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RationalPlan vs monday.com comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

monday.com
Ranking in Project Management Software
2nd
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
227
Ranking in other categories
CRM (5th), Project Portfolio Management (6th), Marketing Management (5th), Opportunity Management (3rd)
RationalPlan
Ranking in Project Management Software
48th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Project Management Software category, the mindshare of monday.com is 5.9%, down from 9.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of RationalPlan is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Project Management Software
 

Featured Reviews

Alan Chiou - PeerSpot reviewer
User-friendly interface simplifies project management but it requires stable connectivity
We primarily use monday.com for project management within our department, which includes sales, operations, and engineering monday.com makes it very easy to input any information. The style and format are user-friendly, making it practical for our needs despite some network issues. The need for…
reviewer1976010 - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to understand with fair pricing and lots of unique features
We use the desktop version of RationalPlan, and It seems some desktop software has the ability to share a document as a web view. This would be a nice feature allowing us to share our plans with clients without needing additional software. This may be something that is offered in the RationalPlan cloud plan. However, it would be nice for the desktop version to have this ability to bring it one more step ahead of the competition. As a side note, RationalPlan does have a free viewer as well.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Since I'm using it for a variety of purposes, not just project management, I can customize boards and workspaces based on the needs of that particular workflow."
"I love how we can color coordinate between statuses and how statuses jump into their respective groups automatically once chosen."
"The most valuable tools are the search function, automated email reminders, and the ability to track changes through the activity log."
"The way everyone can work together is fantastic."
"Monday.com sends email notifications to keep us all on task. I love the email reminders asking me where I am with the assigned task and if I need some help. I have used this to get things done on time, and it also encourages me to acknowledge when I need some help because I have not been able to complete the task."
"We have been able to keep our projects and acquisitions more organized by using the automation features to move line items over new sections based on the status."
"There are many incredible features, however, the ability to tag each other in comments, mark out progress, and get alerts through the app keeps us moving forward."
"I am able to keep much better track of all current projects and each aspect of individual projects, which has helped to make team meetings a breeze."
"Support is top-notch whenever help is needed."
 

Cons

"A message center that is similar to texting or Facebook Messenger would be useful."
"The solution could improve messenger-based communication with clients in CRM."
"The data linkage could be improved. For example, sometimes you cannot automate item creation when you link different items to each other. You cannot connect the data deeply from field to field. It's somewhat complicated to link a contact to some account fields and automate the contact's behavior based on the value of those fields. The data is sometimes not structured enough for deep processing."
"Sometimes the limit of parts on a board (500 units) can inhibit growth."
"The only thing that I would change, and I'm not sure if this is part of the settings that need to be fixed by the user itself, not by the admin, is that sometimes it would be convenient to make your own categories, and it makes it difficult to constantly go and talk to my boss to get them."
"I would like to see is to have a brief explanation of what a certain function does."
"It helped us a lot in content management issues for TikTok and YouTube, however, it would be good to have an integration for each social network to get all the data within a single platform."
"The calendar selection for dates is not the easiest to navigate."
"We use the desktop version of RationalPlan, and It seems some desktop software has the ability to share a document as a web view. This would be a nice feature allowing us to share our plans with clients without needing additional software. This may be something that is offered in the RationalPlan cloud plan."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I think monday.com's paywalls are a little too high. Some basic features are locked behind the premium subscription. Some applications they offer within their subscription model are locked in an expensive package. These applications provide functionality that would benefit small teams, but it's too much money for a startup or a small business."
"The product is not expensive."
"The solution is quite inexpensive. For example, we pay $8,500 for 75 users. It's somewhere around $100 a user, approximately."
"The pricing of monday.com is worth it."
"Though I am unsure about the product's pricing plan, there is a need to make monthly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution, and it operates on a per-user plan."
"The price is reasonable for the number of users we have."
"The pricing is totally fair. I don't have any issues with it."
"I rate the tool's pricing a six out of ten."
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Top Industries

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Educational Organization
47%
Computer Software Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Government
5%
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Questions from the Community

Do you recommend Monday.com?
Monday.com is one of the best project management softwares available on the market. It lets you create and customize the tools you need to run every aspect of your work. I particularly favor it bec...
What do you like most about monday.com?
The product's initial setup phase was straightforward.
What needs improvement with monday.com?
If monday.com was cheaper, that would be better because it's quite expensive.
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