Microsoft Project vs. monday.com

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Project
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Project is a project management software. It provides core PM functionality, including agile workflow support and resource management. Project can be deployed in the cloud or on-premise.
$120
per year per user
monday.com
Score 8.4 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
monday.com Work OS is an open platform designed so that anyone can create the tools they need to run all aspects of their work. It includes ready-made templates or the ability to customize any work solution ranging from sales pipelines to marketing campaigns, CRMs, and project tracking.
$36
per month (3 seats)
Pricing
Microsoft Projectmonday.com
Editions & Modules
Project Server
$0
Planner Plan 1
$10
per month per user
Planner and Project Plan 3
$30
per month per user
Planner and Project Plan 5
$55
per month per user
Project Standard 2024
$679.99
one-time fee per installation
Project Professional 2024
$1,129.99
one-time fee per installation
Basic
$12
per month per user
Standard
$14
per month per user
Pro
$24
per month per user
Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Projectmonday.com
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPlans are billed annually.Yearly plan: Save 18% Monthly plan also available
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Community Pulse
Microsoft Projectmonday.com
Considered Both Products
Microsoft Project
Chose Microsoft Project
monday.com is great for smaller projects but lacks the in-depth features that MS projects offer. The customization and templates that MS project offers are amazing and practically cover every industry type.
Chose Microsoft Project
Microsoft Project needs to do better job on the flexibility and user interface of the software. The colors used by monday.com and shortcuts they have provided are much smoother. However, Microsoft project is more compatible with other Microsoft products like excel which gives …
Chose Microsoft Project
Microsoft Project will continue to be my tool of choice for high stakes high complexity projects with over 100 tasks and many requirements to control costs and delivery but the assumption is that a dedicated PM is needed to keep the file updated and manage communication with …
Chose Microsoft Project
Our company already has our client and tracking database in microsoft 365 so it was the logical step to stay with microsoft although it is a bit lacking compared to other offerings. If our team was on the go one of these other products might work better. We needed something …
Chose Microsoft Project
Better suited for everyone in the team due to an existing partnership with Microsoft for access to other software suite provided by them.
monday.com
Chose monday.com
MS Project is not very general user-friendly. Working with colleagues with and without project management experience, it is crucial that those we collaborate with can understand the information we send them.
Being a more visual interface with clear timelines and customised task …
Chose monday.com
Monday.com is far more easy to learn then MS Project and eliminates the need to install applications and maintain applications. One of the key benefits is being able to access Monday.com from anywhere in the world.
Chose monday.com
I feel like I've tried almost every project management software out there ranging from Microsoft Project to Teamwork. monday.com is just nice because you log in and it works. There isn't a lot of set up. The controls are intuitive. When you want to do something like change a …
Chose monday.com
Cost is a big factor as the alternatives stacked up poorly in user costs and built in features. Also, the business was already using a different facet of monday.com so it was a quick setup and we already had experience and people were Jo knew the platform. Less complex and also …
Chose monday.com
More complex and takes a while to learn and onboard new employees. Also expensive compared to monday.com.
