# Optiwork vs Monday: which is the best project management platform in 2026? > Direct comparison between Optiwork and Monday.com: features, pricing, and purpose. Find out which platform best solves your business needs. *Published: 2025-03-30 · Author: Patrick Dal Ponte · Category: Comparison* *Tags: comparison, optiwork, monday, project management, productivity, collaboration* Canonical HTML: https://work.optidata.com/blog/optiwork-vs-monday --- **TL;DR** - Monday.com specializes in project and task management, with a visual and flexible interface. Optiwork is a complete platform that includes projects, email, drive, chat, video conferencing, and more in a single environment. - Monday.com Pro cost R$89/user/month in December 2024. Optiwork costs R$49/user/month with all modules included. - Monday does not have native corporate email, a drive with file governance, or video conferencing. Monday users almost always pay for those tools separately. - For project management with a flexible visual layer and advanced dashboards, Monday has the edge. For those who want projects integrated with email, drive, and communication in a single platform with a lower total cost, Optiwork solves more. --- Monday.com and Optiwork intersect on project management, but start from different premises. Monday was built to be the best work management tool. Optiwork was built to be the only environment a company needs to operate. ## What is Monday.com ![Monday.com interface](https://work.optidata.com/oque-e-monday.png) Monday.com is an American project management platform known for its intuitive visuals and flexibility in organizing tasks. It is widely used by marketing, HR, IT, and product teams to track project progress, campaigns, and reports. Monday does not have native corporate email, a drive with file governance, integrated video conferencing, or a corporate social network. For a complete work experience, you need to add complementary tools. ## What is Optiwork Optiwork is Optidata's corporate workspace platform. Instead of specializing in projects, it brings into a single environment every tool a company uses on a daily basis. In project management, Optiwork has an interactive board with multiple views, task creation with attachments, comments, assignees, deadlines, and labels, plus recurrence, task dependencies, and a personal task center. ![Optiwork project manager interface](https://work.optidata.com/projetos.png) Beyond projects, Optiwork has: - Drive with permission control, file traceability, and complete auditing ![Optiwork Drive with permission control](https://work.optidata.com/drive.png) - Chat and video conferencing for integrated communication ![Optiwork chat and video conferencing](https://work.optidata.com/chat-e-video.png) - Collaborative document editor for text, spreadsheets, and presentations ![Optiwork collaborative document editor](https://work.optidata.com/docs.png) - Corporate email centralized in the same platform ![Optiwork corporate email](https://work.optidata.com/email.png) ## Direct comparison | Feature | Optiwork | Monday.com | |---|---|---| | Task and project management | Yes | Yes | | Multiple views | Yes | Yes | | Dashboards and reports | Yes | Yes | | Internal chat | Yes | No | | Corporate email | Yes | No | | Drive with traceability | Yes | No | | Download control by user | Yes | No | | Document approval | Yes | No | | Video conferencing | Yes | No | | Internal knowledge base | Yes | No | | Corporate social network | Yes | No | | Native data protection compliance | Yes | Not declared | | Portuguese support | Yes | No | | Billing in Brazilian reais | Yes | No | ## Pricing: what is and isn't included Monday.com Pro cost R$89 per user per month in December 2024. That plan covers project management but does not include corporate email, a governance drive, or video conferencing. Optiwork charges R$49 per user per month, in Brazilian reais, with monthly billing and no mandatory annual contract. All modules are included. A company using Monday and needing email, drive, and video conferencing separately pays for those tools outside the Monday plan. Adding those costs together, the total per-user cost tends to be significantly higher than the Monday plan price. See all details at [work.optidata.com/en/pricing](https://work.optidata.com/en/pricing). ## Purpose: project management vs full workspace Monday.com is one of the best visual project management tools in the market. For teams that need advanced dashboards, reports, and a highly customizable interface to track work, Monday delivers well. Optiwork starts from a different premise: instead of being the best at projects, it aims to be the only environment a company needs. Productivity gains come from native integration between tools, not the individual depth of each module. A project can be linked to a file in Drive, a conversation in Talk, and an email in Mail, all in the same system. Grupo Tozzo, one of the largest operations in Brazil's food industry, consolidated five tools into one platform when migrating to Optiwork. In the words of Commercial Director Felipe Tozzo: "centralizing activities in a single tool produces a major productivity gain." ## When Monday makes more sense Monday.com is a good choice if your company needs a dedicated project management tool with advanced dashboards, complex automations, and specific integrations with other systems, and already has separate solutions for email, communication, and storage that work well. ## When Optiwork makes more sense Optiwork solves more when the company wants to consolidate tools in a single platform. It makes sense especially for those who: - Pay for Monday plus email, drive, and video conferencing separately - Need file traceability and data protection compliance - Want projects integrated with email, chat, and drive in the same environment - Prefer billing in Brazilian reais with predictable pricing - Want Portuguese-language support with direct service --- [Start the free trial](https://work.optidata.com/en/free-trial) and see how Optiwork works for your type of company. Prefer to see it before signing up? [Schedule a demo](https://calendar.work.optidata.cloud/calendar/appointment/links/a11e94c4-6e20-493c-bf9f-owt1-d4145c7dd285/view?language=en-US) with our team. --- ## Frequently asked questions **Q: Does Optiwork have the same project management features as Monday?** A: For day-to-day corporate use, yes. Optiwork's Projects has kanban, lists, recurring tasks, dependencies, templates, custom fields, and a personal task center. For very advanced dashboards or complex automations that depend on integrations with external systems, Monday may have the edge. **Q: Does Optiwork have integrated video conferencing?** A: Yes. Optiwork's Call covers group meetings, screen sharing, recording, and a waiting room. SmartBook automatically generates meeting links when scheduling through Calendar. **Q: How does migration from Monday to Optiwork work?** A: Optiwork has a team specialized in migrations that runs the entire process together with the company. The customer validates the plan before execution. **Q: Is Optiwork compliant with data protection law?** A: Yes. Optiwork offers a native audit log of every file access, configurable retention policy, and CSV-exportable reports. Optidata holds the SOC 2 Type II certification with 88 controls audited externally. **Q: Is Optiwork support available in English?** A: Yes. Support is provided in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, via chat and email, with an SLA of up to 5 minutes during business hours, by Optiwork's internal team.