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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (97.9% of reviews)
Small-Business (61.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $9.00 1 User Per Month
$12.00 3 Seats Per Month
Bonsai
Star Rating
(101)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (97.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $9.00 1 User Per Month
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Star Rating
(14,793)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (61.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$12.00 3 Seats Per Month
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that monday Work Management excels in overall user satisfaction, boasting a high G2 Score of 96.83, which reflects its strong performance across various metrics. Users appreciate the platform's intuitive UI, allowing for a quick visual reference of project statuses without needing to dive into details.
- Users say that monday Work Management offers a seamless setup experience, with many highlighting the ease of onboarding as a significant advantage. One user noted, "The initial setup was very easy, which is a big plus," making it a favorable choice for teams looking to get started quickly.
- According to verified reviews, Bonsai is recognized for its affordability and comprehensive toolset, making it a solid option for freelancers and small businesses. Users enjoy the convenience of managing contracts, proposals, and invoices all in one platform, which streamlines their daily operations.
- Reviewers mention that while monday Work Management has a robust feature set, it faces challenges in specific areas like billing and invoicing, where Bonsai shines. Users have praised Bonsai for its effective invoice creation and delivery capabilities, scoring significantly higher in this aspect.
- Users highlight that monday Work Management provides excellent support and integration options, with a quality of support score of 8.9. This is particularly beneficial for teams needing assistance with complex workflows, as one user noted the platform's increasing customization options for diverse team needs.
- G2 reviewers indicate that while both platforms cater to small businesses, monday Work Management has a broader market presence with over 14,000 reviews, compared to Bonsai's 100. This suggests a more established user base and potentially more reliable feedback on its performance and features.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Bonsai
Basic
Starting at $9.00
1 User Per Month
Track time and manage your projects seamlessly
- Time tracking
- Task management
- Unlimited projects
monday Work Management
Standard
$12.00
3 Seats Per Month
Collaborate and optimize your team processes
- Timeline & Gantt views
- Calendar view
- Guest access
Free Trial
Bonsai
Free Trial is available
monday Work Management
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
81
9.0
12,274
Ease of Use
9.0
81
9.1
12,542
Ease of Setup
9.2
34
8.8
7,154
Ease of Admin
9.2
33
9.1
5,409
Quality of Support
8.4
73
8.9
9,757
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.1
31
9.1
5,225
Product Direction (% positive)
8.9
76
9.5
11,914
Features by Category
Expense Reports
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Expense Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Travel Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Client Invoicing
9.6
13
7.4
2009
8.3
14
7.0
1894
8.3
13
7.7
2009
Mobile
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.8
10
8.4
2391
8.6
13
9.1
2715
8.8
13
9.0
2782
8.7
10
8.3
2309
8.5
8
9.0
2661
Platform
8.8
10
8.7
2501
8.3
8
8.2
2241
8.3
7
8.2
2184
9.2
10
9.0
2658
7.7
10
8.3
2378
7.4
7
Feature Not Available
General Ledger
Not enough data
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Accounts Receivable
9.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Accounts Payable
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
5.0
5
Not enough data
Other Functionality
4.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
4.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
Reporting & Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cash Flow
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Budgeting & Forecasting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
6.0
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Revenue
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Payroll
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Mobile Applications - Accounting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Accounting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Tasks
