Make vs monday.com Comparison 2026
Both cover project management. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
At a glance
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Make | monday.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $12 | From $12 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Not stated | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | None | None |
| Runs on (they differ) |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
Make
Automation you can see as a diagram
Make wires apps together on a canvas where each step is a node you can watch data move through, which is why people who bounced off text-based automation tools tend to stay. Branches, loops and error handlers are all drawable rather than configured in a form. For a creator it is the thing that files a new upload, posts the announcement and adds the sponsor to a tracker without anybody opening three tabs. Billing counts operations rather than seats, so cost follows how much actually runs.
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- Covers dm & comment automation
monday.com
Boards you can shape into whatever the work is
monday.com is a work platform whose boards can be bent into a content calendar, a sponsorship pipeline or a client tracker without writing anything. Columns carry types, automations fire on a status change, and the views on top of the same data are what make it readable to somebody who did not build it. The free plan is capped at two seats, which rules out most teams and suits a solo operator well. Paid plans are billed per seat with a minimum seat count, so the real entry price is higher than the headline.
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