for freelancers and agencies.Looking for a Monday.com alternative that also handles proposals, billing and clients, not just tasks? Elevia brings CRM, sales proposals, projects and billing together for teams under 20 people, with no seat minimum.
Replacing Monday makes sense when you realize your boards don't collect revenue: sales, signatures and billing live in other tools you pay for on top.
Monday bills a minimum of 3 users on paid plans: a freelancer pays €27/month (Basic annual) to work alone. And Basic includes neither automations nor integrations: to connect Gmail or Slack, you need Standard.
No sales proposals, no e-signatures, no French-compliant billing. Monday runs your tasks; to sell and get paid, you add a proposal tool, a billing tool and re-enter everything.
monday CRM is a separate product from monday Work Management: two subscriptions, two setups, and sync to maintain between sales and production.
Automations capped by tier, advanced columns on Pro, limited guest access on entry plans… Every limit pushes you to the next tier. At €19/user/month on Pro (annual), a team of 5 pays over €1,100/year for task management alone.
Elevia replaces Monday and the stack around it: CRM, proposals, project management, billing and client portal.From first contact to paid invoice, everything connects: a signed proposal becomes a project, time tracked feeds the invoice.Built for agencies and freelancers under 20 people. No seat minimum.This table shows what each tool does best. Monday remains a reference for orchestrating projects at scale; Elevia is built to sell, propose, deliver and bill in one flow.
| Elevia | Monday | |
|---|---|---|
| CRM & sales pipeline | Native pipeline included, follow-ups, AI enrichment, unified client history | monday CRM: separate product, distinct subscription from Work Management |
| Sales proposals | Interactive proposals, à la carte options, open tracking, e-signatures | No native feature (third-party tool required) |
| Billing & payments | Quotes, FR-compliant invoices, subscriptions and Stripe built in | No native billing |
| Project management | Time tracking, margin per engagement, list, Kanban and timeline views | Very complete: multiple views, dependencies, milestones, workload |
| Automations | Ready-made business workflows (proposal → project → invoice) | Powerful but capped by tier, from Standard plan only |
| Integrations | Stripe, Figma, CSV/messaging import | 200+ integrations (Standard and above), rich marketplace |
| Client portal | Dedicated space per client: projects, documents, messages, invoices | Guest board sharing, no client journey or invoices |
| Design feedback | Annotations on mockups, websites and videos, per deliverable | Comments and files, no native visual annotation |
| Seat minimum | None, from 1 user | 3-seat minimum, even solo |
| Pricing (2026, per user/month) | From €7 ex. VAT (Core + modules) or €49 ex. VAT all-in Suite, 14-day trial | Basic €9, Standard €12, Pro €19 (annual), €27 to €57/month minimum |
| Agency-focused support | Agency onboarding and responsive support | Translated UI, standard English support on entry tiers |
Before you leave Monday, here’s where it still fits better, and why some teams keep it.
Complex dependencies, workload management, multi-team portfolios: beyond 20–30 people or on highly structured projects, Monday remains stronger. Elevia targets simplicity for small service teams.
With 200+ integrations and an app marketplace, Monday connects to almost everything (from Standard plan). Elevia covers essential agency connections, not exhaustive coverage.
Monday's automation engine lets you build almost any workflow. Elevia offers ready-made business automations (signed proposal → project → invoice), less configurable but no setup.
Elevia targets freelancers and service agencies (≤ 20 people) who use Monday as their central tool but pay other subscriptions to sell and bill.
Monday's 3-seat minimum makes you pay for a team you don't have, and it doesn't handle quotes or invoices.
One subscription from 1 user, no phantom seat surchargeTracked proposals with signature and online paymentCompliant billing linked to time trackedYour projects are in Monday, your CRM elsewhere, invoices in a third tool. Every client project starts with copy-paste.
Sales pipeline, production and billing in the same flowClient portal per project: progress, deliverables, invoicesMargin per engagement visible to leadershipLeaving Monday for Elevia happens board by board: export your data, recreate project templates and switch client by client.
Export Monday boards as Excel/CSV and import clients and contacts into Elevia CRM. Field mapping in a few clicks.
Turn your standard boards into Elevia project templates (list, Kanban, timeline views). Your proposal → project → invoice workflows are already wired.
Start with new projects, migrate in-flight work at the next milestone. Invite clients to their portal.
Plan 1–2 days to be operational. No need to migrate everything at once.
Elevia: 14-day free trial, then from €7 ex. VAT/user/month (Core + modules) or €49 ex. VAT all-in Suite, no seat minimum. Monday: Basic €9, Standard €12, Pro €19 per user/month billed annually, with a 3-seat minimum, €27, 36 or €57/month to start (pricing on monday.com/pricing).
Monday costs less per seat on Basic, but the 3-user minimum and adding CRM, a proposal tool and billing flip the math once you sell services.
See full pricingYes, if you need to sell, deliver and bill in one tool. Elevia replaces the Monday + CRM + proposal tool + billing stack. If you only need advanced project management for a large team, Monday is still the better fit.
Monday offers a free plan limited to 2 users and 3 boards, insufficient to run a business. Elevia has no permanent free tier but offers a full 14-day trial, with no seat minimum afterward.
That's its paid-plan pricing policy: even solo, you pay for 3 seats (€27/month on Basic annual, source monday.com/pricing). Elevia bills actual users from 1 seat.
Export boards as Excel/CSV, import contacts into CRM, recreate standard boards as project templates. Plan 1–2 days to be operational.
Monday: €9–19/user/month (annual) with a 3-seat minimum, CRM excluded (separate product). Elevia: from €7 ex. VAT/user/month or €49 ex. VAT all-in Suite, CRM, proposals and billing included.
Yes. CRM is native in Elevia and connected to your proposals, projects and invoices, not a separate product with a second subscription.
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