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Monday.com is a cloud-based work operating system that enables teams to manage projects, workflows, and day-to-day operations through a customizable dashboard. It is widely used for work management, CRM, software development, and other use cases due to its flexibility and comprehensive feature set.
As of 2025, Monday.com continues to operate on a per-user, tiered pricing model built around functionality and automation limits rather than simple seat counts. Understanding this structure is critical for IT, procurement, and finance leaders seeking to optimize Monday bills and avoid hidden overages.
Here is how Monday’s current pricing framework is structured.
Let us help you in choosing the right plan.
| Plan | Cost (Annual Billing) | Key Features | Best Suited For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic CRM | $12 per seat/month | Unlimited customizable pipelines; Unlimited contacts and boards; Templates for lead, contact and deal management; iOS and Android apps; Unlimited free viewers; Dashboard based on 1 board. | Small sales teams managing simple pipelines |
| Standard CRM | $17 per seat/month | All Basic features plus: Advanced account, contact and deal management; 2-way email integration (Gmail and Outlook); AI email generator; Activity management, quotes and invoices; Merge duplicate data; Custom automations and integrations (250 actions/month); Dashboard combining 5 boards. | Mid-sized teams requiring structured deal tracking and automation |
| Pro CRM | $28 per seat/month | All Standard features plus: Sales forecasting and analytics; Email templates with custom parameters; Mass email campaigns with HTML editor and tracking; Google Calendar sync; Customizable email signatures; Advanced automations and integrations (25,000 actions/month); Dashboard combining 10 boards. | Sales organizations focused on automation and performance metrics. |
| Enterprise CRM | Contact sales for pricing | All Pro features plus: Lead scoring, mandatory fields, and team goals; Enterprise-scale automations (250,000 actions/month); Advanced security and premium support. | Large-scale enterprises with compliance and multi-region sales operations |
| Plan | Cost (Annual Billing) | Key Features | Best Suited For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Plan | $0 (Free Forever) | Up to 2 seats and 3 boards; 200+ templates; Unlimited docs; 8 column types; iOS and Android apps. | Individuals and freelancers tracking personal tasks |
| Basic Plan | $9 per seat/month | Unlimited items and free viewers; 5 GB file storage; Prioritized customer support; Dashboard based on 1 board. | Small internal teams with limited collaboration needs |
| Standard Plan (Most Popular) | $12 per seat/month | All Basic features plus: Timeline, Gantt and Calendar views; Guest access; Automations and integrations (250 actions/month); Dashboard combining 5 boards. | Cross-department teams managing shared workflows. |
| Pro Plan | $19 per seat/month | All Standard features plus: Private boards, Chart and Formula views; Time tracking; Automations and integrations (25,000 actions/month); Dashboard combining 10 boards. | Teams needing advanced analytics and automation flexibility |
| Enterprise Plan | Contact sales for pricing | All Pro features plus: Enterprise-grade automations (250,000 actions/month); Multi-level permissions; Security, governance, and advanced reporting. | Enterprises requiring governance, scalability, and compliance |
| Plan | Cost (Annual Billing) | Key Features | Best Suited For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Dev | $9 per seat/month | Unlimited items and boards; Dev-specific templates; Wiki and documentation; iOS and Android apps; Dashboard based on 1 board. | Small dev teams tracking basic sprint tasks |
| Standard Dev (Most Popular) | $12 per seat/month | All Basic features plus: Sprint and roadmap management; GitHub integration; Automations and integrations (250 actions/month); Dashboard combining 5 boards. | Agile teams needing integrated sprint and issue management. |
| Pro Dev | $20 per seat/month | All Standard features plus: Private boards; Time tracking and agile reporting; Cross-team roadmap and feedback management; Automations and integrations (25,000 actions/month); Dashboard combining 10 boards. | Engineering teams managing multiple product lines or customers. |
| Enterprise Dev | Contact sales for pricing | All Pro features plus: Enterprise-scale automations (250,000 actions/month); Advanced reporting, analytics and security; Multi-level permissions; Tailored onboarding. | Enterprise engineering organizations needing compliance and scalability |