Chose monday.com
Monday.com does not believe in Gantt charts therefore there is no built in Gantt chart that we missed a lot and we found those in other products. Pricing is also questionable, Monday.com seems to lag behind in competitive pricing. Monday.com does not have an in-built module for …
Features
Microsoft Projectmonday.com
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
8.1
111 Ratings
5% above category average
monday.com
8.4
2252 Ratings
8% above category average
Task Management8.2110 Ratings9.22238 Ratings
Resource Management7.7107 Ratings8.41911 Ratings
Gantt Charts9.0107 Ratings8.31310 Ratings
Scheduling8.5109 Ratings8.41868 Ratings
Workflow Automation10.083 Ratings8.61944 Ratings
Team Collaboration7.398 Ratings9.32193 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology5.083 Ratings8.31165 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology7.783 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Document Management9.077 Ratings7.91810 Ratings
Email integration5.082 Ratings8.31612 Ratings
Mobile Access10.067 Ratings8.41788 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking10.073 Ratings7.61051 Ratings
Change request and Case Management7.964 Ratings9.11163 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management7.786 Ratings8.31039 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Project
8.9
79 Ratings
14% above category average
monday.com
8.2
1018 Ratings
6% above category average
Quotes/estimates7.955 Ratings8.1681 Ratings
Invoicing10.045 Ratings00 Ratings
Project & financial reporting7.676 Ratings8.4902 Ratings
Integration with accounting software10.050 Ratings8.1508 Ratings
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User Ratings
Microsoft Projectmonday.com
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(111 ratings)
8.6
(2257 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(3 ratings)
9.1
(32 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(9 ratings)
8.4
(2185 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(8 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(8 ratings)
Support Rating
8.2
(34 ratings)
8.2
(1903 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(7 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(6 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(8 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft Projectmonday.com
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
Microsoft Project Online is suited to Turnkey Projects where more Collaboration is required in Project Progress monitoring, risk assessment and conveying, issue recording and tracking. It is less appropriate when ERP Suites other than MS Dynamics are used, i.e when Enterprises need to integrate Finance / Accounting with It and having straight project management workflow
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monday.com
The platform is very well suited for our nonprofit programs that serve low-income clients who need diapers, wipes, and period products. It has helped us run our programs, capturing information and allowing us to view the data for reporting purposes. The ability to filter data is very helpful by allowing us to categorize information to get a better picture of the progress of our programs.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • I love the Gantt Chart that Microsoft Project offers me, because it provides me with a view from various aspects, it provides me with exact details about the fulfillment of tasks over a period of time, it also allows me to make comparisons with the necessary data and the fulfilled data. by the employees, in order to know exactly if the project's expectations have been met.
  • I love the Gantt Chart that Microsoft Project offers me, because it provides me with a view from various aspects, it provides me with exact details about the fulfillment of tasks over a period of time, it also allows me to make comparisons with the necessary data and the fulfilled data by the employees, in order to know exactly if the project's expectations have been met.
  • The alert system for the fulfillment and delay of assignments is perfect. Microsoft Project allows me to configure the task system, I can assign the necessary tasks to fulfill the project, and the software alerts me immediately if the managers are fulfilling the assignments.
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monday.com
  • I like summary of subitems, especially with subitasks as subitems and add item tracking for each subtask it can show total tracked in parent item. Similar with other columns, like numbers, status, date.
  • Dashboard features, Many kinds of dashboard view available, we can utilize on the basis of requirements.
  • monday.com workform is very powerful, easily share form link when submitted it will create line item in board with provided data.
  • monday.com automation is very helpful in order to automate steps with specific rules and easy setup.
  • monday.com also provides integrations in order to automate processes if need to integrate multiple app together. or need to transfer data between multiple apps.
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Seems overly complicated for users sometimes in using Project and its functionalities
  • Hard to share files for those folks who do not have MS Project, and then have to print out for them
  • Can be confusing since it looks and feels like MS Excel
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monday.com
  • The desktop app for Mac seems to have a few issues with visual glitches appearing on screen, it only seems to go away when I close the tool and reopen it
  • Subtasks don't show on the individual users to-do list, only main level tasks
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Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft
I like using Microsoft Project. It simplifies building a schedule
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monday.com
Teams involved in content creation, such as marketing or editorial teams, could use monday.com to manage the entire content lifecycle. Boards might track content ideas, assignments, drafts, reviews, approvals, and publication schedules, helping teams collaborate and keep content production on track.
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Usability
Microsoft
Microsoft
Project is easy to operate because data could be inserted, changed and
deleted like you are in an Excel timesheet. Besides, it provides a great
level of automation beween his fields allowing few data changes. Also, its
funcionalities are well defined and grouped in upper menus, so you can find a
funcionality quickly
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monday.com
I give monday.com a 10/10 because I almost never encounter any lag or connectivity issues despite all of the many templates, boards, and automations we have. As a matter of fact, I feel like the last issue I encountered was over a year ago... and I'm in monday.com every single work day. Not only is monday trustworthy, it is easy to find what I'm looking for... making the overall usability extremely hard to beat.
