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WhenToWork vs monday.com: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 19th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 5,463 reviews from Employee Scheduling users.
% Fit
Missing features
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Feature ratings
Data Import/Export
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Real-Time Notifications
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Task Management
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Timesheet Management
4.5
Mobile Access
4.8
% Fit
High performer
Feature ratings
Data Import/Export
4.4
Real-Time Notifications
4.5
Task Management
4.6
Timesheet Management
4.6
Mobile Access
4.4
User satisfaction
4.5
User reviews119
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.3
Value for money
4.5
Customer support
4.4
4.6
User reviews5,421
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.4
Value for money
4.3
Customer support
4.4
Price starts from
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
/user
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

WhenToWork provides online employee scheduling for all business types and sizes: from small "Mom & Pop" business to large Fortune 500 corporations.

A multitude of teams, big, small, and cross-functional, in a variety of industries worldwide. Its intuitive interface and customization capabilities makes it suitable for any project and business.

User reviews
pros & cons
1 / 4
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Greg G
Operations Fellow
3.0

Greg: Hey, my name is Greg, I'm a lifeguard and I give WhenToWork three out of five stars. For more reviews like this go ahead and click below. So there are a few other options for scheduling in terms of hourly rotation shifts, things like that. And I think a lot of them probably serve the same purpose as WhenToWork, but I've noticed that quite a few employers, especially ones that I've worked with in the past, will tend to build these things internally and that's where I think WhenToWork really comes in and saves the day. There's no need to build something in-house, it's honestly a lot more complicated and it may not work as well. And so I think when it comes to scheduling WhenToWork can really have your back. Yeah, so WhenToWork provides a few different functions that I think make it a relatively good scheduling tool. One, they have a mobile app which is nice. I think more and more people who you work with will have access to a mobile phone, maybe when they don't have access to a computer. But also they take into account different preferences and things like that. So for some employers you may have a really consistent schedule, but for other employers your employees may be rotating through in terms of when they can work. And WhenToWork makes it really easy to say, hey, this is when I am available, this time, and this may be repeating. And then for other employees, it might be like, hey, I'm available here, but on this particular date I'm going to be out of the area. And it makes these things relatively easy and sort of something that until you run into that problem is maybe not as obvious. So I think as with many of these software platform solutions, WhenToWork thrives the most, I think, when you're coming from something that doesn't exist yet. So if you're lucky enough to just be starting out, this is a great solution to just run with. I came in as an employee and was using WhenToWork and had no problems learning how to use it very quickly. It was super easy to use. That said, I wasn't used to using a different platform first. It was sort of what I was just presented with. Yeah. So if you're thinking about purchasing something like WhenToWork or building internally, I'd really consider what your main goal is here. If your hope is to save time and have a really reliable scheduling software, WhenToWork's a good option. I know as someone who enjoys coding, I'd be prone to trying to build my own solution, but scheduling is a really hard problem to solve. And I think WhenToWork gets very close to doing that well, if not better than the alternatives. You have other existing software or human resources management tools, I'd look into if those integrate well. It can make things like payment easier for paying your wages, but on the whole I think it's a really good option.

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Amber W
Project Manager
5.0

Amber: My name is Amber. I'm an IT project manager for a healthcare company. The company size is about 5,000. Also, the product for Monday, I would rate it a five. So I was using Asana prior to monday.com and the reason why that wasn't really working, lack of features. So that product didn't allow a lot of implementations as monday.com allows. Meaning when I'm working with a team, I'm able to just go ahead and put in all of their resources. So the resource management was really great. If there were any files, like large files, it was easier to share out with the team using monday.com so everyone could have access to it. Asana, unfortunately, it just allowed me to track task, but working with a larger sized team and a bigger company, monday.com was perfect for that. I chose monday.com basically for my team and my team's size. So I was able to allow my team to get acquainted with the monday.com product. A lot of them were used to using Asana. A lot of them were used to me tagging them in their task, but I showed them that that tool for monday.com allowed me to go a deeper depth with them and dive into really what their assigned tasks were individually for the team. So they were able to keep track of that. Also, I was managing about four plus projects at the same time, so it was a lot easier for me to go ahead and create different tasks per project for team members. So I worked with the digital team, I worked with creative, I worked with the real estate team. So all of that was just easier to keep separate and just allow those teams to really go in and own their task and own their individual projects that they were doing. When getting set up with monday.com, it really didn't take very long because as a project manager, I am trained to use a lot of different resources and tools. I liked the layout of it a lot better, again, than a lot of the other project management tools that I've used in the past, like Asana and Jira. monday.com just had a very simple design and layout, so it was very easy for me to go ahead if I needed to add anything into projects. Like again, the file sizes were very large for our teams, because they were very large projects. So getting set up took about, I'd say a couple of weeks, but first off the first week was training the team members on using that tool. So they were really happy with the training that we provided for them for that week-long training. Then the second week was just going ahead and doing the trial run with the team to see how again, the team liked the product. They did find it a lot easier to work with again, because when you're managing four different projects and there's about 12 people per team, they like the simplicity of being able to own their task and be able to go in and make their own edits and share their files, sizes, however large, throughout the team. So it took about a couple of weeks, but the team definitely was appreciative of me implementing that tool. So the advice I would give to anyone interested in trying out monday.com, first off the pricing, depends again on what you're looking for. The product is great, so I recommend doing the trial run with your team. I know a lot of people from different companies might have smaller companies, and they're used to using that product like Asana. Our company was much smaller and we really didn't have the funds to try to venture out and try a bunch of different products, but monday.com was recommended to us, so we decided to give that a trial run. Based on the pricing, we were able to afford it. So if you're interested in using that product, do your research, find out what you're looking for specifically. You might not need as many resources as a larger company does, but it is nice to have that benefit for your team members so that they're able to just complete their task on time, keeping track of their own individual projects. They can own that. So yes, just definitely go ahead and do your research. It depends on what company, again, you are. I was healthcare, so for us, our healthcare team was a much larger size, and that product just fit with our team.

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WhenToWork

29/44
  • API
  • Biometric Recognition
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Forecasting
  • Labor Cost Calculator
  • Labor Cost Reporting
  • Labor Management
  • Online Time Clock
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Payroll Management
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Resource Allocation
  • Sick Leave Tracking
  • Task Management
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Approval Process Control
  • Attendance Management
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Availability Management
  • Calendar Management
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Import/Export
  • Drag & Drop
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Management
  • Messaging
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Alerts
  • Multi-Location
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Reminders
  • Schedule Distribution
  • Self Service Portal
  • Shift Management
  • Shift Scheduling
  • Shift Swapping
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Timesheet Management
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
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monday.com

Top Features
34/44
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WhenToWork
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
monday.com
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
WhenToWork
  • By WhenToWork
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2000
monday.com
  • By monday.com
  • Located in Israel
  • Founded in 2014
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