Monday Alternative: Project management & more

Monday excels at project views, custom fields, and visual workflows. What it does not provide is a true CRM with pipeline management, integrated time tracking, or compliant invoicing. To cover those needs, teams typically add Monday Sales, Harvest or Toggl, and separate accounting software. The result is a patchwork of tools with separate logins, duplicated data, and monthly costs that climb quickly. For a team of five, a full Monday stack can exceed 500 euros per month before invoicing is even considered.

cashwerk takes an all-in-one approach. CRM with contact management and sales pipeline, project management with Kanban and milestones, time tracking with timer and manual entry, and GoBD-compliant invoicing with XRechnung and ZUGFeRD – all in a single platform. The AI assistant CASPER supports users across modules: drafting emails, summarizing projects, and automating routine tasks. Data flows seamlessly from lead to project to invoice without manual exports or double entry.

German service providers face specific requirements: GDPR, GoBD, and EU hosting. cashwerk is designed for the DACH market. All data resides in the EU (Frankfurt), invoices meet legal requirements by default, and there are no cross-border data transfers. Monday, as a US company, stores data in US infrastructure and cannot match EU data residency for sensitive business data.

Pricing is transparent and predictable. cashwerk offers all core features for 249 euros per month for up to 15 users – CRM, projects, time tracking, invoicing, and AI included. No per-module pricing, no costly add-ons for basic business processes. For a five-person team, the Professional package is 79 euros per month for everything, compared to hundreds more when piecing together Monday with additional tools.