These two sit in the same category on paper and price themselves differently. Jira's ladder is about how much process the site runs — automation allowances, storage, uptime SLAs and site counts. monday.com's ladder is about which workspace modules are switched on — views, time tracking, API limits and AI credit pools.
TL;DR
Jira charges per user and grows with process depth: Free forever for up to 10 users with 150 automation actions a month, Standard at $7.91 per user a month billed yearly with Rovo AI features and 400 automation actions, Premium at $14.54 with cross-team planning and a 99.9% uptime SLA, and Enterprise by quote with multiple sites. monday.com charges per seat and grows with modules: Free up to 2 seats with 3 boards, Basic at $9 per seat a month billed annually, Standard at $12 with timeline, Gantt and calendar views, Pro at $19 with time tracking and 10,000 API calls a day, and Enterprise by quote. Jira suits teams whose work is tracked as issues with dependencies and approvals; monday.com suits teams that want a configurable board per department with AI credits bundled in.
Jira's pricing page shows Free at $0 forever for up to 10 users, with unlimited goals, projects, tasks and forms; backlog, list, board, timeline and calendar views; 150 automation actions per subscription a month; and 2GB of storage with community support. Standard is $7.91 per user a month billed annually (the page advertises up to 17% saving against monthly billing) and adds Rovo Search, Chat and Agents with integrated AI features, user roles and permissions, free guest access, 400 automation actions per user a month, 250GB of storage, 9/5 regional support and sites of up to 100,000 users. Premium is $14.54 per user a month and adds cross-team planning and dependency management, customisable approval processes, 750 automation actions, unlimited storage, 24/7 support for critical issues and a 99.9% uptime SLA. Enterprise is sold through sales and adds advanced analytics, advanced admin controls, 1,000 automation actions per user a month, multiple sites up to 150 and a 99.95% uptime SLA.
monday.com's page opens with Free at $0 forever for up to 2 seats: 3 boards, 3 Docs, 200+ templates, 8 column types and mobile apps, with AI features available from Basic upward. Basic is $9 per seat a month with a total of $90 a month for 10 seats billed annually, and adds unlimited free viewers and unlimited items. Standard is $12 per seat a month ($120 a month for 10 seats, against a $140 list total shown as a $20 monthly special offer) and adds timeline and Gantt views, calendar view, guest access, 1,000 API calls a day and the AI essentials bundle of 5 tools and 2,000 credits a month. Pro is $19 per seat a month ($190 for 10 seats against $220) with time tracking, advanced columns, 10,000 API calls a day and 3,000 credits. Enterprise is quoted and raises API limits to 25,000 calls a day with portfolio and resource management, multi-level permissions and HIPAA compliance. The page notes that prices exclude tax and are set by the billing country.
| Feature | Jira | Monday.com |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Free forever for up to 10 users, 150 automation actions a month, 2GB storage | Free forever for up to 2 seats, 3 boards, 3 Docs, 200+ templates |
| Entry paid plan | Standard at $7.91 per user/month billed yearly | Basic at $9 per seat/month, $90 a month for 10 seats billed annually |
| Mid tier | Premium at $14.54 per user/month billed yearly | Standard at $12 per seat/month, $120 a month for 10 seats |
| Upper tier | Enterprise by quote: advanced analytics, multiple sites up to 150 | Pro at $19 per seat/month, $190 a month for 10 seats |
| Top tier | Enterprise includes 1,000 automation actions per user a month and a 99.95% uptime SLA | Enterprise quoted: 25,000 API calls a day, portfolio and resource management, HIPAA compliance |
| AI in the price | Rovo Search, Chat and Agents from the $7.91 Standard tier | AI features available from Basic; 2,000 credits a month on Standard, 3,000 on Pro |
| Automation and API | 150 actions a month free, then 400, 750, 1,000 per user a month | 1,000 API calls a day on Standard, 10,000 on Pro, 25,000 on Enterprise |
| Users and views | Backlog, list, board, timeline and calendar views; free guest access | Timeline, Gantt and calendar views from Standard; guest access from Standard |
| Storage | 2GB free, 250GB Standard, unlimited from Premium | Not stated as a plan limit on the pricing page |
| Support and SLA | Community support free; 9/5 Standard; 24/7 and 99.9% SLA Premium; 99.95% Enterprise | Enterprise adds top-tier support; other tiers use standard support channels |
Pick Jira if
Jira publishes $7.91 and $14.54 per user a month billed yearly and ties each step to engineering process: automation budgets, dependency management, approval flows and uptime SLAs. Teams already running agile ceremonies, or that need 10 free users before spending anything, get more structured depth per dollar than a configurable work OS offers.
Pick Monday.com if
monday.com publishes $9, $12 and $19 per seat a month billed annually, shows the 10-seat total on the page, and keeps unlimited free viewers from Basic upward. Departments that want to build their own board — marketing, ops, sales — with timeline and Gantt views, time tracking and pooled AI credits pay a predictable per-seat rate without a sales call.
No user reviews, ratings or quotes were gathered for this pair. All figures come from atlassian.com/software/jira/pricing and monday.com/pricing as fetched for this page, on annual billing; tax is excluded and monday.com states prices are set by billing country.
Jira Standard at $7.91 per user a month billed yearly works out at about $79 a month for 10 users. monday.com Basic is $9 per seat a month with the page showing a $90 monthly total for 10 seats billed annually, and Standard shows $120 for the same 10 seats. On published annual rates Jira's entry tier is the lower of the two.
Yes, with different ceilings. Jira's Free tier covers up to 10 users with unlimited goals, projects, tasks and forms. monday.com's Free tier covers up to 2 seats with 3 boards and 3 Docs. Jira's free user limit is the more generous of the two.
In Jira, $7.91 adds Rovo AI features, roles and permissions, guest access and 400 automation actions; $14.54 adds cross-team planning, approvals, unlimited storage and a 99.9% SLA. In monday.com, $12 adds timeline and Gantt views, guest access and 2,000 AI credits; $19 adds time tracking, advanced columns and 10,000 API calls a day.
Both bundle AI rather than selling it separately. Jira includes Rovo Search, Chat and Agents from its Standard tier. monday.com makes AI features available from Basic and meters them through credit pools — 2,000 credits a month on Standard and 3,000 on Pro, with custom credits on Enterprise.
monday.com can hold tasks, timelines and dependencies, and its boards suit cross-functional work well. Jira's advantage for software teams is the issue model itself — backlog, sprint structure, approval processes and automation allowances that rise from 150 a month free to 1,000 per user on Enterprise.
Jira's Enterprise tier is a quote with multiple sites (up to 150), advanced analytics, 1,000 automation actions per user a month and a 99.95% uptime SLA. monday.com's Enterprise is also quoted, with 25,000 API calls a day, portfolio and resource management, multi-level permissions and HIPAA compliance.
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