monday.com Reviews

We use Monday.com to efficiently manage marketing briefs, projects, teams, and marketing deadlines. 

Marketing Managers will submit a brief to the platform and indicate the resourcing requirements. The brief will then be assigned to one or several members of the creative studio team who specialize in delivering work across video, design, copy, and production. 

With a hybrid team that works both remotely and in the office - and sometimes in different time zones - it allows us to manage multiple projects across consumer, PR, B2B, and partner marketing.

With multiple team members working on multiple fast-moving briefs, tasks, and projects - often remotely and in different timezones - Monday.com has become our reliable source of truth to oversee and manage everything that's going on. 

It enables us to work fast and manage internal resources and a huge volume of marketing deliverables and external deadlines more easily and efficiently. It's easy to log into the platform anywhere with an internet connection meaning it's always available to check and keep updated on what's going on and what needs to happen.

The Slack integration is fantastic for working in a fast-paced environment. It's the quickest way to read, follow and respond to project updates and prevents important updates from being missed, whereas before the Slack integration these updates could easily be missed on the Monday.com platform. 

The ability to see who has viewed an update or comment on Monday.com is really helpful when it comes to trusting that work is in hand, or suggesting that something needs chasing. 

Being able to use colors to separate different types of projects is also really helpful from a user-friendly/UX perspective.

The marketing notification emails from Monday.com are really poor and of little value to the user.

For example, I get an email notifying me that "a team member has started on your item" which is meaningless information to me without actually opening up the Monday.com platform, which takes time and creates a slow and clunky process. 

A new feature that gives studio teams the ability to upload creative content so reviews and feedback processes could also be managed on the platform would be really helpful. 

I've used the solution for 2.5 years.

The product is reliable and rarely buggy.

The product has great scalability.

I'm unsure of how technical support is.

Neutral

We did not previously use a different solution. 

The initial setup is straightforward to get started on even with minimal training.

I'm unsure if a third party was involved with the setup.

The ROI would be hard to measure.

The solution is cost-effective.

We did not evaluate other options previously.

We use the solution for task management and social media content planning. Our content creator would create a card for each post that we do. We then start gathering the content and images or design images as needed. This then goes to our copywriting team for approval and any edits that may be needed. Once approved, we update the statuses. We also make use of guest accounts for the rest of our company to view the content.

Our UX team also works on Monday.com - we have several projects on the go so it is easy to separate these. We list all the pages that we need to create in a particular flow and assign it and track our time this way.

The solution offers us one place to do all planning - and allows us to never forget any tasks as we email all our work to a planning board.

When we get requests and jobs from the rest of our company, I can simply forward the email to our backlog address. This is very convenient and ensures we never miss any work.

Due to the fact that it syncs with our calendars, the whole team is always sure on what they should be working and when the deadlines are arriving. 

It is also easy for us to share a viewer account with our exco and they can see where we are with our work.

We really use the custom columns quote a lot and also the statuses and the different views. We can quickly review our list but also see what our scheduling is like with the Gantt view.

The Gantt view really helps us make the most use of our productive time and ensures that we do not have any idle time from any of the team. It even helps us plan our leave well.

I myself particularly like the Windows and Android apps as well, so that one can work on the boards even if they do not have connectivity at the time.

Perhaps a nice Outlook plugin to copy tasks from Outlook would be beneficial. The same could work on Gmail. I have seen similar productivity App Store links to the specific emails and when you click on them you can go directly to Outlook/Gmail and view the request. Currently, we forward all the emails to the board, however, it can get messy when multiple signatures and replies, etc start happening - especially if we cc the board's email address.

A quick paste feature for screenshots would be very handy.

We have been using Monday.com for almost three years. We manage three teams and all our digital content on the platform. It is very easy to use and consolidates all our work tracking brilliantly.

The solution is very stable - we have not had any issues besides some slow speeds about three years ago.

The product can scale to any amount of users in our company.

Support has been great.

Positive

We used Trello previously. The Trello options were a bit limiting.

The initial setup was straightforward. 

We handled the setup in-house. It was very easy to start using everything. 

I am not sure what our ROI is. 

We compared the product with Todoist Business.

I'm a part of our talent team, so we utilize Monday.com for scheduling candidate interviews, housing important information around our best practices, as well as housing data and metrics. 

