> A fair comparison of Contals and monday.com: price per user, free plan, guests, data location, apps, extensions and AI – with source and date.

Source: https://contals.com/en/compare/monday/  
Language: en

# Contals vs monday.com

monday.com sells seat bundles for everyone who edits; at Contals only full members pay, and helpers are free.

 [Start free](https://app.contals.com/login?mode=signup)  [Read the Trello switch checklist](https://contals.com/docs/en/guides/trello-migration/) 

Free for small teams. Volunteers and guests are always free. No credit card.

## Feature by feature

Contals vs monday.com
| Aspect | Contals | monday.com |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Focus | Kanban boards for teams with many projects and helpers | “Work OS”: boards, dashboards, automations, CRM and more |
| Pricing model | Per full member; volunteers, guests, viewers free | Per seat, minimum 3 seats, sold in seat packages |
| Paid plans (list price, per user/month) | CHF 4.50 / €4.50 / $4.50 Team · CHF 9 / €9 / $9 Business (annual billing; early-access prices) | approx. Basic €9 · Standard €12 · Pro €19 |
| Free plan | 5 full members, 10 active boards, unlimited free roles | 2 seats, 3 boards |
| Guests and helpers | Free on every plan and any number of boards | Free read-only viewers; guests from Standard |
| Data location | EU jurisdiction (Cloudflare, a US company) | Data residency options depend on plan – check the vendor |
| Mobile | Installable web app with push notifications; no native apps | Native iOS and Android apps |
| Extensions and integrations | 16 first-party Power-Ups in every plan (calendar, automation, date polls, booking pages, chat notifications …); public REST API and MCP server; imports from Trello and others | App marketplace with 850+ apps, automations |
| AI | Your organization’s own AI provider (OpenAI-compatible, Anthropic, Google Gemini) for an assistant and AI on cards; no metered credits; MCP server for your own assistant | AI credits per plan (since May 2026); official MCP server |
| Maturity | New, early access (as of October 2026) | Established, publicly listed |

monday.com details from the vendor’s pricing page and public information, checked on 13 October 2026; annual list prices, rounded. Details may change – please check with the vendor. Source:  [https://monday.com/pricing](https://monday.com/pricing) 

## Which one fits you?

### monday.com fits better if …

-   You want configurable dashboards, many column types and automations across the whole company.
-   You also need CRM or service desk modules in the same tool.
-   You have someone who enjoys configuring tools.

### Contals fits better if …

-   Many people help but only a few organize.
-   You don’t want seat packages or minimum seats.
-   You want a calm tool that works without configuration.

Video: a card moves to the next list of a project board with drag and drop.

Drag and drop

Video: with “My cards” and “This week”, the board shows only what matters now.

My cards, this week

## Questions and answers

### Why is monday.com more expensive for volunteer teams?

monday.com sells seats in packages with a minimum of 3, and everyone who edits needs a seat. In Contals, volunteers and guests who comment, take checklist items and mark the cards assigned to them as done are free.

### Does Contals have dashboards?

Yes. The workspace dashboard shows open, overdue and done-this-week cards and the latest status update of every board, cards per person, overdue and stale cards; a dashboard Power-Up adds counters and a weekly trend per board. There is no free-form chart builder like monday.com’s.

 [Compare](https://contals.com/en/compare/)  [Switching to Contals](https://contals.com/en/switch/) 

## Try Contals alongside the tool you use now.

 [Start free](https://app.contals.com/login?mode=signup) 

Free for small teams. Volunteers and guests are always free. No credit card.