monday.com
Project Management · monday.com
monday.com is a work management platform where teams organize projects, data and workflows on customizable boards, with add-on products for CRM, service and development teams.
Switching to ClickUp, which covers 89% of the compared capabilities.
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Top monday.com alternatives
We compared 14 products and found 11 cheaper alternatives · vs monday.com Basic at $90/mo for 10 seats ($9/seat) · scenario: 10 seats, monthly billing, USD.
monday.com costs $90/mo on the Basic plan at 10 seats, monthly billing. We found 11 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 3 of them cover at least 75% of the 9 compared capabilities.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Basecamp Freelancer plan · missing: Gantt & timeline views, Workflow automations, API access, AI assistant, Sprints & agile boards | 44% | $25/mo how? ⓘ | $780 / year 72% cheaper | |
Plane Pro plan · missing: API access dev project management — adjacent | 89% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $360 / year 33% cheaper | |
TOP PICK GoodDay Professional plan · missing: Guest access | 89% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $360 / year 33% cheaper | |
Trello Standard plan · missing: Time tracking, Docs & wikis, Sprints & agile boards | 67% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $360 / year 33% cheaper | |
Jira Standard plan · missing: Time tracking, Docs & wikis, API access dev project management — adjacent | 67% | $79.10/mo how? ⓘ | $130.80 / year 12% cheaper | |
Miro Starter plan · missing: Workflow automations, Time tracking, Dashboards & reporting, Sprints & agile boards | 56% | $80/mo how? ⓘ | $120 / year 11% cheaper |
Which monday.com alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best free plan
- ClickUp — $0/mo (Free Forever plan) · covers 89%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Plane — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 89%
- Best paid drop-in
- Basecamp — $25/mo (Freelancer plan) · covers 44%
- Need gantt & timeline views, workflow automations, guest access, time tracking, docs & wikis, dashboards & reporting, API access or sprints & agile boards?
- ClickUp — from $0/mo (Free Forever plan)
- Need AI assistant?
- Plane — from $0/mo (Free plan)
What you give up
Capabilities monday.com has that the top alternatives lack.
- Guest access — Invite external guests into a project.Missing from GoodDay.
- Time tracking — Track time spent on tasks.Missing from Jira.
- Docs & wikis — Create shared documents and a team wiki alongside tasks.Missing from Jira.
- API access — Access and update project data programmatically via an API.Missing from Plane, Jira.
- AI assistant — Get AI help drafting updates or summarizing project status.Missing from ClickUp.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
Feature comparison
monday.com vs the top alternatives, on the 9 compared capabilities.
| Capability | monday.com | ClickUp | Plane | GoodDay | Jira |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt & timeline views from Standard | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Workflow automations from Standard | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Guest access from Standard | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time tracking from Pro | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Docs & wikis from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Dashboards & reporting from Pro | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| API access from Standard | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| AI assistant from Basic | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sprints & agile boards from Standard | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $90/mo Basic | $0/mo Free Forever | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What monday.com covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Gantt & timeline views — from Standard
- ✓ Workflow automations — from Standard
- ✓ Guest access — from Standard
- ✓ Time tracking — from Pro
- ✓ Docs & wikis — from Free
- ✓ Dashboards & reporting — from Pro
- ✓ API access — from Standard
- ✓ AI assistant — from Basic
- ✓ Sprints & agile boards — from Standard
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://monday.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-09-07)
- https://monday.com/pricing#main (official_pricing, checked 2026-08-31)
Frequently asked
How much does monday.com cost?
monday.com's Basic plan costs $90/mo in our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free monday.com alternative?
Yes. ClickUp has a free plan that covers 89% of the 9 capabilities we compared against monday.com.
What is the cheapest monday.com alternative?
In our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing), ClickUp is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free Forever plan).
What is the cheapest monday.com alternative with API access?
ClickUp covers API access and costs $0/mo (Free Forever plan) in our scenario.
Does monday.com have a free plan?
Yes. monday.com's free plan is limited to 2 seats.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-08-26 and 2026-09-07, on the vendors' official pricing pages.