monday.com Reviews

We are an engineering firm. We utilize Monday.com to manage all our projects and our billing as well as our proposals, paid-time-off benefits, and anything that has to do with the coordination of a project from beginning to end.  

It would be very questionable as to whether or not our firm would be where it is today without the utilization of Monday.com. We have customized it to the point where every process runs seamlessly throughout the day, throughout each project, and on all boards that we created. 

The most valuable feature of Monday.com is the ability we have to customize it to suit all of our needs. 

Our IT director has created boards that talk to each other which allows the project management process to successfully create all phases of a project, and show all work done on each project, including when and how much we billed according to how much work has been completed.  

We can glance at a board to see which engineer worked on a project when our clients contact us with the need to speak with the engineer on a specific discipline.

We would love it if the system could communicate with our accounting system, QuickBooks. I keep track of my invoice dates in Monday but then I have to go to Quickbooks to backdate the date of the Invoice to match Monday, for each invoice.  

I've used the solution for approximately two and a half years.

We did not use another solution. We started out using Monday.com.

It's worth it! It will change your workflow for the better.

I cannot remember if we evaluated other options at the time.

We primarily make use of this solution to manage projects and collaborations between various departments.

We build various embedded Linux SBCs running a custom kernel and this as you may or may not know requires many developers to be involved, Monday.com has made project tracking and collaborating substantially easier with developers who are now largely working from home.

Feedback can be given easily along with some great record keeping. It has become the center of our organization's project management.

Overall we have noticed the following:

1 - It's easy to outline a project.

2 - It's easy to set up deadlines with reminders on various projects.

3 - Collaboration between developers, support staff and admin staff has become easier.

4 - Management of expectations with stakeholders becomes easy as you no longer need to hassle someone for an update. Monday.com sends you updates as they take place so it makes a PM's job a bit easier.

5 - It is easy to put a recurring project into a template/checklist making deployment substantially quicker.

The mobile application is an absolute breeze to work with. My team is able to provide updates on a whim even when remote. 

Being able to mass update items is a great feature to have, the UI has been well thought out and is intuitive to make use of, we found very little difficulty migrating from our previous platform to Monday.com as the learning curve was not steep and all our users were happy.

Being able to assign responsibility to a user for a task makes collaboration easy and clears up any potential misunderstandings, if there is anything that is unclear the user can then simply comment on the task and ask for clarity/assistance.

I would love to see better integration with Google Suite. It would be nice to be able to update/delete/move tasks/items from within a Google Chat window.

Built-in metrics regarding the performance of a specific user or project would be great so that we are able to accurately predict future delays or pitfalls.

I would love a Linux Ubuntu app for Monday.com and not just have it browser-based. It would be beneficial in our environment if I could tie Monday.com updates in with my Git push/pulls commentary. 

We have been making use of Monday.com for about a year now.

It's based in the cloud and we have not experienced any downtime whatsoever. 

This solution has scaled tremendously within our organization and is now a focal point of our project planning, deployment, and implementation. 

I haven't had any need to engage with the support team and the sign on process was as easy as can be.

Positive

We made use of a free solution by another vendor which was unfortunately clunky to use. It filled the immediate need but had many limitations that were difficult to overcome.

The setup is absolutely straightforward and quite easy to migrate from another vendor since you can copy and paste like-for-like.

We did the setup all in-house.

I am unable to comment on this as I do not handle the billing side of things. 

You absolutely get bang for your buck with Monday.com. Whatever package you select, pay it and enjoy it. We have had almost no issues since inception other than a few user errors.

We explored the option of developing an in-house solution and Jira, however, after demo-ing Monday.com we went ahead.

Much like with anything new in life, approach it with an open mind and try not to outright compare it with your current solution.

I use Monday for multiple things daily including organizing my sales, organizing events at jobs, etc. 

I work at a furniture company and we have everything on Monday. Basically, to put a production order from customers, we assign boards where we put all the details of that order. Then in the factory, with that same board and with all the information that we provide, they create the product. And then we can see how they are progressing through the production stages. For sales, we can see how much was sold per month, and by the same means, boards are organized to see which customers were sold to. It is a more organized system.

