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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    monday.com

    Score8.3 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)

    Opal

    Score9.1 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Opal is a platform for brands, used to plan, create, and calendar their content - across teams and channels. Opal aims to enable tight alignment and high levels of efficiency. Marketing teams from companies such as Starbucks, Microsoft, and Target use Opal to collaborate, plan, and visualize, while ensuring an always-unified brand voice. Users can: Plan every facet of the brand experience, to ensure consistency throughout every moment and across every…

    $8.29

    per month

    Pricing
    monday.comOpal
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $12
    per month per user
    Standard
    $14
    per month per user
    Pro
    $24
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Contact us
    Opal Pro
    $8.29
    per month
    Opal
    Free Forever
    Teams Pro
    Custom Pricing
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    monday.comOpal
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAn 18% discount is available for annual billing.—
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    Community Pulse
    monday.comOpal
    Considered Both Products
    monday.com
    No answer on this topic
    OPAL
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    2244 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    1904 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    2248 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    1575 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    1748 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    monday.comOpal
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of monday.com and Opal
    Feature
    monday.com
    7.6
    2324 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Opal
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.92317 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resource Management7.81987 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts7.81371 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling7.71933 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.82017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration8.62272 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology7.21220 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management6.91879 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration7.21669 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access7.01849 Ratings00 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking7.61092 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management7.91212 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.21088 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of monday.com and Opal
    Feature
    monday.com
    6.9
    1060 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Opal
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates6.5714 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting7.6945 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software6.7534 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score7.3 out of 10
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    Score9.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    monday.comOpal
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (2340 ratings)
    9.2
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (34 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (2268 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    6.4
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (1965 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.9
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.6
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.5
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.5
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.9
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.5
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    monday.comOpal
    Likelihood to Recommend
    monday.com
    Another feature I love in the free plan is the “Sort” feature, which enables me to sort all my clients by name alphabetically. Or sort by date,
    status, progress notes, etc. I make extensive use of the text column, where I can keep ongoing, detailed notes on the progress of a particular client's work and the information I am still waiting on. I have it open automatically every day, and my tasks are listed there for me to follow through on.
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    OPAL
    I honestly cannot recommend this tool enough. Opal is such a valuable tool for brand content creators and there is nothing like it available. If you're serious about content marketing and have a need to find ways to collaborate, plan and provide more visibility among teams, then Opal really is the only way to go. One more thing that's not being mentioned: The tool is simply amazing but it's only as amazing is the team behind the tool. Their customer support and willingness to quickly be in touch when needed is a key feature within itself. Seriously, such a good team of people.
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    Pros
    monday.com
    • Intuitive board functionality with a variety of column types and customizations to address different use-cases, such as templates for user lifecycle management, checklists for onboarding.
    • Extensive automation capabilities to reduce tedium in more complex boards, such as our company's computer asset inventory board, to ensure devices are kept organized within the board for quicker reference.
    • The ability to connect boards and mirror info across them allowed us to build out a cross-functional, quasi-ticketing system enabling more efficient processing of requests that involved action items from different departments and/or teams.
    • We could use both the many board functions in tandem with the WorkForm feature to create an IT ticketing system that could be replicated and tailored for other teams needs.
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    OPAL
    • Content planning: you can look at one asset and see how it is being used across multiple channels by multiple teams.
    • Content collaboration: it is really easy to see what other people and teams are contributing to an asset, or how they are using it. We can also duplicate content that was created by another team to use as a starting point in our own content collaboration.
    • High level/big picture overview: Opal allows us to see content that is being created, planned and scheduled very easily; it goes beyond social content (which we can also see in Sprinklr) to show us content created across multiple channels.
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    Cons
    monday.com
    • The management of holdable items, continuously drops in incorrect places or doesn't show the 'correct way' to handle in the wished place, it happens with the dragable items on dashboards
    • The 'favorites' menu on desktop is now with 'Use my IA feature' everywhere and has removed the Fav section of for the boards in the sidebar. It was so useful when there were hundreds of Tables and only work on or update 3 - 4 of them (it is still visible on the mobile version, by the way)
    • The errors after using for a while, like 90 minutes, I am writing something and unexpectedly the app says something is wrong and I need to reload the page, and the thing I was doing doesn't still local storage as in other use cases
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    OPAL
    • No publishing capabilities, for the most part.
    • No analytics tie-ins.
    • Rather pricey.
    • Requires someone to really manage the structure in order to keep the tool organized and use it effectively. When this is done right, though, it's worthwhile.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    OPAL
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    monday.com
    monday.com was pretty easy to use from the get-go. Their automation templates are really easy to get things set up. A few of my monday.com boards are essentially upgraded spreadsheets that are much easier to digest and automatically send out reminder email to myself and my team.
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    OPAL
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    monday.com
    There have only been 2 instances in the past year where monday.com was down.
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    OPAL
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    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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    OPAL
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    monday.com
    I personally haven't found their customer success managers to be proactive or useful as the primary user of our monday.com account. This is different from a few years ago, when I had a contact that I reached out to as-needed (we are an enterprise account). I don't get a lot of touchpoints with anyone from monday.com and rarely submit tickets.
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    OPAL
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    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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    OPAL
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    OPAL
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    Alternatives Considered
    monday.com
    monday.com gives us the most flexibility when it comes to its features -- to create templates and quickly modify or customize. While limited in its overall functionality, it is secure and does what it is supposed to do well. An ability to interpret documents given to it -- not just its own assets -- would take monday.com to the next level.
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    OPAL
    You get for what you paid for. Opal has more features
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    Scalability
    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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    OPAL
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    Return on Investment
    monday.com
    • The platform has saved us time by allowing us to have all of our program information in one place.
    • The fact that it is easy to set up has saved us countless hours of trying to learn the platform.
    • The platform has helped us greatly with collaboration with our program partners who need to use our data.
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    OPAL
    • Opal allows for more discipline in marketing as teams are better aligned on messaging and big moments.
    • Opal cuts down on communication breakdowns and mistakes, which in the end leads to more happy customers.
    • I think Opal provides the team with more confidence as everyone is on the same page. With everything in one place rather than communications being lost in emails, etc., everyone is more efficient and can work knowing that there is one source of truth.
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    ScreenShots

    monday.com Screenshots

    Screenshot of Work OSScreenshot of Ready-Made TemplatesScreenshot of MobileScreenshot of Visual BoardsScreenshot of Real-time NotificationsScreenshot of Automations

    Opal Screenshots

    Screenshot of Preview content exactly as it will appear in market to the audience. Collaborate with teammates and track changes in the  Chat & Activity window.Screenshot of View scheduled Moments across all campaigns on the Calendar -- by day, week, or month.Screenshot of Plan marketing content and campaigns using Boards, a free-form space for brainstorming, briefing, and scenario planning.