Monday.com
by monday.com Ltd. · Productivity · Calendar & Planning
Work operating system with project management, CRM, and team collaboration tools.
Quick Answer: Monday.com has a verified Real Score of 3.8/5 based on 32,000 verified reviews, compared to its App Store rating of 4.5/5. Mixed reviews from verified users.
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Pros & Cons
What Users Love
- Very visual and colorful
- Highly customizable boards
- Good for non-technical teams
- Many templates
Common Complaints
- Very expensive
- Minimum seat requirements
- Can be slow
- Feature overwhelm
Verified Reviews (20)
Beautiful interface for project tracking
Monday.com is the most visually appealing PM tool I've used. The color-coded statuses, progress bars, and dashboard widgets make project status immediately clear. Great for client presentations.
Pricing is outrageous
Starting at $10/seat/month with a MINIMUM of 3 seats means you're paying at least $30/month. For a solo freelancer, that's absurd. And the good features require Pro plan at $19/seat. Way too expensive.
Great for marketing teams
Our marketing team uses Monday for campaign tracking, content calendars, and approval workflows. The visual status updates and timeline view help everyone understand where things stand.
Too many features, UI gets cluttered
Monday tries to do everything and the interface suffers for it. Too many columns, views, automations, and settings. It takes significant setup time to create a clean, usable board.
Automations save hours
The automation recipes are powerful and easy to set up. "When status changes to Done, notify team and move to archive group." We automated most of our routine project management tasks.
Minimum seat requirement is frustrating
I just need it for myself but have to pay for 3 seats minimum. That's forced spending for seats nobody uses. This policy alone makes me look at alternatives.
Dashboards give executive visibility
As a director overseeing 5 project boards, the dashboard feature lets me see high-level status of everything in one view. Portfolio health, budget tracking, team workload - all visible without diving into individual boards.
Good for non-technical teams
Our HR and operations teams picked up Monday much faster than they did Asana or Jira. The visual, spreadsheet-like interface is familiar and less intimidating for non-tech people.
Slow with large boards
Our main project board has 500+ items and Monday struggles. Loading times are noticeable, scrolling can lag, and updates take a moment to reflect. Performance needs improvement.
Form responses to board items is smart
Creating intake forms that automatically populate board items is great for request management. Client requests, IT tickets, content ideas - forms feed directly into our workflows.
Workload view helps prevent burnout
Seeing how many tasks each team member has and their capacity helps distribute work evenly. We caught potential burnout situations before they became problems.
Mobile app is limited
The mobile app lets you view and update items but creating complex boards or automations on mobile isn't practical. It's really a companion app, not a standalone experience.
Replaced our spreadsheet chaos
We were tracking everything in Google Sheets. Moving to Monday gave us automations, notifications, views, and accountability that spreadsheets never could. The investment paid for itself in month one.
Learning curve is significant
Took our team about a month to feel comfortable with Monday. The customization is great but it means you have to decide how to set everything up. No clear "right way" to do things.
Integration marketplace is growing
Slack, Zoom, Google Drive, HubSpot, Salesforce - the integrations keep growing. Having project context connected to our other tools reduces app switching.
Time tracking built in
The built-in time tracking column lets team members log time directly on tasks. Not as detailed as Toggl but for basic time tracking alongside project management, it works.
Too enterprise for small teams
Monday.com is designed for medium to large teams. As a 5-person startup, it's way more tool than we need and the pricing reflects enterprise positioning. Look at Trello or Asana for small teams.
Guest access is useful
Being able to invite clients as guests with limited board access is great for transparency. They can see progress without accessing internal discussions. Professional client management.
Template marketplace saves setup time
The template center has hundreds of pre-built boards for every use case. Marketing campaigns, product launches, event planning - finding a template and customizing it is much faster than starting from scratch.
Decent but overpriced
Monday.com is a good tool but the price-to-value ratio feels off compared to ClickUp or even Asana. You're paying a premium for the visual design more than unique functionality.
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Last updated: April 2026