Best open source
Monday.com alternative

Find out why OpenProject is the best open source Monday.com alternative for project management.

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Monday.com is a popular cloud-based work operating system, known for its friendly user interface. It caters to a wide variety of teams and industries with its flexible workflow customization and numerous integrations with other applications. OpenProject is the best open source alternative to Monday for project management.

What does OpenProject offer?

OpenProject and Monday.com both offer a similar set of features aimed at enhancing project management and team collaboration. OpenProject, as an open-source software, provides users with full control over the source code, ensuring they are not dependent on any specific vendor. This flexibility is beneficial for organizations with unique requirements or those looking to customize the software to better fit their workflows. Unlike Monday, which is only available in the cloud, OpenProject can be used in the cloud or installed on-premises. This makes OpenProject an ideal choice for organizations that prioritize data privacy and data sovereignty, as they can host the software on their own servers and maintain complete control over their data.

Features	OpenProject	Monday.com
Open source software	OpenProject	Monday.com
Available on-premises	OpenProject	Monday.com
Available in the cloud	OpenProject	Monday.com
Comprehensive project management features	OpenProject	Monday.com
Data server in EU/Germany	OpenProject Headquarters in the EU. Data stored in EU or, upon request, in Germany.	Monday.com Monday.com has headquarters in Israel.

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We are open source

While OpenProject is open source, Monday.com is not. Open source can be the more secure and more cost efficient option. It provides absolute transparency and high flexibility levels. This article on choosing an open source software further elaborates on the advantages over a proprietary solution.

Host your own on-premises edition

With its strong commitment to data privacy and information security, OpenProject offers self-hosting through the Enterprise on-premises edition with a powerful API integration, highest security levels and allows to comply with the strictest data security regulations and ensures reliability. Monday does not offer an on-premises solution.

No compromises in data protection

If you decide to go with the cloud edition, you can be sure that your data is safe. OpenProject is based in the EU, is GDPR compliant by default and stores all of the data in the EU. Monday.com has its headquarters in Israel.