monday.com is an alternative
to Jira
$90/mo (Basic) vs Jira Standard at $79.10/mo for 10 seats ($7.91/seat) — covering 17% of the 6 compared capabilities.
Same job. Compare the fees.
Comparison scenario
Every cheaper-than claim is tied to a defined scenario — never a bare list price.
10 seats, monthly billing · USD · prices as observed on official pricing pages.
Standard plan at $79.10/mo ($7.91/seat × 10 seats), the cheapest paid plan.
Basic: 108 USD/yearly; 9 extra seat(s) × 108 USD.
Jira costs $79.10/mo on the Standard plan at 10 seats, monthly billing. monday.com costs $90/mo (Basic plan), which is not cheaper than Jira Standard at $79.10/mo in this scenario.
Capability comparison
monday.com covers 17% of the 6 capabilities compared against Jira. ✓ native · ◐ via integration · ✗ not found.
| Capability | monday.com | Jira |
|---|---|---|
| Workflow automations | ↑ Standard | ✓ |
| Dashboards & reporting | ↑ Pro | ✓ |
| Sprints & agile boards | ↑ Standard | ✓ |
| Gantt & timeline views | ↑ Standard | ✓ |
| Guest access | ↑ Standard | ✓ |
| AI assistant | ✓ | ✓ |
What you give up
Capabilities Jira has that monday.com lacks.
- Workflow automations — Automate repetitive workflow steps.Missing from monday.com.
- Dashboards & reporting — View dashboards and reports on project progress.Missing from monday.com.
- Sprints & agile boards — Plan and run work in sprints on an agile board.Missing from monday.com.
- Gantt & timeline views — View project timelines as Gantt or timeline charts.Missing from monday.com.
- Guest access — Invite external guests into a project.Missing from monday.com.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
| Usage | Jira | monday.com |
|---|---|---|
| 3 seats | $23.73/moStandard | $27/mocosts moreBasic |
| 10 seats | $79.10/moStandard | $90/mocosts moreBasic |
| 25 seats | $197.75/moStandard | $225/mocosts moreBasic |
Plans & pricing, side by side
Advertised prices in USD as observed on the official pricing pages — per-seat and transaction-fee plans are marked.
| Free | Free |
| Basic | $9/seat/mo (billed yearly) |
| Standard | $12/seat/mo (billed yearly) |
| Pro | $19/seat/mo (billed yearly) |
| Enterprise | Contact sales |
| Free | Free |
| Standard | $7.91/seat/mo |
| Premium | $14.54/seat/mo |
| Enterprise | Contact sales |
Frequently asked
What does monday.com lack compared with Jira?
Workflow automations, Dashboards & reporting, Sprints & agile boards, Gantt & timeline views, Guest access — 5 of the 6 compared capabilities.
When were these prices checked?
Jira: 2026-10-26; monday.com: 2026-10-26 — on the official pricing pages.
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 & freshness
- https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
- monday.com data last verified 2026-10-26