monday.com Reviews

We use Monday.com to manage our projects as a construction company. We also use it to keep track of many things, such as employees and their safety certificates. We generate emails based on data in the projects. We schedule safety meetings and generate emails automatically. I have multiple boards for the same projects. One is for our orders, one is for a site overview and one we share with our customers. We have a service schedule that automatically generates a covid-19 form that the homeowner can fill out and submit directly to Monday.com

Before Monday.com we used to write our schedule on a whiteboard and use an Outlook calendar. Looking back now, I don't know how we did it. We would never go back. We are now organized across our company. There is accountability now since all conversations are recorded on our items. We offer our customers a live update of their project by sharing a board directly with them. This allows them to comment or submit documents directly to Monday.com. We do the same with some of our contractors. They have the ability to manipulate the dates the project will be worked on and I set it so I get a notification if the date is changed, so I am always up to date with delays in our projects.

All of the features are valuable. Especially, creating tickets for projects and assigning workers. Having trackable conversations and archive items for reference. We offer our customers a live update of their project by sharing a board directly with them. This allows them to comment or submit documents directly to Monday.com. We do the same with some of our contractors. They have the ability to manipulate the dates that the project will be worked on and I set it so I get a notification if the date is changed, so I am always up to date with delays in our projects.

Service being down happens to often. They need to create a desktop version that stores the info locally so that when their servers are down, I can keep working and accessing my data. Then it could be uploaded when their servers are online.

I would like to also see improvements to the map and phone number columns. I think Monday.com is based out of the UK. When entering locations, it always suggests addresses not in our country. When adding phone numbers, it doesn't recognize some area code and it enters it as if it was a European number. 

We have been using Monday.com since September 2021.

For the most part, Monday.com is stable and works great, but when its servers are down, it can be a nightmare for us here at the office. I am really left in the dark and we don't have a backup. We depend on the Monday.com schedule. I think this needs to be addressed and I've already voiced my concerns with Monday.com.

I feel that Monday.com would be able to grow with our company. If we doubled in size then I am confident that Monday.com would still get the job done for us.

Support is very quick and helpful. They have address all my concerns in a timely manner. They send videos that they create specifically for your concern and it helps.

We used Outlook calendar before and it was lacking in so many ways. It only fulfilled the scheduling aspect and did not give us options to organize other areas of our company. 

It is complex to start up. Luckily, I grasped it well and ran with it. I have since, been in charge of the maintenance of Monday.com. 

I set up Monday.com myself using the tutorial they have on their website. Mostly through trial and error. I seem to have it set up exactly how we like it. Monday.com is very versatile so the options are endless which can make it daunting at first. I would suggest building the boards, keeping them simple and tweaking them as needed until you find the best way to display your info.

It's worth the cost depending on the size of your company. We have a pro plan and use most features for our company. The automations are key for us and the size of our company, the Pro plan makes sense.

I was referred by my sister, Michelle Kapila. She used Monday.com and showed me when I was hunting for a new service. I don't remember the other platforms that were options to switch to. Once I found Monday.com, I never looked back.

I recommend Monday.com for those stuck using white boards/paper schedules. Since having Monday.com, I've seen the lack of organization in companies we deal with and how Monday.com would help them so much.

The product is a platform for all employees to share their: 

1. email updates (pulse update from Gmail) 
2. personal updates (write down findings) 
3. files and information of a case in each site we manage. 

They can also automize some routine admin tasks.

Emails to our contractors are stored in an individual's Gmail account, by updating to Monday, we know what is going on in each case from the different correspondence of different employees.

We use email integration to send out auto emails to chase up a report/document/response which we receive on a regular basis. 

We no longer have to type things down in a shared excel spreadsheet where the formats and presentation are not so likeable.

It also helped us better keep track of cases/items. 

The reminder function and tagging function work really well. Things won't be left unattended. 

The email integration and the new file section in the item is a day-to-day feature we use. 

Every employee can write down the contractors contract details, the phone numbers and email address are no longer just stored on a person's phone.  

People not added to our Monday account can also use pulse updates now. We used to manually forward other people's responses to the item.

