monday.com alternatives
7 tools in Project Management comparable to monday.com, ranked by VERILO editor rating and editorial score. Rankings are independent of affiliate relationships.
The two common reasons to look past monday.com are seat economics and depth. The free plan covers two seats and paid plans start at three, so one- and two-person teams pay for a seat they do not use; and teams that want deep configuration eventually hit the edges of the board model.
For seat economics, ClickUp has the most generous free plan in this category — unlimited members — and includes time tracking and automations that cost extra elsewhere. Trello is cheaper still and much simpler, and is the right answer when a board is genuinely all you need.
For depth, Asana is the closest competitor on structured work management and tends to suit teams that think in tasks and dependencies rather than colourful boards. Engineering teams that want issue tracking tied to Git should look at Linear, which is a different kind of product.
Notion
Productivity
Connected workspace combining notes, docs, wikis, databases and project tracking for individuals and teams.
Asana
Project Management
Work management platform for planning projects, assigning tasks and tracking progress across teams.
Linear
Project Management
Issue tracking and project planning tool built for software teams, with a keyboard-driven interface.
Todoist
Productivity
Cross-platform to-do list and task manager with natural-language entry, projects and shared workspaces.
ClickUp
Project Management
All-in-one work management platform combining tasks, docs, goals, chat and whiteboards in one workspace.
Cheaper alternatives to monday.com
monday.com’s entry paid plan is Basic at $12 per user a month. These alternatives start lower on the same kind of price, checked against each vendor's pricing page: 1 alternative without a price check in the last 90 days is not included.
- Trello
Kanban-style board tool from Atlassian for organizing tasks with cards, lists and Power-Up add-ons.
Standard · $6 per user a month
monday.com vs Trello - ClickUp
All-in-one work management platform combining tasks, docs, goals, chat and whiteboards in one workspace.
Unlimited · $10 per user a month
monday.com vs ClickUp - Linear
Issue tracking and project planning tool built for software teams, with a keyboard-driven interface.
Basic · $10 per user a month
monday.com vs Linear
Entry plans buy different limits, some vendors quote the annual-billing rate, and a lower price can mean a narrower tool — read what each one is for before counting it as a saving.
Free alternatives to monday.com
Notion, Asana, Linear, ClickUp, Coda and Trello have a free plan, with limits on usage, users or features. 1 alternative without a price check in the last 90 days is not included.
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