Integrate Timely with ClickUp

Plans 💳 : Premium, Unlimited, Unlimited+

ClickUp Plans: Business*

User Permissions 👥: Admins

Required add-ons: *Tasks (Needed for the Tasks functionality)
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ClickUp is an incredibly powerful platform for managing tasks, projects, and entire workflows—used by teams of all sizes to stay organized and deliver high value work. By integrating ClickUp with Timely, you can bring effortless time tracking into the mix, giving you a full picture of where your team’s time is going—without the manual overhead.

This two-way sync allows you log your hours directly against tasks imported from ClickUp, and have those time entries sync right back to your ClickUp account. That includes both tasks and (now!) sub-tasks, helping you maintain alignment between your planning and tracking tools.

In this article, we’ll walk you through how the integration works, what gets synced, and how to get set up in just a few clicks. 🎉

8. After authenticating your ClickUp account and selecting your desired workspace, you will now be prompted to configure how you would like those objects in ClickUp to sync over to Timely

a. Under the Create from ClickUp header, select if you would like to import "Clients and Projects" or just "Projects"

9. Next, under the Mapping header, use the drop down to select the desired structure for those objects imported to Timely.

10. Finally, under the Sync header, you can choose to either import objects from your entire ClickUp workspace by enabling "Sync everything" or narrow the focus by selecting "Sync from selected spaces".

a. If you elect to narrow the focus and "Sync from selected spaces" you'll be prompted to make that selection as shown below.

11. Once you've made your selection click either the "Import and sync selected" button or the "Import and sync everything" button to finalize setup.

🎉 That's it! You've set up and configured your ClickUp integration and data will begin to flow between Timely and ClickUp moving forward.

Once enabled, the ClickUp integration will automatically sync the following items from your ClickUp account to your Timely workspace:
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Sub-tasks in ClickUp are now fully supported in Timely! Any sub-tasks you create in ClickUp will be automatically imported—just like your main tasks—making it easier to track your work in full detail without doing anything extra.

Any users, tags, or projects assigned in ClickUp will carry over automatically, and any time you log against a sub-task in Timely will sync directly back to that sub-task in ClickUp.

📌 ClickUp calculates parent task estimates by combining the estimate of the main task and all its sub-tasks. In Timely, each task is shown individually—so totals may differ slightly depending on how your ClickUp tasks are structured.

This update is available for all users on Premium plans and above with the Tasks add-on enabled.

​*Do I need a specific ClickUp plan to use this integration?
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For best results and to get the full benefit of this integration we'd recommend that you be on the "Business" ClickUp plan.

📌 These limitations are enforced by ClickUp's API settings and are not something we here at Timely can alter or control.
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​Will this integration track the time that user's spend working within ClickUp?
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The focus of this integration is ensuring that items and data remain in sync between ClickUp and Timely, saving folks time and effort overall. To capture the time spend folks working in ClickUp, we'd recommend leveraging the Memory app to capture that activity automatically.

Will this integration sync previous Tasks or other historical information?

Existing data from ClickUp will be imported as clients, projects and tasks in Timely depending on the settings. Logged time will be synced upon first set up and moving forward as long as the integration is connected.

Will changes made in ClickUp sync over to Timely automatically?

Yes! Updates to Projects or Tasks in ClickUp would be reflected in Timely shortly thereafter. For example, if a Project is renamed in ClickUp, you'd see that new name show up in Timely.

What happens if I log time against a sub-task in Timely?

Timely will send that time (along with notes) straight back to the original sub-task in ClickUp. It’s fully two-way, just like with parent tasks.

Why don’t time estimates match between ClickUp and Timely?

ClickUp rolls up time estimates from sub-tasks into the parent task. Since Timely treats each one separately, you’ll see estimates listed per task only—so totals might not match exactly across platforms.

How can I tell if something is a sub-task once it’s in Timely?

You can’t—at least not visually. In Timely, sub-tasks are treated the same as regular tasks and will appear alongside everything else in your workspace. The original ClickUp hierarchy isn’t shown, but rest assured the connection is still intact behind the scenes.

What happens if I need to remove the integration - will the synced data also be removed?

No, removing the active integration will prevent further items from being shared between the two platforms, but will NOT remove any data previously synced over.

Can I change the mapping of items after the initial integration setup?
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To update how the mapping configuration between ClickUp and Timely, you’ll need to remove the ClickUp integration and reconnect it by following the same setup steps again.