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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.1% of reviews)
Small-Business (61.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$9.00 1 user Per Month
$12.00 3 Seats Per Month
Smartsheet
Star Rating
(21,424)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (41.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$9.00 1 user Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansmonday Work Management
Star Rating
(14,929)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (61.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$12.00 3 Seats Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 5 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that monday Work Management excels in user experience, with many users highlighting its simple interface that allows team members to quickly adapt without formal training. This ease of use is complemented by its customization options, making it feel tailored to individual needs.
- Users say that Smartsheet offers a familiar environment for those accustomed to spreadsheets, noting its similarity to Excel. This familiarity helps teams navigate the platform easily, and features like checklists and Gantt charts enhance project management capabilities.
- Reviewers mention that monday Work Management's communication features are a standout, making it easy for teams to connect and collaborate effectively. Users appreciate the ability to collect data directly into tables through forms, streamlining their workflow.
- According to verified reviews, Smartsheet shines in its workflow and notification systems, which help team members improve processes and work together more efficiently. This functionality is particularly beneficial for teams managing complex projects.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while both platforms have strong support, monday Work Management receives higher marks for its overall quality of support. Users feel that they have a reliable partner in their project management journey, which is crucial for ongoing success.
- Users report that Smartsheet's implementation process is straightforward, with many finding it easy to set up and start using. However, some users feel that it could better meet specific workflow needs, indicating potential challenges in customization compared to monday Work Management.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Smartsheet
Pro
$9.00
1 user Per Month
For people and teams that want to track, share, and manage projects.
Includes:
- Up to 10 editors (paid license required to edit)
- Unlimited free viewers
- Unlimited sheets, reports, and forms
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
Smartsheet
Free Trial is available
monday Work Management
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.5
18,131
9.0
12,346
Ease of Use
8.4
18,372
9.1
12,615
Ease of Setup
8.3
10,163
8.8
7,217
Ease of Admin
8.5
7,615
9.1
5,448
Quality of Support
8.3
14,037
8.9
9,813
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.6
7,064
9.1
5,261
Product Direction (% positive)
8.6
17,625
9.5
11,984
Features by Category
Tasks
8.7
10063
|
Verified
9.3
7311
|
Verified
8.8
10067
|
Verified
9.3
7315
|
Verified
8.5
9787
|
Verified
9.2
7338
|
Verified
8.4
9467
|
Verified
9.1
7103
|
Verified
8.1
9273
|
Verified
8.4
6462
Feature Not Available
8.3
6269
8.1
9339
|
Verified
8.9
7073
|
Verified
8.0
8800
|
Verified
8.6
6556
Projects
8.6
9286
|
Verified
9.1
6506
|
Verified
8.3
8631
|
Verified
8.7
5950
|
Verified
8.2
8747
|
Verified
8.2
5541
|
Verified
8.0
8661
|
Verified
8.4
6138
|
Verified
8.2
8832
|
Verified
8.7
6373
|
Verified
7.6
7601
|
Verified
8.0
5461
|
Verified
8.0
8303
|
Verified
8.4
5647
8.1
8864
|
Verified
8.5
6015
|
Verified
7.8
7843
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.6
7446
|
Verified
8.1
5415
|
Verified
7.6
7265
|
Verified
8.2
5117
|
Verified
Resource Management
7.6
7741
|
Verified
8.2
5623
|
Verified
7.6
7809
|
Verified
8.5
5771
|
Verified
8.1
8441
|
Verified
8.7
6118
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
7.8
7453
|
Verified
8.2
5087
|
Verified
7.7
7562
|
Verified
8.3
5365
|
Verified
8.2
8613
|
Verified
8.8
6272
|
Verified
Generative AI
6.0
3063
7.2
2749
6.1
3047
7.2
2730
Agentic AI - Project Management
5.6
925
6.6
591
5.9
924
6.8
589
5.7
919
6.7
588
5.7
915
6.7
586
5.7
915
6.7
584
5.6
912
6.6
582
5.8
914
6.7
585
Portfolio Management
7.9
4814
8.5
810
8.5
5519
8.8
814
8.0
5000
8.3
787
7.7
4604
8.0
782
Project Management
8.2
5421
8.4
790
8.3
5497
8.8
785
7.7
4624
8.1
767
Resource Management
7.8
4755
8.2
797
7.8
4824
8.2
773
7.9
4774
8.3
785
Data & Analytics
8.0
4985
8.2
823
8.0
5163
8.5
771
8.1
5077
8.3
759
7.5
4447
7.6
735
Strategy - Project and Portfolio Management
6.7
2051
7.4
703
7.6
2082
8.3
695
7.9
2060