| Add-On / Option | Pricing Model | Key Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Monday CRM Add-on | Starts at $12/user/month | Built on Monday Work OS, provides pipeline tracking, forecasting, and custom dashboards. |
| Monday Dev (for engineering teams) | $10–$15/user/month (add-on) | Includes bug tracking, sprint planning, and GitHub/Jira integrations. |
| Monday WorkForms | Free with all paid plans | Custom form builder for data collection and automation triggers. |
| Storage Expansion | $2–$5/user/month | Designed for design and media teams exceeding the included storage caps. |
| Advanced Support Package | $500–$2,000/month (tiered) | Includes priority SLAs, onboarding, and dedicated customer success assistance. |
| Custom Automations Extension | Enterprise only | Allows the creation of unlimited automation recipes and triggers. |
| AI Assistant (2025 Beta) | Expected add-on in late 2025 | AI-based task generation and reporting; currently under phased rollout. |
| Policy Area | Details (2025 Updates) |
|---|---|
| Billing Terms | Annual and monthly billing options; prepaid by default. |
| Proration | Upgrades prorated mid-term; downgrades effective only at renewal. |
| True-Up Policy | Seats added mid-term are billed at the current rate; refunds are not issued for downgrades. |
| Guest Conversion Rule | Guests who access multiple boards automatically become billable members. |
| Renewal Model | Auto-renewal is enabled by default; it must be manually disabled 14 days before term end. |
| Discount Eligibility | Multi-year deals and educational or nonprofit pricing available upon request. |
| Storage Allocation (as of 2025) | Basic: 5 GB per user. |
| Trial Availability | 14-day full access for Standard and Pro tiers; Enterprise trials by request. |
| Business Type / Team | Recommended Plan | Why It Fits |
|---|---|---|
| Startups and Freelancers | Free or Basic | Lightweight collaboration, limited automation, and low storage needs. |
| SMBs (Marketing, HR, Operations) | Standard | Balanced automation, multi-view dashboards, and cost-efficient scaling. |
| Growing Product or Engineering Teams | Pro | Best blend of automations, analytics, and workload visibility. |
| Enterprises (Compliance-Driven) | Enterprise | Security (SSO, audit logs), advanced admin controls, custom workflows. |
| Creative and Design Agencies | Pro or Enterprise | High file storage, deep integration, flexible automation. |
Most organizations see 10–25% over-licensing due to users on higher tiers than required. For example, teams that primarily use dashboards and forms may not need the Pro or Enterprise tiers. A quarterly license review, automated through CloudNuro.ai, can right-size plans and prevent silent cost creep.
CloudNuro.ai simplifies Monday pricing management with AI-driven license recommendations, usage analytics, and cost-simulation dashboards. Enterprises use it to understand real per-user ROI, negotiate better renewals, and continuously optimize Monday bills.
Book your 15-minute Pricing Intelligence Demo →
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Licensing Model | Per user, tiered (pricing varies by tier and team size). |
| Licensing Tiers | Free, Basic, Standard, Pro, and Enterprise. |
| User Tiering and Levels | Admin, Member, Viewer (Guests available). |
| Paid User Types | Members and Admins are billable; Viewers are free. |
| Admin Paid or Free? | Paid; every Admin counts toward the license total. |
| Guest Users? | Available; non-billable under specific board-sharing limits. |
| Viewer Role? | Available and non-billable for dashboard visibility only. |
| Do Roles Affect Licensing? | Yes, only Admins and Members are billable. |
| Does Lifecycle Status Affect Billing? | Yes, inactive users remain billable until they are manually deactivated. |
| Cost Structure | Tiered by plan, starting at roughly $9 to $16 per seat/month billed annually. |
| Subscription Terms | Monthly or annual billing cycles. |
| Billing Cycle | Prepaid (in advance) for monthly or annual terms. |
| Proration Policy | Prorated charges for mid-term upgrades; refunds are not offered for downgrades. |
| Premium Plan Options | The Enterprise tier includes premium features and SSO. |
| Trial Availability | 14-day free trial on Standard and Pro plans. |
| Available Add-ons | Apps marketplace, automations, storage, CRM, and WorkForms. |
| Add-on Billing Model | Monthly or annual billing; charged per workspace. |
| Key Insight | Admins and Members are always billable; even if an employee leaves mid-cycle, their license remains active until manually removed. Viewer and Guest roles are the only non-billable user types, but have strict limitations. |
Monday CRM helps teams manage leads, track customer relationships, and streamline sales processes.
A core part of Monday.com, Work Management is designed for project and workflow management.
