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monday CRM vs Insightly

A CRM built on monday.com's customisable boards, a natural fit for teams that already manage work there. A CRM that pairs lead and contact management with project management, useful when won deals turn into delivery work.

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Short answer: For 10 people who need workflow automation, monday CRM is cheaper: Standard at $170 a month vs Insightly Professional at $490, a difference of $3,840 a year.

Both are credible choices; the right one depends on team size, billing preference and which tier you need for automation. The tables below use each vendor's published prices and seat rules, so the totals are what a team of that size would be billed before tax.

At a glance

	monday CRM	Insightly
Score	45.6 / 100	22 / 100
Cheapest paid plan (annual)	Basic: $12	Plus: $29
Top published price (annual)	Pro: $28	Enterprise: $99
Free plan	Not listed	Not listed
Month-to-month billing	Yes	Annual only
Trial	free 14-day trial	free 14-day trial, no credit card
Seat rules	minimum 3 seats and self-serve up to 40 seats	no seat minimum listed
Workflow automation	Standard and up250 custom automations /month	Professional and upWorkflow automation
Email sequences / cadences	Pro and upSet email sequences	Not listed
Sales forecasting	Not listed	Not listed
Single sign-on (SSO)	Not listed	Not listed

"Not listed" means the vendor's pricing page doesn't mention the feature for any plan. It may still exist on a higher tier, as an add-on, or in a separate feature matrix, so check with the vendor before ruling a CRM out.

Monthly cost by team size (annual billing)

Pipeline & contacts only

Team	monday CRM	Insightly
1 person	$36 Basic	$29 ✓ Plus
3 people	$36 ✓ Basic	$87 Plus
10 people	$120 ✓ Basic	$290 Plus
25 people	$300 ✓ Basic	$725 Plus
50 people	—	$1,450 Plus

Workflow automation

Team	monday CRM	Insightly
1 person	$51 Standard	$49 ✓ Professional
3 people	$51 ✓ Standard	$147 Professional
10 people	$170 ✓ Standard	$490 Professional
25 people	$425 ✓ Standard	$1,225 Professional
50 people	—	$2,450 Professional

Automation + email sequences

Team	monday CRM	Insightly
1 person	$84 Pro	—
3 people	$84 Pro	—
10 people	$280 Pro	—
25 people	$700 Pro	—
50 people	—	—

Each cell is the cheapest plan that fits the team and lists every feature in that row's need, using each vendor's seat minimums and caps. ✓ marks the cheaper option.

Where each one comes out ahead

monday CRM

Lower entry price: Basic at $12 vs Plus at $29 per user per month
Publishes month-to-month prices; Insightly shows annual billing only
Cheaper route to workflow automation for 10 people: $170 vs $490 a month
Lists email sequences (from Pro); Insightly's pricing page doesn't

Choose monday CRM if your company already runs projects on monday.com and your sales team is mid-sized.

See monday CRM pricing

Insightly

No seat minimum; monday CRM starts at 3 seats

Choose Insightly if you hand closed deals to a delivery team and want projects in the same system.

See Insightly pricing

Worth knowing

monday CRM: The page is set to a 10-seat team with yearly billing; the struck-out figure is the monthly price, which monday says is not discounted.
monday CRM: There is no free plan beyond the trial.
Insightly: Only annual billing is shown; no month-to-month price is published.
Insightly: Insightly's page blocks plain headless browsers; this capture used a desktop user agent.

FAQ

Is monday CRM or Insightly cheaper?

For 10 people who need workflow automation, monday CRM is cheaper: Standard at $170 a month vs Insightly Professional at $490, a difference of $3,840 a year.

Which has a free plan, monday CRM or Insightly?

monday CRM doesn't list one; Insightly doesn't list one.

Can I pay monthly for monday CRM and Insightly?

monday CRM publishes month-to-month prices; Insightly shows annual billing only.

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