Miru vs Monday
You don't need a project management suite to track time. Monday.com is a bulldozer when you need a shovel. Here's why purpose-built wins.
Quick verdict
Monday.com is a project management tool that bolted on time tracking as an afterthought. It starts at $9/seat/month and time tracking doesn't even appear until the Standard plan at $12/seat/month. A 20-person team pays $2,880/year — for a tool where billing is a side feature. The same team on Miru Pro pays $240/year for a tool that was purpose-built for time tracking and invoicing. No Gantt charts. No Kanban boards. Just the stuff that gets you paid.
Feature-by-feature comparison
| Feature | Miru | Monday.com |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free (5 users) / $1/member/mo | $9/seat/mo (Basic) / $12/seat (Standard) / $19/seat (Pro) |
| Time Tracking | Timer + manual + CLI | Add-on column (Standard & up) |
| Invoicing | ✓ Full invoicing + payments | ✗ |
| Expenses | ✓ | ✗ |
| Reports | 6 report types (billing-focused) | Dashboard widgets (PM-focused) |
| Team Management | 5 roles + leave tracking | Full PM suite (overkill for billing) |
| CLI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open Source | ✓ MIT licensed | ✗ |
| Self-Hostable | ✓ | ✗ |
| Dark Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| API Access | ✓ | ✓ |
| Stripe Payments | ✓ Clients pay from invoice | ✗ |
Key differentiators
Purpose-built
Monday.com is a project management suite that happens to have a time tracker buried in a column widget. Miru was built from day one for time tracking and billing. One tool, one job, done right.
10x cheaper
Monday Standard: $12/seat/month. Miru Pro: $1/member/month. For a 50-person team, that's $600/mo vs $50/mo. You're paying Monday for Gantt charts you'll never use.
No feature bloat
Monday has 200+ features, integrations, and automations. Sounds great until your team spends two weeks configuring boards instead of billing clients. Miru works out of the box in five minutes.
Stop paying for features you don't use
Track time. Send invoices. Get paid. That's it.