How to Cancel Monday.com in 2026 — The $36/Seat/Month Project Management Tax

Last updated: February 2026 • Difficulty: Medium

⚠️ Monday's pricing trap: The "starts at $8/seat/month" marketing hides reality. Basic plan is useless (no automations, no timeline, no dashboard). Standard ($10) is minimal. Pro ($16) is where it gets useful. Enterprise requires a sales call. And the minimum is 3 seats, so you're paying $48-108/month minimum even for a 1-2 person team.

Monday.com Real Pricing

Free: Up to 2 users, 3 boards — extremely limited
Basic ($8/seat/month): Unlimited boards but no automations, no timeline, no integrations
Standard ($10/seat/month): Timeline, Gantt, guest access — minimum viable for teams
Pro ($16/seat/month): Automations, time tracking, chart view — what most teams need
Enterprise ($36/seat/month): Advanced security, multi-level permissions — custom pricing
3-seat minimum: Even solo users pay for 3 seats = $24-108/month baseline
Annual billing required for best prices — monthly is 20-30% more

How to Cancel

Click your avatar → Administration → Billing
Click Downgrade or Cancel Plan
For annual plans: cancellation takes effect at end of the annual period (no prorated refunds)
For Enterprise: contact your account manager — review contract for notice requirements
Export your data before downgrading (free tier is extremely limited)

⚠️ Annual contracts: If you paid annually, there's typically no refund for remaining months. You keep access until the annual period ends. Cancel right before renewal to avoid another year of charges.

Export Your Boards

Board export: Open board → Three dots menu → Export to Excel/CSV
Each board exports separately — no bulk export feature
Files/attachments: Download manually — they don't export with board data
Automations: Document your automation recipes — they can't be exported
Dashboard views: Screenshot or rebuild in your new tool

Free and Cheaper Alternatives

Trello (free): Unlimited boards, 10 team boards, automations — covers 80% of Monday's use cases
ClickUp (free): Unlimited tasks, 100MB storage — the most feature-complete free PM tool
Linear (free for small teams): Beautiful, fast issue tracker — best for engineering teams
Notion: Free personal, $8/user teams — project management + docs + wiki in one
GitHub Projects (free): Built into GitHub — perfect for dev teams already on GitHub
Basecamp ($15/user/month flat): No per-feature upsells, simple flat pricing

The Math

10-person team on Monday.com Pro: 10 × $16 = $160/month = $1,920/year. ClickUp for the same team (free tier): $0. Notion Team: $960/year. Linear: $0-960/year. Even Basecamp at $15/user flat: $1,800/year — and you get unlimited features with no upsell tiers. Monday's tier-based pricing means you're always paying for the next plan up.

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Quick Cancel Guide: Monday Com Detailed

Direct cancel link + step-by-step instructions