monday.com vs Tability (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, monday.com grades higher than Tability: 2.8 against 2.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 4, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
monday.com grades higher on ease of use and platforms. Tability grades higher on value for money. 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.
monday.com
Board-based work management with automations and dashboards
Tability
OKR and goal tracking software with AI check-ins
Which one is for you
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 Tability if
- Fits if you want OKRs for a team and will pay $6 a person
- Works for teams that run weekly goal check-ins in Slack
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free plan, as only a 14-day trial exists
- Pricey if you need SSO, SCIM or advanced reporting, which start at Premium at $10
- Not for you if you want the Agentic plan, which is labelled coming soon
- Watch out: the mobile app has no platforms named on the pages read
How we grade them
| 2.8GPAmonday.comGood | 2.6GPATabilityGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | BBasic is $6 a user a month on yearly billing, at the edge of the cheapest quarter of project tools. |
| Free plan and trial | 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. | CA 14-day trial with no card. No free plan. |
| Features | 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. | BOKRs, check-ins, a strategy map, initiatives with dependencies, reporting and standups. The gaps named are plan gates, not core work. |
| Ease of use | 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. | CNo store rating on record. Goals and check-in cycles have to be set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | 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. | BWeb only, with Slack, Teams, Jira, Linear, Asana and ClickUp links. A mobile app is advertised without platforms named. |
| Best for | boards of work for teams of three or more | OKRs and check-ins with weekly reminders |
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 Tability. How we grade
Price against what you get
monday.com starts at $9 a month for each person and scores 3.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Tability starts at $6 a month for each person and scores 2.7.
monday.com scores higher, and starts $3 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other project management tools on the chart, none scores higher than monday.com for less, and 9 score higher than Tability 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
- monday.com also covers kanban boards, Gantt & timelines, workflow automation and time tracking.
- Tability also covers goals and reports.
At a glance
| monday.com | Tability | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $9 per seat / month, billed annually (3-seat minimum) | $6 per user / month, billed yearly ($7 billed monthly) |
| 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, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | monday.com | Tability Pty Ltd |
| Price read from | monday.com | tability.io |
| Checked | Oct 4, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
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.
Tability
- There is no free plan; every paid plan starts with a 14-day trial.
- The Agentic plan is labeled coming soon on the pricing page.
- SAML SSO and SCIM, advanced reporting and data connectors need Premium.
- A mobile app is advertised, but the pages read do not say for which platforms, so only the web app is listed.
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.
Tability
- OKRs and check-ins
- Goals with progress check-ins, automated reminders, trends and custom check-in templates.
- Strategy map
- A view that cascades and connects goals across the organization.
- Initiatives and dependencies
- Initiatives with due dates and a kanban view, tied to the objective they serve.
- Reporting
- Dashboards, presentation mode, a weekly digest, CSV and PDF export, and AI retrospectives.
- AI assistant and MCP server
- Tabby answers questions about goals and automates check-ins, and an MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT and other clients work with the data.
- Standups
- Short async check-ins and a team directory.
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.
Tability
Basic$6
per user / month, billed yearly ($7 billed monthly)
OKRs and check-ins, strategy map, initiatives and dependencies, Slack, Teams, Jira and Linear, with 4,000 AI credits and 25 prompts per user a month.
Premium$10
per user / month, billed yearly ($12 billed monthly)
Adds advanced reporting, data connectors, SAML SSO and SCIM, the AI mode and assistant, and 10,000 AI credits and 500 prompts per user a month.
Agentic$20
per user / month, billed yearly ($25 billed monthly)
Marked coming soon. Everything in Premium plus Agent Manager, agent-to-agent collaboration and automated agent reporting, with more prompts and AI credits.
EnterpriseCustom
Regional hosting in the US, EU or Australia, tailored onboarding, a dedicated customer success manager and 24/7 support.
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.
Tability
- Annual discount
Two months off with yearly billing
The pricing page states 2 months off on a yearly subscription; yearly prices are $6, $10 and $20 against $7, $12 and $25 monthly.
- Nonprofit
Programme-based nonprofit discounts
The pricing FAQ says eligible organisations can get programme-based discounts by contacting Tability.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, monday.com or Tability?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Tability is cheaper to start with: $6 a month for each person, against $9 a month for each person for monday.com. monday.com starts at $9 per seat / month, billed annually (3-seat minimum), and Tability starts at $6 per user / month, billed yearly ($7 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, monday.com or Tability?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only monday.com has a free plan. Tability does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do monday.com and Tability run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only monday.com lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. 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.