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monday.com publishes three self-serve seat rates, a 3-seat minimum, and a credit line that gets added to the pricing card and then discounted away. Put your seat count in below and the calculator returns what your card is actually charged — on annual billing and month-to-month, side by side.

Updated: Sep 24, 2026By: True Cost of SaaSRates from: monday.com/pricing, checked September 2026
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The short version

1. Your team and your plan

Seats are paid users. monday.com bills a minimum of 3 seats, so enter your real number and the calculator will apply the floor where it applies.

2. Your bill

per month
per year
effective per seat / month
extra per year if you never commit to annual

All three tiers at your seat count

PlanAnnual rate /seat/moMonthly billing /seat/moAnnual billing /yrMonthly billing /yrAI credits included
How the numbers are built: the vendor's published per-seat rate multiplied by your seat count, on the cycle you selected, with the 3-seat minimum applied. Annual figures are the annual rate × 12, not a discounted monthly average.
What is excluded: local taxes, the Enterprise tier (quoted), extra AI credit purchases beyond the monthly allowance, onboarding or services fees, and any second monday.com product such as monday CRM or monday dev, which bill on their own price lines.
Confirm before you buy: rates were recorded from monday.com's pricing page in September 2026. Promotional credits and regional pricing vary, so check the figure at checkout.

What the pricing card shows at 10 seats

monday.com's pricing cards used to show a single seat rate. They now show an arithmetic line, and the line is where the money hides. Copied from the Pro card at the page's default 10 seats:

Pro, 10 seats, billed annually: $19 × 10 seats = $190  |  3,000 credits = $30  |  special monthly discount = −$30  |  Total = $190/month, billed annually, with $220 shown crossed out.— monday.com/pricing, checked September 2026

The same structure applies one tier down: Basic adds 1,000 credits at $10 and subtracts a $10 discount; Standard adds 2,000 credits at $20 and subtracts $20. In other words the AI allowance is priced at $10 per 1,000 credits per month, then cancelled out by a discount monday.com calls a special offer. While that discount runs, the published seat rate is the whole total.

Why the crossed-out number matters: $220 is what the identical 10-seat Pro cart totals without the discount — $30/month, or $360/year, above the advertised $190. We are not predicting that the offer ends; we are pointing out that the discounted and undiscounted versions of the same plan are both printed on the page, and only one of them is the headline.

The real bill at 5, 15 and 50 seats

Annual billing first, because that is the rate vendors quote when they say "from $9". Figures are per month for the whole team, not per seat.

Plan5 seats15 seats50 seatsPer year at 15 seats
Basic$45/mo$135/mo$450/mo$1,620
Standard$60/mo$180/mo$600/mo$2,160
Pro$95/mo$285/mo$950/mo$3,420

Annual per-seat rates $9 / $12 / $19 × seat count. At 50 seats monday.com's own FAQ directs you to request a quote above 40 users, so those three figures are list-rate arithmetic rather than a price you can check out.

Now the same three team sizes on month-to-month billing, which is what you pay if you are piloting or if procurement will not sign a year.

Plan5 seats15 seats50 seatsWhat monthly billing adds at 15 seats
Basic$60/mo$180/mo$600/mo+$540/yr
Standard$70/mo$210/mo$700/mo+$360/yr
Pro$120/mo$360/mo$1,200/mo+$900/yr

Monthly per-seat rates $12 / $14 / $24 × seat count. monday.com states that the monthly plan is not discounted, which is why the yearly toggle carries the whole saving.

Where the tiers actually differ: Basic covers boards and task lists, but calendar view, guest access and automations start on Standard — the same step our three-way comparison at 15 seats runs into, where Basic looks cheapest until a team needs automation. Pro adds private boards, time tracking and formula columns at $19/seat on annual billing, a $7 step above Standard that works out at $1,260 a year across 15 seats.

