Jira 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.

The short answer

Cheaper paid plan: Jira — $7.91/seat/mo vs $9/seat/mo for monday.com
Free plan: Both have one
Public API: Both have one
Best fit: Jira: Teams already using Jira who want AI summaries and drafting without switching tools · monday.com: Non-technical teams who need visual boards and no-code automations
Trust score: About even — Jira 94, monday.com 94

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

JiraLong-established project and issue tracker from Atlassian, now with AI features for drafting, summarizing, and automation.

monday.comWork platform of boards, automations and dashboards, with AI agents metered by a separate credit pool.

Side by side

Fact	Jira	monday.com
Category	Task & Project Management	Task & Project Management
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Starts at	$7.91/seat/mo	$9/seat/mo
Public API	Yes	Yes
Trust score	94 / 100	94 / 100
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android, API	Web, iOS, Android, API
Company	Atlassian	monday.com Ltd.
Launched	—	2012
Last verified	Oct 25, 2026	Oct 16, 2026

What our research says

Jira

Jira is not an AI-native product; it's a two-decade-old issue tracker that has bundled Atlassian Intelligence and Rovo into its paid tiers rather than being built around AI from the start. That makes it a safe choice if a team is already standardized on Atlassian tools and just wants drafting, summarization, and agent features layered on top, not a reason to switch on its own if a team isn't using Jira already.

Pros

AI features (drafting, summarization, JQL correction) are bundled into paid plans rather than sold as a separate add-on
Rovo agents can read and write across Jira and Confluence, not just answer questions
Mature, widely adopted issue-tracking core with deep customization
Free tier available for small teams

Cons

AI credit pools are capped per seat by tier, so heavy AI use can run out before the month ends
Jira's configuration complexity is a known adoption barrier independent of its AI features
Premium and Enterprise pricing adds up quickly for larger teams, and Enterprise pricing isn't public

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 Jira if you need

Teams already using Jira who want AI summaries and drafting without switching tools
Organizations wanting cross-product search and agents across Jira and Confluence via Rovo
Software teams needing mature issue-tracking features (backlogs, sprints, JQL) beyond AI

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