Attio vs monday CRM
Attio is a CRM you model around your own objects, free to start. monday CRM runs sales on boards beside the rest of your work, sold per seat.
Choose Attio when you want a flexible data model, a free plan and AI metered in credits. Choose monday CRM when sales shares a workspace with delivery teams already on monday boards, and you want named AI agents inside a per-seat plan.
The short answer
- Attio prices per user on Free, Plus, Pro and a custom Enterprise plan, with record caps and AI credits per plan (attio.com/pricing, checked September 2026).
- monday CRM prices per seat on Basic, Standard and Pro, with a three-seat minimum and a custom Ultimate plan (monday.com/crm/pricing, checked September 2026).
- monday CRM caps contacts, automations and quotes by plan; mass email and sequences start on Pro.
- Both vendors publish MCP support for AI assistants.
Attio vs monday CRM at a glance
| Dimension | Attio | monday CRM |
|---|---|---|
| Built around | Records and custom objects | Boards, shared with monday work management |
| How you pay | Per user | Per seat, three-seat minimum |
| Free start | A free plan | A free trial, no credit card |
| Plan caps | Records and reports | Active contacts and deals, automations, quotes, columns |
| Email sequences | On every plan | From Pro, with mass email |
| AI | Ask Attio and AI agents on every plan, credit-metered | Caller, sourcer and meeting prep agents, notetaker and Sidekick on paid plans |
| AI assistant access | MCP server and App SDK | MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot and Cursor |
Checked on attio.com/pricing, monday.com/crm/pricing and monday.com/w/mcp, September 2026. Structure only: this table quotes no prices.
Where each one is strong, and where it costs you
Attio
- A free plan with sequences, workflows and AI agents lets you test with your real data
- Custom objects fit a business whose customers aren't simple companies and deals
- AI runs on monthly credits, and extra workspace credits cost more
- Record and report caps push a growing database up a tier
monday CRM
- Sales boards sit beside project and delivery boards on one platform
- Named AI agents come inside the paid plans
- A three-seat minimum means a solo seller still pays for three
- Sequences and mass email wait until Pro, and caps apply on every plan below Ultimate
How to choose between Attio and monday CRM
Look at who touches a deal after it closes. If your delivery or project team already works in monday boards, monday CRM keeps the hand-off on the same platform. That's its main pull.
If sales stands alone and your data doesn't fit a plain contact-company-deal shape, Attio gives you room. You can model the objects you need and start on the free plan.
Then check the caps. You'll hit monday's contact and automation limits on smaller plans, while Attio's limits are records, reports and credits. Choose neither if you track a dozen deals. See HubSpot vs monday CRM and Attio vs Pipedrive for the other matchups.
Attio and monday CRM questions
- Is Attio or monday CRM cheaper for a small team?
- Attio has a free plan. monday CRM starts with a free trial and no card, then per-seat plans with a minimum of three seats (monday.com/crm/pricing, checked September 2026). Attio charges per user on Plus and Pro. Price both at the headcount you'll have in a year, not today's.
- How do the AI agents compare?
- monday CRM lists an outreach caller agent, a lead sourcer agent, a meeting prep agent, an AI notetaker and its Sidekick assistant on paid plans. Attio lists Ask Attio and AI agents on every plan, metered in seat and workspace credits. Both were checked on the vendors' pricing pages in September 2026.
- Which one limits contacts and automations?
- Both set limits by plan. monday CRM caps active contacts and deals, custom automations and quotes each month, and raises the caps on higher plans. Attio caps records and reports per plan (both checked September 2026). Count your records and monthly automations before you pick a tier.
- Can I connect Claude or ChatGPT to Attio or monday CRM?
- Yes. Attio lists an MCP server and App SDK on every plan, per attio.com/pricing in September 2026. monday.com runs an MCP server that works with Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot and Cursor, inside the permissions the user already has. Give the assistant a token scoped to the boards or objects it needs.
- Is there a CRM with unlimited seats and AI that waits for approval?
- SalesCrew charges one price per instance with unlimited seats; Core is $299 a month. Every AI action waits in one approval queue, and one kill switch stops every agent. SalesCrew is our product.