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A monday.com alternative for agencies, without the seat minimum or AI credits
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Line by line
| What you get | Planmoor | monday.com |
|---|---|---|
| Price per seat (annual) | $9 Pro, $19 Agency | $9, $12 and $19 on the three main paid tiers |
| Seat minimum | None | 3 seats |
| Free plan | 3 seats, 3 projects, Gantt with critical path, portal, 5 signatures a month | Up to 2 seats, limited boards |
| Gantt chart | Every plan | Standard and above |
| Critical path | Every plan | Limited availability |
| Baselines and variance | Pro | Pro and above |
| Clients and guests | Unlimited, free, no login | Free viewers; guests on Standard and above |
| Client portal designed for clients | Yes | No |
| E-signatures for scope, change requests, sign-off | Yes | No |
| Milestone cannot close until acceptance is signed | Yes | No |
| PRINCE2 and PMBOK methodology templates | Yes | Generic template centre |
| AI planning from a brief | Included, unmetered | AI with credits |
| Automations | Pro, unlimited rules | Monthly action quotas by tier |
| Timesheets, workload, budgets | Pro | Time tracking on Pro and above |
| Proposals with e-signature | Pro | No |
| Import from monday.com | Excel export in one step | n/a |
monday.com prices and plan limits are from their public pricing page and help centre, as of October 2026, published list prices on annual billing. Prices change; check theirs before you decide.
Where Planmoor is the better fit
- Built as a project tool. Phases, dependencies, critical path, baselines and milestones are the data model, not columns you add to a board.
- Clients see a portal, not a board. The client portal is a link with the timeline, milestones, meetings and documents to sign. No viewer account, no board to learn.
- Sign-off is native. Scope, change requests, acceptance and UAT certificates are signed online; a signed change request moves the plan. monday.com has no e-signatures.
- Simple pricing. $9 a seat, no minimum, unlimited automations and AI on Pro. No action quotas or credit packs.
- PRINCE2, PMBOK and IPMA templates that scaffold governance, documents and meetings together.
Where monday.com is the better fit
If you want one system for sales pipeline, marketing calendar, HR onboarding and projects, monday.com's flexibility and marketplace are the point. Its dashboards across many boards are strong, and its mobile apps are mature. Planmoor does not do CRM or HR, and does not pretend to.
What switching looks like
In monday.com, open the board menu, choose More actions, then Export board to Excel. In Planmoor, choose Import a project and upload the file. Groups become phases, items become tasks with people, timelines and status, and subitems nest when they are in the export. The monday.com import guide has the steps.
Switch in one step
Export your monday.com project, upload the file, and Planmoor rebuilds it as phases, tasks, dependencies, people and dates. Coming off a paid tool? Your first three months of Agency are free.
Pricing, side by side
Planmoor Pro is $9 a seat a month on annual billing with no minimum; Agency is $19. monday.com, as of October 2026: $9, $12 and $19 a seat a month on its three main paid tiers on annual billing, with a three-seat minimum, and Gantt from the middle tier. See the pricing page.
Questions people ask
- What comes across from monday.com?
- Export the board to Excel. Groups become phases, items become tasks with people, timelines, status and done state, and subitems nest under their parent when they are included in the export.
- Is monday.com better for anything?
- Yes. monday.com is a flexible work OS: CRM, marketing, HR and dev boards all in one place, with a very large template centre and app marketplace. If you want one tool for every department, it is a strong choice. Planmoor is only for client projects.
- Why does the seat minimum matter?
- A two-person studio on monday.com pays for three seats. On Planmoor, two people pay for two seats, and the client is free.
Start your first project in five minutes
Load the sample project to see a full plan, portal and signed scope of work, then build your own from a brief. 14-day Pro trial, no card needed.