Are you looking for a monday.com alternative that is not only powerful, but also intuitive and user-friendly? Then awork is exactly the right tool for you.
In this article, you will find out why awork is not only ideal for teams of all sizes, but also how it compares to monday.com.
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What monday.com offers - and where there are challenges
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monday.com has established itself as one of the market leaders in project management and offers a wide range of features, including: numerous ready-made templates that cover a variety of workflows and automations that can speed up processes.
Despite these advantages, there are some challenges:
Complexity: smaller teams in particular often find the multitude of functions overwhelming.
Training: The wealth of functions requires a lot of time for training and explanations.
User-friendliness: Some features such as automation are not intuitive and sometimes require technical knowledge.
Support: Long waiting times and a lack of German support repeatedly cause frustration among users.
Why companies choose awork
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Intuitive design & user-friendliness
“Make it smart, but also make it fun.”
💜 awork impresses with a user-friendly interface where all functions are where you expect them to be. Whether it's task management, time tracking or project planning - everything is intuitive and looks good too.
monday.com, on the other hand, requires a certain amount of training and often involves a steep learning curve due to its extensive features.
Onboarding: quick and uncomplicated
💜 With awork, you can get started right away - no complicated onboarding processes or hours of training. There is a comprehensive help center, a personal onboarding team and regular webinars to answer your questions.
🩶 With monday.com, on the other hand, patience is required: onboarding can be a challenge for new team members and often requires the support of colleagues.
Smart time recording
💜 Time tracking in awork is seamlessly integrated into the workflow:Record times directly in projects or tasks.Use the practical stopwatch function or convert calendar entries into working times.Export time records easily and efficiently.
🩶 monday.com also offers time tracking functions, but these are less intuitive and more difficult to set up.
Project planning: overview and control
💜 With awork, you have all projects and tasks in one place. Whether you work with Kanban boards, task lists or calendars - awork offers you flexible options for planning and organization. Particularly helpful are:
- Practical templates: For example, for campaign planning - you can set up new projects in no time at all.
- Collaboration made easy: With statuses, dependencies and the comment function, you can always stay up to date without any additional effort.
- awork Connect: Easily integrate freelancers or clients into projects.
The intuitive operation ensures that your project managers can focus on the essentials without being distracted by unnecessary complexity.
🩶 monday.com also offers comprehensive tools for project planning:
- Detailed Gantt charts and dashboards for advanced project management.
- Extensive customization options for large projects.
However, monday.com requires intensive training in order to fully utilize all functions. Teams need to be prepared to invest more time in configuration and setup.
Capacity planning: balance for your team
💜 With awork, capacity planning becomes child's play. Vacations, meetings, workations and other absences are directly visible in the planning and flow into the workload.
Highlights of awork capacity planning:
- Visual representation of your team's availability and workload.
- Integration of calendars and projects: So you can plan long-term and go into detail at the same time.
- Flexible adjustments to recognize and avoid overloads at an early stage.
Thanks to the combination of project planning and capacity overview, you always have a complete picture of your team's resource utilization.
🩶 monday.com also offers capacity planning tools, but these are limited to the projects that are stored directly in the platform.
- Detailed workload dashboards show utilization across different projects.
- Customizable reports help to manage resources.
However, capacity planning in monday.com requires in-depth familiarization and offers no integration with external appointments or calendars. This makes planning less flexible for teams that frequently work with external resources.
Data protection and security
💜 awork is developed and hosted in Germany and is fully GDPR-compliant. All data is encrypted and stored exclusively in certified data centers in Germany.
🩶 monday.com also meets GDPR standards, but stores data in servers outside Germany
Incomparable support
💜 awork scores with a fast, German-speaking support team in Hamburg, which is available on weekdays from 09:00 to 17:00. Whether via live chat, email or in the test phase - questions are answered directly.
🩶 monday.com offers support mainly in English, with users reporting long waiting times.
Why awork is the better monday.com alternative
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awork combines intuitive operation, smart functions and outstanding support in one tool. While monday.com scores with its wealth of functions, awork impresses with user-friendliness, a modern design and a strong focus on teamwork.
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💌 Curious to find out more?
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