Blue vs monday.com

Blue

• Teams that prefer a one-time payment to per-seat subscriptions
• Tracking processes such as sales, orders, recruiting or projects as records
• Giving clients and contractors a limited view of shared data

monday.com

• Teams that want boards, dashboards and automations in one tool
• Companies that also want CRM, dev or service products from one vendor
• Eligible nonprofits, which get their first 10 seats free

Blue

• There is no free plan and no free trial; each purchase carries a 30-day money-back guarantee instead.
• Each tier caps users at 5, 30 or 150, and every role, including clients and view-only users, counts toward the cap.
• Record-level permissions, scheduled and conditional automations, saved views, audit logs and white label need the $500 a year Pro add-on.
• The vendor reserves the right to add a maintenance fee of up to $50 a year per organization, which it says is not part of current pricing.

monday.com

• The Free plan is limited to 2 seats, 3 boards and 3 docs.
• Paid plans start at 3 seats, and the price is set by the team size selected rather than by individual seats.
• Timeline, Gantt and calendar views, automations and integrations start on Standard; time tracking and private boards need Pro.
• Plan totals itemize the bundled AI credits at $10 per 1,000 a month, currently cancelled out by a "special offer" discount of the same amount.

Blue

Structured records

Customers, orders, candidates, projects and other items are kept as records with custom fields, up to 100 per workspace on the base tiers.

Board, table, calendar and timeline

The same records can be viewed as a board, a table, a database, a calendar or a timeline, with real-time collaboration.

Automations

Trigger-based automations are included, with a monthly allowance set by tier. Scheduled, conditional and chained automations need the Pro add-on.

Roles and permissions

Custom roles and field-level permissions decide who can see and edit each column, so clients and contractors get a restricted view. Row-level permissions need Pro.

Dashboards and forms

Dashboards chart live data and can be shared through a public link without a login, and forms collect new records.

API, webhooks and AI agents

A REST and GraphQL API and webhooks cover custom integrations, and an MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT and other clients query and update records.

monday.com

Boards and views

Work is tracked on boards made of items and typed columns. Timeline, Gantt and calendar views start on the Standard plan.

Automations and integrations

Both are metered by monthly actions: 250 each on Standard and 25,000 each on Pro. The integrations page lists 850+ integrations and apps.

Dashboards

Dashboards bring data from boards together into charts and summaries for reporting on progress.

Docs and forms

Built-in documents and forms sit next to boards. The Free plan allows up to 3 docs, and private boards and docs need Pro.

AI credits and agents

The Sidekick assistant, AI agents and a notetaker draw on a monthly credit pool: 1,000 credits on Basic, 2,000 on Standard and 3,000 on Pro.

Portfolio and resource management

The Enterprise plan adds portfolio management, resource management and multi-level permissions.

Blue

• Starter$99

  one-time purchase

  5 users, 5 workspaces, 50,000 records per workspace, 10GB storage, 1,000 automations a month and community support.

• Growth$299

  one-time purchase

  30 users, 25 workspaces, 100GB storage, 5,000 automations a month, 10 dashboards, 3 custom roles and email support.

• Scale$999

  one-time purchase

  150 users, 100 workspaces, 500GB storage, 50,000 automations a month, 25 dashboards and 5 custom roles.

• Pro add-on$500

  per year, on top of any tier

  Optional: 500,000 records per workspace, record-level permissions, scheduled and conditional automations, audit logs, white label and priority support.

• EnterpriseCustom

  For more than 150 users: unlimited users, workspaces and storage, dedicated infrastructure and an account manager. Priced through sales.

monday.com

• Free$0

  Up to 2 seats with up to 3 boards and 3 docs, 200+ templates and 8 column types.

• Basic$9

  per seat / month, billed annually

  Unlimited items and unlimited free viewers, with 1,000 AI credits a month. Paid plans start at 3 seats.

• Standard$12

  per seat / month, billed annually

  Adds timeline, Gantt and calendar views, guest access, and 250 automation and 250 integration actions a month.

• Pro$19

  per seat / month, billed annually

  Adds private boards and docs, time tracking, advanced columns, and 25,000 automation and 25,000 integration actions a month.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Portfolio and resource management, multi-level permissions, enterprise security and governance, and 250 workflows.

Blue

• Lifetime license

  One-time payment for ongoing access

  Each tier is bought once ($99, $299 or $999) with no per-seat or renewal charge, and a buyer can move up a tier later by paying the difference.

monday.com

• Annual discount

  18% discount with yearly billing

  monday.com's pricing FAQ says choosing a yearly plan instead of paying monthly gives an 18% discount.

• Nonprofit

  First 10 seats free for eligible nonprofits

  Eligible nonprofits get their first 10 seats free and 70% off each seat from the 11th, sold in lots of 5, or 33% off per user on Enterprise.