monday.com vs ProjectManager

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

ProjectManager

• Teams that plan with Gantt charts, dependencies and critical path
• Managers balancing workloads and budgets across a portfolio
• Organizations moving plans over from Microsoft Project
• Field teams updating tasks and logging hours from a phone

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.

ProjectManager

• There is no free plan; when the 30-day trial ends the account and its project data are locked until a paid edition is bought.
• Team is capped at 10 users and 20 projects; resource management, timesheets, budgeting and automation start on Business.
• Slack, Microsoft Teams and two-way Jira and Azure DevOps sync are sold as an Integration Bundle at $5 per user / month.
• SAML single sign-on, custom permissions and audit logs are limited to Enterprise, which is quoted on request.

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.

ProjectManager

Five views of one plan

Every plan includes Gantt, list, sheet, board and calendar views of the same project, with data updating in real time across them.

Gantt charts with critical path

The Gantt chart supports dependencies, milestones, baselines and critical path, and existing plans can be imported, including Microsoft Project files.

Resource and workload planning

On Business, managers define working days, set labor rates and balance workloads, while team members log hours on tasks and submit timesheets.

Portfolio dashboards and roadmap

Business adds a portfolio dashboard that rolls up tasks, cost and workload across projects, and a roadmap view of the whole portfolio in Gantt format.

Workflow automation

Rules built from triggers and actions update status, assignee, priority or tags without code: 5 rules per workflow on Business and 20 on Enterprise.

AI Project Insights

Available from Business, it generates summaries of project progress and tips on risk, resourcing and task execution.

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.

ProjectManager

• Team$15

  per user / month, billed annually ($18 billed monthly)

  Up to 10 users and 20 projects, with Gantt, list, sheet, board and calendar views, a project dashboard, 5GB of storage and API access.

• Business$28

  per user / month, billed annually ($32 billed monthly)

  No user limit and up to 100 projects. Adds resource and workload planning, timesheets, budgets, portfolio dashboards, AI Project Insights and automation.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Unlimited projects and storage, SAML single sign-on, custom permissions, audit logs, Power BI and Excel integrations, and priority support.

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.

ProjectManager

• Annual discount

  Save up to 17% by paying annually

  Team is $15 per user / month billed annually against $18 billed monthly, and Business is $28 against $32. The pricing FAQ puts the saving at up to 17%; the toggle on the same page says up to 16%.