monday.com Work OS is an open platform designed so that anyone can create the tools they need to run all aspects of their work. It includes ready-made templates or the ability to customize any work solution ranging from sales pipelines to marketing campaigns, CRMs, and project tracking.
$36
per month (3 seats)
Smartsheet
Score8.4 out of 10
N/A
Smartsheet is an online project management and collaboration tool. It includes automated alerts, instantaneous updating and sharing across team members, resource management, nested tasks organized in a hierarchy, a Gantt chart view, exportable and automated reports, and integration with email.
Marketing Operations in Marketing at Impartner Software (Computer Software, 51-200 employees)
Chose monday.com
Smartsheet does more than we needed it to do for our simple project management. JIRA is the same way. Asana and Trello are probably the closest comparisons for our needs. Both of these others are great, and I don't have any real complaints to compare on any of these. Monday.com …
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Verified User
Chose monday.com
Candidly, we still use both as monday.com and Smartsheet, as monday.com only recently added dependencies, and that was integral to our proposal and pricing process.
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Verified User
Chose monday.com
Both are very powerful project management software solutions. Smartsheet has a small advantage, specifically in that area, but has none of the other features we use it for in regards to creating forms for external facing parties, automation within our group, and basic visible …
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Solution Engineer in Customer Service at Msquare Automation Solutions (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)
Chose monday.com
As a developer, I have utilized the mentioned apps to integrate processes for clients, and I have found monday.com to be superior due to its abundance of features compared to others. Choosing monday.com provides enough capabilities for teams and managers to handle work in one …
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General Manager in Corporate at Prairie Industrial Group LLC (Oil & Energy, 11-50 employees)
Chose monday.com
monday.com has the only interface that is 100% customizable, can use public and private boards, can be shared with customers, produce Gantt charts, and has THE MOST integrations "in house". The professional relationships that monday.com has established to be "on board" with …
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Marketing Content Manager in Marketing at Impartner Software (Computer Software, 51-200 employees)
Chose monday.com
Monday.com has a lot of functionality and visibility that the other tech we've used did not. the notifications and ease of adding new tasks and projects are also better than the other tech we have used.
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Software Engineer in Information Technology at Renee solutions (Information Services, 11-50 employees)
Chose monday.com
I feel monday is more intuitive and easy to use compared to the others. Otherwise they pretty much do the same function. Assignments are significantly less liable to be overlooked. It causes us to consider each other responsible. I exceptionally prescribe it for groups that …
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Senior Program Manager in Legal at Trendyol (Consumer Goods, 10,001+ employees)
Chose Smartsheet
Asana and monday.com are typical project management tools where resources can be tracked based on the tasks, etc. Smartsheet does exactly the same but additionally allows people outside of PM to automate their data collaboration with other employees. The solutions that …
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Verified User
Chose Smartsheet
Our design and dev team really enjoyed the look, feel, and flow of monday. However, from a project management and timeline approach I found it to be overwhelming and cumbersome. I needed a tool that could easily be replicable and client facing.
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Quality Assurance Analyst in Quality Assurance at Precision NanoSystems Inc. (Biotechnology, 51-200 employees)
Chose Smartsheet
Jira is better on user interface and task tracking. However the dashboard isn't as versatile as on Smartsheet. That being said, it takes maintenance to keep the Smartsheet dashboard updated regularly (not automated).
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Executive Creative Director in Marketing at Momentum Worldwide (Marketing & Advertising, 1001-5000 employees)
Chose Smartsheet
It has been my favorite alternative; I can control Smartsheet from my mobile device since, as a manager, it allows me to visualize the files made through it, with the convenience of any time and space.
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Verified User
Chose Smartsheet
All the products seemed to perform the project and task management function adequately. The following factors were the keys to our selection:
Ease of use - so similar to Excel everyone can figure it out.
