Is Monday.com cheaper than Odoo?

For project management alone, yes. Monday.com starts at $9/user/month vs Odoo at $24/user/month. However, Odoo includes time tracking, invoicing, CRM, and accounting. If you need multiple tools, Odoo's all-in-one pricing is often more economical.

Can Monday.com generate invoices from timesheets?

No. Monday.com has time tracking on higher plans but cannot generate invoices. You need a separate accounting tool. Odoo can track time on tasks, approve timesheets, and automatically generate customer invoices from logged hours.

Which has better Gantt charts?

Both offer Gantt chart views for project planning. Monday.com's timeline view is visually polished. Odoo's Gantt view integrates with task dependencies and resource planning. For pure visual planning, Monday.com has a slight edge; for operational planning, Odoo is more powerful.

Can I use Monday.com for manufacturing projects?

Monday.com can manage manufacturing project tasks, but it lacks manufacturing-specific features (BOM, work orders, routing). Odoo's Project module integrates with Manufacturing, allowing project tasks to trigger production orders and track manufacturing progress.

Odoo vs Monday.com: Project Management Comparison (2026)

Overview

Monday.com is a popular Work OS that combines project management with team collaboration, offering visual boards, automations, and integrations. Odoo's Project module is part of its ERP, connecting tasks to timesheets, billing, purchases, and manufacturing. Monday.com excels at team collaboration; Odoo excels at connecting projects to business operations.

Quick Comparison

Aspect	Odoo Project	Monday.com
Type	ERP project module	Work OS / Project platform
Pricing	$24-44/user/month (all apps)	$9-19/user/month (min 3 seats)
Gantt Chart	Enterprise	Standard plan+
Time Tracking	Native (Timesheets module)	Pro plan+ or add-on
Billing	Native — timesheet to invoice	Not included
Views	Kanban, list, Gantt, calendar, pivot	Board, timeline, calendar, Gantt, chart, map
Automations	Server actions, automated rules	250+ automation recipes

Task Management

Monday.com offers highly visual, customizable boards where columns can represent any data type (status, date, person, number, formula). It is extremely flexible for non-technical users. Odoo tasks are structured around projects with stages, assignments, deadlines, subtasks, and dependencies — more structured but also more powerful for business operations.

Time Tracking and Billing

This is Odoo's major differentiator. Odoo's Timesheets module lets employees log time on tasks, and those timesheets can be directly invoiced to customers via the Sales module. The complete flow — task creation, time logging, approval, invoicing — happens in one system. Monday.com has time tracking on higher-tier plans but cannot generate invoices.

Resource Planning

Odoo Enterprise offers a Planning module for resource allocation across projects. Monday.com provides workload views for capacity planning. Both help managers avoid overallocation, but Odoo's planning integrates with HR (employee contracts, leave) for more accurate capacity calculations.

Collaboration

Monday.com excels at team collaboration with @mentions, file sharing, activity logs, and integrations with Slack, Teams, and Zoom. Odoo's chatter system provides similar in-context communication on every record, but Monday.com's collaborative UX is more polished and social-media-like.

Pricing

# Monthly Cost (15 users):
# Plan          | Odoo EE     | Monday.com
# Basic         | $465        | $135
# Standard      | $465        | $210
# Pro           | $465        | $285
# Enterprise    | $660        | Custom
# + Time Track  | Included    | Pro plan required
# + Invoicing   | Included    | Not available
# + CRM         | Included    | $135-285 additional

When to Choose Monday.com

Your primary need is visual project/task management
Non-technical team members need easy adoption
You want extensive third-party integrations
You do not need billing, invoicing, or ERP features
Team collaboration is your top priority

When to Choose Odoo

Projects need to connect to billing and invoicing
You track time for client billing purposes
You want project management within your ERP
You need resource planning integrated with HR
Budget matters — one platform replaces multiple tools

DeployMonkey Advantage

DeployMonkey deploys Odoo with Project, Timesheets, and Planning modules configured for your workflow — connecting task management to billing in a way Monday.com simply cannot.