Monday Dev is tailored to development teams for managing software development life cycles.
CloudNuro.ai delivers granular visibility into pricing structures across SaaS apps like Monday.com. With automated cost modeling and chargeback insights, CloudNuro helps you understand Monday's costs, pinpoint overages, and simulate savings before renewals.
Book your 15-minute Pricing Visibility Demo →
Even the most experienced SaaS managers underestimate the hidden fees embedded within Monday’s billing model. These costs rarely appear on invoices but accumulate quickly.
Inactive users remain billable until manually deactivated. Monday does not automatically remove users who have not logged in for months.
Example: A team of 200 users with 20 inactive accounts wastes approximately $3,840 per year.
Every Monday plan includes a quota of monthly automation actions such as triggers and notifications. Exceeding that quota incurs automatic overage charges or forces upgrades.
Hidden Impact: Integration-heavy departments like Marketing often exceed limits without realizing it.
When guests are added to multiple boards, they can automatically be converted to billable users, often unnoticed until the next invoice.
Teams frequently create new workspaces instead of new boards. Each workspace can generate separate billing under unique plans, leading to fragmented invoices and lost volume discounts.
Adding users mid-term triggers prorated true-up charges at the current tier rate, not the discounted rate. Downgrades, however, do not trigger prorated refunds.
As of 2025, Monday has introduced new storage tiers for file-heavy departments such as design, creative, and R&D. While Basic and Standard plans cap at 5 GB per seat, additional storage is now a paid add-on.
Enterprise support is no longer bundled by default; it is now a separate add-on priced by user tier.
Quick Tip: Always review the Admin Billing Dashboard → Usage Tab to see monthly automation usage and prevent overages before they occur.
CloudNuro.ai automatically surfaces these hidden or shadow costs. Its dashboards track automation consumption, inactive users, and workspace duplication, alerting you before waste occurs.
See where hidden SaaS spend hides →
Consolidate departmental workspaces into a single Enterprise plan to unlock volume-based pricing.
Impact: 15–20% savings from consolidated billing.
Analyze usage patterns and reassign Standard plans to infrequent users.
Impact: 10–15% reduction in recurring license cost.
Assign license costs to departments or projects to encourage ownership.
Impact: up to 25% reduction in unused seats.
For enterprises with stable headcount, negotiate multi-year deals at fixed per-user rates.
Impact: 20–30% locked-in savings.
Track automations to prevent forced tier upgrades. Use CloudNuro’s dashboard for action-based cost visibility.
Convert casual collaborators to Viewer roles. For example, project sponsors, executives, or clients who only view dashboards.
Review and remove redundant apps quarterly. Some time-tracking or Gantt extensions can overlap with built-in features.
Consolidate multiple team subscriptions into a single renewal cycle for unified negotiation leverage.
Monday’s annual plans offer approximately 18% savings compared to monthly billing.
Archived projects may still trigger automations. Disable them to prevent overages.
Avoid premium marketplace apps when free, equivalent templates are available.
Limit admin-level accounts to only those managing multiple boards.
CloudNuro.ai automates this hierarchy of cost-saving opportunities by categorizing each optimization into high-, medium-, and low-impact actions. With real-time dashboards and chargeback visibility, IT and finance teams can continuously optimize Monday bills.
See how CloudNuro’s AI-powered insights reduce SaaS waste →
Negotiating with SaaS vendors like Monday.com requires data, timing, and leverage. Here is how to approach renewals in 2025 effectively.
Monday provides detailed usage reports upon request. Use these to highlight underused features before renewal.
Demonstrate real underutilization, such as 30% dormant accounts. Vendors are more flexible when shown factual utilization data.
If multiple departments have separate Monday contracts, negotiate them together for enterprise pricing.
Teams exceeding automation limits should request an add-on discount rather than upgrading to a higher plan tier.
Lock current pricing for 24–36 months to hedge against annual increases, especially relevant as Monday introduces 2025 pricing adjustments.
Vendors are more flexible near quarter- or year-end; align renewals accordingly to leverage discounts.
Example: A retail enterprise consolidated three regional Monday accounts into a single global renewal. Using activity data, they negotiated a 22% discount and locked rates for two years.
CloudNuro.ai supports renewal negotiation by generating automated renewal readiness reports, usage summaries, and cost-forecast models, arming IT buyers with real data to secure better terms.
