Why choose Avaza as a Monday alternative?
monday.com is a flexible work management platform built around boards, automations and dashboards. Avaza adds the parts a services business bills for: timesheets, expenses, quotes, invoices and resource scheduling in one subscription, with no seat minimum.

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Avaza vs monday.com: feature comparison
monday.com covers boards, automations and team collaboration. Avaza covers projects plus the time, billing and scheduling work around them, on every plan.
| Feature | ![]() | |
|---|---|---|
| Projects and tasks with list, board, Gantt and calendar views | Gantt and calendar on Standard+ | |
| Kanban boards | ||
| Custom fields on tasks | ||
| Unlimited free client collaborators | Unlimited on Pro+, 3 free on Standard | |
| Time tracking with timers and timesheets | Pro and above (per-item timer column) | |
| Timesheet approvals | ||
| Project budgets and profitability reports | Number columns; formulas on Pro+ | |
| Resource scheduling and workload | Workload view on Pro and above | |
| Expense tracking with receipts and approvals | Board templates only | |
| Quotes and estimates | monday CRM only (separate product) | |
| Invoices with online payments | monday CRM only; external pay link | |
| Recurring and retainer invoicing | ||
| Built-in Xero and QuickBooks Online sync | QuickBooks (top plan); Xero via apps | |
| Team chat with channels and direct messages | Item updates and @mentions | |
| Minimum number of seats | None | 3 seats, then buckets of 5 |
| Paid plan per user from | $7 / month | $12 / month |
All registered trademarks, company names and brand names used on this website are the property of their respective owners. monday.com features, plan availability and prices are taken from monday.com/pricing (work management plans) and the monday.com Help Center as of September 2026, on monthly billing (Basic is $9 per seat per month when billed annually; paid plans start at 3 seats). Avaza's $7 is the published price per additional Timesheet/Expense or Admin/Finance user on any paid plan; plans start at $11.95 per month. Information and features are subject to change. To report corrections, please contact us.
1. Quotes and invoices in the same product as your projects
monday.com's work management plans do not include quotes or invoices; they are sold in monday CRM, a separately priced product, where documents are generated as PDFs with a link to an external payment platform. In Avaza the task, the hours and the invoice are the same record, and clients pay online.
Quotes that become projects
Send an estimate, let the client approve it online, then convert the line items into tasks and the total into a budget.
Time and expenses to invoices
Add unbilled hours and receipts to an invoice in a couple of clicks, grouped by project, category or person.
Paid online
Clients pay by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, ACH, Bacs, BECS or SEPA through Stripe, or with PayPal, and Avaza records the payment.
Recurring and retainer billing
Automate monthly invoices with smart tags, hold retainer credit and Auto Charge saved cards on paid plans.
2. Time tracking on every plan, including Free
monday.com's Time Tracking column is a per-item timer available on its Pro and Enterprise plans only, and it has no timesheet or approval workflow. Avaza's timers, day and week timesheets and approvals are included on every plan.
Timers anywhere
Start a timer on a task from the web, desktop or mobile app and stop it on another device.
Day and week views
Log a single entry or fill a whole week in one grid, and copy last week's timesheet as a starting point.
Approvals built in
Set a default approver per person or per project, approve or reject in bulk, and lock approved time.
Rates that follow the work
Billable and cost rates per project, category or person feed invoices and the Project Profitability report.
3. Clients and contractors collaborate free, on every plan
On monday.com, guests need the Standard plan or above, and on Standard every four guests count as one billed seat after the first three. Avaza's project collaborators are unlimited and free on every plan, including Free.
Customer portal
Clients see their projects and tasks, comment with @mentions and share files, without using a paid seat.
Approve and pay online
Clients can approve or reject estimates with comments, then view and pay the invoices that follow.
Timesheet approvers
If you want, a client contact can review and approve the hours you log for them.
Task-level permissions
Decide which tasks each collaborator can see and work on.
4. Schedule people, not just tasks
monday.com's Workload view is limited to its Pro and Enterprise plans, and its resource planner and capacity manager are Enterprise features. Avaza's team schedule is included, and it talks to the timesheets.
Drag-and-drop bookings
Plan people across projects days or weeks ahead on a team or project timeline.
Real availability
Daily capacity, leave and public holidays show who is free and who is over capacity.
Schedule to timesheet
Scheduled assignments appear on the timesheet day view, where one click creates the time entry.
Planned vs actual
The Schedule vs Timesheets and Staff Utilization reports compare booked hours with hours logged.
Switching from monday.com to Avaza
Export your boards from monday.com, import them into Avaza, and invite your team. Free accounts include every feature, so you can test the move before you pay.