Monday is a platform that we use every day. I can say that it has helped improve the performance of my team. The most important thing is to maintain order, especially if you are in the sales area. We want to keep track of how much was sold per month and to whom it was sold. This helps track that. 

Also, this helps each sales representative to keep their own control and know how much commissions they are going to get for the month. Since we account for everything on Monday, this keeps the team motivated. The sales reps can see how much commissions they have earned for the month and that drives them to want to keep selling more. That's why I feel this platform is a powerful tool. We also have boards where we measure KPIs.

The best thing about Monday.com's dashboards is that they are customizable. People have their own preferences when it comes to visualization. Some like Gantt charts or timeline-based tracking dashboards. 

Also, the design of the platform is nice and clean, it's pretty to look at doesn't look busy, and makes you want to work on it. It is an easy-to-use, user-friendly, and has a customizable interface. 

Also, there are many templates to choose from when you are creating your first board. People can inform each other about what they are working on and where they are in the project. In addition, communication, collaboration, and analysis features allow users to stay on top of their projects.

The program has enough. Maybe they could improve a bit more on how to connect with other apps - especially for CRMs like Hubspot. Monday already has a little bit of everything, however, if it could connect with other platforms it would be even more powerful. The automation that Monday includes are good, however, they should add more. Maybe they need to include spaces where everyone can keep their day-to-day journal. This would be especially useful for project managers. 

In general, Monday is already a super complete app that has everything and they can make integrations with other applications that would be ideal.

I've used the solution for about a year and a half.

I am very impressed with the stability. Monday is a platform that I will be using for a long time to come.

I have been very satisfied with the scalability using this platform.

Technical support is great! They answered all of my questuons. 

Positive

Monday is the first app solution I've used.

We've seen an ROI of around 60%.

Paying Monday, in the end, is for the benefit of a company. It is worth it, especially for medium-sized companies that want to start organizing themselves.

We only looked at one other option, Asana.

Monday is one of the most efficient apps I've used. 

I run a ten-person venture-backed startup. Monday.com has helped us project manage and makes visibility across all teams easy. We plan all of our projects and our six-month company level plan on Monday.com, including engineering, supply chain, marketing, CX, admin, finance, legal, etc. 

We have a single source of truth for the status of all projects so we don't have to ask each other for updates manually. 

Since the tool is so easy to use, our team members can all learn it quickly and create new boards, projects, tasks, and views easily. We also use Monday.com to onboard new employees and track the onboarding tasks, which makes it easy for new employees to learn the tool and get used to using it to track their work. 

We've tried using it for marketing KPIs and other integrations. However, we have been less successful there.

We most heavily use the task views - including boards, groups of projects, tasks with various metadata (details, documents linked, assignments, due dates, status, etc), and then use a few views like the Gantt chart and the timeline views. 

Those have been extremely helpful for us as we are juggling many projects as a tiny team of ten. We also have several cross-functional dependencies - a delay on one team causes a delay for others as well, and we need everyone to have visibility into that. That makes communication much easier.

I wish there were better notifications and dashboard views with analytics around the status of projects, etc.

We've tried to use the marketing analytics and some of the integrations to pull outside data in, but they've never worked well. It's hard to create views of data on Monday.com

I also wish there were better logic tools, I want to be able to conditionally color certain columns based on if/then statements or values in other columns. It would be helpful to create a Slack notification based on upcoming due dates and to be able to customize the time delay and channel. 

I've used the solution for over a year.

The product has a great SLA.

The solution is highly scalable.

We previously used Asana and Trello. We needed a more easy-to-use tool.

The initial setup was straightforward. 

We handled the setup in-house.

The ROI has been moderate.

Monday.com is cheaper to start than most other tools, however, the pricing sneaks up on you.

We did not evaluate other solutions.

The product is a platform for all employees to share their: 

1. email updates (pulse update from Gmail) 
2. personal updates (write down findings) 
3. files and information of a case in each site we manage. 

