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Market Segments
Small-Business (83.1% of reviews)
Small-Business (61.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$9.00 Per Month
$12.00 3 Seats Per Month
Productive
Star Rating
(62)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (83.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$9.00 Per Month
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Star Rating
(14,787)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 significantly higher G2 Score compared to Productive. Users appreciate its intuitive interface and the ability to quickly visualize project statuses without diving into details, making it easier to manage workflows.
- Users say that monday Work Management offers a smoother implementation process, with many highlighting the ease of initial setup. One user noted, "The initial setup was very easy, which is a big plus," indicating that new users can get started quickly and efficiently.
- Reviewers mention that while Productive provides strong visibility over project management, it lacks the same level of user engagement as monday Work Management. Users from agencies appreciate the integration of data from quotes to invoicing, but some feel that the overall user experience could be more engaging.
- According to verified reviews, monday Work Management shines in customization options, allowing teams to tailor the platform to their specific needs. Users have praised its accessibility for distributed teams and the flexibility to create forms that suit their workflow.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Productive has a strong focus on budgeting and financial management, which is particularly beneficial for agencies. Users value features like recurring budgets for monthly retainers, but they also note that the platform could improve in areas like task prioritization and collaboration.
- Users report that while both platforms have their strengths, monday Work Management's higher ratings in ease of use and admin capabilities make it a more favorable choice for teams looking for a user-friendly project management solution. The platform's collaborative features are also well-received, with users noting its effectiveness in enhancing team communication.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Productive
Essential
$9.00
Per Month
Getting started with end-to-end agency management.
- Budgeting
- Project & task management
- Docs
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
Productive
Free Trial is available
monday Work Management
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
51
9.0
12,271
Ease of Use
8.7
53
9.1
12,539
Ease of Setup
8.4
39
8.8
7,152
Ease of Admin
8.5
34
9.1
5,408
Quality of Support
9.5
51
8.9
9,754
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.5
34
9.1
5,224
Product Direction (% positive)
10.0
48
9.5
11,911
Features by Category
Tasks
8.7
30
|
Verified
9.3
7281
|
Verified
8.7
29
|
Verified
9.3
7287
|
Verified
7.9
29
|
Verified
9.2
7312
|
Verified
8.3
29
|
Verified
9.1
7088
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.3
6448
7.5
25
8.3
6256
8.6
27
|
Verified
8.9
7054
|
Verified
8.2
26
|
Verified
8.6
6542
Projects
8.9
26
|
Verified
9.1
6489
|
Verified
8.4
24
|
Verified
8.7
5937
|
Verified
7.3
23
|
Verified
8.2
5525
|
Verified
8.3
28
|
Verified
8.4
6124
|
Verified
8.5
27
|
Verified
8.7
6341
|
Verified
8.9
28
|
Verified
8.0
5450
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.4
5634
8.5
25
|
Verified
8.5
6002
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
9.1
29
|
Verified
8.1
5404
|
Verified
8.1
21
|
Verified
8.2
5107
|
Verified
Resource Management
8.3
27
|
Verified
8.2
5614
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.4
5761
|
Verified
8.8
27
|
Verified
8.7
6109
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.3
20
|
Verified
8.2
5074
|
Verified
8.8
26
|
Verified
8.3
5355
|
Verified
8.6
29
|
Verified
8.8
6256
|
Verified
Generative AI
6.9
14
7.2
2740
6.9
14
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
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
Budget Creation
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.2
15
Not enough data
6.6
15
Not enough data
6.0
14
Not enough data
7.6
15
Not enough data
Budget Management
7.4
14
Not enough data
8.1
15
Not enough data
7.1
16
Not enough data
Forecasting
8.1
15
Not enough data
7.6
14
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
14
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Analytics
6.8
13
Not enough data
6.9
14
Not enough data
7.9
14
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Budgeting and Forecasting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cost Tracking
8.3
12
Not enough data
7.9
14
Not enough data
7.9
13
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
4784
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
Planning
8.6
12
Not enough data
8.9
15
Not enough data
9.2
15
Not enough data
Optimization
9.0
14
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
8.5
12
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
6508
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
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
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
8.1
12
9.0
5137
8.2
14
8.9
5277
7.9
12
8.5
4585
Administration
8.0
15
8.6
4881
7.9
11
8.7
4614
8.7
15
9.3
4933
Project management
7.6
14
9.3
5272
7.8
13
8.6
4708
8.2
12
9.1
5029
8.2
14
8.9
4878
8.8
12
8.9
4812
6.0
10
Feature Not Available
8.5
14
8.9
5131
Workload
8.1
12
8.6
4566
8.5
13
9.0
5037
8.2
14
8.8
4635
8.6
13
8.6
4485
Communication & Collaboration
7.3
10
8.6
4612
6.8
12
8.6
4681
7.6
12
9.2
5074
Cost Management
8.6
14
8.2
3939
9.0
14
8.3
4035
8.6
15
8.0
3777
Integration
6.8
10
8.2
3829
7.9
12
8.0
3961
6.4
11
8.0
3759
Generative AI
6.1
9
7.3
2090
5.9
9
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
4498
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
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
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
Not enough data
8.5
2537
Not enough data
9.1
2923
Not enough data
8.2
2267
Client Invoicing
Not enough data
7.4
2009
Not enough data
7.0
1894
Not enough data
7.7
2009
Mobile Time Tracking
Not enough data
8.6
2508
Administration
Not enough data
8.4
2391
Not enough data
9.1
2715
Not enough data
9.0
2782
Not enough data
8.3
2309
Not enough data
9.0
2661
Platform
Not enough data
8.7
2501
Not enough data
8.2
2241
Not enough data
8.2
2184
Not enough data
9.0
2658
Not enough data
8.3
2378
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Productive and monday Work Management are categorized as Project Management and Work Management
Unique Categories
Productive is categorized as Professional Services Automation, Resource Management, Budgeting and Forecasting, and Project Cost Management
monday Work Management is categorized as Markup Software, Project Collaboration, Business Instant Messaging, Kanban Project Management, Objectives and Key Results (OKR), Workflow Management, Project and Portfolio Management, Task Management, Event Planning, Time Tracking, Document Creation, Marketing Calendar, and Marketing Resource Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Productive
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
33.9%
Information Technology and Services
11.9%
Computer Software
11.9%
Design
8.5%
Graphic Design
5.1%
Other
28.8%
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%
Alternatives
Discussions
Productive has no discussions with answers
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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