Best project management tool for agencies

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ClickUp

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83/100 slot score

100% of answers name it

#3 avg. position

+3 ahead of Celoxis

ClickUp and Celoxis split the top of this question, both appearing in every single answer with no clear separation between them.

ClickUp posts the highest slot score at 83 and appears in all 12 answers, but Celoxis matches it on presence and trails by only 3 points, a gap that carries little practical meaning when both land at an average position of 3. The answers themselves explain the split by criteria: ClickUp wins on flexibility and multi-client workspace organization, while Celoxis earns its mentions for financial visibility and resource capacity planning across a portfolio of clients. monday.com shows up in 11 of 12 answers but drops to an average position of 4, which is where its relevance fades relative to those two. Teamwork is the one brand where a model diverges noticeably, with ChatGPT citing it in all 4 of its answers while Gemini and Perplexity combined mention it only 3 times, suggesting ChatGPT's sourced content skews toward agency-specific review sites that favor Teamwork's client management positioning.

AI-generated analysis of the September 2026 measurements.

The full field

Every brand recommended for this question, from 12 answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini.

#	Brand	Slot score	Appears in	Avg. position
1	ClickUp	83	100%	#3
2	Celoxis	80	100%	#3
3	monday.com	69	92%	#4
4	Asana	59	83%	#5
5	Wrike	57	83%	#5
6	Teamwork	42	58%	#4
7	Productive	41	67%	#6
8	Scoro	22	50%	#8

Slot score is position-weighted, 0 to 100: being recommended first counts far more than a trailing mention. "Appears in" is the share of answers naming the brand at all.

How this was measured

ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini each answered this question in two phrasings, several times each, with live web access and citations: the closest API-reachable version of the real assistant experience (no personalization or account memory, which no vendor can provide). Model-memory answers (no web) are measured separately and shown above as a comparison surface. A brand counts once per answer that recommends it. The exact questions:

• "What's the best project management tool for a marketing agency managing many clients?"
• "We're a marketing agency juggling a dozen client accounts at once. Which project management tool should we use?"

Part of the Project Management ranking. Method details on the methodology page. Rankings reflect measured AI answers, not paid placement.

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