Hops
monday.com alternative

With monday.com™, AI comes with paid seats. With Hops™, it comes with the whole team.

monday.com is a work management platform with AI tools and agents, priced per seat. In Hops, your team and one AI agent work in the same docs, slides and dashboards, with no seat fees.
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Used by people at

  • Altery
  • Amazon
  • Blue Ink
  • Capgemini
  • Globant
  • Merit America
  • Microsoft
  • Miro
  • Novartis
  • Pathstone
  • Semrush
  • Kustomer

Hops vs monday.com: three big differences

  • No seat fees, and fewer tools to pay for
    Hops has no seat fees, so every team can join without waiting for a license. Docs, slides, dashboards, tables and project tracking come built in, so you can cut seats in other tools.
    With monday.com

    monday.com charges per seat with a three-seat minimum, and AI runs on a monthly credit allowance for each plan.

  • Your whole project, in one place
    Your team and Hops plan, write and build in the same workspace, so the work stays in one version. What one person teaches Hops, everyone on the team can use.
    With monday.com

    monday.com has boards, docs, dashboards, forms and an app builder, and its AI tools and agents work across your boards.

  • Keep private data private, even in team threads
    Hops uses only what the person asking has been granted. If an answer draws on something others in the thread can't see, Hops holds it until the person who asked approves.
    With monday.com

    monday.com doesn't use your data to train AI models, and each agent's creator sets which boards it can see.

At a glance

Hops vs monday.com

Who is it for?
Hops
Teams that want to do the work together with AI, in one shared workspace.
monday.com
Teams that want a work management platform, with AI tools and agents.
Where does the finished work end up?
Hops stronger
Hops
In docs, slides, dashboards, tables or apps inside Hops, where your team can keep working on it.
monday.com
On boards, in docs and on dashboards.
Can your team edit it together?
About the same
Hops
Teammates and Hops edit the same file at the same time, with the conversation right beside it.
monday.com
Teams edit docs together in real time.
What happens to the next steps?
About the same
Hops
Next steps go into a tracker next to the work, each with an owner and a date. Hops drafts the follow-ups.
monday.com
Boards track the work, and the notetaker pulls out action items.
What does it cost to bring everyone in?
Hops stronger
Hops
No seat fees. Your team pays in AI credits for the work Hops does.
monday.com
Per seat, with a three-seat minimum, and AI credits by plan.
Does it stay within each person's permissions?
About the same
Hops
Access is set for each person, and Hops works within what they've been granted.
monday.com
Each agent's creator sets which data it can see, and whether it can edit or only read.
Will it pass your security review?
About the same
Hops
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and ISO 42001. See the Hops Trust Center for details.
monday.com
SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, plus ISO 27017, 27018 and 27701, with a HIPAA BAA.
Does it connect to your tools?
Hops stronger
Hops
Connects to 2,000+ apps, and Hops builds the workflows between them. Docs, slides, dashboards and tables come built in.
monday.com
Connects to 850+ integrations and apps.
Can you keep using Slack® or Teams?
About the same
Hops
Yes. Mention @Hops in any Slack channel, thread or DM, and it posts the finished work back in the thread. Hops works in Microsoft Teams® too.
monday.com
Yes. Mention @monday.com in Slack, and the monday bot works in Teams.
Best for
Hops
Doing the work with your team and one shared AI agent, in the same docs, slides and plans
monday.com
Managing projects on boards, with AI help along the way

Based on public product information as of November 9, 2026. Features vary by plan. monday.com is a trademark of monday.com Ltd. Slack is a registered trademark of Salesforce, Inc. Microsoft Teams is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Hops is not affiliated with or endorsed by monday.com Ltd.

Everything that comes with Hops

Hopsmonday.com
Workspace
Docs your team and AI edit at the same timeIncludedIncludedDocs, edited in real time
Comments on draftsIncludedIncludedComments in workdocs
Slides and decksIncludedPartlySidekick generates decks
Tables and trackersIncludedIncludedBoards
Project plans with owners and due datesIncludedIncluded
AI work
DashboardsIncludedIncluded
Apps built and hosted for your companyIncludedIncludedBuilds apps with monday vibe
Images and videoIncludedPartlyImages from Sidekick and agents
Meeting notesIncludedIncludedNotetaker
Workflows that run on their ownIncludedIncludedAI workflows
Security
Private mode and team modeIncludedIncludedPrivate boards and docs
Approval before sensitive actionsIncludedPartlyGuardrails on each agent tool
Where the work lives
Works in Slack and TeamsIncludedIncluded
Team chat next to the workIncludedPartlyUpdates on items
Getting started
No seat feesIncludedNot offeredPer seat, with a three-seat minimum
Start freeIncludedIncludedFree for up to 2 seats

IncludedPartlyNot offered

Integrations

Hops works with your whole stack

Hops connects to 2,000+ apps you already use, with docs, slides, dashboards and App Builder built in.

CRM

  • Salesforce
  • HubSpot

Email & calendar

  • Gmail
  • Google Calendar

Docs & storage

  • Google Docs
  • Google Slides
  • Google Drive

Chat

  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams

Projects

  • Asana
  • monday.com
  • Jira

Spreadsheets

  • Google Sheets
  • Microsoft Excel
Andrey Styskin, CEO of Keenable

Hops isn’t another chatbot connected to your company. It’s a place to run your business. We started with hiring, and instead of fitting into an off-the-shelf applicant tracking system, we can build the workflow around how we actually work.

Andrey Styskin
CEO, Keenable
Keenable
FAQ

Questions answered

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Hops is the Collaborative AI™ workspace that helps your whole team move faster. Your team and its AI agent work live in the same docs, slides and dashboards, and what one person teaches it, everyone can use. You only pay for the AI's work.

monday.com is a work management platform with AI tools and agents, priced per seat. Hops is a workspace where teammates work on the same docs, slides and dashboards together and bring Hops in to help, with no seat fees, so every teammate can work with Hops.

You don't have to. Hops works in Slack and Microsoft Teams, so your team can bring @Hops into the threads it already uses.

Hops has no seat fees, so everyone can join. You pay in AI credits for the work Hops does. monday.com charges per seat, with a three-seat minimum, and AI credits come with each plan.

No. Hops uses your data only to complete the requests your teams make. It's never used to train models, for Hops or for any other customer. See the Hops Trust Center for retention details.

Your whole team should get AI, not just the paid seats.

Hops is the all-in-one team workspace with AI built in. Start free with your team and pay only when Hops does work.
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