Export from monday.com
monday.com exports any board to Excel from the board's three-dot menu (More actions, then Export board to Excel), optionally with updates and subitems. Account admins can also export every board and file as a zip from Administration. Save each board you want to keep as a CSV file.
Import into Avaza
Go to Settings › Import Data and upload CSV files for companies, contacts, projects, tasks, timesheets, expenses, inventory items and invoices. Projects that don't exist yet can be created for you once their companies are in Avaza.
Reconnect and go live
Connect Xero or QuickBooks Online, link Stripe or PayPal for online payments, invite your team and add clients as free project collaborators. Book a call if you would like us to walk through it with you.
What Makes Avaza Different?
Elevate your client collaboration experience: Avaza's pioneering Client Users feature gives you unlimited client access without adding a dime to your costs.
Customer Support You'll Love
Our dedication doesn't stop once you've signed up. The support team is on hand 24 hours a day, Monday to Friday, ready to help with any query, big or small.
Ease Meets Expertise
Basic tools fall short as you grow, and advanced ones feel daunting. Avaza strikes the balance: an intuitive platform that doesn't skimp on powerful, high-level features.
Avaza Mobile Apps
Stay connected in the office or on the go. Track time and expenses and collaborate with your team and clients right from the palm of your hand.
Onboarding
Get up and running faster with personalised onboarding sessions tailored to your team.

“I like that Avaza has different tools that, if put together, make a great solution for project management. It has features such as invoicing (including billing and expense management!), project management and collaboration that work all to their maximum potential and offer good quality software. When using Avaza, I like that I can set reminders for my team to complete tasks or timesheets, while also working in the sales part of my job, allowing me to see my list of clients through Kanban View or other different ways in which I can adjust the interface.”Start Free
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monday.com alternative FAQs
Is Avaza a good alternative to monday.com?
Yes, if you need more than boards and automations. Avaza includes projects with list, Kanban, Gantt and calendar views plus timesheets, expenses, quotes, invoicing, resource scheduling, team chat and 30+ reports in one product, so a services team does not need a separate time tracker or billing tool. If your team mainly needs configurable boards, workflows and dashboards for internal work, monday.com's plans may be the better fit.
How much does monday.com cost in 2026?
As of September 2026, monday.com/pricing lists a Free work management plan for up to 2 seats and 3 boards, Basic at $12 per seat per month billed monthly ($9 billed annually), Standard at $14 ($12 annually), Pro at $24 ($19 annually) and Enterprise at custom pricing. Paid plans start at 3 seats and are sold in seat buckets, so a team of 4 pays for 5 seats and a team of 6 pays for 10. Time tracking needs the Pro plan or above, and monday CRM, monday dev and monday service are separately priced products.
Does monday.com have time tracking, invoicing or expense management?
monday.com's work management plans include a Time Tracking column on Pro and Enterprise: a per-item timer with a log and Excel export, without timesheets or an approval workflow. Quotes and invoices belong to monday CRM, a separately priced product, and are produced as PDFs with an optional link to an external payment platform. Expenses and budgets are handled with board templates and number or formula columns rather than an expense module. Avaza includes timesheets, approvals, expenses, quotes and invoicing on every plan, including Free.
Can I import my monday.com boards into Avaza?
Yes. Export each board from monday.com to Excel (three-dot menu, More actions, Export board to Excel), save it as a CSV file, then upload it in Avaza under Settings › Import Data using the project and task imports. Projects that do not exist yet can be created automatically once their companies are in Avaza. Team members are invited by email rather than imported, and users who will be assigned tasks need to be added to the project first. Paid migration assistance is available if you would rather we did it for you.
Does Avaza have a free plan?
Yes. Every account starts on the Free plan with no credit card required. It includes one Timesheet/Expense user, one Scheduling user, five Chat users, five active projects, ten customers, five invoices and bills a month and unlimited project collaborators. Paid plans start at $11.95 per month with no minimum number of users, and additional Timesheet or Admin users are $7 per user per month.
Can my clients use Avaza for free?
Yes. Project collaborators are unlimited and free on every plan, so clients and contractors can view tasks, comment and share files without costing you a seat. Clients can also approve estimates online, view and pay invoices, and, if you choose, act as timesheet approvers. On monday.com, guests require the Standard plan or above, and on Standard every four guests count as one billed seat after the first three.
Does Avaza integrate with monday.com?
Avaza does not offer a native monday.com integration. It connects to thousands of other apps through Zapier and includes a REST API and webhooks, so hand-offs can be automated while you transition. For accounting, Avaza's own native two-way integrations with Xero and QuickBooks Online sync invoices, payments, contacts and taxes, so your books stay current without re-keying.
Try Avaza as your monday.com alternative
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