monday.com vs Hive
Compare Hive and monday.com on starting price, seat minimums, free plans, timelines, automations, integrations, and reporting. There is no universal winner — choose by job-cluster fit.
Hive
Work management platform with free plan (≤10 members) and Teams from $12/user/mo annual — strong monday.com peer.
Best for
- • SMB teams starting Free (≤10) before Teams
- • Buyers comparing monday who want a lower paid floor
Starting from $5.00/user/mo
Free plan available
VS
Our verdict
Choose monday.com when mainstream Work OS breadth, ecosystem depth and brand default matter (overall 8.6); choose Hive when a lower paid entry and generous Free (≤10) matter more (overall 7.6). Both are work-OS peers — not timeline specialists or adjacent PDF/remote tools.
Hive is better for
- ✓ Starting pricing
- ✓ Seat / licence minimum
- ✓ Free plan
- ✓ Value for money
monday.com is better for
- ✓ Automations
- ✓ Ease of use
- ✓ Work planning depth
- ✓ Automation & workflows
Tie
- • Timeline / Gantt
Choose Hive if: SMB teams starting Free (≤10) before Teams
Choose monday.com if: Teams standardising on a mainstream Work OS
monday.com
Work OS / work management platform with boards, timelines, automations and AI credits — Basic from $9/seat/mo annual (3-seat minimum).
Best for
- • Teams standardising on a mainstream Work OS
- • Buyers who need deep integrations and timeline/workload views
Starting from $9.00/user/mo
Free plan available
Comparison scorecard
Criterion-by-criterion results for Hive and monday.com. Numeric bars appear only when both products have approved scores.
- Hive
Starting pricing
Published floor price and what that floor actually includes.
monday.com Basic $9/seat/mo annual (3-seat minimum) plus AI credit bundles; Hive Starter $5/user/mo annual (≤10) or Teams $12 unlimited. Hive undercuts monday’s paid floor for small teams.
HiveStrongermonday.comWeaker - Hive
Seat / licence minimum
Minimum billed seats and how that changes small-team cost.
monday.com paid plans enforce a 3-seat minimum; Free is ≤2 seats. Hive Free/Starter allow up to 10 members before Teams unlimited — friendlier for micro teams.
HiveStrongermonday.comWeaker - Hive
Free plan
Whether a usable free plan is published, and what it gates.
Both publish free plans. monday.com Free: ≤2 seats, ≤3 boards. Hive Free: ≤10 members with storage/AI credit caps.
HiveStrongermonday.comWeaker - Tie
Timeline / Gantt
Native timeline, Gantt, or dependency planning.
Both support timeline/Gantt-style planning on work-management plans. monday.com markets timeline + workload views heavily; Hive covers Gantt/timeline inside projects.
Hive8/10monday.com9/10 - monday.com
Automations
Rules, recipes, and workflow automations in the work OS.
Both ship native automations/workflows. monday.com is the broader published Work OS automation narrative; Hive pairs automations with optional ~$5 add-ons.
Hive8/10monday.com9/10 - monday.com
Ease of use
How quickly teams become productive.
monday.com leads on ease of use (8/10 vs 9/10) from approved product scores grounded in vendor documentation.
Hive8/10monday.com9/10 - monday.com
Work planning depth
Boards, timelines, dependencies, and planning views for the primary job.
monday.com leads on work planning depth (8/10 vs 9/10) from approved product scores grounded in vendor documentation.
Hive8/10monday.com9/10 - monday.com
Automation & workflows
Automation depth, workflow builders, and action limits.
monday.com leads on automation & workflows (8/10 vs 9/10) from approved product scores grounded in vendor documentation.
Hive8/10monday.com9/10 - monday.com
Collaboration
Docs, comments, chat, proofing, and guest collaboration quality.
monday.com leads on collaboration (8/10 vs 9/10) from approved product scores grounded in vendor documentation.
Hive8/10monday.com9/10 - monday.com
Integrations
Important third-party integrations.
monday.com leads on integrations (7/10 vs 9/10) from vendor documentation as of the research date — not lab testing.
Hive7/10monday.com9/10 - monday.com
AI features
Useful AI for the primary job — not marketing fluff.
monday.com leads on ai features (7/10 vs 8/10) from vendor documentation as of the research date — not lab testing.
Hive7/10monday.com8/10 - monday.com
Reporting
Reporting and forecasting quality.
monday.com leads on reporting (7/10 vs 8/10) from vendor documentation as of the research date — not lab testing.
Hive7/10monday.com8/10 - monday.com
Scalability
Fit as team size and complexity grow.
monday.com leads on scalability (7/10 vs 9/10) from approved product scores grounded in vendor documentation.
Hive7/10monday.com9/10 - Hive
Value for money
Capability relative to total cost of ownership.
Hive leads on value for money (8/10 vs 7/10) from approved product scores grounded in vendor documentation.
Hive8/10monday.com7/10
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