Project management software with a client portal, compared.
Six ways to show clients your projects: project tools with client access, or a portal that syncs with the tool you already use. Prices checked on vendor sites.
To keep your current project tool and give clients reviewed updates and approvals, add Angelwood. To bring clients into the project tool itself, choose Teamwork.com, which includes free client users, or Basecamp, whose Client mode hides unfinished work. Asana's client portal comes with its separate Client Management product. ClickUp and monday.com offer guest and viewer access rather than a portal.
WHO THIS IS FOR
Agencies, consultancies and professional-services firms deciding how clients should see project progress.
THE SHORTLIST
Compare the options.
Prices are the lowest published paid plan, checked on each vendor's site. Scroll the table on smaller screens.
Teams that want clients to see boards, not a portal
Per seat, 3-seat minimum; prices vary by country (see monday.com's pricing page)
Free plan (2 seats); 14-day Pro trial
EACH OPTION IN DETAIL
Strengths, trade-offs and price.
Angelwood publishes this guide, so our own product is marked. Competitor details come from each vendor's website, checked in November 2026. Confirm current pricing with the vendor before you buy.
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AngelwoodOur product
Angelwood is not a project management tool. It syncs with the one your team already uses, drafts client updates from that work and your notes for your team to review, and gives each client a portal for approvals, decisions and document requests.
Best for: Firms keeping their project tool and adding a client portal Price: From $99/month (Starter, 3 seats) · 14-day free trial
Strengths
Syncs with Asana, ClickUp, Basecamp, Jira, Monday.com, Trello, Teamwork, Wrike and more
Clients don't join your project tool or need an account in it
Update drafts with source links, reviewed before clients see them
Trade-offs
Not a replacement for your project tool: your team still plans tasks there
Starter syncs read-only; write-back to the project tool needs Growth or Agency
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Teamwork.com
Teamwork.com is project management built for client work. Clients join projects as client users, and the same tool covers time tracking, file proofing and invoicing from logged time.
Best for: Agencies that want client users inside their project tool Price: $9.99/user/month billed annually (Basics, 3-user minimum) · Free plan (up to 5 users); 14-day trial
Strengths
Unlimited free client users that don't count toward your subscription
Proofs for client review and approval of files
Billable time tracking and invoices that sync with Xero and QuickBooks
Trade-offs
Clients work in your Teamwork.com projects rather than a separate portal
Each client user can join up to five active projects
Basecamp organises each project into message boards, to-dos, schedules and files. Its Client mode lets you decide, project by project, what clients can and can't see.
Best for: Small teams that want simple projects shared with clients Price: $29/month (Freelancer, up to 5 users); $199/month billed annually for Pro Unlimited · Free plan (one project); 30-day trial
Strengths
Client mode hides unfinished work from clients
Flat monthly price, not per user
Unlimited users and projects on Pro Unlimited
Trade-offs
Clients count toward the user limit on every plan below Pro Unlimited
Time tracking and project templates aren't in the Freelancer plan
Standard Asana plans let clients collaborate as free guests in shared projects. Asana Client Management, sold separately, adds a client portal where clients track projects, review deliverables and send feedback that becomes Asana work.
Best for: Firms willing to run delivery on Asana's client product Price: $24.99/user/month billed annually ($30.49 monthly), Client Management Advanced · Free plan for standard Asana; none listed for Client Management
Strengths
Client portal on Client Management Advanced
Clients use the portal without taking up a seat
Unlimited free guests on paid standard plans
Trade-offs
The portal is not part of standard Asana plans
Guests see the shared project as your team wrote it
ClickUp has no dedicated client portal. Clients join as guests on the Folders, Lists, tasks or Docs you share, or view a read-only public link without an account.
Best for: Teams that already run everything in ClickUp Price: $9/user/month billed annually (Core) · Free Forever plan
Strengths
Free plan includes unlimited members and guests
Free, unlimited view-only guests on paid plans
Public links share a read-only view without a ClickUp account
Trade-offs
Guests on the Free plan get full edit permissions only
Permission-controlled guests beyond the plan's allowance use paid seats
monday work management shares boards with people outside your team: read-only viewers from the Basic plan, and guests who only see the boards you invite them to from Standard.
Best for: Teams that want clients to see boards, not a portal Price: Per seat, 3-seat minimum; prices vary by country (see monday.com's pricing page) · Free plan (2 seats); 14-day Pro trial
Strengths
Unlimited free read-only viewers from Basic
Guests see only the boards you invite them to
Free plan for up to 2 seats
Trade-offs
No client portal in work management; monday's customer portal is part of its service product
Which project management software has a client portal?+
Of the tools checked for this guide, Asana offers a client portal through its separate Client Management Advanced plan. Teamwork.com and Basecamp bring clients into projects with client users and Client mode. ClickUp and monday.com use guests, viewers and shared links. Angelwood adds a portal on top of the project tool you already use.
Do clients cost extra in project management tools?+
It depends on the tool. Teamwork.com's client users are free, Asana's Client Management portal doesn't use a seat, and ClickUp and monday.com have free view-only access. Basecamp counts clients toward the user limit on every plan below Pro Unlimited.
Should clients work in my project management tool?+
If clients own tasks in the project, giving them access to the tool can work well. If they mainly need progress, requests and decisions, a portal is usually clearer, because your team's task list is written for your team.
Does Angelwood replace Asana or ClickUp?+
No. Your team keeps planning work in its project tool. Angelwood syncs with it and gives clients reviewed updates, approvals and requests in their own portal.
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