If you're considering monday dev, you’re likely comparing monday dev with other software management tools. With so many options, it's challenging to determine which tools offer the best value for your team.

To help, we’ll explore three essential questions when evaluating options. We’ll also show how a comprehensive solution like monday dev can save time, reduce hidden costs, and deliver a better return on investment for your team.

 

Three key questions to ask

Migrating between management platforms isn’t easy, especially with stored data, contract terms, and staggered renewal dates. Before committing, consider these questions:

1. What core functionality does the platform offer? Does it enable your team to run all processes effectively? If not, what additional tools or add-ons will you need?
2. How easy is the platform to use? Can your team start using the tool immediately, or will you need dedicated administrators to manage it?
3. What is the total cost of ownership? Beyond the initial subscription fee, add up the costs for required add-ons, administrator wages, and training fees.

The answers to these questions will impact more than your budget. They will directly affect your team's ability to compete in the market.

 

The weakness of the market's offer

The GTM model followed by many software management tools contains two major flaws that pushes up customer costs.

 

New products over feature expansion

The strategy of many tools on the market is to offer partial capabilities for specific stages of the software development lifecycle. Instead of increasing the use cases for a product (for the benefit of end-users), companies support additional needs with extra products.

For example, there are individual products to:

• Collect feature requests and bug reports,
• Plan roadmaps and manage sprints,
• Write and store documentation,
• and coordinate product and feature releases.

Third-party add-ons fill the gaps of these platforms, adding additional costs for teams that want sprint analysis, incident reporting, or performance tracking. This expanding tech stack drives up costs and generates complex, inefficient workflows.

 

Rigid structures over end-user prioritization

Many of the tools on the market require customers to have a designated in-house administrator. As a result, the products can afford to be rigid with end-user experience not prioritized. This restricts team leads and developers from customizing the tools’ functionality to suit their workflows and prevents the calibration of displayed data to meet exact needs.

This inflexibility pushes users to plan and manage projects offline, weakening adoption and usage rates. The tools become just another reporting vehicle, slowing rather than assisting engineering progress.

 

The right product for your team

With that said let’s get into the questions to ask to make sure you choose the right product for your team.

 

1. What can the product do?

All software management platforms promise to help build exceptional products fast, but they all have limitations. Ensuring that the solution you purchase’s “core functionality” meets your team’s needs is crucial.

At monday dev, we equip teams with all the tools needed to plan roadmaps, run sprints, track progress, and measure performance. To this end, the product's Standard package provides capabilities that include:

1. Customer request collection and prioritization,
2. Roadmap planning, Gantt charts,
3. Sprint management,
4. Shareable Scrum and Kanban boards,
5. Bug and incident tracking,
6. CircleCI, GitHub, and GitLab integrations,
7. Unlimited dashboards with real-time reporting and agile insights,
8. Collaborative documentation, writing and storage.

These features, and many more, are fitted as standard on monday dev, meaning you'll find no hidden fees or extra tools to manage your operations.

Want to see the complete list? Review our pricing page for a full feature list, and visit our What’s New page for the latest updates.

 

2. How easy is the product to use?

Usability isn’t just a convenience; it can have major implications for your team's ability to perform. As we said, many management platforms require specialized administrators to set up and manage workflows, dashboards, and other management processes, adding significant costs to engineering teams.

For example, according to a 2024 survey by talent.com, the average salary for administrators in the U.S. trained to run traditional software management products is $110,175 per year.

Smaller teams may not need specialist administrators at first, but as their teams grow and workflows become more complex, they will need to do so. The more fragmented a tool's stack, the sooner this additional hire becomes necessary.

Teams don’t need administrators when using monday dev. Teams can quickly customize their workflows without requiring IT support. Indeed, each tier includes 24/7 customer support as and when you need it. This is evident in the fast ramp-up time teams experience when adopting monday dev. One customer, Call Box, cut onboarding time for new developers by 90% after adopting the product. Developers needed less than an hour to get started.

 

3. What is the total cost of ownership?

Assess the cumulative cost of your chosen platform's subscription fees, required add-ons, and administrative fees to ensure your company gets the maximum value.

At monday.com, we believe in transparent pricing and high-value solutions. For example:

• Our Sprint performance feature, which measures engineering performance by tracking PR statuses and GitHub cycle times, is included as a standard for all accounts. Competitors charge $49 per user/month for the same functionality.
• As documentation is core to engineering teams, monday workdocs, an integrated solution for writing and storing documentation, is included at no additional cost. Competitors charge $10-$20 per user/month for similar tools.

This all-in-one approach reduces expenses while simplifying tech stacks. When comparing the cost of software development tools, it's essential to consider the cumulative costs you’re committing to.

 

monday dev’s pricing is better

monday dev's goal is to simplify your processes with a transparent pricing structure and a consolidated tech stack to reduce management strain and costs. We also want to make our leading software accessible to product and engineering teams of all sizes.

Choosing monday dev isn’t just about stabilizing costs—it’s about investing in a tool that your team will be able to easily tailor to their needs, customize as processes change, stay aligned, and deliver faster.

Want to understand how monday dev compares in reality? Start our free 14-day trial to see how our platform can help your engineers collaborate and transform your product development processes.

 

 

If you have any questions, please reach out to our team right here. We’re available 24/7 and happy to help.