Kodavara Guide
Migrate From Monday.com to ClickUp: Boards, Items and Subitems
ClickUp has a native importer for Monday.com that turns boards into Folders and Lists. Subitems arrive as tasks, and automations, dashboards and some column types need rebuilding. This guide covers what comes across, what does not, and how to plan the move.
Last reviewed October 2026. ClickUp changes often, so check ClickUp's help center for the latest. Written by Kodavara, an independent ClickUp Partner. Not published or endorsed by ClickUp.
What ClickUp Does Today
What You Can Do Natively
Start with the features available on your ClickUp plan.
The Native Importer
It needs Monday admin rights and at least member rights in the ClickUp workspace. Without admin rights you can paste a personal API token, and then only the data that person can access is imported.
Boards Become Folders and Lists
Monday boards import into ClickUp Folders and Lists, with groups and items inside. ClickUp's guidance is to create the destination Spaces first and import boards into them.
What Comes Across
Assignees, checkboxes, comments, dates, dropdowns, numbers, statuses, time tracking and custom fields import. Color pickers arrive as text, and subitems arrive as tasks.
An Export Fallback
Monday boards can be exported to Excel or CSV, which can feed ClickUp's spreadsheet importer if you need a fallback.
Where It Falls Short
The Gaps People Run Into
If these are your problem, keep reading.
- Subitems arrive as tasks, so check how they sit under their parents and rebuild the hierarchy where the layout matters.
- Color picker columns arrive as text, not as a color field.
- Attachments generally, file fields, formulas, dependencies, linked tasks and mirrors are not imported, and automations and dashboards are rebuilt in ClickUp.
- An API token limits the import to what that person can see.
- Board structures built on many column types need a design decision, not a one-to-one match.
Worked Example
How Monday.com Concepts Map to ClickUp
Check each row in a pilot before you rely on it.
| In Monday.com | In ClickUp | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Board | Folder with Lists | Create the destination Space first |
| Group and item | Inside the imported Folders and Lists | Confirm placement in a pilot |
| Subitem | Imported as a task | Check placement under the parent in a pilot |
| Person, checkbox, comment | Assignee, checkbox, comment | Imported automatically |
| Color picker | Text | Rebuild as a dropdown or label if you want a color field |
| Automation, dashboard | Rebuilt as automations and Dashboards | Check in a pilot |
Sample data for illustration.
The Configuration
How We Run a Monday.com Migration
Boards are easy to move and hard to translate. These are the phases we follow, and what you get at each one.
| Phase | What We Do | What You Get |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Discover | We inventory your Monday.com setup: boards, column types, automations and dashboards, and your users. | A migration scope and a risk list |
| 2. Design | We design the ClickUp structure and write down how every source field, status and person maps. | A written mapping everyone agrees to |
| 3. Prepare | We tidy the source, then build the Spaces, fields and statuses in ClickUp. | A target that is ready to receive data |
| 4. Pilot | We import one or two real projects and check them task by task. | Fixes found before the full move |
| 5. Move | We run the full import and bring across anything the importer does not. | Your data in ClickUp |
| 6. Rebuild | We recreate your automations and dashboards, and a proper subtask structure where subitems did not translate in ClickUp. | Working processes, not just data |
| 7. Cut Over | We freeze the old tool, check for last-minute changes and switch the team on an agreed date. | A clean switch date |
| 8. Support | We train the team and fix what turns up in the first weeks. | A stable workspace |
How Kodavara Consulting Does It
Set It Up Once
We map your boards, run the import, repair what does not translate and check the result with you.
Scope the Boards
List the boards, column types, automations and dashboards, and decide what to move and what to retire.
Design the ClickUp Structure
Create the destination Spaces and decide how boards, groups and columns map to Folders, Lists and fields.
Pilot a Real Board
Import one board that uses subitems and the column types you rely on, and check every item.
Run the Full Import
Import the rest, then fix subitems and any columns that arrived as text.
Rebuild, Train and Cut Over
Recreate automations and dashboards, train the team and switch on an agreed date.
FAQ
Common Questions
Not here? Ask us.
Does ClickUp import from Monday.com?
Yes. There is a native Monday.com importer. It needs Monday admin rights, or a personal API token that limits the import to what that user can see.
Do subitems become subtasks?
Subitems are imported into ClickUp as tasks. We check how they sit under their parents in a pilot and fix the hierarchy.
What happens to my boards?
Monday boards import into ClickUp Folders and Lists, with groups and items inside. Create the destination Spaces first.
Do automations and dashboards come across?
They may not, so plan to rebuild them in ClickUp.
What happens to color picker columns?
They arrive as text.
Can you manage the migration?
Yes. We scope it, design the structure, pilot, import, repair subitems and columns and support the cutover.
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