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reviewer1850625 - PeerSpot reviewer
Article Trainee at Capstone Financials
User
Saves time, is user-friendly and has great organization capabilities
Pros and Cons
  • "The feature that I have found most valuable is the boards on Monday which allow for allocation, time tracking, and storing of important information."
  • "The product can be improved by allowing for some sort of autonomous deadline creation."

What is our primary use case?

I work in an accounting and auditing firm and I use Monday.com every day.

We use it for many purposes, mainly for keeping track of all the clients in the company as well as what work is required and when such work is due.

We use Monday.com to store passwords and completed financials, tax returns, and so forth.

Allocating work and keeping time spent on a project is always helpful along with due dates, emails, and reminders being sent and storing contact details, the multiple columns, and pages, Monday.com does it all.

How has it helped my organization?

Monday.com has improved our organization in many ways including planning, amongst many employees and many projects, and tracking time spent on a project as well as who does the work. 

We are able to store valuable information such as digital files, contact information, due dates, and so forth and not have to worry about whether it is safe or not.

Since we started using Monday.com, we have been able to do work more efficiently and keep track of everything. Everyone enjoys using Monday.com and cannot go a day without it. 

What is most valuable?

The feature that I have found most valuable is the boards on Monday which allow for allocation, time tracking, and storing of important information. This is quite valuable when it comes to an organization that is big, has many clients, and many employees.

We are able to keep track of clients and what they require and who needs to do what and we can get rid of the old whiteboard/pen and paper, saving us time and money and helping us go green. It is very user-friendly and the interface is clean.

What needs improvement?

The product can be improved by allowing for some sort of autonomous deadline creation. I'm not very certain of the possibility, however, it would be great.

Another aspect of improvement that would be great would be integration with other websites or applications such as Sage and CaseWare. Being able to directly upload information and so forth back and forth between two websites or applications would create a huge game-changer, that would completely allow Monday.com to the true title of "all in one place".

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For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is excellent. There have been no issues on my side.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is good.

How are customer service and support?

I have not had a need to reach out to support and therefore have no experience yet.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We did not use a different solution previously.

How was the initial setup?

It was straightforward and we did not have any issues. It was just your normal expected setup.

What about the implementation team?

We had an in-house implementation.

What was our ROI?

The ROI is impressive and has improved in many aspects. We are quite highly satisfied.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Getting Monday is the best decision you can make - it is worth it.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We did look into Notion.

What other advice do I have?

It changed the way our business works and it is great.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Google
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1850640 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Media Production at Sacret-Life
User
Great project tracking with helpful organization features and request forms capabilities
Pros and Cons
  • "The best feature is the form for requests for new projects."
  • "The solution could be improved by adding more plugins for Adobe (not just Photoshop) and adding a plugin for Discord."

What is our primary use case?

The solution helps to organize our workflow, to stay on top of projects and too manage team projects and to see if our team is overworked. 

We use it for our graphic department and our video production, making it easy to see where are we with the projects. The request forms saved us a lot of time and made things more organised, without them we would have a big mess and miss communication with our creative team. Our main use case is to track our projects if they are done in time so we don't miss any deadlines or if the team is overworked. 

How has it helped my organization?

Monday has drastically improved our workflow by helping us stay on top of up-and-coming projects or our internal projects. 

Before using Monday we were sending e-mails for project requests. The number of emails made everything confusing and some projects missed their deadlines since we weren't organized. 

Since we started using Monday about a year ago, our creative team has been organized and we don't miss any deadlines. We stay on top of projects and see what has a higher priority and what can be done later. 

What is most valuable?

The best feature is the form for requests for new projects. This made our workflow much easier. Before the creative request, we tried to enter requests manually, however, that lead to misinformation or missing key features. Since we started implementing the request form, our creative team has more than enough information to start creating and making the deadline. Project tracking is also one of the best features so we know where the project is and how close to the finished product it is.

What needs improvement?