Not enough data
9.3
7282
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.3
7288
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
7313
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
7088
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
6448
Not enough data
8.3
6257
Not enough data
8.9
7055
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
6542
Projects
Not enough data
9.1
6490
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
5937
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
5525
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
6124
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
6341
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
5450
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
5634
Not enough data
8.5
6003
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
5404
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
5107
|
Verified
Resource Management
Not enough data
8.2
5614
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
5761
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
6109
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
Not enough data
8.2
5075
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
5355
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
6257
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.2
2740
Not enough data
7.2
2722
Agentic AI - Project Management
Not enough data
6.6
581
Not enough data
6.8
580
Not enough data
6.7
578
Not enough data
6.6
577
Not enough data
6.6
575
Not enough data
6.6
572
Not enough data
6.6
576
Document Creation
8.0
23
Not enough data
8.5
23
Not enough data
7.9
21
Not enough data
8.7
22
Not enough data
8.8
20
Not enough data
9.4
24
Not enough data
Workflow
8.8
21
Not enough data
8.5
21
Not enough data
8.0
20
Not enough data
Analytics
8.9
20
Not enough data
9.0
21
Not enough data
9.0
24
Not enough data
Administration and Platform
8.9
22
Not enough data
8.5
23
Not enough data
8.0
22
Not enough data
9.0
22
Not enough data
7.1
13
Not enough data
7.1
16
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.7
11
Not enough data
Contract Management Platform Features
9.0
37
Not enough data
8.9
37
Not enough data
9.3
37
Not enough data
8.9
32
Not enough data
8.5
32
Not enough data
9.3
32
Not enough data
9.1
30
Not enough data
9.1
30
Not enough data
8.3
25
Not enough data
8.7
31
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.0
15
Not enough data
7.4
15
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Contract Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Portfolio Management
Not enough data
8.4
806
Not enough data
8.8
807
Not enough data
8.3
782
Not enough data
8.0
777
Project Management
Not enough data
8.4
786
Not enough data
8.8
781
Not enough data
8.1
763
Resource Management
Not enough data
8.2
793
Not enough data
8.2
768
Not enough data
8.3
780
Data & Analytics
Not enough data
8.2
816
Not enough data
8.4
766
Not enough data
8.3
755
Not enough data
7.6
731
Strategy - Project and Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.4
699
Not enough data
8.3
691
Not enough data
8.4
716
Not enough data
8.4
731
Not enough data
8.4
686
Not enough data
8.3
730
Not enough data
7.8
672
Not enough data
8.3
674
Not enough data
8.2
709
Not enough data
8.6
711
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.1
1215
Not enough data
9.1
1302
Not enough data
8.8
1239
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.4
845
Not enough data
7.2
845
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
8.3
1148
Not enough data
9.2
1236
Not enough data
8.6
1094
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.0
153
AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
6.9
153
Not enough data
7.4
152
Not enough data
7.0
156
Not enough data
7.2
153
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
6.8
39
Not enough data
7.1
41
Cost Tracking
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Setup
Not enough data
8.9
4473
Not enough data
8.9
4603
Not enough data
8.4
4248
Not enough data
8.9
4785
Management
Not enough data
8.8
4454
Not enough data
8.4
3809
Not enough data
8.2
3940
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.3
1869
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
Not enough data
6.5
311
Not enough data
6.6
312
Not enough data
6.5
307
Not enough data
6.5
306
Not enough data
6.6
308
Not enough data
6.5
309
Not enough data
6.5
311
Invoice Generation
8.4
24
Not enough data
9.1
25
Not enough data
8.8
24
Not enough data
Invoice Processing
8.0
23
Not enough data
7.3
18
Not enough data
7.8
21
Not enough data
7.6
18
Not enough data
Analytics
8.8
24
Not enough data
8.0
22
Not enough data
