A monday.com Alternative with Team Chat

Why small teams look for a monday.com alternative

monday.com is flexible: boards with many column types, dashboards and automations that can run a whole department. Small teams that mostly need to see who is doing what, and by when, often find two things in the way: the calendar and timeline views start on the Standard plan, and every person needs a paid seat.

Calendar and timeline without upgrading

Every Glidely board switches between Board, Table, Calendar and Timeline on every plan, Free included. On monday.com, the Calendar view and the Timeline and Gantt views start on Standard. See the team calendar.

Team chat in the same workspace

Glidely has team chat in every workspace: channels, private channels and direct messages, opened beside the board, plus comments on every card. monday.com keeps conversations in the updates on each item; its pricing page lists no channels or direct messages.

One price for the account, not per seat

monday.com is priced per seat. For 10 seats, its pricing page shows Basic at $9, Standard at $12 and Pro at $19 per seat per month billed yearly: $90, $120 and $190 a month. Glidely is priced per account: Pro is $8 a month for up to 15 people per workspace, and Max is $20 a month with no member limit. A team of 10 that wants a calendar view pays $120 a month on monday.com Standard, and $8 a month on Glidely Pro.

Where monday.com is the better fit

monday.com Free allows up to 3 boards (Glidely Free has 1), and its paid plans add dashboards, many column types, automations with hundreds or thousands of actions a month, 200+ templates and apps for iOS and Android. If you want to build your own system with custom columns and dashboards for a whole company, monday.com may suit you better. If a small team wants a clear board with chat and a calendar at one flat price, try Glidely.

Glidely and monday.com side by side

• Kanban board: both
• Calendar and timeline views: Glidely on every plan; monday.com from Standard
• Team chat: Glidely has channels, private channels and direct messages; monday.com has updates on each item
• Pricing: Glidely is a flat price per account; monday.com is priced per seat
• Free plan: monday.com allows 2 seats and 3 boards; Glidely allows 3 members and 1 board, with chat and every view
• Dashboards and custom columns: monday.com goes much further

Moving your work over

1. In monday.com, export the board to Excel from the board’s menu.
2. Open the file, delete any rows above the column names, and save it as CSV (CSV UTF-8).
3. In Glidely, open a board’s menu › Export, import and share, and drop the CSV into Import: Name becomes the card title, Status the list and Date the due date.
4. Invite your team and open chat beside the board.

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