Start your Renewal Optimization Consultation →
| Category | Action | Impact | Expected Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licensing | Consolidate workspaces under one Enterprise plan | High | 15–20% |
| License Tiers | Downgrade underused Standard and Pro seats | High | 10–15% |
| Chargeback | Implement department-level accountability | High | Up to 25% |
| Automation | Monitor automation quotas and reduce redundant recipes | Medium | 10–15% |
| Add-ons | Audit marketplace integrations quarterly | Medium | 8–10% |
| Billing | Use annual billing with unified renewal | Low | 5–8% |
| Support | Negotiate bundled support and automation add-ons | Low | 5% |
Think you might be overspending on Monday? Let us find out.
CloudNuro’s strategic audit tools help you identify subtle signs of overspending, automate spend analysis, and implement corrective actions instantly.
In one case, we helped a customer reduce their Asana spend by over $50,000 annually, without disrupting operations.
Book a 15-minute demo and discover how much you could save on Monday. →
Pricing starts around $9 per user per month (Basic) and scales up to $16 per user per month (Pro) for annual billing. Enterprise plans remain custom quotes.
Yes, both are non-billable under specific sharing rules, but frequent sharing can trigger conversion to paid members.
Downgrades are allowed, but refunds are not provided mid-cycle. Adjust license counts before renewal for full benefit.
Use Monday’s “Usage Dashboard” or CloudNuro’s cross-platform consumption tracking to forecast automation costs.
CloudNuro provides real-time license analytics, automation tracking, and chargeback visibility, empowering you to make data-driven cost decisions before renewals.
CloudNuro.ai is the platform that helps enterprises take control of SaaS and cloud pricing with precision.
Recognized twice in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant and named a Leader in Info-Tech’s Software Reviews Data Quadrant, CloudNuro empowers IT and finance teams with complete pricing visibility, renewal support, and actionable insights to optimize Monday bills continuously.
Trusted by global enterprises such as Konica Minolta and Federal Signal, CloudNuro.ai unifies license analytics, pricing governance, and renewal negotiation into a single powerful platform.
See how CloudNuro turns SaaS pricing chaos into predictable savings →
Request a no cost, no obligation free assessment —just 15 minutes to savings!
Get StartedMonday.com is a cloud-based work operating system that enables teams to manage projects, workflows, and day-to-day operations through a customizable dashboard. It is widely used for work management, CRM, software development, and other use cases due to its flexibility and comprehensive feature set.
As of 2025, Monday.com continues to operate on a per-user, tiered pricing model built around functionality and automation limits rather than simple seat counts. Understanding this structure is critical for IT, procurement, and finance leaders seeking to optimize Monday bills and avoid hidden overages.
Here is how Monday’s current pricing framework is structured.
Let us help you in choosing the right plan.
| Plan | Cost (Annual Billing) | Key Features | Best Suited For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic CRM | $12 per seat/month | Unlimited customizable pipelines; Unlimited contacts and boards; Templates for lead, contact and deal management; iOS and Android apps; Unlimited free viewers; Dashboard based on 1 board. | Small sales teams managing simple pipelines |
| Standard CRM | $17 per seat/month | All Basic features plus: Advanced account, contact and deal management; 2-way email integration (Gmail and Outlook); AI email generator; Activity management, quotes and invoices; Merge duplicate data; Custom automations and integrations (250 actions/month); Dashboard combining 5 boards. | Mid-sized teams requiring structured deal tracking and automation |
| Pro CRM | $28 per seat/month | All Standard features plus: Sales forecasting and analytics; Email templates with custom parameters; Mass email campaigns with HTML editor and tracking; Google Calendar sync; Customizable email signatures; Advanced automations and integrations (25,000 actions/month); Dashboard combining 10 boards. | Sales organizations focused on automation and performance metrics. |
| Enterprise CRM | Contact sales for pricing | All Pro features plus: Lead scoring, mandatory fields, and team goals; Enterprise-scale automations (250,000 actions/month); Advanced security and premium support. | Large-scale enterprises with compliance and multi-region sales operations |
| Plan | Cost (Annual Billing) | Key Features | Best Suited For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Plan | $0 (Free Forever) | Up to 2 seats and 3 boards; 200+ templates; Unlimited docs; 8 column types; iOS and Android apps. | Individuals and freelancers tracking personal tasks |
