Our pick for most teams
87.8/ 100
- Price
- From $12/user/mo · $108/user/yr
- Free plan
- Free forever: up to 2 seats, 3 boards, 3 Docs, 200+ templates, 8 column types
monday.com vs Smartsheet: monday.com fits most teams of 5
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Non-technical teams wanting easy visual setup without IT help
77.1/ 100
- Price
- From $12/user/mo · $108/user/yr
- Free plan
- No free plan
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Which one fits your team
- Checked 2026-10-14
- 3 sources
The score is worked out from the facts below. How we score tools. What we earn is not part of it.
monday.com: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- Non-technical teams wanting easy visual setup without IT help
- Operations teams running recurring automated workflows
- Small teams wanting a highly customizable workspace
- Not for
- Organizations needing advanced portfolio management or forecasting
- PMOs managing complex dependencies and critical-path scheduling
- Software teams that need Jira-level dev workflows
- The catch
- Highly customizable and visual, but seat-block pricing with a 3-seat minimum drives costs up quickly as teams grow.
Data last verified: 2026-10-14
Smartsheet: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- Operations, marketing and PMO teams managing complex cross-functional projects
- Mid-sized and enterprise companies (construction, healthcare, IT)
- Spreadsheet-comfortable teams needing more automation and control
- Not for
- Freelancers, very small teams and early-stage startups
- Sales teams (CRM work feels clunky)
- Teams wanting plug-and-play simplicity
- The catch
- Spreadsheet-style work management made for larger companies, but setup isn't intuitive and advanced automation and reports take time to learn.
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.com
Five years for a team of 5, paid yearly: $2,700
On the Basic plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- $720
- Paid yearly, one year
- $540
Paying yearly saves $180 a year (25%).
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-18Smartsheet
Five years for a team of 5, paid yearly: $2,700
On the Pro plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- $720
- Paid yearly, one year
- $540
Paying yearly saves $180 a year (25%).
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-18The four facts that decide it
| monday.com | Smartsheet | |
|---|---|---|
| Score out of 100 | 87.8 | 77.1 |
| Cheapest plan | Basic | Pro |
| Free plan | Free forever: up to 2 seats, 3 boards, 3 Docs, 200+ templates, 8 column types | No free plan |
| Works with (apps) | 6 | 9 |
Every figure comes from the vendor's own pages, listed under Sources.
monday.com
- Score out of 100
- 87.8
- Cheapest plan
- Basic
- Free plan
- Free forever: up to 2 seats, 3 boards, 3 Docs, 200+ templates, 8 column types
- Works with (apps)
- 6
Smartsheet
- Score out of 100
- 77.1
- Cheapest plan
- Pro
- Free plan
- No free plan
- Works with (apps)
- 9
Feature by feature, on the same list
Open a row for the vendor's own wording and the page we read it on.
Task managementmonday.com: YesSmartsheet: Not verified
- Smartsheet
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
Board view (Kanban)monday.com: YesSmartsheet: Yes
- monday.com
- Kanban board view shown (Sprint Management example) and linked in menus Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Timeline view (Gantt)monday.com: YesSmartsheet: Yes
Time trackingmonday.com: YesSmartsheet: Not verified
- Smartsheet
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
Recurring tasksmonday.com: Not verifiedSmartsheet: Not verified
- monday.com
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
- Smartsheet
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
File sharingmonday.com: Not verifiedSmartsheet: Yes
- monday.com
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
- Smartsheet
- File library: 20GB Pro, 1TB Business, unlimited Enterprise Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Invite clients or guestsmonday.com: YesSmartsheet: Yes
Does routine steps for youmonday.com: YesSmartsheet: Yes
- monday.com
- 250 actions/month (Standard), 25,000 (Pro), 250,000 (Enterprise) Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
- Smartsheet
- 250 triggers/month on Pro; unlimited on Business and above Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Reportingmonday.com: YesSmartsheet: Yes
- Smartsheet
- Dashboards and reports on all plans (Pro limited to 10 widgets and 1 sheet per report) Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Mobile appmonday.com: YesSmartsheet: Yes
What you risk by starting
monday.com
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of monday.com.
- Refund policy
- Yearly subscribers who cancel within 30 days of purchase are entitled to a partial refund; no refunds for downgrades after that
- Vendor page · checked 2026-10-18
Smartsheet
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of Smartsheet.
- Getting your data out
- Sheets and reports can be exported to Excel and Google Sheets on all plans
- Vendor page · checked 2026-10-18
Where these facts come from
monday.com
https://monday.com/pricing · checked 2026-10-14https://monday.com/work-management · checked 2026-10-14What to do next
- Work out the cost for your own team size
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Data last verified: 2026-10-14