Flexible architecture lends itself to many different use cases beyond …
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Customer Account Manager in Corporate at Quad (Printing, 10,001+ employees)
Chose Smartsheet
Smartsheet is a unique data and project management collaboration tool that sets itself apart from its competitors. Teams have the ability to create extremely customized dashboards that have data flowing to and from multiple worksheets and workspaces. Smartsheet has the ability …
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Sr. Project Manager in Information Technology at CaptureRX (Hospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees)
Chose Smartsheet
We selected Smartsheet because we needed something between Excel and MS Project. We have a group of staff members who were not Project Managers by trade, but yet managed teams and staff who are supporting smaller efforts with task management. They were looking for a simple tool …
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Marketing Operations in Marketing at Impartner Software (Computer Software, 51-200 employees)
Chose Smartsheet
Smartsheet is very robust, and allows much more customization. It is not as user friendly, and takes more time to understand and get used to. Smartsheet integrates with just about all of these other tools. One of the best things about Smartsheet is that it can integrate with …
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Director of Advancement Services at Washington College (Higher Education, 51-200 employees)
Chose Smartsheet
I was familiar with it, but no one else at my organization had it installed. I had to print to PDF and just send PDF files to everyone. I was the only person who could create or update and that was burdening my time and workload.
Monday.com and Smartsheet are team project management applications designed to help co-workers plan projects, assign tasks, track progress, and share information. Both products offer multiple ways of viewing projects and tasks, including Gantt charts, calendar views, and kanban boards. However, Smartsheet uses spreadsheets as the fundamental building blocks of projects, while monday.com has a custom UI with only a passing resemblance to tables or spreadsheets. monday.com is used primarily by small businesses, likely because it is slightly cheaper and its feature set is aimed at smaller-scale projects and teams. Smartsheet is primarily used by mid-sized companies and has a significant enterprise-level user base, likely because its spreadsheet-based design lends itself to larger-scale teams and projects.
Features
Both monday.com and Smartsheet offer core project management functionality, but they each offer unique benefits to their users.
monday.com is designed to be quick and easy to pick up and use. The software offers a single board for each project, giving managers and team members a quick overview of the project’s status. Each project board can be customized to display the most relevant data for that project. Users appreciate the automation tools to create tasks, move tasks through workflow processes, and automatically assign tasks to specific users. Integration with calendar applications, thread-based communication, and quick sharing of notes and to-dos help make monday.com a slick, intuitive way for teams to communicate and keep their projects moving.
Although Smartsheet uses spreadsheets to drive project management, it also offers many ways to view, sort, and filter the information in each sheet, helping individual users and managers navigate and understand project information. Its customizable reminder system can send reminders and warnings directly to e-mail accounts, helping users stay on track and avoid missed deadlines. Smartsheet also offers generous sharing permissions and guest access, making it easy for teams to collaborate with freelancers and contractors within the software. And since the interface is based on spreadsheets, users familiar with Excel or other spreadsheet software can get up and running quickly.
Limitations
However, each product has unique limitations as well. Before choosing monday.com or Smartsheet, be sure to consider their drawbacks.
monday.com can lack the depth desired by some users, especially on lower pricing tiers. Features like automation, guest access, and recurring tasks are locked behind higher tiers, meaning that some businesses will have to upgrade their license for access to necessary tools. Additionally, monday.com doesn’t offer a free version, and their licensing system isn’t very granular: if your five-person team adds a sixth member, you’ll need to upgrade to the ten-user plan. Finally, the system overall is geared towards small- and medium-scale projects and teams. Enterprise-level users might have difficulty scaling the system to work well for their needs.
Smartsheet may be familiar to Excel users, but that can also be a drawback. Smartsheet doesn’t have all of the advanced features offered by a dedicated spreadsheet system like Excel, leaving some users wishing for more complicated formulas or formatting options. Importing sheets to and from Excel files can be clunky and frustrating, with conditional formatting and other customizations getting lost in the process. For some users, Smartsheet did not explain its features properly, leaving them frustrated at the apparent lack of features such as Dropbox integration or the ability to save a copy of a sheet to a new file. If you choose Smartsheet, you may need to implement a robust training program to avoid these sorts of problems.
