monday.com Individual

The monday.com Individual plan is free and, like all permanent free plans, it’s too limited to work for most needs. There is no longer a project limit, but users are capped at two, while no automations or integrations are allowed at all. Storage is limited to 500MB as well.

Individual users will get access to email support as well as all of the features offered under the Basic plan. Still, without access to automations, the service won’t save you much time, and you’ll also bump up against the storage cap fairly quickly.

monday.com Basic

Basic offers unlimited users and expands the storage limit to 5GB, but automations or integrations are still not offered.

Task management tools include a Kanban Board and spreadsheet-type view, sub-tasks, and custom fields, but no Gantt chart or task dependencies. Milestones can be measured with a workaround, but aren’t included as a main feature in the Basic, or in any plan. Preset and custom project templates are available, and data visualization tools include dashboards, a widget builder, and preset charts and widgets. You’ll also get task comments, an online whiteboard, and document editing, but will not have access to resource management tools, team messaging, calendars, or a project message board.

Security features include two-factor authentication and user permissions. Email support is offered, but (like all monday.com plans) it’s not 24/7 and there’s no phone or live chat option.

monday.com Standard

Standard doesn’t add much to the Basic plan. The big additions are automations and integrations, both capped at 250 actions per month. You’ll also get the Gantt chart view and the ability to offer guest access, as well as a calendar — which is useful for scheduling when collaborating with colleages.

monday.com Pro

Pro increases the storage limit to 100GB and dramatically expands the automations and integrations to 25,000 actions per month. New features include task dependencies, budget management (using the  ‘Formula Column’ feature), a custom chart builder, resource management, and time tracking.

monday.com Enterprise

Finally, Enterprise adds onboarding assistance and the largest caps yet, as well as 1,000GB storage and 250,000 actions per month for automations and integrations. Much like Smartsheet’s enterprise option, it’s a plan for big companies that have outgrown the previous plan.

Check out our full page on monday.com’s pricing for an in-depth breakdown.

Smartsheet vs monday.com – Which has the best free plan?

monday.com offers a better free plan than Smartsheet because it includes all the features available from monday.com’s paid Basic plan, although extra limitations are included. monday.com’s free plan may be called “Individual,” but it actually supports up to two users.

Meanwhile, Smartsheet doesn’t offer a full free plan, but does allow users to share projects with guests, who can then view, edit, and update the projects as if they are a user.

In the end, though, neither free option is likely to cut the mustard for any growing company. Starting out with monday.com’s Individual plan isn’t a bad idea, but the benefits of project management software kick in when you start using automations to make repetitive actions less time-consuming, and add integrations to help you handle all your software needs from one hub.

Once a paid plan has saved you a few hours of work across an entire month, it has likely paid for itself.