monday.com alternatives
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.
Also written Monday.
Switching to Miro, which covers 100% of the compared capabilities.
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Top monday.com alternatives
We compared 14 products and found 7 cheaper options · 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 7 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 1 of them covers at least 75% of the 2 compared capabilities. The cheapest option that covers everything we compared is Miro at $0/mo (Free plan), 100% less.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK Basecamp Freelancer plan · missing: AI assistant | 50% | $25/mo how? ⓘ | $780 / year 72% cheaper | |
Plane Pro plan dev project management — adjacent | 100% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $360 / year 33% cheaper | |
GoodDay Professional plan · missing: AI assistant | 50% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $360 / year 33% cheaper | |
Trello Standard plan · missing: Docs & wikis | 50% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $360 / year 33% cheaper | |
Jira Standard plan · missing: Docs & wikis dev project management — adjacent | 50% | $79.10/mo how? ⓘ | $130.80 / year 12% cheaper | |
Miro Starter plan | 100% | $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 full coverage
- Miro — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 100%
- Best free plan
- Miro — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 100%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Plane — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 50%
- Best paid drop-in
- Basecamp — $25/mo (Freelancer plan) · covers 50%
- Need docs & wikis or AI assistant?
- Miro — from $0/mo (Free plan)
What you give up
Capabilities monday.com has that the top alternatives lack.
- Docs & wikis — Create shared documents and a team wiki alongside tasks.Missing from Linear, Plane.
- AI assistant — Get AI help drafting updates or summarizing project status.Missing from GoodDay.
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 2 compared capabilities.
| Capability | monday.com | Miro | GoodDay | Linear | Plane |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Docs & wikis from Free | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| AI assistant from Basic | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $90/mo Basic | $0/mo Free | $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.
- ✓ Docs & wikis — from Free
- ✓ AI assistant — from Basic
- ↑ Gantt & timeline views — only from Standard, not compared
- ↑ Workflow automations — only from Standard, not compared
- ↑ Guest access — only from Standard, not compared
- ↑ Time tracking — only from Pro, not compared
- ↑ Dashboards & reporting — only from Pro, not compared
- ↑ API access — only from Standard, not compared
- ↑ Sprints & agile boards — only from Standard, not compared
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://monday.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- https://monday.com/pricing#main (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
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. Miro has a free plan that covers 100% of the 2 capabilities we compared against monday.com.
What is the cheapest monday.com alternative?
In our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing), Miro is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
What is the cheapest monday.com alternative with Docs & wikis?
Miro covers Docs & wikis and costs $0/mo (Free 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 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-29, on the vendors' official pricing pages.