Pricing
Both monday.com and Smartsheet offer tiered subscription plans for pricing.
monday.com starts with the Basic tier at $8.00 per user per month and includes the core product functionality with 5 GB of storage, one project board per dashboard, and a Kanban view option. The Standard tier is $10 per user per month and adds automation features, Timeline and Calendar viewing options, up to 3 project boards per dashboard, and 50 GB of storage. The Pro tier is $16 per user per month and adds more automation capabilities, a Chart view option, up to 10 boards per project dashboard, and 100 GB of storage. The Enterprise tier is priced by quote and adds more automation and integration options, up to 50 boards per dashboard, and priority customer support.
Smartsheet’s pricing is divided into Standard and Enterprise plans. Standard plans begin at the Individual tier, which is $14 per month for a single user and allows up to 10 sheets with automation and Gantt, calendar, and kanban views. The Business tier is $25 per user per month and adds reporting, progress tracking, user management, and custom branding features, with up to 100 sheets per user. Enterprise plans are priced by quote and allow unlimited sheets per user and add features such as SSO and integration with user directory systems. Finally, the Premium tier is priced by quote and adds features like dedicated calendar applications, connectors for CRM products, and high-priority customer support.
Features
monday.com
Smartsheet
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of monday.com and Smartsheet
Feature
monday.com
9.0
2230 Ratings
16% above category average
Smartsheet
9.0
125 Ratings
16% above category average
Task Management
9.52216 Ratings
10.0122 Ratings
Resource Management
9.31893 Ratings
9.0104 Ratings
Gantt Charts
8.41294 Ratings
9.0105 Ratings
Scheduling
8.71852 Ratings
10.0107 Ratings
Workflow Automation
9.71923 Ratings
8.196 Ratings
Team Collaboration
9.42173 Ratings
10.0118 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology
8.81153 Ratings
7.078 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology
7.01 Ratings
8.976 Ratings
Document Management
8.51792 Ratings
8.997 Ratings
Email integration
9.41596 Ratings
9.996 Ratings
Mobile Access
8.61772 Ratings
8.092 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking
9.11037 Ratings
10.059 Ratings
Change request and Case Management
9.71151 Ratings
9.065 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management
9.21024 Ratings
9.071 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of monday.com and Smartsheet
The platform is very well suited for our nonprofit programs that serve low-income clients who need diapers, wipes, and period products. It has helped us run our programs, capturing information and allowing us to view the data for reporting purposes. The ability to filter data is very helpful by allowing us to categorize information to get a better picture of the progress of our programs.
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Smartsheet shines for collaboration. When you have multiple people involved with planning events Smartsheet makes it easy to share and collaborate. For instance, multiple people can be in Smartsheet working at the same time. Also setting permissions for exactly those who need to know is quite easy with Smartsheet. For data analytics and general spreadsheet purposes Excel is better but for project management and event planning Smartsheet is superior
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I like summary of subitems, especially with subitasks as subitems and add item tracking for each subtask it can show total tracked in parent item. Similar with other columns, like numbers, status, date.
Dashboard features, Many kinds of dashboard view available, we can utilize on the basis of requirements.
monday.com workform is very powerful, easily share form link when submitted it will create line item in board with provided data.
monday.com automation is very helpful in order to automate steps with specific rules and easy setup.
monday.com also provides integrations in order to automate processes if need to integrate multiple app together. or need to transfer data between multiple apps.
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Its hard to overstate the value of familiarity. Being able to use a tool that has some familiarity takes away the time needed to train and orient employees on a new tool and allows an organization to hit the ground running.
Smartsheet covers most of the basics of a project management tool, the usual tasks, milestones and project viewing options.
