Favro vs monday.com
We give Favro a 3.2 GPA and monday.com a 3.0, out of 4.0. Favro grades higher on value for money and platforms. monday.com grades higher on ease of use. They get the same grade on the free plan and features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Favro
Collaborative planning boards for software and game teams
monday.com
Board-based work management with automations and dashboards
How we grade them
| 3.2GPAFavroVery good | 3.0GPAmonday.comVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BLite is $5.10 a user a month billed annually and Standard is $6.80, both under what's typical here. But seats are sold in buckets of 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100, so a team of 3 pays for 5. Lite also has no guest accounts or API calls, and just 25 automation actions. | CBasic is $9 a seat but has no automations, integrations or timeline, so most teams land on Standard at $12. ClickUp gives you Gantt charts and time tracking for $7. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan and no single-user plan. You get a 14-day free trial of any paid plan with no credit card needed, and after that it's paid. | CTwo seats, three boards, three docs, and no automations. Fine for one freelancer with a few clients, no good for a team. There is a 14-day trial of Pro. |
| Features | ASeveral boards on one screen, cards that live on more than one board at once, sheets with calculations and hierarchies, roadmaps combined across teams, docs and wiki pages, and no-code automations. Jira issues sync both ways, and GitHub and GitLab merges can move cards. | ABoards, timelines, Gantt charts, dashboards, docs, forms, automations, time tracking and a pile of AI helpers. There's very little you can't bend it into. |
| Ease of use | BWe have no App Store rating on record for it, so a B is as high as we go. Ready-made setups for Kanban, Scrumban and roadmaps mean you needn't start from an empty board. | A4.8 from about 48,000 App Store ratings. A diesel repair shop and a couple doing up a 1976 house both say it just made sense. There are 200+ templates to start from. |
| Platforms and integrations | AWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, with no Linux version listed. It connects to Jira, GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Miro, Google Drive and Zapier, and Standard includes 1,000 API calls an hour. | BWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, with an API and 850+ integrations and apps. No Linux app, and reviewers say the phone app can't do all the website can. |
| Best for | several teams sharing the same cards | flexible boards any team can pick up |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Favro and monday.com. How we grade
Where they differ
- Favro starts at $5.10 per user / month, billed annually (from 2 users). monday.com starts at $9 per seat / month, billed annually (3-seat minimum).
- monday.com has a free plan. Favro does not, though it has a free trial.
- Favro also covers databases and wiki.
- monday.com also covers Gantt & timelines and time tracking.
At a glance
| Favro | monday.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $5.10 per user / month, billed annually (from 2 users) | $9 per seat / month, billed annually (3-seat minimum) |
| Free plan | None | Free plan for up to 2 seats: up to 3 boards and 3 docs, 200+ templates, 8 column types, and the iOS and Android apps. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of any paid plan, no credit card needed | 14-day free trial of the Pro plan |
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| Made by | Uppsala collaborative technologies AB | monday.com |
| Price read from | favro.com | monday.com |
| Checked | Oct 6, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Favro
- Game studios and software teams running Kanban or Scrumban
- Organizations where several teams follow the same card on their own boards
- Teams that bring external partners into their boards and workflows
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
Worth knowing
Favro
- There is no free or single-user plan: seats are sold in buckets of 2, 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100, so a team of 3 pays for 5.
- Lite stops at 5 collections and 25 automation actions and has no guest accounts, private collections or API calls.
- Timesheet reporting, SAML-based SSO and SCIM provisioning are Enterprise only, and pricing for more than 100 users is by quote.
- The desktop app is offered for Mac and Windows; no Linux version is listed.
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.
Key features
Favro
- Team and planning boards
- Several boards can be laid out on one screen, so a team sees its backlog, sprint and other workflows together. Ready-made setups cover Kanban, Scrumban and roadmaps.
- Cards shared across boards
- A task, goal or user story can live on several boards at the same time, so different teams and managers follow the same card from their own boards.
- Sheets and databases
- Sheets add columns, calculations and hierarchies, which lets large pieces of work be broken down into smaller items.
- Roadmaps and docs
- Roadmaps from several teams can be combined into one company view, and docs and wiki pages are written in the same tool as the boards.
- No-code automations
- Automations assign reviewers, notify people or move cards when something changes. Plans include 25, 5,000 or 25,000 automation actions.
- Developer integrations
- Jira issues sync both ways with Favro cards, and GitHub and GitLab commits and merge requests attach to cards and can move them when code is merged.
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.
Plans
Favro
Lite$5.10
per user / month, billed annually ($6 billed monthly)
5 collections, unlimited boards and backlogs, 25 automation actions and the mobile apps. No guest accounts, private collections or API calls.
Standard$6.80
per user / month, billed annually ($8 billed monthly)
Unlimited collections and storage, apps and integrations, guest accounts, limited dashboards, 5,000 automation actions and 1,000 API calls an hour.
EnterpriseCustom
Dashboards and timesheet reporting, SAML-based SSO, SCIM provisioning, 25,000 automation actions and a 24-hour response time on weekdays.
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.
Ways to pay less
Favro
- Annual discount
15% off with annual billing
Billed annually, Lite is $5.10 per user / month against $6 monthly and Standard is $6.80 against $8. The pricing page marks annual prices with a -15% label.
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.
