VendorScore · Comparison · Data-access posture
Evidence dated 2026-10-07, public docs only, not legal advice.
Short answer
All three can read your projects by design, with vendor-managed keys by default and no end-to-end encryption. In the scored configurations, Asana (57/100) has somewhat less inherent vendor read access than monday.com (55/100) and ClickUp (50/100); Asana and monday.com offer customer-key options whose scope isn't fully documented, while ClickUp has none.
Higher score = less inherent vendor read access in the scored configuration, not a more secure product. Each score comes from that vendor's VendorScore page.
| Asana | monday.com | ClickUp | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 57/100 | 55/100 | 50/100 |
| Scored configuration | Asana Enterprise+ with Enterprise Key Management (EKM) as advertised; EKM's technical scope couldn't be verified. | monday.com Enterprise with the Guardian add-on (Tenant-Level Encryption + Bring Your Own Key). | ClickUp Enterprise with data residency (US, EU-Ireland or APAC), SSO/SCIM, ClickUp AI at defaults and audit logs. No customer-managed key option, so the default setup has the same key custody. |
| Key custody option | Asana-managed keys by default. Enterprise Key Management is advertised, but its scope, key provider and revocation behaviour aren't in the public docs we could read. | BYOK only with the Enterprise Guardian add-on (plus Tenant-Level Encryption); its key provider, scope and revocation effect aren't documented. By default, one annually rotated AWS KMS key encrypts all customer data. | AES-256 keys from Amazon KMS, rotated yearly; no customer-managed key, BYOK or EKM option found. |
| E2EE / CSE scope | None. Asana encrypts data in transit and at rest (e.g. TLS 1.2, AES-256). | None. AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.3 (at minimum TLS 1.2) in transit. | None. The security page's 'End-to-End Security' heading is about AWS hosting, not an end-to-end encryption claim. |
| AI training default (scored config) | On by default. When Asana AI features are on, Asana trains machine learning models on metadata about your domain's use, which can power features in other domains; third-party LLM providers are barred from training. | Not used for training by default. monday.com says it doesn't use your input or output to train machine-learning models and doesn't authorize others to. | Not used for training by default. ClickUp says its AI isn't trained on workspace data and AI partners are prohibited from training. Its 'zero third-party data retention' claim conflicts with AI Terms wording for healthcare use. |
| EU residency | Yes: data residency options with data centers in Europe, Australia and Japan. | Partly: only Enterprise customers on the EU Data Region have Customer Data hosted solely in the EU; Standard and Pro accounts may also be processed in the US. | Enterprise can host in the EU (Ireland), but ClickUp AI data for EU-hosted workspaces isn't processed in the EU. |
| DPA link | Asana DPA | monday.com DPA | ClickUp DPA |
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Asana advertises Enterprise Key Management for using your own encryption key, but the public docs we could read don't state its scope, key provider or revocation behaviour. monday.com offers BYOK and Tenant-Level Encryption only through the Enterprise Guardian add-on, without documenting the key provider, data scope or what revocation does. ClickUp uses AES-256 keys from Amazon KMS, and we found no customer-managed key, BYOK or EKM option. None of this is end-to-end encryption.
In the scored configurations, Asana scores 57/100 (Enterprise+ with EKM as advertised; its technical scope couldn't be verified), monday.com 55/100 (Enterprise with the Guardian add-on) and ClickUp 50/100 (Enterprise with data residency; no customer-managed key option), so Asana has somewhat less inherent vendor read access. The scores are close, and a higher score means more customer control, not a guarantee that the vendor can't access content.
Asana restricts access to authorized personnel who need it to deliver the service, and VendorScore found no customer-approval gate. monday.com says customer data is generally not accessed, but access is allowed case by case under its terms, with no customer-approval mechanism documented. ClickUp lets employees access customer data for incident response or customer support, in an auditable manner, and engineers can see an AI trace when a user downvotes a response.
Asana: when Asana AI features are enabled, it uses metadata about your domain's use to train machine learning models that can power features in other Asana domains; its third-party LLM providers are contractually barred from training. monday.com says it doesn't use your input or output to train machine-learning models and doesn't authorize others to. ClickUp says its AI isn't trained on your workspace data and its AI partners are prohibited from training, though its zero-retention claim conflicts with its AI Terms.
Asana lists OpenAI and Anthropic as LLM providers under Analytics & Data Warehouse, plus feature-specific AI subprocessors such as AWS Bedrock and Recall.ai. monday.com's AI Work Platform adds OpenAI, Anthropic, LangChain, Tavily, Exa and Recall.ai, among others. ClickUp's LLM providers include Anthropic, AssemblyAI, Baseten, Azure AI Foundry, OpenAI, Vercel and China-based Kling 3.0 and Seedance 2.0, and it doesn't document which features use which provider.
Asana offers data residency options with data centers in Europe, Australia and Japan. monday.com has an EU Data Region, but only Enterprise customers there have Customer Data hosted solely in the EU. ClickUp Enterprise can host in the EU (Ireland), but ClickUp AI data for EU-hosted workspaces isn't processed in the EU.
Every URL cited on this page. Scores, configurations and facts come from the linked VendorScore vendor pages and their reports; nothing here goes beyond them.
This comparison restates the vendor pages for the scored configurations only; default setups usually score lower. A higher score means less inherent vendor read access in that configuration, not a safety rating. VendorScore doesn't certify compliance. Public-docs review only. Not a pen test, not legal advice, not a SOC 2 substitute.