monday.com vs Workast (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 Workast if

• Fits if your team already talks all day in Slack
• Works for groups that want to turn messages into tasks

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want prices up front, as plan prices were not shown on the page we read
• Tight if you pick Essential, which has 100 MB of storage and keeps task features in Slack only
• Watch out: the pricing FAQ says Workast does not offer refunds
• Not for you if you work outside Slack and Webex
• Too light for large firms, as Enterprise is aimed at 200+ users with several Slack workspaces

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.

Workast

• The plan prices are not shown in the pricing page text, so pricing is recorded as unverified.
• Plans are Essential, Standard, Pro and Enterprise; Essential has 100 MB of storage and keeps task features in Slack only.
• The pricing FAQ says Workast does not offer refunds.
• Enterprise is aimed at organizations of more than 200 users with multiple Slack workspaces or extra security needs.

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.

Workast

Tasks in Slack and Webex

Tasks, checklists and reminders can be created and assigned from Slack or Webex; the Essential plan keeps task features inside Slack.

AI triage and subtasks

AI workflows sort incoming tasks by priority, type or project, assign them, and break tasks into subtasks.

Multi-channel task capture

To-dos are pulled in from Slack, email, forms and calendars, with a no-code builder for trigger, condition and action rules.

List, board, calendar and timeline views

A web app offers several views and custom lists; the timeline view is listed on the Pro and Enterprise columns of the plan table.

Custom forms, notes and reports

The plan table lists custom forms, notes, advanced search and reporting, CSV export and 2-way calendar sync on paid plans.

Time tracking and dependencies

Subtasks, custom tags, templates, time tracking and task dependencies are part of the Professional plan, with 10 uses on Standard.

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.

Workast

Pricing could not be confirmed. See workast.com.

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.

Workast

• Nonprofit

  Non-profit rates on annual plans

  Qualifying teams on an annual plan with more than 25 users can get a non-profit rate with proof of tax-exempt status.