Everything you moved to ClickUp for — without the growing invoice
The all-in-one is the good part: ten views, built-in chat, native time tracking, AI. AlianHub keeps all of it and moves it to your server — free forever. Hire your tenth person or your hundredth; the bill stays $0.
Free forever, unlimited usersYour data on your serverAGPL-3.0 open source
Illustrative per-seat math at $10 per user per month.
The honest verdict, both ways
We build one of these tools, so read accordingly — but here’s the fair version anyway.
Choose AlianHub if…
- You want the all-in-one feel — ten views, chat, time tracking, AI — self-hosted and free forever.
- Your bill shouldn’t grow every time your team does. Unlimited users, unlimited projects, $0.
- Your data belongs on your server — your MongoDB, your files, AGPL-3.0 source you can audit line by line.
- You need native time tracking with optional activity monitoring and capacity planning — built in, not bolted on.
- You’d rather pay for help you choose — migration, custom features — than rent software per seat.
ClickUp might fit if…
- You want a hosted SaaS with nothing to deploy — a vendor runs the servers, the backups, the upgrades.
- You lean on its automation marketplace and catalog of native connectors.
- Per-seat pricing fits your budget and your headcount is genuinely stable.
- You’re comfortable with your project data living in a vendor’s cloud, on a vendor’s terms.
No hard feelings — ClickUp is a polished product. It just charges rent, and rent goes up with every hire.
AlianHub vs ClickUp, row by row
Ten rows from publicly listed plans — including the one that decides your invoice.
| Feature | AlianHubFree forever | ClickUp |
|---|---|---|
| Price for unlimited usersThe row that grows every hire | Free (self-hosted) | Per-seat pricing |
| Open sourceAGPL-3.0, all code on GitHub | Included | Not included |
| Self-hosted, your dataYour server, your MongoDB | Included | Not included |
| Built-in team chatChannels, @mentions, live sync | Included | Included |
| Native time tracking + activity monitoringTimers, timesheets, screenshots, capacity | Included | Paid plans |
| AI included freeBring your own LLM key | Included | Paid add-on |
| Custom fields on free plan12+ types, no paywall | Included | Limited free plan |
| All 10 views includedList, Board, Table, Calendar, Workload + 5 more | Included | Not all views |
| 40+ granular permissionsCustom roles on every plan | Included | Higher tiers |
| Deploy anywhereDocker Compose, GHCR images, or source | Included | Cloud only |
Comparison based on publicly listed ClickUp plans, July 2026. ClickUp is a trademark of its owner; AlianHub is not affiliated with or endorsed by ClickUp. Spot something out of date? Open an issue on GitHub.
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Pack up ClickUp in a weekend
Three steps between your ClickUp workspace and a bill that never grows again — and real humans if you’d rather we carried the boxes.
Spin it up on your server
One Docker Compose command pulls official GHCR images (amd64 + arm64); the install wizard walks you through MongoDB, storage and SMTP. Most teams are live before the kettle boils.
docker compose up -dGet the deploy guideRebuild Spaces as projects
Export your ClickUp Lists to CSV and AlianHub’s built-in CSV/XLSX importer pulls them straight in. Everything maps onto ten drag-and-drop views — and 12+ custom field types come free, so your setups survive the trip intact.
See all ten viewsBring everyone — yes, everyone
Unlimited users means no guest-seat triage. Set 40+ granular permissions with custom roles, open your channels in built-in chat, and start the timers on day one.
Explore permissions
Rather not carry the boxes yourself?
The team that builds AlianHub also does migration help, custom features and custom integrations. Tell us what your ClickUp workspace looks like — we’ll move it, or build the bridge it needs.
Or just ask: support@aliansoftware.net · +91 92654 27074