Files can let us view all the files in one item. Sometimes files are not uploaded to infobox, so files on Monday are a good way to find it. 

Groups in a board is also valuable. I have closed cases and in-progress cases. Whenver a case is closed, the automation moves it to the close section so that I don't have to worry about it anymore. 

The customized automation feature that was recently added is a huge game-changer. We can tailor what we need in each board now. 

They should maybe add a filter feature in files in the item filter: .jpg, .pdf, .doc. (different files). It may be helpful to combine or flag duplicate file names. 

The solution shouldn't let the system directly pull out Outlook (the Windows default mail system) whenever we click on an email address. Both in the column and in the update context. We're not sure if this is a Monday issue or a Window setting issue. 

Custom Automations should have more customized options. For example, when a date changes. Not all the features in the automation are brought into the Custom Automation, however, I'm not able to name all of them. 

I've been using the solution since April 2020. 

Stability is pretty good. An outage is rare.

Scalability is good and you can always change plans. 

If your company expands and need more to register more people to the system, it's easy to change user plans from the website.

The scalability of Email Integration features is also fascinating, we once sent a batch email to 70 contractors, and it was sent within a second. 

Technical support responds very quickly. 

Sometimes I asked a question they couldn't solve and don't have a solution yet. They really take the time and effort to understand what the real problem is and are really honest about the lack of some features. However, they will bring back suggestions to the dev team.

Positive

We were only using a shared Google Drive Sheet for everyone. 

Moving from the Excel sheet to Monday took us about two weeks of manual transfering

We tell others it's about $2200 for a ten-person plan and it can be adjusted; it's easy to scale. 

We did compare Asana and Monday.com.

I am the manager of onboarding and support. I use Monday.com to manage all clients in the onboarding process. 

I can easily see what phase they are at in the process (through groups), see the statuses of certain parts of the OB process (through the status category), and understand what tasks have been completed and still need to be completed through the subitems. 

Monday.com also allows us to easily store all client information in one place so that the team can easily access it. I also used Monday.com for my own personal note-taking and meeting agendas.

It has improved our organization and specifically the onboarding team. It has brought a sense of organization, structure, and clarity into the department. Thanks to the clarity it provides, it has become much easier for someone to go on vacation and allow another person to pick up where they left off. 

The subitems make it crystal clear what tasks are done, in progress, or complete.

The "My Work" section allows me to filter by certain employees so I can see exactly what is on their plate for the day/week, and allows me to keep the workload balanced. 

We use the boards the most. We have one for new client onboarding, upgrade clients (existing clients that are adding an additional service that we have to get them onboarded into), and one for offboards for when a client stops working with our company.

Within the board, we rely heavily on the subitems. These allow us to easily see all the tasks that need to be completed (by either the client or our team), as well as all the tasks that are in progress or completed. We set due dates when a client first signs with us, so we rely on those to keep us on track to hit our desired timeline.

We also use statuses and automation within the boards to see a high-level view of where clients are at and to move people from one group to the next. 

It is difficult to create templates for repeat use cases. For example, I have created six different items that have unique subitems based on the service or package someone has. When a client signs, I choose the appropriate item "template" based on their package. I then have to duplicate that item and move the subitems to the new client's item that was created. Once that is done, I then have to update all the subitems within that item to assign them to the correct owners. We rotate implementation specialists and designers, so we can't have this preset. 

I've used the solution for nine months.

The stability is great.

The scalability is so-so. We reached our maximum capacity on a board very quickly. I had to duplicate the board and remove all live clients from it. I now have two boards: one for actively onboarding clients, and one for all of those that are live. 

The technical support is great. I have not reached out often, however, when I do they are responsive.

Positive

Before Monday.com we used Notion.

The initial setup is very straightforward. There are some limitations much like any solution once you get in there, however, I could do most of what I needed to do.

The product was implemented in-house.

The ROI is hard to quantify.

It's pretty straightforward. I did all the set up myself so I did not pay someone to do it for me

We also looked into Basecamp and Clickup.

We use the solution for the organization of projects for different departments. We have different departments including marketing, customer service, production, analytics/accounting, and IT. Having the ability to separate these by department makes our lives 10 times better. I personally found it useful for inventory reports and upcoming projects. 

