Who each engine recommends
Position of every brand named in the latest run.
| Brand | ChatGPT | Perplexity | AI Mode | Mention rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ClickUpTop pick | #1 | #1 | #2 | |
| monday.com | #4 | #2 | #1 | |
| Asana | #3 | #3 | #3 | |
| Trello | — | #4 | #4 | |
| Jira | — | #5 | #6 | |
| Smartsheet | — | #6 | #5 | |
| Teamwork | — | #10 | #7 | |
| Harvest | #2 | — | — | |
| ProjectManager | #5 | — | — | |
| Wrike | — | #7 | — | |
| Notion | — | #8 | — | |
| Basecamp | — | #9 | — | |
| Process Street | — | #11 | — | |
| SmartSuite | — | #12 | — | |
| ProofHub | — | #13 | — |
Responses
What each engine answered, and how the shortlist moved.
Several leading project management platforms offer discounts when you pay annually instead of monthly. Based on their published pricing pages, these are the strongest options to consider as of November 2026. Project management tools with annual discounts (Best published savings: 30%) Platform Annual discount Published annual pricing ------------------------ ClickUp Up to 30% Unlimited: $7/user/month; Business: $12/user/month Harvest 20% Teams: $9/seat/month Asana Up to 18% Starter:…
- ClickUp — ClickUp: View pricing — Highest advertised annual savings.
- Harvest — Harvest: View pricing — Good for project time tracking and invoicing.
- Asana — Asana: View pricing — Strong project planning and collaboration.
- monday.com — monday.com: View pricing — Flexible workflows, Gantt charts and automation.
- ProjectManager — ProjectManager: View pricing — Project scheduling, resource and cost management.
Many popular project management tools offer lower rates when billed annually, typically saving 15–30% compared with monthly billing. Tool Annual-billing savings or pricing ------ ClickUp Up to 30% off; Unlimited is reported at $7/user/month annually vs. $10 monthly. monday.com About 18% savings; Basic is listed at $9/user/month annually vs. $12 monthly. Asana About 18% savings; Starter is $10.99/user/month annually vs. $13.49 monthly. Trello Annual Standard pricing is $5/user/month vs. $6…
- ClickUp — Best value among mainstream options: ClickUp, monday.com, Trello, and Asana generally provide clear annual-payment savings.
- monday.com — Best value among mainstream options: ClickUp, monday.com, Trello, and Asana generally provide clear annual-payment savings.
- Asana — Best value among mainstream options: ClickUp, monday.com, Trello, and Asana generally provide clear annual-payment savings.
- Trello — Best value among mainstream options: ClickUp, monday.com, Trello, and Asana generally provide clear annual-payment savings.
- Jira
- Smartsheet
- Wrike
- Notion
- Basecamp
- Teamwork
- Process Street
- SmartSuite
- monday.com — Almost all major project management tools offer significant discounts—typically ranging from 15% to 40% off —when you choose annual billing over monthly…
- ClickUp — Almost all major project management tools offer significant discounts—typically ranging from 15% to 40% off —when you choose annual billing over monthly…
- Asana — Asana : Reduces per-user rates substantially on yearly plans (Starter plan sits at $10.99/user/month billed annually).[](https://costloop.app/blog/project-management-software-pricing/).
- Trello — Trello : Standard and Premium plans drop lower per user with annual commitments (Standard starts at $5/user/month).[](https://costloop.app/blog/project-management-software-pricing/).
- Smartsheet — Smartsheet : Pro plan scales down to around $9/user/month with annual billing.[](https://costloop.app/blog/project-management-software-pricing/).
- Jira — Jira : Standard tier is priced around $7.91/user/month when billed annually.[](https://costloop.app/blog/project-management-software-pricing/).
- Teamwork — Teamwork : Basics tier runs at $9.99/user/month with an annual commitment.[](https://costloop.app/blog/project-management-software-pricing/).
Citations
Sources the engines cited for this prompt.
| Source | Type | Citations | Cited by |
|---|---|---|---|
| costbench.com | Web | 2 | Perplexity |
| monday.com | Brand site · monday.com | 2 | ChatGPT, Google AI Mode |
| asana.com | Brand site · Asana | 1 | ChatGPT |
| buildinpublic.com | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| capterra.com | Review site | 1 | Perplexity |
| clickup.com | Brand site · ClickUp | 1 | ChatGPT |
| costloop.app | Web | 1 | Google AI Mode |
| getharvest.com | Brand site · Harvest | 1 | ChatGPT |
| nachonacho.com | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| ones.com | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| projectmanager.com | Brand site · ProjectManager | 1 | ChatGPT |
| proofhub.com | Brand site · ProofHub | 1 | Perplexity |
| rankite.com | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| rock.so | Web | 1 | Google AI Mode |
| taskrhino.ca | Web | 1 | Perplexity |
| toolradar.com | Web | 1 | Perplexity |