Project management
Self-hosted alternatives to monday.com, priced
3 open-source tools that can replace monday.com, each shown with what it would actually cost to run for a team of 10 people. monday.com on the Standard tier costs $139 a month at that size.
| Tool | Server only | With your time | vs monday.com | Operational weight | Licence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vikunja | $4.80 | $42.30 | +$3,335 | easy | AGPL-3.0 |
| Plane | $46.80 | $272 | -$5,977 | hard | AGPL-3.0 |
| OpenProject | $46.80 | $272 | -$5,977 | hard | GPL-3.0 |
The final column is the 36-month difference: positive means self-hosting is cheaper.
Which one to pick
Vikunja 5,364 stars
A single Go binary with SQLite, PostgreSQL or MySQL. Kanban, list and Gantt views without the operational weight of Plane.
At 10 people it needs 0.7 GB of memory and 6 GB of disk, which fits the Basic at Kamatera for $4.00 a month. Setting it up is roughly 2 hours of work, then 0.5 hours a month to keep it healthy.
Full monday.com versus Vikunja breakdown · Vikunja at every team size
Plane 59,255 stars
Django API, web and space frontends, PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ and MinIO. A genuine Jira substitute and priced like one in RAM terms.
At 10 people it needs 5.2 GB of memory and 27 GB of disk, which fits the Starter 8 GB at VPSServer for $39.00 a month. Setting it up is roughly 16 hours of work, then 3 hours a month to keep it healthy.
Full monday.com versus Plane breakdown · Plane at every team size
OpenProject 16,084 stars
Rails monolith with PostgreSQL and Memcached. Carries classical project management, including baselines and earned value, which the newer tools omit.
At 10 people it needs 5.3 GB of memory and 27 GB of disk, which fits the Starter 8 GB at VPSServer for $39.00 a month. Setting it up is roughly 16 hours of work, then 3 hours a month to keep it healthy.
Full monday.com versus OpenProject breakdown · OpenProject at every team size
How the pricing was established
monday.com pricing was read from its own pricing page on 2026-09-14, quoted in euros and converted at 1.1592 dollars to the euro, the Frankfurter, European Central Bank reference rates rate for 2026-09-11. Server prices come from the providers listed on the hosting page. The sizing model and the cost of your time are set out in full on the methodology page.