Senior Manager, Regulatory and Quality at Secure Transfusion Services
User
Easy to build dashboards with easy integration capabilities and great overall versatility
Pros and Cons
  • "I’ve found the ability to build dashboards through integrating information from various boards most helpful to ensure the right information is being communicated to leaders and other groups."
  • "I'd like better integration with other services."

What is our primary use case?

I've primarily used the solution for KPI tracking, project management, and schedule coordinating. Our group has adopted the use of Monday.com for KPI tracking specifically for changes made to company documents. As all the tasks are documented on Monday.com, it allows for easy KPI measurement. We also use Monday.com for project management due to the intuitiveness of the system. It is quick and easy to learn for most professionals and provides reminders for tasks that are outstanding. We also use it for schedule tracking to ensure we have sufficient coverage and everyone is on the same page.

How has it helped my organization?

Monday.com has allowed our company to be more organized. It has given transparency to the tasks required for an initiative to be successful and encouraged communication cross-departmentally. 

The capabilities of Monday.com are so wide-reaching and versatile that it works for multiple diverse departments and projects. This allows boards to have a curated feel rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. Monday.com has by far been the company’s best investment of all the systems we have purchased thus far.

What is most valuable?

I’ve found the ability to build dashboards through integrating information from various boards most helpful to ensure the right information is being communicated to leaders and other groups. 

The ability to build dashboards in Monday.com has given us the ability to automate reporting and opened up possibilities for further reporting. The dashboard capability allows me to go in and quickly understand where my teams are and identify obstacles I can go in to help move for them. The dashboard capability allows me to catch future risks early.

What needs improvement?

I'd like better integration with other services. My best example is the Outlook Calendar integration. When using this integration for time tracking purposes, Monday.com integrates with Outlook Calendar yet only recognizes meetings I organize - not all the meetings I also accept. When it populates these tasks on my time tracking board it doesn’t properly represent the amount of calls or meetings I am in as it doesn’t recognize all items on my calendar - only those that I create. It would be ideal if it recognized all of them.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The product is very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is very scalable.

How are customer service and support?

I have never dealt with technical support.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We did not use a different solution previously.

How was the initial setup?

I was not a part of the setup process.

What about the implementation team?

I was not a part of the setup process.

What was our ROI?

The specific ROI is unknown, however, the non-monetary value has been invaluable.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I don’t handle the licensing portion of the product.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I did not evaluate others, however, it is my understanding that our business systems group did.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
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Head of Influencer Outreach at Numskull Designs
User
Great search function and helpful automated email reminders with a useful activity log
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable tools are the search function, automated email reminders, and the ability to track changes through the activity log."
  • "I'd like to see more integration with outside software such as social media publishing sites and cloud services."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use Monday at work as a tool for task management and as a CRM database. Working within the marketing department, we manage a lot of projects at once and speak to a lot of people. Being able to keep all of the information in one place where it's easy to collaborate and upload documents really helps. We also use it as a space for new ideas and brainstorming throughout departments.

How has it helped my organization?

Monday has massively improved how we as a company work. We're more collaborative as a whole and projects are managed a lot more organized which really helps with getting stuff done on time.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable tools are the search function, automated email reminders, and the ability to track changes through the activity log.

What needs improvement?

I'd like to see more integration with outside software such as social media publishing sites and cloud services.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for three years both at my current company and previous organization.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There is rarely an issue with the system itself, though there has been a few occasions where it has been inaccessible.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability has great potential.

How are customer service and support?

I've always had a great experience with customer service. There's always been a solution. Alternatively, if a tool isn't yet available, they've always been happy to take my feedback.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We've previously used Trello and Slack but found they didn't offer everything we needed, whereas Monday does.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was very straightforward.

What about the implementation team?

The initial setup was handled in-house.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It's a fair price for what you can do and how many members are a part of the organization. For the time it saves, as well as other tools we no longer need, it's well worth it.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
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Owner at Mansur Solar
User
Improves communication, saves time and offers great board automation
Pros and Cons
  • "The team follow-up is really easy to do with just one click."
  • "I've had trouble trying to link or merge together a board with my team in which we can collaborate and comment on each task or file without having our client in on the early stage conversations."

What is our primary use case?

Since the pandemic, everyone on my team started working from home. Monday.com has been our best ally regarding project management and file sharing. 

The fact that we can automate boards, assign tasks to any team member with a specific deadline, and also communicate thru the platform, it's just a magnificent way to adapt an ongoing operation of more than three members to a new way of remote work. 

We're definitely more efficient than ever and everyone knows what they have to do during each day of work.

How has it helped my organization?

By integrating every comment, update, file sharing, deadline meeting, etc., our communication in each project has improved considerably, and that has impacted our efficiency as a team.