The solution could be improved by adding more plugins for Adobe (not just Photoshop) and adding a plugin for Discord. Our creative team loves using Discord as the main source for communications. If there was a plugin that would combine the two that would be amazing. Similar to the plugin for Photoshop, we would love to see another plugin where we could see in the threads updates of the projects, if the project is done, and if the project is stuck (and needs some helping hands). If this would be all synchronized it would help our team a lot.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using the service for about one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We haven't had any problems with Monday. We are impressed with the stability of this site. We didn't notice any crashes with the app (iOS and Android) so the stability is excellent.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scaling means being able to create and control customer experiences for any type of customer, any size group of customers, and for any or all portions of a business. Ever since we started using Monday, this solution made us scale much faster. 

How are customer service and support?

Support is excellent.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We tried using Trello. For our line of business, Monday is the only solution that we need.

How was the initial setup?

For our new members of our team, Monday was and is the easiest solution to pick up and start working on. For users that never met with this solution, it was surprisingly easy for them to pick up and start working on projects.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented this through our in-house creative team.

What was our ROI?

We are well organised with the solution, which, for us, represents a 25% ROI.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We advise upgrading to a pro user account. The features alone that you get will save you time and money in the long run.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We Googled a lot of other solutions, however, we found out that Monday is the one we need and is easier to pick up for new members.

What other advice do I have?

We would just like to see more plugin support, like a plugin for Discord

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1850670 - PeerSpot reviewer
Communications Specialist at Northeastern REMC
User
Helps with organization, has automation capabilities, and allows for use of subitems
Pros and Cons
  • "Subitems really help me stay organized when a project has more than one piece."
  • "There are so many bells and whistles that I don't feel like I'm using Monday to its full potential."

What is our primary use case?

Our marketing team uses Monday.com as a project management system. We are currently a two-person team and this solution helps us stay on track and provide updates about various projects. We look forward to expanding the use of Monday.com into other departments. 

When I used Monday at my last job, we had a team of four which meant there were so many moving pieces and projects. Monday helped us silo everything we were working on into one place. Our boss could easily see items needing review and could get a status update pretty easily.

How has it helped my organization?

Instead of using flagged emails, a spreadsheet, or a paper calendar as a way to keep track of various projects, I can easily create an item on Monday. Nothing gets lost, and I can add notes and details to each item. 

Subitems really help me stay organized when a project has more than one piece. (Which happens more often than not.) The automation is very helpful in the review process on many projects. Having an email sent to the person requesting the project automatically when the status changes save so much time.

What is most valuable?

The introduction of subitems has been a game-changer. I love being able to group together different pieces of projects under one item. It keeps me more organized. 

I also love having different automation set up to make our workflow between us and different departments seamless. I have boards for each month so I know what I should be focusing on. 

I also like being able to sort projects based on who owns them or how I've tagged them. I've just recently started looking into the different ways to view a board, and I can't wait to dig in further.

What needs improvement?

There are so many bells and whistles that I don't feel like I'm using Monday to its full potential. I know that's on me, however, maybe offering more webinars or having users show other users how they use Monday, in full detail with examples would help. Perhaps having industry-related groups that could have a "show and tell" every month would be helpful. I'd love to find someone who has a job similar to mine in the same industry show me how they use Monday. There are so many options and ways to use it effectively. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used Monday.com since late 2018. I liked it so much that I also took it with me to my new job in 2019.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I've never had an issue with stability. It works exactly like I want it to when I want it to.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Monday can be fully customized and used in so many different ways. I can't even imagine the possibilities. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

My other solution was using my Inbox, a paper calendar, and a spreadsheet. Using Monday makes way more sense. 

How was the initial setup?

I thought it was straightforward, however, having all of the options available make it a little overwhelming at first.

What about the implementation team?

It was set up in-house by me.

What was our ROI?

I'm unsure as to if we've seen an ROI.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Any setup cost or money spent will be well worth it by all of the time you get back into your day.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I did not evaluate other options.

What other advice do I have?