Overall, we use Monday to help in keeping everyone on track and to assign certain projects to departments in order to fulfill our monthly goals. The cleanliness of Monday helps in doing so.

It has kept us up-to-speed with each department and kept everyone on track to improving our company. 

We originally used Jira for our projects in the past. Since Jira is mainly a ticket-based system, it did not help us in the long run when it came to tracking time for each project and things like inventory reports, project sub-items, etc. 

In other words, Monday provides more options for us to be able to perform our wishes of assigning projects and creating ideas that will further improve our company. 

Items and boards are ideal as they help in keeping everything in a single location without any confusion. Those have been used to help organize each department's ideas/projects so that everyone has a space to bring up cool ideas that can benefit the company. 

Being able to integrate with certain apps helps us in communicating between all of our 3rd-party apps so we don't have to take the extra step in updating those. 

I personally enjoy the number of options you have in terms of columns. You can create almost anything within Monday. 

Load time and glitches do occur on the site. There are times when I have trouble loading a certain pulse, or board because the site would glitch or take a very long time to load. 

There is a limitation to the automation process. I wish there was more variety in terms of the things you can automate on boards/items. Maybe they need to invest in a desktop app as that will run a lot faster than on a website. Plus, all people need to do is download an app on their computer/phone to access their projects from anywhere. 

I've used the solution for six months.

My team uses it at work to organize deadlines and keep track of information. We are a remote organization.

Everyone can see what other team members are doing and quickly see the status of tasks. We can plan out specific steps in projects and put dates/timelines on them. 

The subitems! I like planning out steps within an item with dates. 

The solution needs easier automation. We had a problem where we maxed out the automation limit. We also struggle to figure out solutions to notify people when certain tasks are complete so the next person can start their work.

I've used the solution for three years.

We are a small team, however, we've been growing over the last three years that I've been using Monday.com. It becomes more helpful the more team members we have, however, it may work better for smaller groups of people within an organization (e.g. the marketing team).

I've never contacted technical support, however, I like the emails I get from Monday.com about new features.

Positive

We didn't previously use a different solution.

I wasn't involved in the initial setup process. 

I didn't handle the licensing part of the process.

I didn't make the decision - it was someone else at my company.

We use the solution for marketing tasks. I manage our social media, photography, and videography teams. We plan out and collaborate on projects, and provide assets, branding guidelines, and resources for the team.

It's also useful for collaboration. We work in a team of about 25 people in automotive and we focus on PR and digital marketing. It's perfect for assigning tasks for events or for new releases. Our designer also communicates there with everyone.

We can use it to store resources. We connect everything through Monday. We use it to centralize as we keep some things in Dropbox and some things in Google Sheets. Now everything can be connected in the same place and we love it.

We used to use Wrike however, it didn't work on mobile and this does. I like having boards for certain items. I like that everyone can also have their own private boards if they prefer to keep their own notes 

It doesn't take long to load.

It keeps my team accountable to keep track of their tasks.

It's colorful and easy to learn to use for all types of employee positions.

I also enjoy that it is so mainstream that anyone can use it. They use it in universities as well. Most of the designers we work with and web developers are very comfortable using it too.

We like the mobile app, as well as more integrations, calendar features, and private boards. 

The mobile app is super helpful since our auto groups span four counties. 

The calendar view makes everything easy to see.

It has integrations with using all the programs we use too.

Monday is super inexpensive compared to other stuff we use.

It is very easy to maneuver around. I love the search bar feature where I can just search the entire board with the information I need. This makes it very fast and easy. 

In a dynamic workplace where we are working on several campaigns at a time, it's very important to us to have something that helps us move faster.

The tablet display is confusing and difficult to use. Most of my team works on tablets and they prefer the desktop view since it compresses some items.

For possible features maybe some more aggressive notifications - like "this comment was added and mentioned no one, would you like to see it?" Sometimes we forget to mention it and someone replied and we never saw it till we opened it up.

Notifications could be controlled by management instead of per person. I have a few employees that forget to mark off their tasks. However, if we could automate to alert them that would be better.

We need a broken link checker.