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Reliability and Availability
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
monday.com
There have only been 2 instances in the past year where monday.com was down.
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Performance
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
monday.com
Everything performs fairly well. Every now and then there are user errors where an employee will not click "ok" on a note they've created and simply exit out (I do wish that something was in place to prevent this, such as a pop "are you finished?")
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Support Rating
Microsoft
Microsoft in recent years has transformed itself and gives a positive feeling when one interacts with the company. The company is focusing on its customers and willing to go extra mile to make customers happy.The company continues to invest in its products and bringing new features from time to time. Overall it is a positive feeling to be associated with such an iconic company.
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monday.com
monday.com only really care about accounts that have 20 seats or more. While this is great for monday.com, it pushes smaller organisations to evaluate alternatives. We rate monday.com highly in our organisation because key staff have already got good experience with the application and we know we will get to 20+ seats one day. But, till then the billing model and lack of permanent enterprise features is a dread.
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Online Training
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
monday.com
To have someone walk you thru the features and capabilities of Monday.com is priceless. Someone also coming along later in the contract to see if you are maximizing the program to suit your company needs is beyond helpful. The staff that have provided this training are fun, creative and very patient.
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Implementation Rating
Microsoft
I wasn't part of it so I don't know
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monday.com
We signed up for the accounts. Created the accounts. Ran the trial version and tested it live while we were running multiple projects and found that it was fitting our needs perfectly. When the trial ended and we were asked to purchase the full version, we did. We have found other ways to use it and it's a breeze.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
While many of the above tools are extremely well-versed, Microsoft Project's largest advantage comes from it being related to the largest business productivity company in the world. Project does have its sharing limitations - but regardless, offers one of the most robust tools in the market today. Microsoft Project is built with large-scale projects in mind but is more than up to the task for smaller projects as well. However, there are options available (especially cloud-based options) that may be more fitting for higher-level projects that do not require going into the weeds.
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monday.com
monday.com is simpler and easier to grasp, apply and navigate than ClickUp, but the ClickUp free version has so much more functionality available than the monday.com free / low-cost options (sorry, but it's true!). Google Tasks is really simple and I shouldn't really compare them - it's just really nice to be able to see my tasks right next to my Google Calendar or Gmail (widget) - the "all on one" view on the screen is really nice ease of access, but the power of monday.com outweighs the nice-to-have of an all-in-one screen layout - it feels clumsy to bring in all my Calendar items from Google to monday.com, so an integration app to the Google screen where you can see monday.com tasks would be amazing.
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Scalability
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
monday.com
For it to work across multiple departments and sites, I would like to see improvements made with integrations and automation. For this question, I am acknowledging not only the addition of internal triggers/automation, but also an expansion on external ones.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • Project saved me, as the project manager, countless hours of digging through tickets and schedules to plan everything out. It also saved me time in adjusting the project triangle as needed, since it does so much automatically.
  • It is costly, and since it requires extensive training to master, it's not just the high licensing cost that you need to take into account.
  • The reporting features - even just printing out Gantt charts - makes it far easier to communicate with stakeholders. That means less time for PMs doing all of this manually, and it means less follow-up questions and delays moving forward.
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monday.com
  • >25% of our org is using monday.com to build Boards & projects. Only 5% used our prior Work Management System.
  • 100% of project communication is kept within monday.com. Which means we don't have to search Slack, Email, or other places to find a message.
  • 100% of our project files are kept or linked with monday.com. So, we don't have to find missing files in other locations.
  • monday.com integrates with Salesforce, so we don't have to manually duplicate data
  • 3rd-Party solutions are linking to our monday.com data and producing reports as humans read reports.
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