I cannot say enough good things about Monday.com. I'm a customer for life.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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reviewer1850682 - PeerSpot reviewer
Digital Commerce Executive at Builders Warehouse | Builders Express | Builders Trade Depot
User
Excellent workflow automation and assignment features with increased visibility
Pros and Cons
  • "We have gotten rid of all our paper-based systems and our marketing work is now 100% visible to anyone in our planning organization providing ultimate accountability between teams."
  • "I wish there were more calculations available across boards and pulses."

What is our primary use case?

The solution is primarily for end-to-end marketing, planning, and e-commerce sales planning. Our marketing team uses the tool to build out all of their previous job bags digitally and create visibility for cross-functional marketing teams to keep up to date with the work the teams are doing. 

Our e-commerce teams use the tools to plan mini-projects, brief digital marketing work required and obtain visibility of all the marketing activities that the teams could take advantage of. 

The primary benefit for me is visibility of all our current work.

How has it helped my organization?

We have gotten rid of all our paper-based systems and our marketing work is now 100% visible to anyone in our planning organization providing ultimate accountability between teams. 

The power behind Monday.com is not just the fact that the teams are now visibly accountable to each other, they are also able to build best practices and cut out checks that would be required in a manual process. For example, we used to have multiple sign-offs of work previously. Now, teams are assigned and can easily review multiple streams of work simultaneously.

What is most valuable?

There are too many valuable features to mention in detail. Most notably, the workflow automation and assignment features plus the ability to work in email too have been a game-changer for our teams. 

The email feature is very valuable as the teams work collaboratively with many agencies and this means that agencies do not have to adopt the tool completely and can still "work via email" whilst our teams continue to have the visibility they require on their tasks. 

If only there was a way for the @ feature to work properly via email.

What needs improvement?

I wish there were more calculations available across boards and pulses. 

The biggest reason this would be a valuable resource is the teams could then use the calculations feature exclusively - replacing the need for Excel. This could also create a great way to manage budgets, forecasting, actual spending, and analysis of data from our campaigns. 

The tool is used already in this way, but the calculations are way too manual which means that teams often have to resort to exporting and completing calculations outside of Monday.com.

For how long have I used the solution?

We've used the solution for three years and five months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is stable. We have had no noticeable downtime in three years of using the tool.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is highly scalable!

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is very good and responsive.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used Excel and manual paper-based systems before and moved straight into Monday.com

How was the initial setup?

The setup is a five-minute process at a maximum. It's super simple.

What about the implementation team?

All in-house setup was done by non-technical teams.

What was our ROI?

ROI was not a consideration for the cost of the tool. Our primary goal was workflow improvement and team collaboration with ultimate visibility.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Licensing can be expensive if you are only using it for tasking. The tool is best used when multiple teams use the tool for multiple use cases.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We did not evaluate other options.

What other advice do I have?

It's a great solution and we've been very happy so far.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Creative Director | Africa at a non-profit with 501-1,000 employees
User
Great automation, an attractive user interface, and lots of collaboration features
Pros and Cons
  • "Shared boards help entire teams to plan out campaigns with ease and clarity."
  • "The user communication aspect could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We use this tool mainly for the purpose of project management and keeping track of external job tickets.

We also use to plan out our various marketing campaigns - allocating each aspect to the various team members with specific deadlines per task.

We use the form to gather external jobs which our team can approve and allocate as per our current priorities.

We can use it to view the workload of each one of our team members to ensure everyone is supported at each milestone of the project.

We use it for the approval of content.

How has it helped my organization?

As a team, we are much better prepared to go into a project. Using one program has sped up how we work and we find that less communication is overlooked. 

As a team, we are able to keep track of how projects are developing, making sure everyone knows who is owning the various parts of the project, plus knowing at what stage they are required to contribute and have their part done.

We can clearly see who is working on what aspect of the project to help keep the team healthy by not overloading team members.

We can clearly see project status.

We can make sure all logged job tickets get attended to in due time.

What is most valuable?

Monday.com is full of great features which enable collaboration and strategic execution of projects.

Shared boards help entire teams to plan out campaigns with ease and clarity. Adding milestones keeps everything tracking towards the deadline.