They can also automize some routine admin tasks.

Emails to our contractors are stored in an individual's Gmail account, by updating to Monday, we know what is going on in each case from the different correspondence of different employees.

We use email integration to send out auto emails to chase up a report/document/response which we receive on a regular basis. 

We no longer have to type things down in a shared excel spreadsheet where the formats and presentation are not so likeable.

It also helped us better keep track of cases/items. 

The reminder function and tagging function work really well. Things won't be left unattended. 

The email integration and the new file section in the item is a day-to-day feature we use. 

Every employee can write down the contractors contract details, the phone numbers and email address are no longer just stored on a person's phone.  

People not added to our Monday account can also use pulse updates now. We used to manually forward other people's responses to the item.

Files can let us view all the files in one item. Sometimes files are not uploaded to infobox, so files on Monday are a good way to find it. 

Groups in a board is also valuable. I have closed cases and in-progress cases. Whenver a case is closed, the automation moves it to the close section so that I don't have to worry about it anymore. 

The customized automation feature that was recently added is a huge game-changer. We can tailor what we need in each board now. 

They should maybe add a filter feature in files in the item filter: .jpg, .pdf, .doc. (different files). It may be helpful to combine or flag duplicate file names. 

The solution shouldn't let the system directly pull out Outlook (the Windows default mail system) whenever we click on an email address. Both in the column and in the update context. We're not sure if this is a Monday issue or a Window setting issue. 

Custom Automations should have more customized options. For example, when a date changes. Not all the features in the automation are brought into the Custom Automation, however, I'm not able to name all of them. 

I've been using the solution since April 2020. 

Stability is pretty good. An outage is rare.

Scalability is good and you can always change plans. 

If your company expands and need more to register more people to the system, it's easy to change user plans from the website.

The scalability of Email Integration features is also fascinating, we once sent a batch email to 70 contractors, and it was sent within a second. 

Technical support responds very quickly. 

Sometimes I asked a question they couldn't solve and don't have a solution yet. They really take the time and effort to understand what the real problem is and are really honest about the lack of some features. However, they will bring back suggestions to the dev team.

Positive

We were only using a shared Google Drive Sheet for everyone. 

Moving from the Excel sheet to Monday took us about two weeks of manual transfering

We tell others it's about $2200 for a ten-person plan and it can be adjusted; it's easy to scale. 

We did compare Asana and Monday.com.

I work as a website developer. That includes client-based work. Monday makes it easier for a client-facing team to get information from the client and put it somewhere we can all see it. 

It's then easy for them to assign me to a task where I can provide constant updates to the client's team on the progress of the task. I can also use it for scoping out new website builds, laying out each task I'd need to complete for the overall project, and providing time estimates for each individual task I've created. 

The main improvement Monday has provided is keeping all of the tasks across our boards organized and up to date. By using Monday I can easily see what work needs to be completed still, what work still needs a time estimate and what work needs feedback on it.

It allows our organization to easily keep all information about a single task in one place, and allows us to easily bring in other team members where necessary who can see a full history of the ongoing task so they are fully up to date on it's progress.

I really enjoy all the additional columns you can add to your Monday pulses to cater to what information you need. For example, in my line of work, I do a lot of time scoping and estimating how long a job will take me. By using a column to put in estimates it's easily visible and speeds up my workflow when scoping out loads of tasks for a new project. 

I also like how easy it is to assign different people to the pulses. It allows me to easily look at a board and spot my profile icon to know which pulses I should be looking at. 

I would enjoy my own personal board on Monday that only I can see. This board could then populate with all the tasks I've been assigned across every board on Monday so that it's all in one place and I'm not constantly switching between different boards for all my assigned tasks. 

I'd also love improvements to the notification and inbox section of Monday, as I find if my notifications or inbox ever start to fill up from lots of tagging there's no easy solution to mass clear these and I instead have to individually click through each one. 

I've used the solution for one year.

I've had problems over the year where Monday has gone offline and wouldn't load, or wouldn't let me upload images to my pulses. 

