We Built a ClickUp Replacement Inside SharePoint and It Actually Works

Nine views. A live dashboard. Goals, Workload tracking, and rich Project Notes. All inside a single SharePoint web part. No extra licenses, no data leaving your Microsoft 365 environment.

Ahmed Masoud

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  • Listique360 is a full project management app built as a SharePoint web part, on SharePoint Lists.
  • Board, List, Calendar, Gantt, Mind map, Dashboard, Goals and Workload, with no per-seat fee.
  • Your data never leaves Microsoft 365 and inherits your Conditional Access, MFA, DLP and Purview.

Nine views. A live dashboard. Goals, Workload tracking, and rich Project Notes. All inside a single SharePoint web part. No extra licenses, no data leaving your Microsoft 365 environment.

Most Microsoft 365 organisations are paying for ClickUp or Asana on top of their M365 licenses.

  • SharePoint for files. Teams for chat. Then a completely separate paid tool just to manage tasks.
  • Your project data sits on someone else's servers, under someone else's security policies, renewed every month.
  • Another monthly invoice. Another vendor login. Another tool your team has to adopt.

It does not look like SharePoint at all#

The left sidebar organises your Spaces, Projects, and Lists. The top bar has global search, a Create button, dark mode toggle, and notifications. It feels like a dedicated SaaS product, because it is built to that standard.

The app ships with nine view types and lets you save custom views like "My open work" or "Sprint 5 burndown" that persist for each user: Board, List, Calendar, Table, Gantt, Mind map, Whiteboard, Dashboard and Saved views.

Board view, with real drag and drop#

Tasks flow through six status columns: Backlog, To Do, In Progress, In Review, Done, and Cancelled. Each card shows the assignee avatar, due date, priority flag, tags, and a unique task ID.

Drag a card between columns and the status updates instantly in SharePoint Lists behind the scenes. Subtasks are supported inline. The Done column shows 30 completed tasks with a clean strikethrough so your history stays visible without creating noise.

List and Calendar for every working style#

Not everyone thinks in columns. The List view gives you a spreadsheet layout with Task, Status, Priority, Assignees, and Due columns grouped by status. Status pills are colour-coded and editable inline.

The Calendar view renders a full monthly grid with tasks appearing on their due dates as coloured bars. Deadline clusters become visible before they become problems. Both views read from the same SharePoint data with no sync required.

Gantt chart for project timelines#

The Gantt view plots every task on a horizontal timeline with Day, Week, Month, and Auto fit controls. Task bars are colour-coded to their status. A Dependencies button maps task relationships.

Our live instance shows the full Listique360 development roadmap running from June through August. We are managing the build of this product inside the product itself.

Building a Gantt chart inside SharePoint as a custom development took less time than the average enterprise software approval process.

Mind map for visual thinkers#

The Mind map view renders all tasks as connected node cards, with subtasks branching out as children. Forty-five tasks with nested subtasks all visible at once.

Sprint planning, brainstorming, and project scoping all feel natural here. It is the fastest way to see how work is connected across an entire list.

The Dashboard, where leadership gets their answer in ten seconds#

This is the view that makes people stop and say "wait, that is inside SharePoint?" Five dashboard tabs: Executive, Team, Sprint Ops, My dashboard, and Goals.

  • Executive tab. Alerts panel, four KPI cards with trend lines, Status pie chart, Goal progress rings, and a 14-day Created vs Completed activity chart.
  • Team tab. Top contributors leaderboard, Workflow funnel from Backlog to Done, and a 14-day activity heatmap per team member.
  • Sprint Ops tab. Sprint burndown chart against ideal line, velocity tracking across the last five sprints, and story-point totals. Every number live from SharePoint Lists.
13
View types
16
Dashboard widgets
5
Dashboard templates
SharePoint Lists
The database of this app
0
Extra licenses needed
Build once. Yours forever.
One-time deployment

Goals with auto-rolled progress#

Goals are workspace-wide OKRs. Progress rolls up automatically from linked tasks. No copy-pasting numbers into a spreadsheet every week.

Each goal carries a status (On Track, Off Track, At Risk or Achieved), an owner, a date range, and a linked task count.

Workload view, spot overload before it becomes a resignation#

Logged hours per user across a 14-day rolling window. Managers see at a glance who is carrying too much before it becomes a problem.

  • Under 6h

    Status
    On track
  • 6h to 8h

    Status
    Watch this
  • Over 8h

    Status
    Overloaded

Capacity baseline is 6 hours per day. Colour coding is automatic. No setup needed.

Project Notes, linked directly to tasks#

Every list has a Project Notes section with a full rich text editor. Bold, Italic, H1, H2, inline code, checklists, image embeds, and a slash command menu with Highlight, Badge, Drawing, and Embed options.

