monday.com
Visual work operating system that adapts to any workflow
monday.com is a flexible work management platform trusted by over 180,000 customers worldwide, including Coca-Cola, Canva, and Hulu. Built on customisable boards with 30+ column types, the platform offers multiple views (Kanban, Gantt, calendar, timeline), no-code automations, and dashboards for cross-team visibility. Available as Work Management, CRM, Dev, and Service products, it scales from simple task tracking to complex multi-departmental workflows.
How we scored it
A weighted average of the 4 dimensions below, each judged 0–10 from published pricing, vendor documentation and independent user feedback. We do not run hands-on tests, and no vendor has any say in a score.
2 further dimensions are not scored for this product yet, so they are left out of the average rather than counted as zero. How the score works.
What it actually costs
Intro pricing shown — see the renewal note for what you'll pay after the introductory term. We don't hide the second-act price.
Basic
Paid plans are charged per seat; paid plans start at a minimum number of seats (see vendor page).
Standard
Paid plans are charged per seat; paid plans start at a minimum number of seats (see vendor page).
Pro
Paid plans are charged per seat; paid plans start at a minimum number of seats (see vendor page).
What to check before you move a team onto monday.com
An app a team lives in all day is the hardest kind of software to leave. These are the questions that matter more than the feature list.
What it costs per seat, in a year
At $12 per user per month, a team of ten is $1440 a year before a single add-on. Price the team you will have in a year, not the one you have today.
Which roles have to pay
Many plans charge full price for people who only need to read or approve. If light users need a seat, the real cost is the headline price times everyone, not times the core team.
Whether you can get your data out
Ask what a full export contains and in what format. An export that drops attachments, comments or history is not an export — it is a reason you will not leave.
What the move itself costs
Migration, retraining and the weeks of lower output are the real switching cost. Count them once when you adopt, because you pay them again if you change your mind.
These are the checks we apply across saas, in the same order, so two pages can be compared line for line.
How much does monday.com really cost?
Our calculation from the vendor's published prices — not a figure the vendor advertises.
The headline price is for one person. Adding people multiplies it, so a team of ten pays ten times the advertised figure. Price quoted per seat; total scales linearly with number of seats (plans require a minimum number of seats for paid tiers; Free is limited to 2 seats).
| Team size | Per month | Per year | Over 3 years | How it is charged |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $12 | $144 | $432 | $12 per seat per month |
| 5 people | $60 | $720 | $2,160 | $12 per seat per month |
| 10 people | $120 | $1,440 | $4,320 | $12 per seat per month |
| 50 people | $600 | $7,200 | $21,600 | $12 per seat per month |
Based on the Basic plan at $12 a month. Three years at the published annual price. No renewal increase is published.
- The vendor does not publish a renewal price, so three-year totals assume today's price holds.
Work out your own cost
- $12 per seat per month.
- Billed annually at $9 per month equivalent.
monday.com against the field
The highest-scoring alternatives in the same category, compared on the figures we hold for all of them.
| monday.comThis page | Slack | Figma | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ReviewCost score | 8.1/10 | 8.6/10 | 8.6/10 |
| Cheapest plan | Free | — | — |
| From | — | — | — |
| Renews at | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Biggest strength | Highly customisable boards with 30+ column types adapt to virtually any workflow without coding | Slackbot's contextual awareness of your team's conversations and files eliminates constant app-switching — it actually knows what you've been working on | Real-time collaboration is genuinely excellent — multiple designers can work simultaneously without conflicts or lag |
| Biggest drawback | 3-seat minimum on all paid plans means solo users and 2-person teams pay for unused seats | AI features like Slackbot and summarisation require paid plans, pricing out smaller teams who'd benefit most from automation | Performance degrades noticeably on complex files with hundreds of artboards or heavy plugins |
Prices are the published figures at the time of writing and change often. Renewal pricing is shown where the vendor publishes it. See how we review.
What people ask about monday.com
Straight answers to what buyers actually ask, drawn from the documentation and published user reports.
Can I use monday.com if I'm a solo business owner?
What's the real difference between Standard and Pro?
Are the 200+ integrations actually good?
Why do people complain about forms creating duplicates?
Is there a nonprofit discount?
Page history
- Published
- 22 May 2026
- Last updated
- 1 October 2026
- Pricing checked against vendor
- 1 October 2026
Sources & verification
Pricing on this page was taken from the vendor's published pricing page on 1 October 2026.
- monday.com pricing and plansOfficial pricing page · monday.com · read 1 October 2026
- Free AI Task Management Software for Teams | monday.comOfficial pricing page · monday.com · read 1 October 2026