Our pick for most teams
84.1/ 100
- Price
- From $18/user/mo · $144/user/yr
- Free plan
- No free plan
Insightly vs monday CRM: monday CRM fits most teams of 5
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Marketing, creative and sales teams wanting customizable workflows
55.1/ 100
- Price
- From $348/user/yr (yearly only)
- Free plan
- No free plan
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Which one fits your team
- Checked 2026-10-14
- 2 sources
The score is worked out from the facts below. How we score tools. What we earn is not part of it.
monday CRM: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- Marketing, creative and sales teams wanting customizable workflows
- Remote teams wanting real-time collaboration and visual dashboards
- Not for
- Small startups and solo entrepreneurs who find it overwhelming
- Financial services/accounting needing advanced financial tracking
- Non-tech-savvy teams who find setup complex
- The catch
- Flexible, visual CRM built on a work platform, but the interface can overwhelm smaller teams and some navigation is less intuitive.
Data last verified: 2026-10-14
Insightly: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- Small to mid-sized businesses wanting a user-friendly CRM
- Service and project-driven firms (agencies, consultancies, manufacturers)
- Teams wanting sales and project delivery in one tool
- Not for
- Teams that only track leads and need a lighter, cheaper tool
- Large enterprises with very complex workflows
- Users needing 24/7 live support or advanced social tools
- The catch
- Combines CRM and project delivery, but workflow automation and AI are gated to higher-priced plans and premium support is expensive.
Data last verified: 2026-10-14
What each one costs over five years
Same team size, cheapest plan of each, paid monthly or yearly.
monday CRM
Five years for a team of 5, paid yearly: $3,600
On the Basic plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- $1,080
- Paid yearly, one year
- $720
Paying yearly saves $360 a year (33%).
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-18Insightly
Five years for a team of 5, paid yearly: $8,700
On the Plus plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- Not verified
- Paid yearly, one year
- $1,740
- "Plus" has no verified monthly price
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-18The four facts that decide it
| monday CRM | Insightly | |
|---|---|---|
| Score out of 100 | 84.1 | 55.1 |
| Cheapest plan | Basic | Plus |
| Free plan | No free plan | No free plan |
| Works with (apps) | 9 | 10 |
Every figure comes from the vendor's own pages, listed under Sources.
monday CRM
- Score out of 100
- 84.1
- Cheapest plan
- Basic
- Free plan
- No free plan
- Works with (apps)
- 9
Insightly
- Score out of 100
- 55.1
- Cheapest plan
- Plus
- Free plan
- No free plan
- Works with (apps)
- 10
Feature by feature, on the same list
Open a row for the vendor's own wording and the page we read it on.
Contact managementmonday CRM: YesInsightly: Yes
- Insightly
- 1,000 active contacts and deals on Basic up to unlimited on Ultimate Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Track deals in stagesmonday CRM: YesInsightly: Yes
Works with your emailmonday CRM: YesInsightly: Yes
- Insightly
- Communications hub with unified email/call/meeting timeline on Standard and above Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Automatic follow-up emailsmonday CRM: Not verifiedInsightly: Yes
- monday CRM
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
Does routine steps for youmonday CRM: YesInsightly: Yes
- monday CRM
- Complete workflow automation on Professional and Enterprise; not Plus Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
- Insightly
- 250 automations/month (Standard), 25K (Pro), enterprise-scale (Ultimate); not on Basic Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Reports and dashboardsmonday CRM: YesInsightly: Yes
- monday CRM
- Built-in dashboards on all plans; custom insight cards limited on Professional, unlimited on Enterprise Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Forms that capture leadsmonday CRM: YesInsightly: Not verified
- Insightly
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
Your own fieldsmonday CRM: YesInsightly: Yes
- Insightly
- Custom columns: 5 (Basic), 15 (Standard), 75 (Pro), unlimited (Ultimate) per board Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Mobile appmonday CRM: YesInsightly: Yes
Connects to your other apps (API)monday CRM: YesInsightly: Yes
What you risk by starting
monday CRM
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of monday CRM.
- Refund policy
- Yearly subscribers who cancel within 30 days of purchase are entitled to a prorated refund; no refunds for downgrades after that
- Vendor page · checked 2026-10-18
Insightly
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of Insightly.
Where these facts come from
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Data last verified: 2026-10-14