Atlassian Rovo vs ClickUp Brain (2026)

Atlassian Rovo

by Atlassian

ClickUp Brain

by ClickUp

Pros

• ✓Rovo runs Model Context Protocol both ways: an official remote MCP server for external clients, and nine out-of-the-box agents that consume third-party MCP servers inside Confluence and Jira.
• ✓The Teamwork Graph connects people, projects, goals and code across Atlassian products, so answers carry context from a ticket to the spec and the pull request behind it.
• ✓Rovo Standard is sold as its own app at $5 per user per month per organization, so staff who hold no Jira or Confluence license can still use search, chat and agents.

Limitations

• –Rovo credits rather than the seat price cap usage: 25 per user per month on Standard, 70 on Premium and 150 on Enterprise, pooled across the organization, and from December 3, 2026 usage past the allowance is billed at $0.01 per credit unless an admin turns extra usage off.
• –The nine third-party MCP agents require Rovo Premium or Enterprise, and a site admin must enable each agent's MCP server before anyone can use it.
• –HIPAA coverage is scoped, and Rovo MCP, the CLI, the Chrome extension, the mobile app and the desktop app are all out of scope for protected health information.

Pros

• ✓Super Agents, Autopilot Agents and AI Skills act on tasks, docs and chat inside the workspace, and Enterprise Search covers the workspace plus connected apps.
• ✓ClickUp runs its own MCP server on every plan, can use external MCP servers as a client, and lists more than 1,000 integrations.
• ✓AI pricing is published, from $9 per user per month billed yearly, and that add-on includes chat with models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google.

Limitations

• –AI is sold as an add-on on top of a paid workspace plan, so the lowest full price is the $7 Unlimited plan plus the $9 Brain AI add-on per user. Free Forever gets only a one-time trial.
• –AI use is metered in Super Credits, 1,500 or 5,000 per user a month depending on the add-on, and more cost $10 per 10,000.
• –Without the Everything AI add-on the MCP server is capped at 100 calls a day on Free Forever, 300 on Unlimited and 1,000 on Business, and Enterprise pricing is by quote.