What pushes a monday.com bill above the headline rate

  1. The 3-seat minimum. A two-person team pays for three seats. On Basic with annual billing that is $27/month — the free plan covers up to 2 seats, so the jump from free to paid is a 100% increase in billable seats, not one seat.
  2. Month-to-month billing. Worth $540 a year at 15 seats on Basic and $900 on Pro. If you need a short pilot, price the trial against those numbers rather than against the seat rate.
  3. The tier step. Automations, calendar view and guest access sit on Standard, so a team that planned for Basic at $9 often lands on $12 — a 33% increase per seat, or $540 a year across 15 seats.
  4. Extra AI credits. Each tier includes a monthly allowance (1,000 / 2,000 / 3,000 credits). monday.com prices the allowance at $10 per 1,000 credits per month, ranks a typical 3-person team at roughly 800–1,200 credits a month, and sells more whenever you run out. Heavy use of AI agents or meeting notetakers moves that line.
  5. More than 40 users. Self-serve checkout is replaced by a quote, so the rate stops being published and starts being negotiated.
  6. A second product. monday CRM and monday dev are separate price lines on the same page, so a team using project boards and a sales pipeline pays twice.

When monday.com is the wrong buy

Three cases where the arithmetic says no, all of them checkable with the calculator above.

You are one or two people. The free plan holds up to 2 seats, and the moment you need a paid feature you are billed for 3. If the paid feature is automations, the real comparison is $36 a month on Standard against a $7–$10 per-seat tool with automation included — at two users, the cheaper tool wins by more than half.

You are past roughly 10–12 seats and mostly need task tracking. Flat-rate pricing beats per-seat pricing at that size. Basecamp Studio is $59/month for unlimited users, which is less than a 10-seat Pro workspace at $190 and far less than 15 seats at $285. The trade is real — no Gantt charts, no workload view, a cap on simultaneous projects — but if none of those are in use, you are paying for the tier ladder rather than the work. Our alternatives guide prices that swap tool by tool.

You need more than 40 seats. Above 40 users the list rate is no longer your price, so do not build a budget on the 50-seat column above. Ask for the quote first, then compare it with a per-seat vendor that still publishes its rate at your size.

Price your whole stack, not just one tool → Read the monday.com alternatives guide

monday CRM and monday dev price lines

Both products share the pricing page and neither is included in a Work Management plan. Annual per-seat rates recorded in September 2026: monday CRM $12 / $17 / $28 (Basic, Standard, Pro), monday dev $9 / $12 / $20. They carry their own free trials, their own seat minimums and their own AI credit allowances, so adding a second product to a workspace adds a second line to the bill rather than upgrading the first one.

Questions buyers ask before committing

How much does monday.com cost for 10 users?

$90 per month on Basic, $120 on Standard and $190 on Pro when billed annually — $1,080, $1,440 and $2,280 a year. On month-to-month billing the same 10 seats run $120, $140 and $240, which is $1,440, $1,680 and $2,880 a year.

Is there a minimum number of users?

Yes: monday.com's pricing FAQ states that plans start from 3 users, and the seat selector opens at 3. A solo workspace pays for three seats regardless.

Is the yearly plan really 18% cheaper?

That is the number on the billing toggle. Per tier, annual billing is 25% below the monthly rate on Basic, 14% on Standard and 21% on Pro, so the saving depends on which plan you pick rather than on one site-wide figure.

What happens above 40 users?

The pricing page directs you to request a quote. Self-serve checkout ends at 40 users, so treat any larger figure built from list rates as a floor.

Are AI credits included in the seat price?

Each plan includes a monthly allowance — 1,000 credits on Basic, 2,000 on Standard, 3,000 on Pro — and the pricing card lists the allowance's value ($10, $20, $30) against an equal special monthly discount. More credits can be purchased at any time.

Does this calculator cover monday CRM and monday dev?

No. It prices monday.com Work Management, which is the product most teams mean by "monday.com". The CRM and dev rates are listed above so you can add them by hand.

Method: every rate on this page comes from the vendor's own pricing page in September 2026 and is re-checked on a schedule; when a number moves, the calculator and the tables above move with it. Corrections are welcome.