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Matilda 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. Matilda starts at $29, monday.com at $9. Both have a free tier. Only monday.com ships a public API.

MatildaCRM, projects, docs, tables, boards and chat in one workspace linked by a shared knowledge graphmonday.comWork platform of boards, automations and dashboards, with AI agents metered by a separate credit pool.

Side by side

FactMatildamonday.com
CategoryTask & Project ManagementTask & Project Management
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$29 seat_month$9 seat_month
Public APINoYes
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android, API
CompanyMatilda Workspacemonday.com Ltd.
Launched—2012
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Matilda

The knowledge graph is what separates this from the usual all-in-one bundle: the modules are supposed to share one data model rather than sit in tabs next to each other. Consolidation of this scope is also the risk, since each module competes with a specialist tool and none of them will be as deep.

Pros

  • Eight modules over one shared data model rather than eight separate tools
  • Free tier covers three seats with 250 AI actions a month
  • AI summaries on customer records and pipelines that update from signals
  • Background agents can draft emails and create tasks
  • Named infrastructure partners including AWS, Stripe, Twilio and Neo4j

Cons

  • No operating entity, address or country published anywhere on the site
  • Each module is shallower than the specialist tool it replaces
  • Web only, with no listed public API
  • Plus tier at $78 per user a month is expensive for a generalist workspace

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 Matilda if you need

  • Small teams replacing a stack of CRM, docs, boards and chat subscriptions
  • Companies that want customer, project and document context connected
  • Teams starting free on three seats before committing

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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