| Basic Plan | $9 per seat/month | Unlimited items and free viewers; 5 GB file storage; Prioritized customer support; Dashboard based on 1 board. | Small internal teams with limited collaboration needs |
| Standard Plan (Most Popular) | $12 per seat/month | All Basic features plus: Timeline, Gantt and Calendar views; Guest access; Automations and integrations (250 actions/month); Dashboard combining 5 boards. | Cross-department teams managing shared workflows. |
| Pro Plan | $19 per seat/month | All Standard features plus: Private boards, Chart and Formula views; Time tracking; Automations and integrations (25,000 actions/month); Dashboard combining 10 boards. | Teams needing advanced analytics and automation flexibility |
| Enterprise Plan | Contact sales for pricing | All Pro features plus: Enterprise-grade automations (250,000 actions/month); Multi-level permissions; Security, governance, and advanced reporting. | Enterprises requiring governance, scalability, and compliance |
| Plan | Cost (Annual Billing) | Key Features | Best Suited For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Dev | $9 per seat/month | Unlimited items and boards; Dev-specific templates; Wiki and documentation; iOS and Android apps; Dashboard based on 1 board. | Small dev teams tracking basic sprint tasks |
| Standard Dev (Most Popular) | $12 per seat/month | All Basic features plus: Sprint and roadmap management; GitHub integration; Automations and integrations (250 actions/month); Dashboard combining 5 boards. | Agile teams needing integrated sprint and issue management. |
| Pro Dev | $20 per seat/month | All Standard features plus: Private boards; Time tracking and agile reporting; Cross-team roadmap and feedback management; Automations and integrations (25,000 actions/month); Dashboard combining 10 boards. | Engineering teams managing multiple product lines or customers. |
| Enterprise Dev | Contact sales for pricing | All Pro features plus: Enterprise-scale automations (250,000 actions/month); Advanced reporting, analytics and security; Multi-level permissions; Tailored onboarding. | Enterprise engineering organizations needing compliance and scalability |
| Add-On / Option | Pricing Model | Key Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Monday CRM Add-on | Starts at $12/user/month | Built on Monday Work OS, provides pipeline tracking, forecasting, and custom dashboards. |
| Monday Dev (for engineering teams) | $10–$15/user/month (add-on) | Includes bug tracking, sprint planning, and GitHub/Jira integrations. |
| Monday WorkForms | Free with all paid plans | Custom form builder for data collection and automation triggers. |
| Storage Expansion | $2–$5/user/month | Designed for design and media teams exceeding the included storage caps. |
| Advanced Support Package | $500–$2,000/month (tiered) | Includes priority SLAs, onboarding, and dedicated customer success assistance. |
| Custom Automations Extension | Enterprise only | Allows the creation of unlimited automation recipes and triggers. |
| AI Assistant (2025 Beta) | Expected add-on in late 2025 | AI-based task generation and reporting; currently under phased rollout. |
| Policy Area | Details (2025 Updates) |
|---|---|
| Billing Terms | Annual and monthly billing options; prepaid by default. |
| Proration | Upgrades prorated mid-term; downgrades effective only at renewal. |
| True-Up Policy | Seats added mid-term are billed at the current rate; refunds are not issued for downgrades. |
| Guest Conversion Rule | Guests who access multiple boards automatically become billable members. |
| Renewal Model | Auto-renewal is enabled by default; it must be manually disabled 14 days before term end. |
| Discount Eligibility | Multi-year deals and educational or nonprofit pricing available upon request. |
| Storage Allocation (as of 2025) | Basic: 5 GB per user. |
| Trial Availability | 14-day full access for Standard and Pro tiers; Enterprise trials by request. |
| Business Type / Team | Recommended Plan | Why It Fits |
|---|---|---|
| Startups and Freelancers | Free or Basic | Lightweight collaboration, limited automation, and low storage needs. |
| SMBs (Marketing, HR, Operations) | Standard | Balanced automation, multi-view dashboards, and cost-efficient scaling. |
| Growing Product or Engineering Teams | Pro | Best blend of automations, analytics, and workload visibility. |
| Enterprises (Compliance-Driven) | Enterprise | Security (SSO, audit logs), advanced admin controls, custom workflows. |
| Creative and Design Agencies | Pro or Enterprise | High file storage, deep integration, flexible automation. |
Most organizations see 10–25% over-licensing due to users on higher tiers than required. For example, teams that primarily use dashboards and forms may not need the Pro or Enterprise tiers. A quarterly license review, automated through CloudNuro.ai, can right-size plans and prevent silent cost creep.