For data viewing, you get multiple data viewing options including a calendar view (good for marketing teams and those who work around scheduling), Kanban, Gaant etc
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The desktop app for Mac seems to have a few issues with visual glitches appearing on screen, it only seems to go away when I close the tool and reopen it
Subtasks don't show on the individual users to-do list, only main level tasks
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Smartsheet set up is similar to Excel, yet when you upload an Excel file, things like conditional formatting are lost. Smartsheet has its own conditional formatting, and you have to reinstate the rules. It would be great if those would apply automatically once a file is uploaded
Some Smartsheet management and access rules can take some tweaking to work properly. This may be a case of offering more info to admins so they can apply these better and with more efficiency
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Teams involved in content creation, such as marketing or editorial teams, could use monday.com to manage the entire content lifecycle. Boards might track content ideas, assignments, drafts, reviews, approvals, and publication schedules, helping teams collaborate and keep content production on track.
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It definitely meets our needs as far as organizing and archiving our tasks and files. As we train more staff to view it, I see opportunities for more improvement, which I am sure this program can handle. I look forward to seeing continued improvement from Smartsheet on their capabilities and functionality.
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I give monday.com a 10/10 because I almost never encounter any lag or connectivity issues despite all of the many templates, boards, and automations we have. As a matter of fact, I feel like the last issue I encountered was over a year ago... and I'm in monday.com every single work day. Not only is monday trustworthy, it is easy to find what I'm looking for... making the overall usability extremely hard to beat.
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Smartsheet is very easy to learn. However, while I have been able to pick it easily, Microsoft Excel and Project super users that I have trained on Smartsheet get bogged down in the differences and can find it frustrating. Explaining the differences ahead of time and why Smartsheet is being chosen instead of a different software seems to counteract those reactions
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Everything performs fairly well. Every now and then there are user errors where an employee will not click "ok" on a note they've created and simply exit out (I do wish that something was in place to prevent this, such as a pop "are you finished?")
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monday.com only really care about accounts that have 20 seats or more. While this is great for monday.com, it pushes smaller organisations to evaluate alternatives. We rate monday.com highly in our organisation because key staff have already got good experience with the application and we know we will get to 20+ seats one day. But, till then the billing model and lack of permanent enterprise features is a dread.
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I give this rating because it fills a niche in the market. MS Project scares many away from proper task management but there are limited tools our there, especially cloud-based that are mobile-friendly. Smartsheet fills this market gap, especially for small to medium-sized businesses. IT is not fair to compare it to MS Project, but fairer to see what gaps it fills.
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To have someone walk you thru the features and capabilities of Monday.com is priceless. Someone also coming along later in the contract to see if you are maximizing the program to suit your company needs is beyond helpful. The staff that have provided this training are fun, creative and very patient.
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We signed up for the accounts. Created the accounts. Ran the trial version and tested it live while we were running multiple projects and found that it was fitting our needs perfectly. When the trial ended and we were asked to purchase the full version, we did. We have found other ways to use it and it's a breeze.
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It's absolutely paramount to take a few minutes to actually play with the software. It's nearly impossible to do anything wrong or make a mistake which cannot be fixed easily. Under the help menu is Live Training option. After you familiarize yourself with the commands, watch the live training for some in depth understanding of how to make the software fit your needs perfectly.
monday.com is simpler and easier to grasp, apply and navigate than ClickUp, but the ClickUp free version has so much more functionality available than the monday.com free / low-cost options (sorry, but it's true!). Google Tasks is really simple and I shouldn't really compare them - it's just really nice to be able to see my tasks right next to my Google Calendar or Gmail (widget) - the "all on one" view on the screen is really nice ease of access, but the power of monday.com outweighs the nice-to-have of an all-in-one screen layout - it feels clumsy to bring in all my Calendar items from Google to monday.com, so an integration app to the Google screen where you can see monday.com tasks would be amazing.
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Jira and Redmine are much more robust and technologically advanced project management solutions. I enjoy using either when managing a very large project. However, I prefer to use Smartsheet for my smaller to medium sized projects. As for Google Drive - I would say that Google sheets and Smartsheet are almost identical in my opinion when it comes to functionality. Personally I prefer to manage smaller projects via Google Drive, but it is a personal preference!
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For it to work across multiple departments and sites, I would like to see improvements made with integrations and automation. For this question, I am acknowledging not only the addition of internal triggers/automation, but also an expansion on external ones.
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