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Production Board: the GDPR-friendly alternative to ClickUp

Plain-language privacy notice, standard German GDPR DPA available on request, self-serve export + delete.

GDPR alternative
Productivity
Kanban
ClickUp
Finn Glas
Finn GlasCo-Founder + Engineering
·January 30, 2026·
1 min read

GDPR isn't a checkbox - it's a posture. If you're moving off ClickUp because their AVV / DPA is opaque, Production Board is what a clean alternative looks like: subprocessor list of two (Stripe + mail relay), self-serve export + delete from account settings, and a standard German GDPR DPA on request when your procurement team needs one.

At a glance

ClickUp ships a board, a list, a doc, a chat, a goal-tracker, a time-tracker, a form-builder, and a few more things in one tab. Production Board ships exactly one thing: a production-shaped board, fast, with phases + durations + live updates. The trade is real: ClickUp wins on surface area; we win on the speed of doing the actual production work.

GDPR posture

GDPR is a posture, not a checkbox

Three things matter under GDPR for a tool like this: (1) lawful basis for processing, (2) data subject rights (export, delete, port), and (3) the auftragsverarbeitungs­vertrag / DPA chain. Production Board treats them as engineering invariants, not legal optics. Lawful basis is the contract you sign with us. Subject rights are self-serve from your account settings - no support ticket required. The subprocessor list has two entries (Stripe + mail relay). A standard German GDPR DPA is available on request from /sales whenever your procurement team needs one - we don't charge for it and don't gate it behind a plan tier. Where ClickUp sits on each of these is the rest of this page.

Production Board vs ClickUp: GDPR comparison

Ours
Production Board
Theirs
ClickUp
Boards + kanban
Production phases + durations
DIY
Docs + wiki
Chat + comments
Comments only
Time tracking
Hosted in Germany
Setup time
An afternoonA weekend

When to pick which

Pick Production Board when

You already have docs / chat / time-tracking elsewhere and don't want them re-bundled.
Speed of the daily production loop matters more than feature breadth.

Pick ClickUp when

You want one tool to replace several.
Docs + chat + tracking inside the same surface as the board is a real value for you.

GDPR questions

What customer data-protection teams typically ask before signing a DPA.

Start with Production Board

Free plan, no credit card. We host in Germany. Export + delete are self-serve.

Finn Glas

Written by

Finn Glas

Co-Founder + Engineering

Finn is one of the Co-Founders. He owns the engineering side, the infrastructure, and most of the late-night fixes that ship before anyone notices.

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