We have also used it for process documentation, organizational documentation, and collaboration. 

We have utilized the forms feature for being able to collect information from team members, candidates, etc. We are a team of about 15, and it's been really nice being able to have one centralized area for us to work from.

Monday.com has provided a centralized and easy-to-use area for my team to store all of our information and collaborate together. It's much easier than having to use multiple platforms. We really appreciate the customizable nature of dashboards, and it's really been a game-changer when it does come to housing documentation on our team. 

Previously, we only used Google Drive, however, it was somewhat limiting since we really only used Google Docs. With Monday.com, we're able to have information stored in different formats, which is also helpful for different learning styles on our team.

My team has found the dashboards, subitems, assigning team members, and documents to be most valuable for what we do. 

We don't tend to use the templates that are included in Monday.com, however, it's really nice to have flexibility over how we house our information and are able to use the platform. 

The one piece that has been extremely useful is the form feature. My team has been able to use that to get candidate information and schedule interviews without as much of the back and forth through emails.

I honestly can't think of much off the top of my head—Monday.com has pretty much everything that my team would need to use on a day-to-day basis. Something that might be interesting to see in the future is having sub-items within sub-items so our team can be more granular with things. 

It would be nice to have more customization around the documents, such as different title headings, fonts, etc. Just having more we can do with creating documents so we don't have to switch between Monday.com and Google Docs would be great.

My team has been using Monday.com for over a year now.

We did not use a different solution.

It's worth the cost and it's honestly pretty user-friendly and easy to learn.

We did not evaluate other options.

We use the solution to manage, oversee, and collate various projects within the telecom, security and IT sectors. The projects are of a great variety and contain many stages. I assign and delegate tasks to all project stakeholders inclusive of deadline dates. When managing multiple projects of no less than 15 at any one time, this software is great to get an overview of where you are and what deadlines are upcoming. With the work boards easy to convert to Gantt charts, this saves valuable time when preparing for project meetings

With setting up different users and tasks for each project stakeholder, when managing multiple projects the work overview board creates a clear list of what tasks are required from each stakeholder and when they are needed by. This is not only on the actual date. It is for future dates ahead as well. 

Since bringing in Monday.com and using this for all projects, all stakeholders know their roles and responsibilities - meaning that projects now run in a timely manner and are very rarely overrun. 

When working away from the office, the speech bubble for updates makes it easier to receive updates rather than via email. 

The fact we are able to set automatic deadline reminders means that we will never forget a task that could delay the project and break various project tolerances.

With the work boards easy to convert to Gantt charts, valuable time is saved when preparing for project meetings.

Extracting individual work boards to send to each client to give them an overview and update of the status of their project saves valuable time creating individual RAID Logs.

It's vital when you are managing multiple different projects at any one time. 

I would like to see Monday.com create a Work Package Template which could be created and adjusted as per each project but could also be amended via an app on site should this be required. 

In addition, it would be good to have a signature field that clients could either sign via the app or email. This could be then utilized to sign off any jobs or acceptance once the project has been completed. 

We'd like software for all elements of project management including sign-off in one central place without the need for an additional subscription - that would be perfect. 

I've used the solution for three years.

There have been a few outages, however, it is quickly fixed.

Adding a signature field would fulfill my needs in terms of scale.

The product offers excellent customer service.

Positive

We did not use a different solution.

The initial setup is very easy.

I created and installed the solution myself.

The solution is expensive yet worth it. 

We did look at Smartsheet as well.

We use the solution as a CRM, track project progress, and keep client notes all in one place. We also use My Work to keep track of everyone's day-to-day at the company and ensure that all deadlines are met. This was a big step for us to implement.

We also use dashboards to track our most important numbers, which are revenue and sales. We also use personal to-do lists and communicate internally as a team. Half of our team is virtual, so Monday.com has been our source of communication as a whole for the entire company, which is awesome.

The product has been amazing. 

Now we can see our client data and sort by column with the data that is most important to us as a business. We can run reports with real data that allow us to take decision on a higher level. We can now also track per person their book of business, how much revenue they are managing as a whole, and, based on column data, we can run reports. 

As a company we operate on quarterly goals, so we have a board that is just to track these goals and their progress. We can run reports and it has been really great.