I've used the solution for a few years.

The solution is really great and reliable. It never crashed. 

The scalability is really great.

I dont know if I have ever had to use technical support due to the ease of use of the tool.

Positive

We used to use Wrike. It was very expensive. In two years it broke on us - which was terrible. We couldn't download our information off of it either so we had to start all over when we left them. 

It was very easy to set up. I taught myself and then I taught my team. 

I did the setup myself. 

The ROI has been pretty huge.

I had no problem with the pricing at all. it was less than 1/2 of what we were spending with Wrike with more functionality.

I went through reviews and more and more just kept talking about Monday.com Plus, the local university uses it and that made it easier to choose Monday.com.

I love it! i have no issues. 

It's a great app for project leading. As an event and promotion agency, we're more than ever very sensitive to all the costs of managing and communicating streams of understanding. We also use it for event and shift scheduling. 

It's great for feedback with clients where you could have all the relevant information associated with a particular project in one place. The solution is great for sharing attachments and links for all photo albums on our Google Drive. 

I definitely use it for my personal goals and projects. 

All the improvements though years are very handy.

We were struggling with duplicate information previously and Monday brought more effectiveness to our work in many ways. We could share all information in one "live" stream. 

With a client "on board" who's are very comfortable with this particular service, it helps to improve business relationships as well. 

When you have a tool that anybody can use from all devices, it spares some time so that you could do and handle way more things. 

The custom-made boards and solutions are good.

The dashboard is great for knowing what's most important and what's next. 

We would like to have more open boards at one time and more CRM functionalities.

We've used the solution for four years - since 2018.

The stability is great.

The scalability is great.

We used Asana. It was too difficult.

We've had an ROI of $560 USD.

I'd advise new users to always check you filled out their VAT ID.

We did not look at other options. It was love at first sight.

I'd advise customers to try it for free first and then decide. 

I primarily use Monday as a tool to assist in the management and organization of our flood book of business across our many insurance providers. Keeping track of underwriting requests and upcoming renewals that need to be requoted, as well as big picture things for the future of the company that needs to be investigated and researched. 

Monday allows us to track who is working on what task and how long it has been active. We can see how many quotes are processed in a given time as well as how much new business is closed.

I am not a naturally organized person, and the whiteboard I used to use to keep track of my tasks was a mess. Monday has been a lifesaver in helping me to prevent things from falling through the cracks. 

The ability to better organize and execute at my job has helped me to make a better impression on my peers and supervisor and has allowed me to take an active part in the growth and expansion of the company. 

Without Monday, it would have been impossible for us to achieve the same level of success that we have recently seen.

The feature that I get the most use out of is the boards and groups that allow me to track my daily tasks and to mark which quotes or underwriting requests are top priority and which ones have been sitting the longest. 

Monday has allowed us to create a comprehensive database of all of our active policies with each carrier, the total premiums for each carrier, and each individual policy's expiration date to help us keep track of our renewals. 

Before signing on with Monday, we had no idea what the total value of our book of business was, and keeping track of renewing policies was very difficult. 

The web page can be a bit buggy at times, especially after I switch to a different tab and then come back to the Monday site after leaving it idle for a few minutes. 

Certain functions like moving tasks to different groups/boards will suddenly not actually work. The page will say "X has been moved" however it will still be sitting there on the same page where it started. Sometimes I will try to organize a group of information and the page will give an error and not allow the change to happen.

My usual response is just to refresh the page, and the issue almost always resolves itself.

I've used the solution for a little over a year.

I'm impressed with the stability.

It's very versatile and can be easily shifted to suit almost any need.

I have only had one call with support, however, they were very kind and helpful.

Positive

We did not previously have an alternative.

It was quite straight forward and there are many wonderful tutorials available to help.

The setup was all done in-house.

I don't have a quantifiable number for ROI, however, it's my understanding that it is significant. We certainly would have missed out on some business opportunities over the last year if not for Monday helping us to keep things organized.

I am the primary user of the Monday site, however, not the administrator who set it up or manages payments. I assume we are all happy though.

I was not the one who initially signed us up on Monday. I could not say what was evaluated if any.

This site has been a lifesaver.