CloudNuro.ai simplifies Monday pricing management with AI-driven license recommendations, usage analytics, and cost-simulation dashboards. Enterprises use it to understand real per-user ROI, negotiate better renewals, and continuously optimize Monday bills.
Book your 15-minute Pricing Intelligence Demo →
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Licensing Model | Per user, tiered (pricing varies by tier and team size). |
| Licensing Tiers | Free, Basic, Standard, Pro, and Enterprise. |
| User Tiering and Levels | Admin, Member, Viewer (Guests available). |
| Paid User Types | Members and Admins are billable; Viewers are free. |
| Admin Paid or Free? | Paid; every Admin counts toward the license total. |
| Guest Users? | Available; non-billable under specific board-sharing limits. |
| Viewer Role? | Available and non-billable for dashboard visibility only. |
| Do Roles Affect Licensing? | Yes, only Admins and Members are billable. |
| Does Lifecycle Status Affect Billing? | Yes, inactive users remain billable until they are manually deactivated. |
| Cost Structure | Tiered by plan, starting at roughly $9 to $16 per seat/month billed annually. |
| Subscription Terms | Monthly or annual billing cycles. |
| Billing Cycle | Prepaid (in advance) for monthly or annual terms. |
| Proration Policy | Prorated charges for mid-term upgrades; refunds are not offered for downgrades. |
| Premium Plan Options | The Enterprise tier includes premium features and SSO. |
| Trial Availability | 14-day free trial on Standard and Pro plans. |
| Available Add-ons | Apps marketplace, automations, storage, CRM, and WorkForms. |
| Add-on Billing Model | Monthly or annual billing; charged per workspace. |
| Key Insight | Admins and Members are always billable; even if an employee leaves mid-cycle, their license remains active until manually removed. Viewer and Guest roles are the only non-billable user types, but have strict limitations. |
Monday CRM helps teams manage leads, track customer relationships, and streamline sales processes.
A core part of Monday.com, Work Management is designed for project and workflow management.
Monday Dev is tailored to development teams for managing software development life cycles.
CloudNuro.ai delivers granular visibility into pricing structures across SaaS apps like Monday.com. With automated cost modeling and chargeback insights, CloudNuro helps you understand Monday's costs, pinpoint overages, and simulate savings before renewals.
Book your 15-minute Pricing Visibility Demo →
Even the most experienced SaaS managers underestimate the hidden fees embedded within Monday’s billing model. These costs rarely appear on invoices but accumulate quickly.
Inactive users remain billable until manually deactivated. Monday does not automatically remove users who have not logged in for months.
Example: A team of 200 users with 20 inactive accounts wastes approximately $3,840 per year.
Every Monday plan includes a quota of monthly automation actions such as triggers and notifications. Exceeding that quota incurs automatic overage charges or forces upgrades.
Hidden Impact: Integration-heavy departments like Marketing often exceed limits without realizing it.
When guests are added to multiple boards, they can automatically be converted to billable users, often unnoticed until the next invoice.
Teams frequently create new workspaces instead of new boards. Each workspace can generate separate billing under unique plans, leading to fragmented invoices and lost volume discounts.
Adding users mid-term triggers prorated true-up charges at the current tier rate, not the discounted rate. Downgrades, however, do not trigger prorated refunds.
As of 2025, Monday has introduced new storage tiers for file-heavy departments such as design, creative, and R&D. While Basic and Standard plans cap at 5 GB per seat, additional storage is now a paid add-on.
Enterprise support is no longer bundled by default; it is now a separate add-on priced by user tier.
Quick Tip: Always review the Admin Billing Dashboard → Usage Tab to see monthly automation usage and prevent overages before they occur.
CloudNuro.ai automatically surfaces these hidden or shadow costs. Its dashboards track automation consumption, inactive users, and workspace duplication, alerting you before waste occurs.
See where hidden SaaS spend hides →
Consolidate departmental workspaces into a single Enterprise plan to unlock volume-based pricing.
Impact: 15–20% savings from consolidated billing.
Analyze usage patterns and reassign Standard plans to infrequent users.
Impact: 10–15% reduction in recurring license cost.
