monday.com vs Pipefy (2026): which should you pick?

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"

Pick Pipefy if

• Fits if you run a few request or approval processes for a small team
• Works for a team that wants to try boards on the free Starter plan

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you stay free: 50 cards and 15 automation jobs a month
• Skip it if you want a price for bigger use, as Business and Enterprise are sold through sales
• Watch out: SSO and two-factor authentication are Enterprise only
• Watch out: the FAQ says there are no refunds for cancellations or plan downgrades

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.

Pipefy

• No Business or Enterprise price is published; both are sold through the sales team.
• The Starter plan stops at 5 processes, 10 users, 50 cards a month and 15 automation jobs a month.
• Single sign-on and two-factor authentication are Enterprise features.
• The FAQ says there are no refunds for cancellations or plan downgrades.

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.

Pipefy

Process boards

Work moves through phases as cards, with public shareable forms, conditional logic and SLA alerts.

Automations

Rule-based automations run per month within plan limits: 15 on Starter, 300 on Business and 2,000 on Enterprise.

Pipefy AI

Each plan includes 1,000 single-use AI credits, with more sold as add-ons. AI agents analyze and run parts of a process.

AI Studios

Prebuilt AI solutions for areas such as procurement, CRM, onboarding, credit decisioning and claims.

API and integrations

A public API, HTTP requests and Zapier connect Pipefy to other tools, with native links to Slack and GitHub.

Dashboards and metrics

Dashboards and lead-time metrics are listed, with process data combinable and exportable across processes.

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.

Pipefy

• Starter$0

  Up to 5 processes and 10 users, with basic automations, templates and Pipefy AI.

• BusinessCustom

  Unlimited processes and users with per-user billing, API access, role-based access and private processes. Sold through sales.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Adds single sign-on, two-factor authentication, white label, a custom email domain and higher limits.

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.

Pipefy

• Other savings

  Fixed-price packages for small businesses

  The pricing page advertises up to 90% off SMB packages for companies with 11 to 200 employees, subject to conditions.