Monday.com makes work visible. Boards, automations, dashboards—your team's status in every shade of the rainbow. It is polished, flexible, and built for teams that think in columns.
What is not on any board is how you are holding up. Monday has no morning routine, no shutdown flow, no way to adapt the interface when you are running on fumes. Your wellbeing is off the grid.
Onward delivers project management that respects your bandwidth—not just your deadlines.
Pricing at a glance
Onward
$12/seat/mo or $120/yr
Everything included. 14-day free trial.
Monday.com
Pro ~$19/seat/mo
Work tools. Wellness not included.
Feature comparison
Same kind of work basics as the big names—then we go further on wellbeing and sustainability.
| Feature | Onward$12/seat/mo or $120/yr | Monday.comPro ~$19/seat/mo* |
|---|---|---|
| Work basics | ||
Project management Projects, tasks, and deadlines in one place | ||
Tasks, boards & calendar | ||
Team collaboration | ||
| Wellness & sustainability | ||
Morning routine Start the day with intention, not inbox panic | ||
Shutdown routine Close the loop so work stays at work | ||
Adaptive UI based on your bandwidth Rest, Ready, and Flow modes that match your energy | ||
Weekly wellness snapshots | ||
Mood tracking & journal | ||
Team health check Keep your team healthy, not just productive | ||
Performance guide Keeps you sane and away from burnout so you can perform highly for a long time | ||
Onward AI Guidance Capacity-aware planning and nudges that work for you | ||
| The human stuff | ||
A platform that cares about you as a human | ||
Single transparent price, all features included | ||
*Top published self-serve tiers, per seat/month, annual billing where applicable (their sites; monthly billing is higher). Enterprise tiers are custom—often well above these list prices. Freelancer tools like Moxie may price per user rather than per seat. Onward is $12/seat/month or $120/seat/year. Comparison reflects publicly available product info.
The honest take
What Monday does well
- Visual, intuitive board-based workflows
- Strong automations and dashboarding
- Works well for ops and cross-team visibility
What's missing for real humans
- —No wellness features built into the product
- —No capacity-aware or adaptive interface
- —Per-seat pricing climbs fast as teams grow
- —Optimizes for output, not sustainable pace
Work tools and wellness in one place—for $12/seat/mo or $120/yr.
Monday.com was built to move tasks. Onward was built to move you forward—without burning out along the way.
More comparisons
vs Asana
Great at enterprise task lists. Zero interest in whether you slept.
vs ClickUp
Everything app energy. Nothing for the person using it.
vs Moxie
Solid freelancer ops. Still treats wellness like a nice-to-have.
vs Linear
Beautiful for shipping tickets. Not for shipping yourself home intact.
vs Notion
A wiki that grew up pretending to be PM. Still no morning routine.