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Allex vs monday.com

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. Allex starts at $30, monday.com at $9. Only monday.com has a free tier. Only monday.com ships a public API.

AllexProject and portfolio management platform for organizations coordinating many concurrent projects.monday.comWork platform of boards, automations and dashboards, with AI agents metered by a separate credit pool.

Side by side

FactAllexmonday.com
CategoryTask & Project ManagementTask & Project Management
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Starts at$30 seat_month$9 seat_month
Public APINoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android, API
CompanyAllex Projects GmbHmonday.com Ltd.
Launched—2012
Last verifiedSep 1, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Allex

Allex targets a specific gap between simple task boards and heavyweight enterprise PPM suites: multi-project capacity planning with room for external partners, at a flat per-seat price rather than a custom quote. It suits organizations juggling many parallel projects more than a single team running one backlog. The lack of a public free tier beyond a trial means a credit card commitment is needed to properly evaluate it at scale.

Pros

  • Portfolio-level planning and simulation, not just single-project boards
  • Unlimited custom fields and team boards on the standard plan
  • Free access offered to students and nonprofit organizations
  • Connects to common ERP systems for resource data

Cons

  • No permanent free plan, only a time-limited trial
  • Mobile app support is not mentioned; the product is web-only

monday.com

The most visual of the big work platforms, and the easiest to get a non-technical team onto. The AI layer is broad — agents, notetaker, triage, workflow builder — but metered by credits, which makes it hard to predict what heavy use costs. Splitting CRM, service and dev into separately priced products means the real bill is usually higher than the headline seat price.

Pros

  • Boards, automations, forms, docs and dashboards without writing code
  • Four product lines share one platform: work management, CRM, service, dev
  • AI notetaker, ticket triage, workflow builder and agent workforce built in
  • Public company with a long track record, founded 2012 and listed

Cons

  • Free plan is capped at two seats, effectively a trial
  • AI features consume a separate credit pool on top of seat cost
  • CRM and Service lines are priced well above the work-management tiers
  • Pricing is billing-country dependent, so quoted currency and figures shift by region

Which one fits

Choose Allex if you need

  • PMOs coordinating multiple concurrent projects and shared resources
  • Manufacturing, R&D, or engineering teams needing capacity planning

Choose monday.com if you need

  • Non-technical teams who need visual boards and no-code automations
  • Organisations that want CRM, service desk and project work on one underlying platform
  • Teams willing to trade per-seat cost for fast adoption

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