The various views available on the boards can give you clear overviews pertaining to specific aspects of the project at hand, seeing at a glance which projects are running behind, where projects will overlap, and allocating team members according to the current workload.

Automation has been a great tool to help things happen in the background, from moving items to different parts of the project, to sending automated emails to external clients.

What needs improvement?

The user communication aspect could be improved. We need it on-platform for all our team interactions. Monday.com is what we were using for managing all our work, yet still needed is a tool like Slack for more detailed communication and updates.

We haven’t quite found the same level of Communication within Monday.com while understanding that this is more a tool for project management. However, communication is centered around specific tasks.

We’re managing to make it work with an extra communication too. Perhaps we just had to take some time to adjust how we work.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for around 12 months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very stable and reliable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's scalable. The more people you get on it from your organization, the better the tool becomes.

How are customer service and support?

We haven’t needed any support yet.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We also used Slack (however, we needed more structured planning) and Wunderlist (we needed more structured planning).

How was the initial setup?

The product is straightforward to set up.

It took a bit of explaining and training to get the rest of the team onboarded.

What was our ROI?

The ROI for us is a happy team.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution is well worth the investment.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Over the years, we have trailed many different tools. Asana was one.

What other advice do I have?

The user interface is great. It helps a lot that it looks nice and the functionality is great. It's a big plus compared to other tools that may feel a bit less user-friendly.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Google
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1849488 - PeerSpot reviewer
PMO Manager at Monster Notebook
User
Smart UI with great Gantt views and helps with managing roadmaps
Pros and Cons
  • "The UI is so smart."
  • "In my main table, I changed sometimes the timeline values mistakenly. That should be prevented via a smart warning or some sort of coloring."

What is our primary use case?

I use this tool for product management and project management planning. It shows me resource balance and that makes me able to plan development resources. 

I am a manager in a thirty-member technology department. I work with development teams, product teams, and the project management team. Monday.com provides a plan and roadmap view for our works.

In addition to that, it is really simple to categorize the project. That makes me have power to focus and manage the different projects.

As a result, it provides well-organized plans.

How has it helped my organization?

We had a need to manage product roadmaps, project roadmaps, and organize program management of the technology department. Thus, I compared some tools using their trial versions. Monday.com was the tool that provides the below solution for us.

It is well organized and user-friendly main table that let me see and be aware of each type of task. I can see Gantt charts and I can manage tasks on Kanban regarding the statuses. That makes me have different views of tasks regarding priority.

What is most valuable?

The UI is so smart. The Gantt view is the most valuable feature for me. The Gantt view provides smart and quick filters to see focused tasks. It has a well-designed user interface, that let the user get to pursue the tasks.

In addition to that, the Gantt view has a powerful setting utility. It provides an easy and simple view settings. I could managed any view on Gantt.

Also, it has a smart Excel export button that exports Gantt views to files. 

What needs improvement?

In my main table, I changed sometimes the timeline values mistakenly. That should be prevented via a smart warning or some sort of coloring.

In item card, when you need a field, you have to firstly add it on the main table. However, if you need many fields, it is not a proper way to keep the fields on the main table.

When I need like a collection field, I cannot do it. For instance, for keeping related links, I cannot create a field to save an undetermined number item. I need this. I have to create many new fields.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for around one year.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1849467 - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager- Fund raising at Rustomjee
User
Great for multi-task management and expense tracking with easy file upload capabilities
Pros and Cons
  • "It helps to go completely digital and avoids the use of pen and paper, which helps declutter work life."
  • "The constant reminders are very distracting."

What is our primary use case?

We use it in our organization to list down and delegate tasks amongst team members. 

We review the tasks allocated on a weekly basis every Monday. It helps in planning the project lifecycle systematically and effortlessly. 

Further, the manager can tag the activities to different people, which helps share responsibilities so that the burden does not lay on one person. 

Filtering the activities marked to employees helps to quantify the work distribution to different people and ensure there is an equal division of work.

How has it helped my organization?

