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$9 per seat per month
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  1. Retail and wholesale
  2. Accommodation and food services
  3. Information technology and software

What is monday Work Management

monday Work Management is a cloud-based work management platform used to plan, track, and coordinate work across teams using configurable boards, views, and automations. It supports common use cases such as project tracking, task management, marketing calendars, and cross-functional collaboration with dashboards and reporting. The product emphasizes configurable workflows (e.g., status columns, dependencies, forms) and integrations with common business tools to centralize work updates and approvals.

pros

Highly configurable work boards

Teams can model many workflows using customizable boards, columns, templates, and multiple views (e.g., Kanban, timeline, calendar). This flexibility supports varied use cases such as marketing planning, operations requests, and lightweight portfolio tracking without requiring custom development. Compared with purpose-built event platforms in the reference set, it is better suited to general work tracking across departments rather than a single event lifecycle.

Automation and integrations ecosystem

Built-in automations help reduce manual updates (e.g., status changes, notifications, recurring items, assignment rules). A broad set of integrations and APIs supports connecting work items to communication, file storage, and other business systems. This can make it practical as a coordination layer when teams use multiple specialized tools.

Collaboration and visibility features

Comments, @mentions, file attachments, and update threads keep work context tied to specific items. Dashboards and reporting provide rollups across boards for status visibility and workload monitoring. These capabilities help stakeholders track progress without needing access to specialized event-management modules found in dedicated event products.

cons

Not event-management specialized

While it can track event tasks and timelines, it does not provide end-to-end event operations features such as registration, ticketing, attendee management, venue logistics, session scheduling, or on-site check-in as core capabilities. Organizations running complex events often need a dedicated event platform for those functions. monday Work Management typically serves as a planning and coordination layer rather than the system of record for event execution.

Complexity at scale

High configurability can lead to inconsistent board structures, naming conventions, and automation rules across teams without governance. As usage grows, organizations may need dedicated administration to manage templates, permissions, and data hygiene. Without standardization, reporting and portfolio rollups can become difficult to maintain.

Time tracking and costing limits

Time tracking is available for task-level logging, but advanced services automation needs (e.g., detailed job costing, rate cards, invoicing workflows, and utilization accounting) may require additional tooling or integrations. Financial controls and audit-ready cost management are not the primary focus of the product. Teams with strict project accounting requirements may find native capabilities insufficient.

Plan & Pricing

Plan Price Key features & notes
Free $0 (free forever) Up to 2 seats; Up to 3 boards; Up to 3 Docs; 200+ templates; 8 column types; iOS & Android apps.
Basic $9 per seat/month (billed annually) Includes Free, plus: AI credits; Unlimited free viewers; Unlimited items; 5 GB file storage; Prioritized customer support; Create a dashboard from 1 board.
Standard $12 per seat/month (billed annually) Includes Basic, plus: AI credits; AI Sidekick (lite); Timeline & Gantt views; Calendar view; Guest access; Automations (250 actions/month); Integrations (250 actions/month); Create dashboards from up to 5 boards; 20 GB storage.
Pro $19 per seat/month (billed annually) Includes Standard, plus: AI credits; AI Sidekick (lite); Private boards; Chart view; Time tracking; Formula column; Automations (25,000 actions/month); Integrations (25,000 actions/month); Create dashboards from up to 20 boards; 100 GB storage.
Enterprise Contact sales (custom pricing) Includes Pro, plus: Enterprise AI bundle & Sidekick (plus); Portfolio & resource management; Enterprise-scale automations & integrations (250K actions/month); Multi-level permissions; Enterprise-grade security & governance; Advanced reporting & analytics; Dashboards combining up to 50 boards; 24/7 enterprise support.

Seller details

monday.com Ltd.
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
2012
Public
https://monday.com/
https://x.com/mondaydotcom
https://www.linkedin.com/company/mondaydotcom/

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