedback board since 2018.2 Syntra has its own Telegram bot for notifications, the morning digest and questions to the AI — from the Starter plan.
How much does ClickUp cost compared with Syntra?
ClickUp charges per user in US dollars: depending on the version of the pricing page, Business is $12 or $17 per user per month billed yearly.8 Syntra charges per workspace in euros excluding VAT: Business is €149 a month for 25 users, AI requests included.
Where does ClickUp store data?
ClickUp runs on AWS and stores data in one of five regions — Oregon, Ohio, Sydney, Singapore or Dublin; choosing the region is available to Enterprise customers.27 Syntra’s platform data is stored in Ukraine.
Try Syntra on your own projects
Free for up to 3 people, no card needed. Syntra is in closed beta: the team reviews a new workspace before activating it.
Try for free →Sources (as of October 2026)
- ClickUp: My Settings and language — help.clickup.com/hc/en-us/articles/6311968998167-My-Settings
- ClickUp: Telegram integration request — feedback.clickup.com/integrations/p/telegram
- ClickUp: changing your plan, and currency — help.clickup.com/hc/en-us/articles/6303314345623-Upgrade-your-plan
- ClickUp: views, availability and limits — help.clickup.com/hc/en-us/articles/32274881672599-Views-feature-availability-and-limits
- ClickUp: time tracking, availability and limits — help.clickup.com/hc/en-us/articles/29754533547415
- ClickUp: importing from other services — help.clickup.com/hc/en-us/articles/6311099045783
- ClickUp: the mobile app — help.clickup.com/hc/en-us/articles/15145935126679-Intro-to-the-mobile-app
- ClickUp: pricing — clickup.com/pricing
- Syntra: AI Engine — syntra.tymko.tech/features/en/ai-engine.html
- Syntra: pricing and billing — syntra.tymko.tech/features/en/billing.html
- ClickUp: billing and the new plans — help.clickup.com/hc/en-us/articles/9180575416215-Intro-to-billing
- Syntra: documents — syntra.tymko.tech/features/en/documents.html
- Syntra: home page, pricing — syntra.tymko.tech/en
- ClickUp: Brain in Docs — help.clickup.com/hc/en-us/articles/25033706599191-Manage-Docs-with-Brain-AI
- Syntra: product summary (llms.txt) — syntra.tymko.tech/llms.txt
- Syntra: sprints — syntra.tymko.tech/features/en/sprints.html
- ClickUp: sprints, availability and limits — help.clickup.com/hc/en-us/articles/35714017592471-Sprints-feature-availability-and-limits
- Syntra: analytics — syntra.tymko.tech/features/en/analytics.html
- ClickUp: dashboards, availability and limits — help.clickup.com/hc/en-us/articles/21257864098071-Dashboards-feature-availability-and-limits
- ClickUp: portfolio cards — help.clickup.com/hc/en-us/articles/6312200675991-Portfolio-cards
- ClickUp: risk register template — clickup.com/templates/risk-register/software-project
- Syntra: team calendar — syntra.tymko.tech/features/en/calendar.html
- ClickUp: Workload, availability and limits — help.clickup.com/hc/en-us/articles/30657456679703-Workload-view-feature-availability-and-limits
- Syntra: notifications — syntra.tymko.tech/features/en/notifications.html
- ClickUp: integrations catalogue — clickup.com/integrations
- Syntra: sub-processors — syntra.tymko.tech/sub-processors
- ClickUp: data hosting — help.clickup.com/hc/en-us/articles/15999383444247-Data-hosting
- Syntra: integrations — syntra.tymko.tech/features/en/integrations.html
- ClickUp: APIs available by plan — developer.clickup.com/docs/apis-available-by-plan
- ClickUp: webhooks — developer.clickup.com/docs/webhooks
- ClickUp: MCP — help.clickup.com/hc/en-us/articles/33335772678423-What-is-ClickUp-MCP
- ClickUp: exporting workspace data — help.clickup.com/hc/en-us/articles/6310786693015
- ClickUp: exporting views — help.clickup.com/hc/en-us/articles/6310174308631