What does ClickUp include?

ClickUp combines project tasks with documents, chat, whiteboards, goals, dashboards, forms and AI features.

Is ClickUp suitable for a small team?

It can support small teams, but its main advantage is configurability. A small studio should weigh that breadth against the setup and governance it requires.

How is bettro different?

bettro is narrower and already organised around creative client work, with separate internal and client experiences and connected commercial records.

What is hardest to migrate from ClickUp?

The difficult part is usually not the task list; it is reproducing custom fields, statuses, hierarchy, automations, documents and dashboards.

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Looking for a ClickUp alternative?

ClickUp is aA highly configurable workspace of tasks, docs, goals and dashboards — and for many teams that's exactly right. But if your studio's work starts where ClickUp's strengths end, it's worth looking at what a tool built for creative client work does differently.

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Why studios start looking beyond ClickUp

Nobody switches tools for fun. Studios usually start shopping when the tool they have was built for a different operating model than the one they run. With ClickUp, that tends to sound like:

Built for a different centre of gravity
ClickUp's strength is aA highly configurable workspace of tasks, docs, goals and dashboards. If your week revolves around client delivery rather than that, the fit starts to strain.
The client experience is an afterthought
Studios tell us clients end up seeing internal boards, threads or portals that were never designed for them — and the studio ends up translating.
Commercial and delivery live apart
Proposals, time and invoices in one place; projects and client conversations in another. Reconciling them becomes someone's part-time job.
You assemble the studio system yourself
General tools are flexible by design, which means the studio's operating model has to be built and maintained — tTeams who enjoy tailoring every view, field and workflow themselves

What bettro does instead

bettro is a client workspace for creative studios: the relationship and the delivery in one place, with a client-facing side that's designed to be seen.

You want to start with a creative-studio workflow already in place
Client access must be clearly separated from internal work
Proposals, meetings, delivery, time and invoices should connect without custom setup
A branded client portal, so clients see progress, files, decisions and invoices — never your internal workspace.
Leads, proposals, projects, meetings, time and invoices connected around one client record.

Switching from ClickUp: a checklist

Changing systems is mostly a data and workflow decision. Work through these before moving a live client.

1.Flatten the workspace hierarchy into the clients and projects people really use
2.Document custom fields, statuses and automations before migrating
3.Decide which embedded docs and conversations need to remain as records
4.Run one client end-to-end in bettro before migrating the rest — the workflow differences show up fastest in real work.

Questions about leaving ClickUp

What does ClickUp include?: ClickUp combines project tasks with documents, chat, whiteboards, goals, dashboards, forms and AI features.
Is ClickUp suitable for a small team?: It can support small teams, but its main advantage is configurability. A small studio should weigh that breadth against the setup and governance it requires.
How is bettro different?: bettro is narrower and already organised around creative client work, with separate internal and client experiences and connected commercial records.
What is hardest to migrate from ClickUp?: The difficult part is usually not the task list; it is reproducing custom fields, statuses, hierarchy, automations, documents and dashboards.

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