8.4
720
7.6
2058
8.4
736
7.8
2052
8.4
691
7.6
2052
8.3
734
7.2
2033
7.8
676
7.6
2047
8.3
678
7.5
2035
8.2
713
7.8
2040
8.6
715
Setup
8.3
5156
8.9
4480
Feature Not Available
8.9
4612
8.1
5020
8.4
4254
8.5
5392
8.9
4792
Management
Feature Not Available
8.8
4460
8.1
4651
8.4
3814
7.5
4366
8.2
3947
Generative AI
6.3
1817
7.3
1875
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
5.9
406
6.6
317
5.9
408
6.6
317
5.9
403
6.6
313
5.9
399
6.6
311
5.9
398
6.6
313
5.9
400
6.5
315
6.1
401
6.6
316
Tasks
Not enough data
9.3
1271
Not enough data
9.0
1228
Not enough data
9.1
1249
Agentic AI - Kanban Project Management
Not enough data
7.1
51
Not enough data
7.2
52
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
1260
Not enough data
9.0
1230
Planning
Not enough data
9.0
1269
Not enough data
8.6
1221
Not enough data
8.7
1201
Functionality
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Platform Basics
8.3
1037
8.8
755
8.7
1226
9.2
824
8.5
1167
8.8
756
8.0
1005
8.2
581
8.6
1166
9.1
786
8.7
1192
9.0
791
Content Planning
8.6
1185
9.1
819
8.9
1236
9.4
843
8.6
1117
9.1
763
Marketing Campaign Performance
8.0
882
8.2
503
8.4
1033
8.6
591
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
5.1
43
6.4
84
5.2
45
6.6
84
5.1
45
6.6
84
5.0
45
6.6
85
Other Features
7.9
987
8.4
641
8.3
1015
8.3
533
Task Creation
8.7
7311
9.3
6638
8.8
7393
9.2
6696
8.3
6925
9.0
6518
7.8
6116
8.5
5747
Task Management
8.5
7069
9.1
6447
8.5
6979
9.2
6586
8.1
6638
8.5
5798
8.2
6464
8.7
5855
Generative AI
6.2
2414
7.2
2664
6.2
2416
7.2
2665
Automation
8.5
4249
9.0
5150
8.3
4203
8.9
5291
8.1
3938
8.5
4598
Administration
8.2
4103
8.6
4893
8.1
3884
8.7
4622
8.8
4101
9.3
4942
Project management
8.7
4167
9.3
5281
8.2
3895
8.6
4717
8.6
4177
9.1
5038
8.3
4028
8.9
4887
8.4
3946
8.9
4821
8.0
3623
Feature Not Available
8.3
4066
8.9
5141
Workload
8.0
3695
8.6
4574
8.3
3937
9.0
5046
8.0
3739
8.8
4644
7.9
3553
8.6
4495
Communication & Collaboration
8.1
3723
8.6
4627
8.3
3918
8.6
4692
8.8
4116
9.2
5094
Cost Management
7.7
3428
8.2
3948
7.8
3422
8.3
4044
7.5
3233
8.0
3785
Integration
7.4
3275
8.2
3839
7.4
3325
8.0
3970
7.4
3356
8.0
3768
Generative AI
6.5
1654
7.3
2098
6.5
1660
7.4
2107
Agentic AI - Work Management
5.8
363
6.5
447
6.0
361
6.7
447
5.8
361
6.7
448
5.8
359
6.6
449
Communication
7.2
5664
Feature Not Available
7.6
6046
8.6
4270
7.5
5802
8.1
3741
7.7
5828
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.2
3777
Content & Documents
8.4
7184
8.8
4417
8.4
7125
9.0
4556
8.0
6871
8.6
4425
7.8
6096
8.1
3734
Controls
8.0
6468
8.6
4175
7.6
5487
8.1
3617
8.2
6801
8.8
4231
Feature Not Available
8.4
4139
7.9
6084
8.1
3725
Project Management
8.8
7424
9.4
4684
8.7
7297
9.2
4600
8.6
7162
9.2
4506
7.9
6148
8.5
4139
Remote Collaboration
8.4
6558
8.9
4212
8.5
6738
9.0
4412
8.4
6630
8.9
4326
Feature Not Available
7.6
3390
Generative AI
6.3
2273
7.1
1878
6.3
2277
7.2
1859
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
5.7
427
6.5
324
5.6
427
6.6
320
Agentic AI - Marketing Resource Management
Not enough data
6.9
55
Not enough data
6.9
55
Not enough data
7.2
54
Time Tracking
Not enough data
8.5
2540
Not enough data
9.1
2925
Not enough data
8.2
2268
Client Invoicing
Not enough data
7.4
2010
Not enough data
7.0
1894
Not enough data
7.7
2009
Mobile Time Tracking
Not enough data
8.6
2509
Administration
Not enough data
8.4
2393
Not enough data
9.1
2717
Not enough data
9.0
2785
Not enough data
8.3
2309
Not enough data
9.0
2663
Platform
Not enough data
8.7
2503
Not enough data
8.2
2243
Not enough data
8.2
2185
Not enough data
9.0
2663
Not enough data
8.3
2378
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Smartsheet and monday Work Management are categorized as Project Collaboration, Work Management, Marketing Calendar, Workflow Management, Project and Portfolio Management, Task Management, and Project Management
Unique Categories
Smartsheet is categorized as Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)
monday Work Management is categorized as Kanban Project Management, Time Tracking, and Marketing Resource Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Smartsheet
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
Information Technology and Services
7.6%
Construction
7.2%
Hospital & Health Care
5.2%
Marketing and Advertising
4.6%
Computer Software
4.6%
Other
70.7%
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 can smartsheet be used for?
57 Comments
WA
It has a wide range of functionalities for project management or even asset management. Read more
Why is smartsheet bad?
34 Comments
NK
Complexity: Smartsheet has a fairly steep learning curve, especially for users who are not tech-savvy or unfamiliar with project management tools.
Limited...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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