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Sage CRM vs monday.com comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.6
monday.com enhances productivity, efficiency, and collaboration, offering significant value through time savings and improved task management despite ROI calculation challenges.
Sentiment score
8.0
Sage CRM offers high ROI with excellent accessibility and reporting, but some find its licensing costly compared to cheaper alternatives.
We have about 14% of time savings on average on a given project and about 17 to 18% in cost savings as well.
Vice President, Finance and Operations at Fruitist
It efficiently helps to centralize planning, tracking, and collaboration.
HITRUST and GRC Consultant at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
I have seen a return on investment with monday.com, specifically time saved.
Technical Consulting Manager at a retailer with 201-500 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.3
Monday.com's customer service is responsive and efficient, with users appreciating quick, professional support despite room for personalized improvements.
Sentiment score
7.4
Sage CRM customer service is effective, with highly-rated support and helpful resources, though response times can vary.
I would rate the customer support on a scale of one to ten as a ten
Head of Consulting at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
I would rate their customer service a ten.
Head of Financial Team at resolutte
We only had one issue with logging in a few months back and we were able to get on monday.com customer support and get the resolution for our issue within an hour, which was great.
Vice President, Finance and Operations at Fruitist
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Monday.com is adaptable and scalable for teams of all sizes, supporting growth, customization, and efficient project management across departments.
Sentiment score
6.7
Sage CRM is scalable, contingent on team configuration, supporting 80 to 105 users with high user scalability ratings.
Within about four to five months of rolling this out across teams, we got usage rates up to anywhere between 70 to 85% of members within each of the teams that we rolled out using monday.com on a daily basis or a few times a week.
Vice President, Finance and Operations at Fruitist
monday.com's scalability is great.
Technical Consulting Manager at a retailer with 201-500 employees
Regarding scalability, monday.com is easy to scale up as my needs change.
Head of Consulting at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Monday.com is praised for stability and reliability, with rare issues quickly resolved, ensuring seamless project management.
Sentiment score
8.4
Sage CRM is highly praised for its reliability and stability, with long-term users consistently rating it eight to nine out of ten.
We got on the phone with our rep and the IT support team and we were able to get our issues resolved within an hour.
Vice President, Finance and Operations at Fruitist
Their support team is very helpful, so even if there is an issue or a question, they answer quickly.
Sr. Analyst at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Users seek better integration, automation, templates, reporting, time tracking, notifications, task management, collaboration, and enhanced performance in monday.com.
Sage CRM requires interface enhancements, faster support, better reporting, improved integrations, and updated features for modernization and efficiency.
The need for a stable connection is critical as there are network issues that slow our processes down.
PM at Galaxy Software Services
I would like to have the ability to create more than two levels of subtasks in monday.com.
Project manager at WITS
Role-based access control is the main thing I would identify when it comes to needed improvements for monday.com.
DevOps at a marketing services firm with 51-200 employees
 

Setup Cost

monday.com provides scalable, cost-effective project management solutions with transparent pricing, valued for adaptability despite potential high enterprise costs.
Sage CRM is seen as cost-effective for enterprises but can be expensive, especially in Africa, with annual licensing fees.
It is quite expensive.
Head of Financial Team at resolutte
The basic, standard, and pro plans range from $12 to $24 per user per month.
Data Engineer at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
Licensing being somewhat challenging, having to choose which users we had and such things.
Head of Consulting at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

Monday.com enhances productivity through automation, customizable dashboards, intuitive task management, seamless integrations, and user-friendly interfaces.
Sage CRM excels in customization, integration, and functionality, offering robust management, reporting, and scalability for enhanced customer and employee tracking.
monday.com saves time and gets everyone on the same page within my team.
Head of Financial Team at resolutte
monday.com has impacted my organization positively by reducing the amount of work we do to keep track of information and making it easier to maintain records.
DevOps at a marketing services firm with 51-200 employees
Automation has had the biggest impact on my workflow because we are able to automate small, tedious, and time-consuming tasks, thereby saving a lot of time.
Project Manager at AT&T
 