7.1
18
Not enough data
8.4
24
Not enough data
Integration
7.5
21
Not enough data
8.2
23
Not enough data
6.7
17
Not enough data
8.0
18
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Invoice Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
Not enough data
8.6
966
Not enough data
8.7
958
Not enough data
8.2
1005
Not enough data
8.5
955
Goal Creation
Not enough data
8.5
979
Not enough data
8.5
932
Not enough data
7.8
887
Not enough data
8.9
972
Agentic AI - Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
Not enough data
6.8
92
Not enough data
7.0
92
Tasks
Not enough data
9.3
1270
Not enough data
9.0
1227
Not enough data
9.1
1248
Agentic AI - Kanban Project Management
Not enough data
7.0
50
Not enough data
7.2
51
Not enough data
7.3
50
Not enough data
6.7
50
Not enough data
6.8
50
Not enough data
6.7
50
Not enough data
6.7
50
Kanban Boards
Not enough data
8.8
1229
Not enough data
9.0
1259
Not enough data
9.0
1229
Planning
Not enough data
9.0
1268
Not enough data
8.6
1221
Not enough data
8.7
1201
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.8
755
Not enough data
9.2
824
Not enough data
8.8
756
Not enough data
8.2
581
Not enough data
9.1
786
Not enough data
9.0
791
Content Planning
Not enough data
9.1
818
Not enough data
9.4
843
Not enough data
9.1
762
Marketing Campaign Performance
Not enough data
8.2
503
Not enough data
8.6
591
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
Not enough data
6.4
84
Not enough data
6.6
84
Not enough data
6.6
84
Not enough data
6.6
85
Other Features
Not enough data
8.4
641
Not enough data
8.3
533
Task Creation
Not enough data
9.3
6628
Not enough data
9.2
6683
Not enough data
9.0
6509
Not enough data
8.5
5739
Task Management
Not enough data
9.1
6438
Not enough data
9.2
6577
Not enough data
8.5
5791
Not enough data
8.7
5847
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.2
2657
Not enough data
7.2
2658
Customer Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Project Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Accounting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Portfolio Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Artificial Intelligence - Professional Services Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Professional Services Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation
Not enough data
9.0
5138
Not enough data
8.9
5278
Not enough data
8.5
4586
Administration
Not enough data
8.6
4881
Not enough data
8.7
4614
Not enough data
9.3
4933
Project management
Not enough data
9.3
5272
Not enough data
8.6
4708
Not enough data
9.1
5029
Not enough data
8.9
4878
Not enough data
8.9
4812
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
5132
Workload
Not enough data
8.6
4566
Not enough data
9.0
5037
Not enough data
8.8
4635
Not enough data
8.6
4485
Communication & Collaboration
Not enough data
8.6
4613
Not enough data
8.6
4681
Not enough data
9.2
5075
Cost Management
Not enough data
8.2
3939
Not enough data
8.3
4035
Not enough data
8.0
3777
Integration
Not enough data
8.2
3829
Not enough data
8.0
3961
Not enough data
8.0
3759
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.3
2090
Not enough data
7.4
2099
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
6.5
439
Not enough data
6.6
439
Not enough data
6.6
440
Not enough data
6.5
441
Communication
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
4264
Not enough data
8.1
3736
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
3772
Content & Documents
Not enough data
8.8
4411
Not enough data
9.0
4551
Not enough data
8.6
4419
Not enough data
8.1
3729
Controls
Not enough data
8.6
4169
Not enough data
8.1
3612
Not enough data
8.8
4225
Not enough data
8.4
4132
Not enough data
8.1
3720
Project Management
Not enough data
9.4
4677
Not enough data
9.2
4595
Not enough data
9.2
4499
Not enough data
8.5
4133
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
8.9
4207
Not enough data
9.0
4407
Not enough data
8.9
4321
Not enough data
7.6
3385
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.1
1873
Not enough data
7.2
1854
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
6.5
319
Not enough data
6.5
314
Bill Generation
8.6
21
Not enough data
8.6
20
Not enough data
8.1
20
Not enough data
Bill Processing
7.5
16
Not enough data
6.9
13
Not enough data
7.9
18
Not enough data
Integration
7.5
17
Not enough data
7.7
18
Not enough data
5.6
13
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Billing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Notifications
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
Settings
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Personalization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integrations
