Kantree vs monday.com (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, monday.com grades higher than Kantree: 2.8 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 4, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
monday.com grades higher on features, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money and the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Kantree
Boards, chat, docs and automations in one EU-hosted workspace
monday.com
Board-based work management with automations and dashboards
Which one is for you
Pick Kantree if
- Fits if you want boards, chat and docs in one EU-hosted workspace
- Works for teams of 2 to 50 on the Team plan
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you need Gantt, portfolios or SSO: Business is €20 a user a month yearly
- Watch out: AI is an add-on at €3 a user on top of the plan and uses credits
- Watch out: prices are in euros and exclude VAT
- Not for you if you want a free plan, as only a 15-day trial is on the page
Pick monday.com if
- Fits if your team's work lives in spreadsheets and status meetings
- Works for teams of three or more who want rules like an email to the owner when a due date arrives
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if there are only two of you, because paid plans start at three seats
- Pricey if you need timelines, Gantt or automations, which start on Standard at $12 a seat, or time tracking, which waits for Pro at $19
- Tight if you lean on automations: none on Free or Basic, and Standard allows 250 actions a month
- Not for you if you work from your phone, where the app can't edit automations, or on Linux, which has no app
- Watch out: AI runs on monthly credits you top up, and the bill lists them at $10 per 1,000 under a "special offer"
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAKantreeFair | 2.8GPAmonday.comGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DTeam is €12 a user a month yearly, but Gantt and portfolios are on Business at €20, against a $9 middle. AI is another €3 a user. | DBasic is $9 a seat and has no automations, integrations or timeline, so most teams end up on Standard at $12, half again this category middle of $8, and time tracking waits for Pro at $19. On top of that you cannot buy fewer than three seats, so a pair pays for an empty chair. |
| Free plan and trial | C15-day free trial with no card. No free plan. | CTwo seats, three boards, three docs and no automations. That is a cap you hit on day one as a team, though a single freelancer with a couple of clients could sit there. The 14-day Pro trial is the only other way in. |
| Features | CSeveral views of the same cards, chat, documents, whiteboards, automations, forms and dashboards. The gap: Gantt is not on Team. | BBoards of typed columns, timelines, Gantt, calendar, dashboards, docs, forms, automations, time tracking, 850+ integrations and a row of AI helpers. Its rivals have all of this too, and here it is split across four plans, with automations capped at 250 actions a month on Standard. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, and boards and automations have to be built. | A4.8 on the App Store from 48,096 ratings, the highest in this category. Reviewers, a diesel repair shop and a couple doing up a 1976 house among them, say it worked the way they expected, and there are 200+ templates to start from. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android apps. No integrations list was read, so no A. | AWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, with an API and 850+ integrations and apps behind it. The holes are Linux, which has no app, and the phone app itself, which reviewers say cannot do everything the website can. |
| Best for | boards, chat and docs in an EU-hosted workspace | boards of work for teams of three or more |
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: Kantree and monday.com. How we grade
Price against what you get
Kantree starts at about $13.41 a month for each person and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. monday.com starts at $9 a month for each person and scores 3.7.
monday.com scores higher and starts $4.41 a month lower. Of the other project management tools on the chart, 46 score higher than Kantree for less, and none scores higher than monday.com for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Kantree also covers dashboards.
- monday.com also covers time tracking.
At a glance
| Kantree | monday.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | €12 per user / month, billed annually (€16 billed monthly) | $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 | 15-day free trial, no credit card required. | 14-day free trial of the Pro plan |
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| Made by | Digicoop | monday.com |
| Price read from | kantree.io | monday.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 4, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Kantree
- Prices are in euros and exclude VAT.
- Gantt, portfolios, multiple teams and SSO need the Business plan at €20 per user / month billed annually.
- The AI features are a separate add-on at +€3 per user / month on top of the plan and use additional credits.
- There is no free plan, only a 15-day trial.
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
Kantree
- Multiple views of the same cards
- Cards can be shown as a to-do list, kanban board, spreadsheet, calendar or timeline, with Gantt on the Business plan.
- Chat, documents and whiteboards
- The v11 release added workspace channels, card-based threads, collaborative documents and whiteboards beside the project views.
- No-code automations
- Rules, buttons and conditional action chains, with a monthly action allowance that differs by plan.
- Forms and dashboards
- Forms collect requests from people outside the team, and dashboards and reports follow progress across projects.
- Portfolios
- The Business plan groups workspaces into portfolios for cross-project follow-up.
- AI assistant add-on
- An assistant that can act in Kantree and AI actions inside automations, sold as an add-on to any plan.
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
Kantree
Team€12
per user / month, billed annually (€16 billed monthly)
For teams of 2 to 50 people. All views except Gantt, unlimited forms and reports, 300 automation actions a month and 50 GB of storage.
Business€20
per user / month, billed annually (€25 billed monthly)
Adds Gantt, portfolios, multiple teams, SSO login, a customizable homepage, priority support, 30,000 automation actions a month, 500 GB of storage and hosting options.
EnterpriseCustom
On-premise or private cloud deployment with unlimited organizations, directory services integration, phone and online support, and coaching and training services.
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
Kantree
- Education
Special pricing for education and cooperatives
The pricing page says education organizations and cooperatives can contact Kantree for special pricing.
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.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Kantree or monday.com?
As of Nov 12, 2026, monday.com is cheaper to start with: $9 a month for each person, against about $13.41 a month for each person for Kantree. Kantree starts at €12 per user / month, billed annually (€16 billed monthly), and monday.com starts at $9 per seat / month, billed annually (3-seat minimum).
Which has a free plan, Kantree or monday.com?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only monday.com has a free plan. Kantree does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Kantree and monday.com run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Kantree lists a Linux app. Both list a web app and macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.