The team follow-up is really easy to do with just one click. Everything is available to anyone on our team whether is an update on that task for our client, or someone looking for the last version of a file we've been working on. It's all there and we can find it even quicker if someone just mentions you are a user on that update or task.

What is most valuable?

The board automation is helpful as it narrows down the probability of error in each process. If you can take out the human error factor in some processes, and just automate things the way they are supposed to react over one action or movement in that tasks process, the probability of errors or mistakes is considerably less than having everyone update manually.

Everyone in our team has more time to do what they're best at instead of filling forms, numbers, spreadsheets or every other project management tool, you can think of.

What needs improvement?

I've had trouble trying to link or merge together a board with my team in which we can collaborate and comment on each task or file without having our client in on the early stage conversations. We'd prefer having a board shared with our clients linked to the previous one, only for reviewing and authorization purposes. If I could just click on a task that has already been approved internally by our team and automatically upload that same file on the task where our client can review it, would be awesome.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's one of the most reliable platforms and tools I've integrated into my advertising agency's way of work.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I haven't thought about scaling.

How are customer service and support?

I've only needed technical support one time and the response was straightforward and easy to communicate with.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We have only used Monday.com.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy peasy.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented the solution through an in-house team.

What was our ROI?

The ROI is a thousand times what I pay monthly for my subscription.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It's not cheap, however, if you think of all the time your team can spend working on what they need to do (instead of dealing with emails, chats, or other managing processes) it's totally worth it.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We also evaluated Asana and Trello.

What other advice do I have?

I'm really grateful to be a Monday.com user.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Google
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Media Buyer at The Gig Agency
User
Centralizes communications, offers great visibility, and makes it easy to assign tasks
Pros and Cons
  • "I am able to add in deadlines and filter by work assigned, in progress, and completed."
  • "It would be nice to have a general section at the top of each group."

What is our primary use case?

I work at a digital marketing agency. I am a media buyer, and I am constantly working with other departments on my team (graphic designers, email, project managers, dev team, account managers, etc). 

Monday allows clear communication by task, project, and department and makes it easy for us since we are all in different time zones. I like Monday as it allows me to divide up my work by client. I can color coordinate each client and have all necessary work/tasks/projects under each client. I organize by month to ensure everything is done on time and can start over fresh at the beginning of each month. 

How has it helped my organization?

Monday allows me to divide up my work by tasks or clients. I am able to add in deadlines and filter by work assigned, in progress, and completed. 

It's very helpful as a visual tool of what my daily tasks are. It's the perfect solution for someone who is very into organization and also is a visual person, as you can color code everything, filter by the specifications you desire (due date, progress, client, etc), and you're able to "clean" the space by removing tasks that have already been completed.

What is most valuable?

My favorite feature is being able to create team tasks and assign them to the correct team member with the necessary due dates, notes, documents, etc. 

Everything is held all in one place which makes communication and visibility great. 

It's easy to get siloed into your own department, and when you're working remotely sometimes communication can be hard. Being able to see the progress in real-time of different projects that you are working on with team members is very helpful. 

You can even add clients to the tasks so they can also keep up to date with how things are coming along. 

What needs improvement?

It would be nice to have a general section at the top of each group. For instance, I have my own media buying board that is divided up into "groups" (one for each client). It would be ideal to have a place at the top of each group to write down evergreen information. For example, for me, I could include things like goals, budget, strategy, quarterly to-do's, and other things I am not necessarily checking off or marking as done weekly or monthly. This could also be helpful when onboarding new employees and getting them brought up to speedo on clients. It could also be a place where we link things like brand guidelines and other important documents from the client.  

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for about a year.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I previously used Youtrack. It was not user-friendly and not very visual.

What about the implementation team?

I handled the implementation in-house.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I did not evaluate other options first. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Google
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Global Manager, Brand Engagement at Aircall
User
Powerful with great control over permission levels and excellent visibility across shared projects
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution just makes it so much easier to keep track of where things are."
  • "More customizations for automation would be useful."

What is our primary use case?

I use Monday mostly for providing visibility on shared projects. Before, at my full-time job in event marketing and branding. This was nice to have as my work would involve many people and many moving parts. 

I had project boards for each event or campaign. I had a board to represent my project for the quarter and overall status (for the big picture, for example: for the manager). Then, I had my personal board here where I'd manage all the tasks from various projects I have. 

I've also used this for independent contract work to keep track of things with clients.

How has it helped my organization?

The solution just makes it so much easier to keep track of where things are. I use Monday as a source of truth and sort of a knowledge hub for everything happening around a project. It also really helps to cut back on repetitive questions. After a while, people get the hint when you direct them to the Monday board when they keep asking you the same things. 

