Our pick for most teams
93.4/ 100
- Price
- From $4/user/mo · $36/user/yr
- Free plan
- Up to 5 users, 5GB storage, 50 workflow executions/month (project count stated inconsistently: 3 vs 2)
monday.com vs Zoho Projects: Zoho Projects fits most teams of 5
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Small to medium businesses and startups wanting a low-cost full-featured tool
61.1/ 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
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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.
Zoho Projects: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- Small to medium businesses and startups wanting a low-cost full-featured tool
- Teams of roughly 5-50 people
- Businesses already using Zoho products or Zoho One
- Not for
- Large enterprises with complex, high-budget projects
- Teams wanting a modern, highly intuitive interface
- Industries needing niche features such as crew management
- The catch
- Affordable and strong inside the Zoho ecosystem, but the interface feels dated and has a learning curve.
Data last verified: 2026-10-14
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
What each one costs over five years
Same team size, cheapest plan of each, paid monthly or yearly.
Zoho Projects
Five years for a team of 5, paid yearly: $900
On the Premium plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- $240
- Paid yearly, one year
- $180
Paying yearly saves $60 a year (25%).
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-18monday.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 2026-10-18The four facts that decide it
| Zoho Projects | monday.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Score out of 100 | 93.4 | 61.1 |
| Cheapest plan | Premium | Basic |
| Free plan | Up to 5 users, 5GB storage, 50 workflow executions/month (project count stated inconsistently: 3 vs 2) | Free forever: up to 2 seats, 3 boards, 3 Docs, 200+ templates, 8 column types |
| Works with (apps) | 5 | 6 |
Every figure comes from the vendor's own pages, listed under Sources.
Zoho Projects
- Score out of 100
- 93.4
- Cheapest plan
- Premium
- Free plan
- Up to 5 users, 5GB storage, 50 workflow executions/month (project count stated inconsistently: 3 vs 2)
- Works with (apps)
- 5
monday.com
- Score out of 100
- 61.1
- Cheapest plan
- Basic
- Free plan
- Free forever: up to 2 seats, 3 boards, 3 Docs, 200+ templates, 8 column types
- Works with (apps)
- 6
Feature by feature, on the same list
Open a row for the vendor's own wording and the page we read it on.
Task managementZoho Projects: Yesmonday.com: Yes
Board view (Kanban)Zoho Projects: Yesmonday.com: Not verified
- Zoho Projects
- Kanban board view shown (Sprint Management example) and linked in menus Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
- monday.com
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
Timeline view (Gantt)Zoho Projects: Yesmonday.com: Yes
Time trackingZoho Projects: Yesmonday.com: Yes
- monday.com
- Time logs and timesheets on Premium; multi-user timesheets on Ultimate Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Recurring tasksZoho Projects: Not verifiedmonday.com: Yes
- Zoho Projects
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
File sharingZoho Projects: Not verifiedmonday.com: Yes
- Zoho Projects
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
Invite clients or guestsZoho Projects: Yesmonday.com: Yes
- monday.com
- 10 read-only users on Enterprise; 100 on Ultimate; none on Free/Premium Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Does routine steps for youZoho Projects: Yesmonday.com: Yes
- Zoho Projects
- 250 actions/month (Standard), 25,000 (Pro), 250,000 (Enterprise) Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
- monday.com
- Workflow actions: 50/month (Free), 5,000 (Premium), 50,000 (Enterprise) Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
ReportingZoho Projects: Yesmonday.com: Yes
- monday.com
- Basic reports on Free; portfolio dashboard on Enterprise; unlimited custom dashboards on Ultimate Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Mobile appZoho Projects: Yesmonday.com: Yes
What you risk by starting
Zoho Projects
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of Zoho Projects.
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
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
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Data last verified: 2026-10-14