Comparison
Monday.comvsAirtable
Monday.com and Airtable are both popular project management tools, but they take different approaches. Monday.com offers a free plan and positions itself as "a platform built for a new way of working". Airtable offers a free plan and bills itself as "create apps that perfectly fit your team". Here's how they compare across features, pricing, and real-world strengths.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Monday.com | Airtable |
|---|---|---|
| Automations | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom fields | ✓ | ✓ |
| File sharing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free plan | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gantt charts | ✓ | ✓ |
| Kanban boards | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mobile app | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reporting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Team collaboration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Templates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Third-party integrations | ✓ | ✓ |
| Time tracking | ✓ | ✗ |
Monday.com Pricing
Free
Up to 2 seats, 3 boards, 500MB storage, no automations
Free
Basic
3+ seats min, 5GB storage, dashboard from 1 board, no automations, prioritized support
$11.00/mo
Standard
250 automations/integrations/month, guest access, timeline/Gantt/calendar views, dashboard from 5 boards
$14.60/mo
Pro
25,000 automations/integrations/month, private boards, time tracking, formula/dependency columns, dashboard from 20 boards
$23.20/mo
Enterprise
Custom: 250k automations, advanced security, portfolio/resource mgmt, 50-board dashboards, dedicated support
Custom
Airtable Pricing
Free
1,000 records/base, 1 GB attachments/base, 100 automation runs/month, 500 AI credits/editor/month, up to 5 editors
Free
Team
50,000 records/base, 20 GB attachments/base, 25,000 automation runs/month, 15,000 AI credits/billable user/month, unlimited editors
$24.00/mo
Business
125,000 records/base, 100 GB attachments/base, 100,000 automation runs/month, 20,000 AI credits/paid user/month, free commenters, SSO, admin panel
$54.00/mo
Enterprise Scale
500,000 records/base, 500,000 automation runs/month, 25,000 AI credits/paid user/month, advanced security, custom support, audit logs
Custom
Monday.com
Pros
- Incredibly useful for tracking sales funnel, projects, invoices, and payments all in one place
- Flexible workflows and customizable boards help teams collaborate efficiently
- Visual boards with color-coding make project tracking instantly readable
- Deep automation capabilities without coding save significant time
- Ease of setup and intuitive interface speeds onboarding
- Onboard AI assists with menial and complex tasks effectively
Cons
- Pricing increases quickly as team size grows due to per-seat model
- Many key features like automations and advanced dashboards locked behind higher tiers
- Steep learning curve for advanced features and customizations
- Occasional issues with AI misidentifying names or duplicating entries
- Customer support can be difficult and misleading during onboarding
- 3-seat minimum on paid plans forces overpayment for small teams
Airtable
Pros
- Intuitive spreadsheet-like interface with database power
- Powerful no-code automations reduce manual work by 85%
- Highly customizable for diverse workflows like CRM and project tracking
- Real-time collaboration keeps teams aligned across views
- Generous free tier supports up to 5 editors and 1,000 records
Cons
- Steep learning curve for complex formulas and relational setups
- Performance slows with large datasets over 50,000 records
- Per-user pricing gets expensive quickly for growing teams
- Record and automation limits force costly upgrades
- Mobile app lacks full web functionality
The Verdict
Monday.com takes this one with a DuelStack Score of 7/10 vs 6.2/10. It particularly excels at incredibly useful for tracking sales funnel, projects, invoices, and. That said, Airtable is the better pick if you need intuitive spreadsheet-like interface with database power.