monday.com
Board-based work management with AI agents and credits on every paid plan, sold in seat buckets from 3 seats
What is monday.com?
monday.com's work management product (its help centre now calls it the monday AI work platform) organises work on customisable boards with timeline, Gantt, calendar and Kanban views, docs, forms and dashboards. Paid plans include monthly AI credits for AI agents, the Sidekick assistant and a Vibe app builder; Standard adds AI columns and a meeting notetaker. Pricing is per seat, sold in buckets of 3, 5, 10, 15 seats and up, with an 18% discount for yearly billing. Standard adds automations and integrations (250 actions a month each), timeline views and guests; Pro raises this to 25,000 and adds private boards and time tracking.
Good for
- Teams that want to build their own boards and workflows without code
- Running projects with AI agents and an AI assistant on the same boards
- Departments such as marketing, operations or a PMO standardising work across teams
Key features
- Customisable boards with Kanban, timeline, Gantt, calendar and chart views
- Code-free automations and integrations: 250 actions a month each on Standard, 25,000 on Pro, up to 250,000 on Enterprise
- AI credits on every paid plan for AI agents, the Sidekick AI assistant and the Vibe app builder
- AI columns and an AI meeting notetaker from Standard; an AI workflow builder on Pro
- Docs, forms, dashboards and 200+ templates
- API for agents, integrations and custom apps, with daily call limits per plan
- Portfolio and resource management on Enterprise
Limitations to know about
- Seats are sold in buckets (3, 5, 10, 15, 20 and up) with a 3-seat minimum, so a team of 4 pays for 5
- The free plan allows 2 seats, 3 boards and 3 docs, with no AI features
- Basic includes no automation or integration actions, and Standard is capped at 250 of each a month
- Private boards, time tracking and advanced columns need Pro
monday.com pricing
monday.com has a free plan. Basic, Standard and Pro cost $9 to $19 per seat a month billed annually, or $12 to $24 billed monthly. Enterprise is priced on request.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Up to 2 seats, 3 boards, 3 Docs, 8 column types, iOS and Android apps; no AI |
| Basic | $9/seat/mo billed yearly, or $12 billed monthly; 3-seat minimum | Unlimited items and free viewers, 1,000 AI credits/month (AI agents, Sidekick assistant, Vibe app builder) |
| Standard | $12/seat/mo billed yearly, or $14 billed monthly; 3-seat minimum | Timeline, Gantt and calendar views, guest access, 3 workflows, 250 automation and 250 integration actions/month, 1,000 API calls/day, 2,000 AI credits/month incl. AI columns and meeting notetaker |
| Pro | $19/seat/mo billed yearly, or $24 billed monthly; 3-seat minimum | Private boards and docs, time tracking, advanced columns, 20 workflows, 25,000 automation and 25,000 integration actions/month, 10,000 API calls/day, 3,000 AI credits/month incl. AI workflow builder |
| Enterprise | Custom | Up to 250,000 automation and integration actions/month, 250 workflows, portfolio and resource management, multi-level permissions, 25,000 API calls/day, custom AI credits, 99.9% uptime SLA |
Free plan limits: Up to 2 seats, up to 3 boards, up to 3 Docs, 200+ templates, 8 column types, iOS and Android apps; the help centre adds a 200-item limit and 500 MB storage. No AI features.
What a team pays: For a team of five on Basic: $45 a month billed annually ($540 a year), or $60 billed monthly.
Costs on top of a plan
- Extra AI credits: $10 per 1,000 credits (The pricing page itemises included credits at this rate in each plan total and says more credits can be added anytime)
monday.com alternatives
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Frequently asked questions
Is monday.com free?
monday.com has a free plan. Up to 2 seats, up to 3 boards, up to 3 Docs, 200+ templates, 8 column types, iOS and Android apps; the help centre adds a 200-item limit and 500 MB storage. No AI features. Paid plans start at $9/seat/mo billed annually.
How much does monday.com cost?
Basic, Standard and Pro cost $9 to $19 per seat a month billed annually, or $12 to $24 billed monthly. Enterprise is priced on request. There is also a free plan. On Basic: $9 per seat a month billed yearly, $12 billed monthly. Sold in seat buckets (3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 100, 200+) with a 3-seat minimum, so the lowest Basic bill is $27 a month billed yearly or $36 monthly. Includes 1,000 AI credits a month, unlimited items and free viewers; no automation or integration actions. Prices as published on monday.com's pricing page on 21 October 2026.
Does monday.com have a minimum number of seats?
Yes. Paid plans use bucket pricing that starts at 3 seats and rises in multiples of 5, so a team of 4 picks the 5-seat option and a team of 6 the 10-seat option. The Free plan covers up to 2 seats.
What is monday.com used for?
monday.com's work management product (its help centre now calls it the monday AI work platform) organises work on customisable boards with timeline, Gantt, calendar and Kanban views, docs, forms and dashboards. People use it for teams that want to build their own boards and workflows without code, running projects with AI agents and an AI assistant on the same boards and departments such as marketing, operations or a PMO standardising work across teams.
What are the alternatives to monday.com?
Tools that do a similar job include Asana, ClickUp, Smartsheet, Wrike and Airtable. Each has its own page here with its plans, limits and prices.
Who makes monday.com?
monday.com is made by monday.com, based in Tel Aviv, Israel. The company was founded in 2012.
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from the pages below, read on the dates shown: monday.com's own pages first, and a named public reference where they are silent.
- monday.com/pricing?force-currency=usd (plan prices in USD (yearly and monthly toggle), seat bucket options, free plan limits, automation, integration and API limits, AI credits per plan, FAQ (trial, 18% yearly discount, 3-user start)) read 21 October 2026
- support.monday.com/hc/en-us/articles/4405633151634-Plans-and-pricing-for-monday-com (seat bucket pricing rules, 3-seat minimum, 14-day Pro trial, yearly discount, plan names) read 21 October 2026
- support.monday.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005320209-Available-plan-types-on-monday-AI-work-platform (free plan item and storage limits, guests on Standard, automation actions per plan, AI credits trial) read 21 October 2026
- monday.com/ (product description, AI agents and agent builder) read 21 October 2026
- monday.com/features/automations (automation features) read 21 October 2026
- monday.com/w/integrations (integrations claim (850+)) read 21 October 2026
- monday.com/p/about/ (company: founded 2012, launch in Tel Aviv) read 21 October 2026
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday.com (company headquarters (Tel Aviv)) read 21 October 2026
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