Keep ClickUp. Retire the timer.
ClickUp is where your team plans the work. Timely captures what actually happened and logs it against your ClickUp tasks, so the estimates you make in ClickUp finally meet real numbers.
Keep ClickUp for what it does best
ClickUp is a great home for planning: the tasks, docs, views, and automations your team already runs on. Nothing here asks you to leave it.
- Tasks, subtasks, and lists your team already knows
- Estimates, workload views, and dashboards
- A timer that works well for people who remember to use it
Estimates only learn from honest actuals
Every plan is a little optimistic. The cure is comparing estimates with what really happened, project after project, until the guesses improve.
In ClickUp, every actual starts with a person: a timer someone started, a number someone typed, or a request to ClickUp's AI to log it. When the actuals are remembered rather than recorded, the estimates never learn.
Then there's the admin. Weekly timesheets need ClickUp's Business plan, approvals need Enterprise or Max, and billable rates are still on ClickUp's roadmap.
An example day of 6h 30m. In ClickUp's time tracking: 5h 5m on timers. 1h 25m never started. In Timely: 6h 30m drafted across 3 projects, ready to check and submit.
How Timely and ClickUp work together
Timely sits beside ClickUp and fills in the part a timer can't: what people actually worked on.
Your ClickUp structure, in Timely
Spaces, folders, lists, and tasks sync in real time, so time lands against the same work your team planned.
ClickUp activity becomes memories
Creating, editing, and completing tasks, comments, and status changes all appear in each person's private timeline.
Timesheets drafted against your tasks
AutoSheet drafts each day with entries linked to the right ClickUp tasks, and people check and submit. Linked time can go back to ClickUp too, if you switch that on.
What people notice first
We're getting actionable data about how much time our projects actually take, and this can be used to inform our sales process and pricing.
It can understand what I do and how long I do things on my device. [Timely's] AI is also good at tracking. I track my time everyday.
ClickUp's time tracking vs Timely + ClickUp
Where ClickUp's time tracking stops, and what Timely adds. We've marked where ClickUp's time tracking does it better, too.
| Feature | Timely + ClickUp | ClickUp's time tracking |
|---|---|---|
| Capturing time | ||
| Captures work automatically, no timer | : Memory app for Mac and Windows | : Timers and manual entries |
| Drafts your timesheet for you | : AutoSheet drafts each day for you to check and submit | : Its AI logs time when you tell it to |
| Weekly timesheets | : Every plan | : Business plan and up |
| Approving and billing | ||
| Timesheet approvals | : Premium and up, built with time entry states | : Enterprise and Max plans |
| Locked time | : Unlimited plan | : Only through approved timesheets |
| Billable rates | : A billable flag; rates are on ClickUp's roadmap | |
| Project budgets | : Recurring budgets on Premium and up | : Time estimates, not money budgets |
| Invoicing | : Draft invoices sent through QuickBooks Online, Premium and up | |
| Planning and reporting | ||
| Planned vs actual time | : Premium and up | : Estimates against tracked time |
| Capacity planning | : Logged and planned time against capacity, Unlimited plan | : Workload view, Business plan and up |
| Utilization reports | : Unlimited plan | : Dashboard time cards, no utilization report |
Connect ClickUp
One admin sets it up, and your ClickUp structure comes across on its own.
Connect your workspace
A Timely admin connects ClickUp from Timely's integrations settings and picks how spaces, folders, and lists map to clients and projects.
Let it sync
Tasks, tags, and members come across and stay in sync in real time. People join as unassigned until you invite them.
Install Memory
Each person installs the Memory app on their Mac or PC. AutoSheet drafts their first timesheet after a day of work.
Questions about Timely + ClickUp
Do we have to leave ClickUp?
No. ClickUp stays where your team plans and runs work. Timely replaces only the timer.
Which Timely plan do we need?
The ClickUp sync needs Premium or above. On Starter, Memory still records the time you spend in ClickUp, but tasks don't sync.
Does time go back into ClickUp?
It can. Time logged in Timely against a ClickUp task can sync back to ClickUp's own time tracking. It's off by default, so you choose.
Do subtasks come across?
Yes. Tasks and subtasks sync as linked work you can log time against. Subtasks appear in a flat list.
What doesn't sync?
Custom fields, Goals, guests, and comment text don't sync today.
Can my manager see my activity?
No. Your Memory is private to you, and admins can't open it. They see the timesheet you submit.
Keep the plan. Get the real numbers.
Try Timely free for 14 days alongside ClickUp. No card needed.