Categories and Ranking

monday.com
Ranking in CRM
4th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
238
Ranking in other categories
Project Portfolio Management (3rd), Project Management Software (2nd), Marketing Management (3rd), Opportunity Management (4th)
Sage CRM
Ranking in CRM
29th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the CRM category, the mindshare of monday.com is 1.1%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sage CRM is 0.7%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CRM Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
monday.com1.1%
Sage CRM0.7%
Other98.2%
CRM
 

Featured Reviews

Shreyans Parekh - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President, Finance and Operations at Fruitist
Centralized workflows have boosted cross-team collaboration and made complex projects manageable
monday.com can continue to improve their AI capabilities. When comparing monday.com to several alternatives when I was evaluating a project and project management, product road mapping, and workflow management platform for us, I looked at competitors such as Asana, ClickUp, SmartSheet, Airtable, and Notion. In my opinion, competitors such as Airtable and SmartSheet, especially followed by Asana and ClickUp, have worked on their AI and generative AI roadmap to combine database functionality with a very user-friendly interface for knowledge management and project tracking, essentially combining both worlds. Their AI is more sophisticated than what monday.com has released thus far. They provide a cleaner task-focused workflow management platform and I think that monday.com can still improve on this core piece of their technology. I think monday.com could also seek to be more process-oriented and intuitive. Other alternatives such as Asana and SmartSheet offer that approach. There is a steeper learning curve to learn monday.com in my opinion compared to Airtable, Asana, and others because I have also used those tools and platforms at other organizations. There is a bit of a learning curve with new users on monday.com because it is not as streamlined as I have experienced with competitors such as SmartSheet or Airtable. The capability sets are great, however, you may need to be hand-held via a monday.com rep when you get started within your organization or view the library of tutorials that monday.com has available. You can also view them on YouTube and that will help you get started on monday.com.
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Deputy Manager - IT at Nidec Corporation
Useful to access data anytime and helpful in generating reports quickly
Speaking about the product's ability to improve sales processes, I would say that even though the tool offers project management capabilities along with ERP functionalities, my company doesn't use it for project management or HR-related areas. My company majorly uses the tool for finance, logistics, and inventory control. I haven't had the need for my company to not integrate the tool with other products. Though my company uses the product separately, we can export Sage CRM into Excel, after which the data can be integrated with other software products. Though the tool can be integrated with other products, my company doesn't do it because Sage CRM is enough for us. The analytical reporting part of the business product is good. The analytical reporting part of the product is used for financial years, along with the profit and loss reports and inventory reports. For the sales part in our company, we use the analytical reports generated by the product to help the sales people in a region-wise, sales-wise and product-wise manner. In my company, one of the teams will be changing from Sage CRM to Microsoft Dynamics. I recommend the product to others who plan to use it, especially since it is a tool suitable for medium-sized companies and not for enterprise-sized businesses. Medium-sized companies can use the product since it is an economical and reliable tool. I rate the tool a nine out of ten.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Outsourcing Company
7%
Construction Company
23%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business181
Midsize Enterprise28
Large Enterprise32
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise2
 

Questions from the Community

Do you recommend Monday.com?
Monday.com is one of the best project management softwares available on the market. It lets you create and customize the tools you need to run every aspect of your work. I particularly favor it bec...
What needs improvement with monday.com?
I think monday.com can be improved by having more integration to other applications. Integration is needed because some of our clients want to have a native integration in their monday.com and exis...
What is your primary use case for monday.com?
My main use case for monday.com is CRM and people management. Most of what we use is as a CRM. One specific example of how I use monday.com for CRM and people management is that one of our clients ...
What needs improvement with Sage CRM?
The product could be improved by modernizing the charts and analytics. Additionally, the export features and interactivity of the charts need enhancement.
What is your primary use case for Sage CRM?
We use the product for managing leads and cases. It helps us track cases through customizable workflows and efficiently handle lead tracking.
 

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