The sub-tasks which form part of the head tasks help in effectively managing tasks. It helps to avoid missing any task, which is very efficient. I don't have to brief the manager about all the pending activities, which saves a lot of time and effort, the opportunity cost of which is high. 

It also helps the manager keep track of ongoing work, which avoids the nagging and follow up and helps to go on with day-to-day activities. It helps allocate work and responsibility, further strengthening teamwork and spirit. 

It helps to upload files online, which can be accessed by anyone on the team from anywhere, which removes the barriers of geographical boundaries. My manager can review my work from anywhere from the files uploaded, and the same can be seamlessly completed without actually needing to be at the same place at the same time.

What is most valuable?

The multi-task management aspect is great. It helps in remembering every task. Further, it provides a proper workflow of all the proposed activities in project management. 

It efficiently helps achieve all targets within the set target, short-term or long-term. It helps to go completely digital and avoids the use of pen and paper, which helps declutter work life. 

It helps in tracking expenses and managing them as well, which is another superb feature to help manage and further aim to reduce the same. The entire process flow right from proposal making to every document which is to be prepared and submitted is added to the system and we allocate the same to different people which helps in the allocation of work and responsibility.

What needs improvement?

The constant reminders are very distracting. It should be once on Monday itself and not constantly. 

A walk-through should be provided for every new person enrolled, which should be initiated by the Monday.com team. A calendar invite for the same should be coordinated and organized. 

It is user-friendly, however, there is still an initial dependency on the team members to understand the software. 

There should be sessions organized with calendar invites which should be sent for every update to the system. If anyone misses attending the sessions, a summary of all the points covered should be sent out to everyone who is enrolled on the system. 

There should be a helpdesk facility that helps in immediate query resolution. It should have actual people trying to identify and resolve issues and not a chatbox. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We've used the solution for the past seven months.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

This is the first software used for this purpose.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I was not involved in the setup.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I was not involved in the setup.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1849443 - PeerSpot reviewer
Support Specialist at moralius.com
User
User-friendly with helpful visualizations and great support
Pros and Cons
  • "Support from Monday.com makes you feel super comfortable communicating any inquiries you may have."
  • "Better integration with Outlook would be awesome."

What is our primary use case?

Our company started using Monday to track tasks and workflows. Later on, we started using it to keep records of employees and documents. For example, our HR department creates items with check columns and it tracks the required documents of all employees. 

Furthermore, HR personnel uploads all the documents corresponding to the new employee, and then it goes for authorization from the HR manager. Subsequently, when the yearly evaluation comes the department has all the required files in one place and digitalized.

How has it helped my organization?

We were in deep need to find an online solution where everyone in the company could work together and keep track of workflows. Since using Monday.com our productivity has been elevated by at least 35%. Having a platform where you create and automate a lot of small things like creating a sum or other formulas where you normally would have assigned someone to do it manually in a simple Excel locally or in SharePoint decreased our time to respond to our internal requests from any other department. It's very simple since we started using it and we don't see ourselves trusting any other platform.

What is most valuable?

Having multiple boards and different user-friendly items and visualizations were what we needed to have all employees familiarized with the platform. For example, our business in Facility Management has a lot of personnel where technology isn't their area of expertise. Therefore, having a platform with such expertise in creating features and keeping them with such simplicity is a unique asset that we couldn't find somewhere else. 

Support from Monday.com makes you feel super comfortable communicating any inquiries you may have. 

What needs improvement?

Better integration with Outlook would be awesome. For example, an add-on where the user could write an update on Monday via e-mail will literally elevate the whole experience for our business. It would minimize the time to search for the corresponding item on different boards and update them.

Another great option might be to give admin privileges and elevated access to multiple boards. For example, if someone leaves the company and somehow you need his uploaded work documents you cant exactly get them. It creates an issue that involves contacting the support.

For how long have I used the solution?

As a company, we've used Monday.com since 30 October 2018.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We literally trusted Monday.com since day one.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I'd advise potential new users to not bother with such small details in terms of cost and licensing.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We did various evaluations.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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