As I mentioned in the con, universal adoption in an organization is a huge challenge. That's definitely something to be aware of when signing on as a customer.

What is most valuable?

I found shared boards and their various permission levels to be super valuable. When I show this to clients (and even my mother who I do business with sometimes), they are so impressed at how organized and easy it is to access information. 

I like how I can silo who sees what by board (and not automatically have to allow everyone to see everything in the workspace). Also, while the automations could use some enhancements, the ones that work really work. 

Monday is such a powerful tool. I have used it to integrate survey responses into a Slack group. I have used it to track my personal accomplishments. I have used it for so many things. 

What needs improvement?

More customizations for automation would be useful. Sometimes, the built-in options are limiting and do not allow for the intended workflow. 

Also, I find the data input aspect tedious. If there were more automated ways of updating boards that'd make it easier to maintain. While I love Monday, getting others in the company to adopt it can be a real challenge. 

Lastly, I wish there were better tools for integrating work from each project. For example, as an event planner, I may have several event boards with different collaborators. Each event has various tasks and responsibilities and deadlines that I am personally responsible for. However, there is no seamless way to integrate all of my personal responsibilities into one space where I can easily manage the tasks. I understand I can assign them to myself and work that way, however, I just find it clunky and I wish Monday could show a little more love to the personal task management/organization side vs. being mostly a collaboration tool.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for a couple of years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There are occasional outages like most tech, however, it is mainly very stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is very scalable.

How are customer service and support?

It takes a while to hear back from technical support with product-related questions. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I've used Asana before as it was free, however, the company I worked for signed up for Monday, and I have been hooked since then.

How was the initial setup?

The setup was very easy since I'm a small business.

What about the implementation team?

I did the setup in-house.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It was pretty straightforward in my case, however, I am a small business. I'm sure this is more complex for big companies.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I had already used Monday for my job, therefore, I knew I wanted it for my personal and independent work as well.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Laboratory Technician at Hesperos Inc.
User
Easy to assign tasks and add notes with helpful technical support
Pros and Cons
  • "The scalability is unlimited."
  • "The product can be improved by adjusting some of the ways in which the "boards" work."

What is our primary use case?

My biotechnology company utilizes Monday.com for a number of purposes. Principally, it is used to quickly and efficiently convey tasks for the day on an easily accessible platform. This information is typically inputted for the week via desktop computer and then reviewed on the phone application by myself and my fellow employees. Once (or during) the completion of tasks, we are able to add in comments and feedback in real-time. It is an invaluable tool to my team and prevents miscommunication among the company as a whole.

How has it helped my organization?

Monday.com has greatly improved my organization. In the past, we had many problems with instructions being misinterpreted and tasks being left undone. Now, through the use of Monday.com, I am able to easily add in tasks for the day without the headache of them being forgotten. Further, being able to add in notes and updates eliminates any confusion for procedural tasks or for when a certain aspect of a project is adjusted. Finally, Monday.com has helped in eliminating the feeling of work bleeding over into daily life. 

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is the ability to assign individuals to a task with a specific date and time for said task. Since our projects are run by a network of interdisciplinary personnel, it can oftentimes become confusing when a task is put out into workflow without a definitive purpose. Thus, this feature helps in adding more weight to a "task" and adds a touch of personal responsibility to each input. I couldn't be happier with this system of checks and balances and would recommend it to anyone. 

What needs improvement?

The product can be improved by adjusting some of the ways in which the "boards" work. I oftentimes run multiple experiments that, at my laboratory, are repetitive. Thus, many of the procedural tasks are the same for these projects. I typically will copy and paste these tasks into a new project, however, it becomes monotonous as the software only allows me to copy and paste items one at a time. Further, it not only copies and pastes the name of the task and the notes, but it also copies over the exact date and personnel responsible for said task. A great improvement would be including an option to paste only the name of the task and the notes.  

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for two years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability of this solution is long-term as it is the most efficient in its market, respectively. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is unlimited.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is great and very professional.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I did not use another solution; I adopted this one just based on word of mouth. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is very straightforward. 

What about the implementation team?

I handled the initial setup in-house.

What was our ROI?

We've seen an ROI of 100%.

What other advice do I have?

This is a great program.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Music Director at Lakehouse Music Academy
User
Malleable with tons of features and great tagging capabilities
Pros and Cons
  • "I love that Monday.com has boards that can change with a click from a list, to a calendar, to a form that you can send and collect data, etc."
  • "I find that I sometimes have used the "status" column has input values other than done, working on it, etc., which conflicts with this bigger picture, and over the years is building up in a way that looks daunting as I'm not sure how to go back and mark it another way, so I skip it."