Notes link to tasks at the bottom. An architecture note can have T-00002 and T-00009 linked right there, so context and execution always live together. Sprint retros, meeting notes, and technical decisions all go here. No more lost OneNote pages or Teams chat threads no one can find later.

What it is built on#

Everything runs on the standard Microsoft 365 stack. No external databases. No Azure SQL. No third-party services.

  • Data and platform

    Technology
    SharePoint Development, SharePoint Lists, PnP Templates, Microsoft Graph
  • Frontend and state

    Technology
    React 17, Zustand, TypeScript strict

What is coming next#

Phase 2 includes React 18 and Fluent UI v9, a Table view with inline editing, a Command palette with keyboard shortcuts, drag-to-rebalance in Workload, and new dashboard widgets.

We are also preparing a public AppSource listing so any Microsoft 365 environment can deploy Listique360 in minutes. Before that, we are bringing in five design partners to run it in their environment and shape the roadmap. If that sounds like your organisation, reach out now.

Listique360 vs ClickUp, feature by feature#

ClickUp is a great product. But every feature below is something your team already needs, and Listique360 delivers it inside the Microsoft 365 environment you already pay for.

  • Board / Kanban with drag and drop

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • List view with inline editing

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Calendar view

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Gantt / Timeline with zoom controls

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Mind map view

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Workload capacity view

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Dashboard with configurable widgets

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Whiteboard view

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Activity feed

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Table / spreadsheet view

    Listique360
    Coming soon
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Subtasks and task hierarchy

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Custom fields per list

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Task relationships (blocks, related, duplicate)

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Bulk actions (move, assign, status, delete)

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Sprints and sprint reports

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Time tracking with start / stop timer

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • OKR Goals with auto-rolled progress

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Saved views per user

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Form builder for task creation

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Recurring tasks

    Listique360
    Coming soon
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Comments with at-mention picker

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • File attachments

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Notifications inbox with preferences

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Rich text docs / Project Notes

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Command palette (Cmd K)

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • 16 widget types

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • 5 dashboard templates

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Drag, resize, and configure widgets

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Sprint burndown and velocity charts

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Export dashboard to PNG / PDF

    Listique360
    Coming soon
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Data stored inside your own Microsoft 365 environment

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    No
  • Inherits your Conditional Access policies

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    No
  • Microsoft Purview compliance labels

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    No
  • DLP and retention policies

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    No
  • No separate login or SSO setup needed

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    No
  • SharePoint permissions model

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    No
  • Runs inside SharePoint natively

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    No
  • Microsoft Graph integration

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    Partial
  • Teams app tab

    Listique360
    Coming soon
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Outlook calendar sync

    Listique360
    Coming soon
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Power Automate connector

    Listique360
    Coming soon
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • AI Q and A grounded in your workspace

    Listique360
    Roadmap
    ClickUp
    Partial
  • AI task generation from prompt

    Listique360
    Roadmap
    ClickUp
    Partial
  • AI meeting notetaker to tasks

    Listique360
    Roadmap
    ClickUp
    No
  • Semantic and natural language search

    Listique360
    Roadmap
    ClickUp
    No
  • Included in your existing M365 license

    Listique360
    Yes
    ClickUp
    No
  • Per-user monthly cost

    Listique360
    $0
    ClickUp
    $10 to $19 / user
  • Data egress outside your Microsoft 365 environment

    Listique360
    None
    ClickUp
    Yes
  • Separate vendor relationship required

    Listique360
    None
    ClickUp
    Yes

What you actually save over 12 months#

ClickUp Business costs $12 per user per month. ClickUp Business Plus costs $19 per user per month. Both are billed annually. Listique360 runs on your existing Microsoft 365 license. The math is straightforward.

The only requirement to run Listique360 is a Microsoft 365 Business Basic license per user. That is the same license your team already needs for email, Teams, and calendar. It starts at $6 per user per month and most organisations already have it. You are not buying anything new. You are just using more of what you already paid for.

  • 10

    ClickUp Business (annual)
    $1,440
    ClickUp Business Plus (annual)
    $2,280
    Listique360 (annual)
    $0
    Your 12-month saving
    $1,440 to $2,280
  • 50

    ClickUp Business (annual)
    $7,200
    ClickUp Business Plus (annual)
    $11,400
    Listique360 (annual)
    $0
    Your 12-month saving
    $7,200 to $11,400
  • 100

    ClickUp Business (annual)
    $14,400
    ClickUp Business Plus (annual)
    $22,800
    Listique360 (annual)
    $0
    Your 12-month saving
    $14,400 to $22,800

Listique360 requires M365 Business Basic at $6/user/month. That is the same license your team already uses for email, Teams, and calendar.

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WRITTEN BY

Ahmed Masoud, Founder & CEO

Ahmed and the MStack360 team deliver Microsoft 365 migrations, security and Power Platform projects for businesses across North America, Europe, Australia and the Middle East.

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