yourapps.studio vs monday.com
monday.com makes boards colorful and happy. But boards are not apps — no field permissions, no audit, no office. When is the work-OS enough, when do you need more?
When monday.com?
- You need colorful boards for marketing, sales or creative pipelines
- Your teams work visually and need no deep data logic
- Board-level permissions are sufficient
- You have no ISO/regulator/HSE compliance to meet
- You want a fast start without deep modeling
When yourapps.studio?
- Boards are not enough — you need real apps with their own data model
- Permissions should apply per field, per status, per role, not per board
- OnlyOffice for Word/Excel directly in the system
- Communication hub — chat per entry, built-in instead of external
- Training engine for ISO/regulator/HSE with quiz + page tracking
- GDPR hosting in Germany is required, not optional
Direct comparison
Rows with a blue background mark points where the tools differ significantly.
| Feature | yourapps.studio | monday |
|---|---|---|
| Custom data models | ✓ Apps, fields, status | ~ Boards with columns |
| Permissions per field | ✓ SPFC | ~ Board/item permissions |
| Communication hub | ✓ Per entry | ✓ Update section per item |
| OnlyOffice / .docx & .xlsx | ✓ Embedded directly | ✗ External file attachments |
| Training + quiz + page tracking | ✓ Built-in | ✗ Not available |
| Offline write | ✓ RxDB sync | ✗ Online-only |
| Views (kanban, list, calendar, wiki, forum) | ✓ Including wiki + forum | ✓ Kanban, Gantt, calendar · no wiki |
| Workflow automations | ✓ Per status, condition-based | ✓ Recipes / automations |
| GDPR hosting DE/EU | ✓ Default | ~ EU region selectable · US company |
| AI for your data | ✓ Bob, permission-respecting | ✓ monday AI · no field permissions |
| Audit log per user | ✓ Per status, per field | ~ Enterprise |
| Self-hostable | ✓ Docker | ✗ Cloud-only |
| API + webhooks | ✓ REST + SSE | ✓ GraphQL |
| Price per user & month | €12 (Basis) · €32 (Pro) | from €9 (Basic), €12 (Standard), €20 (Pro) |
More comparisons.
Perhaps you are also considering between other tools — here they are.
vs Notion
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vs Airtable
Airtable is a smart spreadsheet with an app layer. yourapps.studio is a real platform with workflows, permissions and office editor. When do you need which?
vs Odoo
Odoo is a modular ERP — if your process fits a module, it goes fast. yourapps.studio is a kit — you build exactly what you need. Which is worth it when?
vs MS Office (Excel, Word, SharePoint)
Excel + Word + SharePoint are the SMB default stack. But data in files is not searchable, not workflow-ready, not audit-proof. When is the jump worth it?
vs Hero Software
Hero Software is built for trade businesses — with ready-made modules for typical processes. yourapps.studio is a kit — your industry, your processes, your fields. Which fits for you?
vs Jira + Confluence
Jira for tickets, Confluence for docs — two tools, two licenses, two logins. yourapps.studio does both in one system. When is the switch worth it?
vs lexware office (lexoffice)
lexoffice writes invoices and does the books — well and cheaply. What is missing is everything before that: site, measurement, stock, packing list, planning. yourapps.studio has the invoice AND the business around it.
vs sevDesk
sevDesk is bookkeeping for small companies — receipts, invoices, tax. yourapps.studio is the business before that: order, measurement, stock, packing list, planning — and the invoice that results from it.
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