What is our primary use case?

We use Monday.com as a communications solution for our different teams to effectively have individual ownership of completing assigned weekly, monthly, and quarterly tasks and projects. 

Our teams using Monday.com consists of the following: sales, management, operations/administrative, production, and more. 

I have a shared workspace with my co-music director, assistant music director, and SDR, (we'll be onboarding another SDR and assistant music director soon) where we convene weekly via meetings, take notes, then post our weekly directives with deadlines in our main workspace. 

How has it helped my organization?

The tiered top-down organization of teams > groups > projects > individually assigned tasks and accountability is remarkable. 

Tagging people is super easy with "pulses" that can show up in an inbox, as a direct email, as notifications on desktops and devices, of which I use multiple devices and it's great on all of them. The interaction between different company departments is seamless and our departments contribute information to each other on a minute-by-minute and hourly basis. 

The software is designed in such a way that any company can form fit it to handle complex workflow. 

What is most valuable?

I love that Monday.com has boards that can change with a click from a list, to a calendar, to a form that you can send and collect data, etc. 

Each board is malleable even if you've been using it for a long time. Redesigning and keeping your data is pretty easy. The output of information to spreadsheets is quite simple. 

There are so many other features that I haven't even tapped into, however, I sometimes look for features and there is always some kind of plug-in that Monday.com has at the ready. There are so many support options to make sure your workspace is precisely what you need to have to improve your own job's efficiency.

What needs improvement?

I'm very satisfied and don't have much to say regarding immediate improvement feedback. If it doesn't exist, perhaps there could be a simplified view of all personal tasks that haven't yet been completed. 

"My Work" is a board that is supposed to take care of this. I find that I sometimes have used the "status" column has input values other than done, working on it, etc., which conflicts with this bigger picture, and over the years is building up in a way that looks daunting as I'm not sure how to go back and mark it another way, so I skip it. This could be my own user malfunction. 

Generally, I'm quite happy with the software. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using monday.com since June of 2020. I love it. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Monday.com seems quite stable. From June of 2020 until today, 4/20/22, I have only experienced the software being "down" maybe two times for development. It seems very stable to me even as we feed it a lot of info.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is huge. We started small and have grown to well-designed boards. We've grown to seven workspaces that I know about. Each workspace has pretty deep departmental personalities. 

How are customer service and support?

I feel that customer service has probably been pretty strong. I have never heard any grumbling from our team members regarding the usability of Monday.com or challenges in figuring out how to use it. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We mostly used Google Docs in the past for company organizing. We still do, however, we switched to Monday.com as it is way more comprehensive for project management. 

How was the initial setup?

The initial set up was slightly clumsy for us, however, those growing pains faded pretty quickly once the software became familiar. 

We have many team members who are adept at setting up boards and groups efficiently now. 

The initial complexity was simply getting familiar with the depth of the software, however, it was pretty intuitive and set up well to self-educate (including "help" and online tutorials, etc.).

What about the implementation team?

I don't know if we had outside assistance or not.

What was our ROI?

I don't know the price, however, we use this software every day constantly, so the return is certainly worth it. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I'm only a user of the software; I'm not privy to the costs and licensing.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

I didn't choose Monday.com. I do not know if other options were in the running. 

What other advice do I have?

I received an email tonight from a person at another company who noticed that we shared a Monday.com query form to complete. She reached out to me directly via email to ask how I like Monday.com. I gave a great review to her and told her to reach out if she has questions. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Google
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Managing Director at Ninz Spa
User
Great for to-do lists and offers helpful project and after-sales management
Pros and Cons
  • "We use less paper thanks to this product."
  • "The speed of the loading process should be better."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the product for:

  • To-do lists
  • Project management
  • After-sales management

How has it helped my organization?

We use less paper thanks to this product.

What is most valuable?

The automation capabilities are great.

It allows us to build workflows between departments.

What needs improvement?

The mirrored columns are not real columns and cannot be used as variables for notifies or other formulas.

We need fewer system outages.

We would like to be able to open Monday from a link directly in the open browser window without opening a new window - which takes too much time.

The speed of the loading process should be better.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution has recently been unstable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The large list loading time could be improved.

How are customer service and support?

I have no such experience with technical support.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We did not previously use a different solution.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was done by myself.

What about the implementation team?

We had some help from our vendor, however, that was single questions and not a set-up training.

What was our ROI?

I've never calculated ROI since the alternative was a paper solution which we wanted to avoid at all costs.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

There is no cost per single user since licensing comes in various ranges of users.

Make sure your user numbers match the range, otherwise you will end up paying too much.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We also evaluated Trello.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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