Assign license costs to departments or projects to encourage ownership.
Impact: up to 25% reduction in unused seats.
For enterprises with stable headcount, negotiate multi-year deals at fixed per-user rates.
Impact: 20–30% locked-in savings.
Track automations to prevent forced tier upgrades. Use CloudNuro’s dashboard for action-based cost visibility.
Convert casual collaborators to Viewer roles. For example, project sponsors, executives, or clients who only view dashboards.
Review and remove redundant apps quarterly. Some time-tracking or Gantt extensions can overlap with built-in features.
Consolidate multiple team subscriptions into a single renewal cycle for unified negotiation leverage.
Monday’s annual plans offer approximately 18% savings compared to monthly billing.
Archived projects may still trigger automations. Disable them to prevent overages.
Avoid premium marketplace apps when free, equivalent templates are available.
Limit admin-level accounts to only those managing multiple boards.
CloudNuro.ai automates this hierarchy of cost-saving opportunities by categorizing each optimization into high-, medium-, and low-impact actions. With real-time dashboards and chargeback visibility, IT and finance teams can continuously optimize Monday bills.
See how CloudNuro’s AI-powered insights reduce SaaS waste →
Negotiating with SaaS vendors like Monday.com requires data, timing, and leverage. Here is how to approach renewals in 2025 effectively.
Monday provides detailed usage reports upon request. Use these to highlight underused features before renewal.
Demonstrate real underutilization, such as 30% dormant accounts. Vendors are more flexible when shown factual utilization data.
If multiple departments have separate Monday contracts, negotiate them together for enterprise pricing.
Teams exceeding automation limits should request an add-on discount rather than upgrading to a higher plan tier.
Lock current pricing for 24–36 months to hedge against annual increases, especially relevant as Monday introduces 2025 pricing adjustments.
Vendors are more flexible near quarter- or year-end; align renewals accordingly to leverage discounts.
Example: A retail enterprise consolidated three regional Monday accounts into a single global renewal. Using activity data, they negotiated a 22% discount and locked rates for two years.
CloudNuro.ai supports renewal negotiation by generating automated renewal readiness reports, usage summaries, and cost-forecast models, arming IT buyers with real data to secure better terms.
Start your Renewal Optimization Consultation →
| Category | Action | Impact | Expected Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licensing | Consolidate workspaces under one Enterprise plan | High | 15–20% |
| License Tiers | Downgrade underused Standard and Pro seats | High | 10–15% |
| Chargeback | Implement department-level accountability | High | Up to 25% |
| Automation | Monitor automation quotas and reduce redundant recipes | Medium | 10–15% |
| Add-ons | Audit marketplace integrations quarterly | Medium | 8–10% |
| Billing | Use annual billing with unified renewal | Low | 5–8% |
| Support | Negotiate bundled support and automation add-ons | Low | 5% |
Think you might be overspending on Monday? Let us find out.
CloudNuro’s strategic audit tools help you identify subtle signs of overspending, automate spend analysis, and implement corrective actions instantly.
In one case, we helped a customer reduce their Asana spend by over $50,000 annually, without disrupting operations.
Book a 15-minute demo and discover how much you could save on Monday. →
Pricing starts around $9 per user per month (Basic) and scales up to $16 per user per month (Pro) for annual billing. Enterprise plans remain custom quotes.
Yes, both are non-billable under specific sharing rules, but frequent sharing can trigger conversion to paid members.
Downgrades are allowed, but refunds are not provided mid-cycle. Adjust license counts before renewal for full benefit.
Use Monday’s “Usage Dashboard” or CloudNuro’s cross-platform consumption tracking to forecast automation costs.
CloudNuro provides real-time license analytics, automation tracking, and chargeback visibility, empowering you to make data-driven cost decisions before renewals.
CloudNuro.ai is the platform that helps enterprises take control of SaaS and cloud pricing with precision.
Recognized twice in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant and named a Leader in Info-Tech’s Software Reviews Data Quadrant, CloudNuro empowers IT and finance teams with complete pricing visibility, renewal support, and actionable insights to optimize Monday bills continuously.
Trusted by global enterprises such as Konica Minolta and Federal Signal, CloudNuro.ai unifies license analytics, pricing governance, and renewal negotiation into a single powerful platform.
See how CloudNuro turns SaaS pricing chaos into predictable savings →
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