9.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Online Appointment Scheduling
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Design
Not enough data
8.8
1215
Not enough data
8.7
1253
Not enough data
8.5
1230
Collaboration
Not enough data
9.2
1293
Not enough data
9.0
1288
File Types
Not enough data
8.8
1286
Not enough data
8.6
1232
Not enough data
8.0
1079
Edit & Revise
Not enough data
8.7
1211
Not enough data
8.3
1124
Not enough data
8.4
1189
Integrate & Embed
Not enough data
8.6
1249
Not enough data
8.6
1168
Not enough data
8.6
1231
Operating System
Not enough data
8.9
1170
Not enough data
8.7
1140
Not enough data
7.4
926
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.9
636
Not enough data
7.9
635
Not enough data
7.5
619
Not enough data
7.4
613
Not enough data
7.3
622
Agentic AI - Document Creation
Not enough data
7.4
79
Customization
6.7
6
Not enough data
6.9
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
7.6
7
Not enough data
Additional Functionality
7.5
6
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
7.3
5
Not enough data
Expense Management - Freelance Tax
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Tax Form Preparation - Freelance Tax
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Quarterly Tax Estimates - Freelance Tax
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Tax Deductions - Freelance Tax
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Freelance Tax
Not enough data
Not enough data
Annotation Tools - Markup Software
Not enough data
8.0
51
Not enough data
7.2
50
Not enough data
8.0
54
Not enough data
7.5
52
Collaboration - Markup Software
Not enough data
8.7
53
Not enough data
8.8
55
Not enough data
9.1
52
Not enough data
9.3
52
Security - Markup Software
Not enough data
8.6
50
Not enough data
8.4
52
Agentic AI - Marketing Resource Management
Not enough data
6.9
55
Not enough data
6.9
55
Not enough data
7.2
54
Agentic AI - Event Planning
Not enough data
6.7
124
Not enough data
6.8
126
Not enough data
6.7
126
Not enough data
6.8
126
Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Time Tracking
8.6
14
8.5
2537
8.1
15
9.1
2923
7.9
14
8.2
2267
Client Invoicing
9.6
13
7.4
2009
8.3
14
7.0
1894
8.3
13
7.7
2009
Mobile Time Tracking
8.8
14
8.6
2508
Administration
8.8
10
8.4
2391
8.6
13
9.1
2715
8.8
13
9.0
2782
8.7
10
8.3
2309
8.5
8
9.0
2661
Platform
8.8
10
8.7
2501
8.3
8
8.2
2241
8.3
7
8.2
2184
9.2
10
9.0
2658
7.7
10
8.3
2378
7.4
7
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Bonsai and monday Work Management are categorized as Project Collaboration, Work Management, Kanban Project Management, Workflow Management, Task Management, Time Tracking, Project and Portfolio Management, and Project Management
Unique Categories
monday Work Management is categorized as Markup Software, Business Instant Messaging, Objectives and Key Results (OKR), Event Planning, Document Creation, Marketing Calendar, and Marketing Resource Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Bonsai
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
monday Work Management
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
21.3%
Design
17.0%
Graphic Design
13.8%
Information Technology and Services
7.4%
Consulting
4.3%
Other
36.2%
Marketing and Advertising
14.0%
Information Technology and Services
6.0%
Computer Software
5.0%
Construction
3.8%
Non-Profit Organization Management
3.6%
Other
67.7%
Discussions
What is Bonsai software?
2 Comments
JJ
It's a software for small businesses or freelancers to track time, projects, clients, invoices and payments.Read more
How does Bonsai app work?
1 Comment
ND
Bonsai is an extremely user-friendly invoicing and payment processing software that also has powerful tools for contracts and proposals. It’s especially...Read more
Is it possible for you to have your own CRM on Monday?
5 Comments
JK
Monday is a task and project management tool which is very agile and technically you can make a CRM out of it. At our company we didn't as we have...Read more
More than one owner of a task - can they share the one task item?
2 Comments
LR
Hi Jon - yes you can assign a task to more than one person. How I have done it in the past was to create additional "People" columns. Read more
How best to use Monday to manage social media campaigns and publications across multiple clients (for planning purposes in particular)?
2 Comments
KM
I want to increase the size of my Google Drive storage but it's free, because the 15 GB video and photo files currently have a large resolution, so in my...Read more
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