Yes, both Salesforce Essentials and ClickUp offer a Free Trial.
Salesforce Essentials is designed for and Small Business.
ClickUp is designed for Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Medium Business and Small Business.
Pricing for Salesforce Essentials Starts at $25/User/Month when Billed Yearly whereas for ClickUp Starts at $7/User/Month when yearly.
Some top alternatives to Salesforce Essentials includes Salesforce Sales Cloud, Pipedrive, Thryv, Vendasta, ClickUp, Zoho CRM, Freshsales, HubSpot CRM, SalesCRM, SimpleCRM, Efficy CRM, FreeCRM, Client Book CRM, Second CRM, Snapforce CRM, iEnterprise CRM and SalesPro CRM.
Some top alternatives to ClickUp includes Basecamp, Trello, TeamGantt, Asana, Teamwork, ProjectManager.com, ProWorkflow, nTask, Todoist and Height.