Airtable vs monday.com
Both ladders below were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages, in this market, on the dates shown. Nothing is converted: what you see is what each page showed a reader here.
What each one is
Airtablesite ↗pricing ↗
A spreadsheet-database hybrid: structured records with views and automations, used to run processes a spreadsheet outgrows. Paid plans start at $20/mo (Team); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 2 paid tiers, topping out at $45/mo (Business). We read the same $20/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country.
monday.comsite ↗pricing ↗
A work operating system built on customisable boards, used for projects, CRM and operations by the same team. Paid plans start at $9/mo (Basic); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at $20/mo (Pro). It bills by country — entry £7.8/mo to a UK reader and €12/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads. The free plan runs to two seats; every paid figure is per seat and multiplies by your team.
The two ladders
Airtablesite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-08-29 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Team | $20/mo | |
| Business | $45/mo |
monday.comsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-08-29 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | $9/mo | |
| Standard | $12/mo | |
| Pro | $20/mo |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: monday.com at $9/mo, against Airtable at $20/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: neither publishes one. Any free access here is a trial, which is a deadline.
- How far each ladder goes: Airtable tops out at $45/mo, monday.com at $20/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
- Airtable: We read the same $20/mo in every market we check, so this vendor does not price by country.
- monday.com: It bills by country — entry £7.8/mo to a UK reader and €12/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads.
How to choose in this category
- Nearly everything here is per seat — multiply by the team before comparing.
- Free tiers cap different things: seats on some tools, features on others. Check which.
- Billed-monthly rates sit above the advertised annual-billed figures.