Integrations with Slack and integrations as a whole are wonderful. We want to use Monday.com as our source of truth. We also use automation and think it's great. When we were looking for a project management software during our sales process, Monday.com really stood out because of these features. 

We want to be efficient and this software has allowed us to do that. The insights tabs are also amazing. Again, we can run reports on those and make higher-level decisions and see data per person on specific metrics.

The solution offers more integration features with Hubspot and more options to connect within boards. We love using My Work, however, there are also limited capabilities within boards. My Work cannot be connected to specific line items in boards or subtasks, and therefore it is currently causing a gap in communication with our team. 

An area that can be explored, similar to Salesforce, is a task board for each client. I'm not sure that this will be ideal for everyone. However, in our case, we use Monday.com as both our CRM and project management software.

I've used the solution for over a year.

The stability is great.

The scalability is great.

Technical support is great.

Positive

We did not work with a different solution.

The initial setup was good.

We handled the solution's set up in-house.

We've seen a 3X ROI.

We did look at Salesforce and Hubspot (we have Hubspot right now - just as another source).

We have more capabilities to send email templates within each task. We have workflows and we would love to have white-labeling services since we have client-facing boards and they are confused as to what is monday.com. That is just not user-friendly for our clients.

We use Monday as a CRM. We use the boards to organize client details, details of all our projects, and sensitive information such as telephone numbers and addresses. 

We also use the boards to update and provide site reports to other members of the team. In addition to this, Monday has been useful for the team to note down their daily tasks so that everyone is aware of what the team is doing, updating people's calendars, and keeping up to date with completed projects that we have done, so if clients have any questions after the install we can keep this up to date. 

Monday has been really beneficial in allowing us to place all of our records in one place. We were previously using Google Drive files, which took up quite a bit of time to continually update and edit. 

Monday has saved us time and allowed us to easily take on more projects as the admin side is so much easier. The easy-to-edit interface means we can quickly add or change things in our meetings, assign team members to certain tasks, and quickly look up a particular client's details whenever we need to access them. 

The most valuable features for us would be workspaces, boards, and file upload capability. 

The workspaces are clearly laid out and allow us to fill in details of clients and tasks organized into categories. For us, this includes projects we're currently working on, projects we have worked on, and projects we're planning to work on in the future. 

The boards on Monday have meant we've been able to easily assign tasks for ourselves and others, and file upload means we can see all relevant documents in one place. 

Constant updates mean the service is down sometimes, which isn't ideal. 

There are many features we haven't explored yet so sometimes we find the database slightly clunky. However, this could be because we haven't explored the range of apps available. 

Since our team didn't use Monday until more recently, it can mean they're not used to knowing all of its advantages and apps. This means we can double up on information being inputted into Monday. Again, I would put this down to user error over the effectiveness of Monday. 

We've been using Monday for approximately 18 months.

The stability is good most of the time

In terms of capability for scale, I would say it is very good, however, the price point would be off-putting for a smaller business. For example, the cost of our membership is £140 per month because we have 6 seats. It may be a good option to have different prices for 6, 7 or 8 team members, rather than jump from 5-10 which for small businesses is quite a significant number. 

Customer service is fairly good, although, due to the time difference in the UK, it can be difficult to get instant support. You also never speak to the same person twice. 

Neutral

Our previous CRM was simply Google Drive files. We switched due to the fact that we wanted a simpler system in one place. 

The initial setup was straightforward

We handled the setup in-house.

I would advise considering the cost and whether it is worthwhile for how much you're going to use it. 

We evaluated the choice of using a CRM, however, Monday was the first that we tried. 

Before all of our tasks were sent by email and each employee took care of their own tasks and deadlines. This process was confusing as we had a huge amount of emails between the team. 

After the Monday.com implementation, we had an increase in productivity. All the employees reduced their time micromanaging all the tasks they were doing and had a platform already set up with automation to make the job easier and also the workflow between team members. 

Also, the organization of projects and being able to create boards for each project and have the team involved in this project and able to track down the process of everyone is a positive outcome. 

All of our tasks and projects are on Monday.com.  

This was the best solution we found in the market. We did a long search and did a lot of tests to choose Monday.com as our best option.  

