monday.com vs Stackfield
We give monday.com and Stackfield the same GPA: 3.0 out of 4.0. monday.com grades higher on ease of use. Stackfield grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
monday.com
Board-based work management with automations and dashboards
Stackfield
End-to-end encrypted project management and team chat from Germany
How we grade them
| 3.0GPAmonday.comVery good | 3.0GPAStackfieldVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | CStarter is €9 per user a month paid yearly, €10.80 monthly, and it's capped at 10 users and 3 rooms. Outgrow either and it's Business at €14 for the same features. Group video calls and whiteboards wait for Premium at €18. That's above the going rate, and prices exclude VAT. |
| Free plan and trial | 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. | CNo free plan. The trial is 14 days with the Premium feature set and no credit card, and it ends automatically, so there's nothing to cancel. |
| Features | 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. | ATasks as a list, a kanban board with swimlanes, a Gantt chart or a calendar, with dependencies, baselines and a critical path on every plan. Add team chat, one-to-one calls, wiki pages, files with versioning, time tracking and reports, all end-to-end encrypted. |
| Ease of use | 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. | BNo app rating on record, so a B at best. The cloud version is hosted for you, and the encrypting is done in the browser as you work. Everything hangs off rooms, which bundle chat, tasks, pages and files together. |
| Platforms and integrations | 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. | AWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android. It hooks into Microsoft Teams, Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive and Box, and Enterprise adds user provisioning through an API. There's an on-premise version too, though only from 100 users. |
| Best for | flexible boards any team can pick up | teams with sensitive data that must stay in Germany |
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: monday.com and Stackfield. How we grade
Where they differ
- monday.com starts at $9 per seat / month, billed annually (3-seat minimum). Stackfield starts at €9 per user / month, paid yearly (Starter, up to 10 users).
- monday.com has a free plan. Stackfield does not, though it has a free trial.
- Stackfield is self-hostable and end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
- monday.com also covers workflow automation and time tracking.
- Stackfield also covers team chat and video calls.
At a glance
| monday.com | Stackfield | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $9 per seat / month, billed annually (3-seat minimum) | €9 per user / month, paid yearly (Starter, up to 10 users) |
| Free plan | 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. | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of the Pro plan | 14-day free trial with the Premium feature set, no credit card required; it ends automatically |
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| Made by | monday.com | Stackfield GmbH |
| Price read from | monday.com | stackfield.com |
| Checked | Oct 4, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 |
Who each one suits
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
Stackfield
- Public bodies, banks, law firms and others with sensitive data
- European teams that need their data hosted in Germany
- Teams that want chat, tasks, files and calls in one tool
Worth knowing
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.
Stackfield
- There is no free plan, and prices are listed in euros only, excluding VAT.
- Starter is capped at 10 users and 3 rooms.
- Whiteboards, group audio and video conferences, project portfolios and unlimited external users need Premium or Enterprise.
- AI text tools and simultaneous Office editing are paid add-ons, and the on-premise version has a 100-user minimum.
Key features
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.
Stackfield
- Tasks in list, kanban and Gantt views
- Tasks carry due dates, assignees, subtasks, custom fields and customizable statuses, and appear as a list, a kanban board with swimlanes, a Gantt chart or a calendar.
- Project planning
- Gantt timelines with dependencies, milestones, baselines, auto-scheduling and a critical path come with every plan. Portfolios and PERT charts need Premium.
- Team chat, discussions and calls
- Rooms have a team chat, thread-based discussions and polls. One-to-one audio and video calls are on every plan; group conferences start on Premium.
- End-to-end encryption
- Content is encrypted in the browser with AES and RSA before it is stored, so the company says it cannot read messages, files or tasks. Servers are in Germany.
- Pages, files and whiteboards
- Pages act as a wiki, files sit in folders with versioning, and whiteboards on Premium can be edited by several people at once.
- Time tracking and reports
- Time tracking with estimates and a timer, budget planning for time and money, and filterable reports are included on every plan.
Plans
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.
Stackfield
Starter€9
per user / month, paid yearly; €10.80 paid monthly
Up to 10 users and 3 rooms. Team chat, tasks with list, kanban and Gantt views, calendar, file storage, workflows, time tracking and the apps.
Business€14
per user / month, paid yearly; €16.80 paid monthly
The same feature set as Starter with unlimited rooms and unlimited users.
Premium€18
per user / month, paid yearly; €21.60 paid monthly
Adds project portfolios, PERT charts, whiteboards, audio and video conferences, unlimited externals, Office file previews, an IP allowlist and enforced 2FA.
Enterprise€28
per user / month, paid yearly; €33.60 paid monthly
Adds single sign-on, YubiKey 2FA, user provisioning via API, global export, custom modules and unlimited organizations under one contract.
On-Premise€28
per user / month, paid annually; minimum 100 users
Runs on your own servers, with installation by Stackfield, updates and a quota of support tickets included. Bought through the sales team.
Ways to pay less
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.
Stackfield
- Annual discount
Save 17% with yearly payment
The pricing page marks yearly payment as saving 17%: Starter, for example, is €9 per user a month paid yearly against €10.80 paid monthly.
- Nonprofit
30% discount for non-profit organizations
Non-profit organizations with official verification get 30% off all user packages and plans, on application by email. Add-ons stay at the regular price.
- Education
30% discount for educational institutions
The same 30% discount covers non-profit schools, university chairs, public libraries, student groups and university-affiliated research institutes.