It's really good for my line of work where you have many different clients. It allows us to split them into their own boards and stay organized. 

I've never had to contact customer service.

Positive

This was the only platform I've used.

The initial setup is straightforward. 

I'm not sure if an outside vendor was used. 

I'm unsure of my ROI. 

This isn't something I directly deal with.

This was the platform my company chose.

The solution is used for managing tasks for educational courses to ensure the delivery of the courses for course delivery and examinations. This includes updating course materials, preparing exam papers, and keeping track of academic malpractice schedules. 

It's also used for giving time-frames for working on course manuals and preparing these with authors and design services to ensure these a prepared annually ready for the beginning of a sitting.

Courses in general have a lot of information held within a board so that each sitting is monitored. 

Boards are also used for other company projects to help keep track of tasks and work collaboratively with other teams. 

Monday.com has enabled the department to create boards that help keep the tasks for each sitting and each course in one place and on track. Tasks can be allocated and it makes inter-department co-operation much easier for projects. Adding in comments and tagging them means they will receive your note. 

Managers can keep track of people's workload and support or split tasks within the team to ensure that work is balanced. 

It is visually a really nice platform compared to some other project management tools, which makes it much easier to work with.  

Being able to see 'my work' at a glance in the "My Work" section allows me to see what tasks are coming up and which ones are in progress. 

Being able to duplicate boards from sitting to sitting and also being able to upload .csv files for tasks is great. 

Creating a baseline so I can see when tasks in a project should have been completed as opposed to when they are completed helps a lot. This allows me to see where delays occur in the project and change the amount of time given to reflect more accurately the realistic time frame of each task for next time. 

The Gantt chart also gives a really good visual guide to the workload at different points in the project. 

For tasks that have a time frame, they should make it optional as to when they appear in 'My work' - as in, not just the end date of the timeframe. I'd also like to see the beginning. 

When duplicating boards it would be useful if Moday.com could have the option to auto-populate the dates for the following year, as education courses run in cycles, with dates for tasks due being quite similar, year on year. This would then just leave a few date tweaks rather than having to change all the dates for each of the tasks. 

They should make it possible in the inbox to select all inbox updates and mark them as read. 

I've used the product for over a year.

The solution has not let us down. It's stable. 

This is a very scalable solution.

Customer service and support are very responsive.

Positive

I did not use a different product beforehand.

The initial setup is straightforward yet time-consuming.

The solution was implemented in-house

The solution offers very good value for money.

I did not look into other options.

As a provider of professional education, Monday.com is used within our environment to manage a program lifecycle, assign tasks to individuals, and manage the delivery of our products end-to-end. We use it for tracking workflow from individual programs, informing managers of capacity and availability within a team, and making live requests using the 'form' functionality for website changes (by way of example). 

Monday.com provides a holistic oversight of all the activity required to complete a project from start to finish.

Used as a project management tool, our business is able to utilize the clear visual display provided by Monday.com to manage workloads, allocate tasks, and have a greater oversight of tasks within each program. 

The ability to change the layout of each project to the form of a Gantt chart, kanban, table, and more allows for more accessibility within the same programme. Users are able to choose a view that they find most beneficial, without having an impact on the content visible for managers within the business.

Using the deadline feature to manage priorities has been the most valuable. Having a visual representation of the week and month ahead in the 'My work' category allows for improved organization and workflow planning. Being able to tag other colleagues to support with tasks and allocate jobs when members of the team are taking annual leave has also proved incredibly helpful. The tagged member of staff knows what the job required of them is, has a deadline allocated, and is able to receive further information using the comment feature - it saves lengthy handover documentation.

The ability to implement a timetabling functionality would be really useful for an education provider. Currently, dashboards can only be created with a small number of boards (20 I believe) which can limit the amount of information to view across multiple boards. We can implement more programs within one board, however, this is not always useful when programs need to be archived each sitting. 

Easier reporting functionality or more regular training in this area would also be of great value to the business.

I've been using the solution for one year.

The solution's setup was straightforward and easy to navigate.

We also looked into:

• Asana
• Mavenlink
• Trello