The board system changes how we organize and execute our projects. After using Monday we saw gaps to improve on how we were executing the projects. We have team members in different countries having all in Monday is a perfect intersection point for all team members to collaborate with the project they are involved with. 

The automation process is one of the best. We can organize the workflow through different employees, and after they finishes with the task and updating the thread this goes automatically to a different team member making the project flowing more smoothly. 

The new pages feature also was a big one that all the team is using now. Having all of this features on computer, phone, or tablet makes to keep track even if you are out of the office because any reason. It made the team more put together and involved in the projects. 

I loved the new feature of the page document inside Monday.com. The only one that we don't use as much is uploading the files to be accessed on Monday. 

Now, we are using a cloud option and then we send the link on Monday to the other team members. It was too slow and with some bugs sometimes. We had to download a simple image to see it instead be able to check directly on Monday (the bug was that the image didn't appear when enlarged). Having a different section just with the functionality as a cloud service so you can organize and see the files better would be great. 

I've used the solution for two years.

Stability is amazing. We had only two or three days where it wasn't working just for a few hours. Two of those days were updates on their end. And other was an issue, they provided a link to follow up what happened and where the problems where located on the platform 

I know they can improve a lot and hopefully will continue creating more tools like any other cloud solution. 

So far we didn't have to use technical support too much, however, it was ok. 

Neutral

We used Trello. We changed it as it was too simple. 

The setup was straightforward.

The implementation was with a vendor partly, which was pretty good, however, we practically did it ourselves.

Quality/time executing the project has been a positive ROI for us. 

Knowing your needs is the main thing. That way you can select the best option. Don't go cheap if will give more trouble for your team/project.

We also looked at Asana, Smartsheet, and Hubspot.

We primarily use the solution for both sales tracking and project management. In the case of sales tracking, we have a list of potential customers qualified in different ways, as well as customers. This allows us to contact customers, review past proposals, and update them. Potential customers can vary in terms of type of industry they are in, the size of the company, requirements and needs, etc. In the case of project management, it's used for customers which we need to perform services for. It also helps us with Gantt charts and budget planning for current customers.

The solution helps us track sales opportunities much better. We lost many potential customers as there was a lack of follow-up or even knowledge of their existence. Now, it's easy to find quotes, specific information about customers, locations, or anything related that can provide a guideline on how to approach a certain customer with a follow-up. It helps us be organized much better with current projects, potential customers, and also historic data with past projects. In the case of ongoing projects, it helps us track expenses, dates, and other specific details that eventually make a huge difference in day-to-day activities.

We like the aspects of adding files, creating tables or workspaces, easy to use tools to update existing information in workspaces. There are a lot of features and once you understand how to use them, it's quite easy to get the benefit out of them. 

Probably the feature I like the most is how easy it is to create a new item in a table. You have several ways to do it and all of them are easy and intuitive. It allows you to create new items, with all the columns available for that item. This sounds like something that is easy and should be a given in every type of platform, however, it is not easy or a given. It is a good feature that makes things easy for users.

We'd like it if it was possible to create two separate environments that mirror each other - one productive ("real") and the other for testing. That would be kind of like what some ERPs have, just to allow users to move and experiment and throw around different formats. When you finish, you could apply changes to a productive environment. That would be a cool feature.

Another feature I would like to see is to have a brief explanation of what a certain function does. Maybe a mouseover, or, as you roll the mouse to the top right of the page, it displays a text describing the end results that you can achieve with a specific function.

I've used the solution for more than two years.

Sometimes the solution fails. That said, is not common. I would say it has an availability above 97%.

The solution is scalable, however, I would advise planning on how to organize workspaces and tables before starting to load information into them. It can save thousands of hours invested in changing or adapting once you have already started using it.

Technical support is ok. It's not perfect and not bad either. 

Positive

We did not really use a different solution. We used Excel, however, it's not the same type of software.

The setup was complex. We had to learn on the run.

We did not use a vendor team.

We haven't tracked the ROI.

It's expensive, especially if you are in Mexico as we are. That said, it's worth giving it a shot. As with any other software, the information that users feed the system with will eventually determine if it is valuable or not. It doesn't matter if the software is the best in history, if the information that users provide is flawed, it will be a problem. As long as it is used correctly, I recommend Monday.

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