The Monday.com alternative agencies actually enjoy using
Monday.com charges per seat and gets expensive fast when you add clients and freelancers. Trilo gives agencies chat, tasks, docs, video, and AI coworkers for $25 per month flat, no matter how many collaborators you bring in.
TL;DR
Monday.com per-seat pricing punishes agencies that work with multiple clients and freelancers. Trilo offers flat pricing with built-in client communication, task management, and AI coworkers. Choose Monday for enterprise resource planning. Choose Trilo for agency workflows that include chat and AI.
Why teams leave Monday.com
Per-seat pricing kills agency margins
Monday.com charges $12-18 per user. Agencies with 15 staff plus 10 client seats pay $450+/month just for project boards, eating into margins.
Client communication happens elsewhere
Monday.com has no real-time chat. Client conversations happen in Slack or email, completely disconnected from project boards.
No built-in video for client calls
Creative reviews and client check-ins require Zoom. Meeting notes and feedback end up in separate tools from the actual work.
Automation recipes are not AI
Monday.com automations follow rigid if-then rules. They cannot draft creative briefs, summarize client calls, or triage incoming requests.
What you get with Trilo
Flat $25/month pricing
Add clients and freelancers without per-seat costs
Client chat built in
Conversations and tasks in the same workspace
AI coworkers for agencies
Draft briefs, summarize calls, triage requests
Video with transcription
Client calls recorded with auto-generated action items
Quick comparison
How Trilo helps
Pricing That Works for Agencies
Agencies juggle staff, freelancers, and client stakeholders. Monday.com charges $12-18 per seat for each of them. Trilo is $25 per month flat. Add every client, freelancer, and team member without watching your costs climb with each new project.
Client Communication in Your Project Tool
With Monday.com, client feedback arrives in email, discussions happen in Slack, and tasks live on boards. Context scatters. Trilo puts real-time chat alongside project boards so client conversations stay linked to deliverables. AI transcribes client calls and generates action items automatically.
AI That Handles Agency Operations
Monday.com automations move cards between columns. Trilo AI coworkers draft creative briefs from client conversations, summarize feedback calls, generate task lists from meeting notes, and keep projects on schedule across multiple clients simultaneously.
Ready for agency tools without per-seat pricing?
Join agencies who manage clients, freelancers, and projects in one workspace for $25 per month.