monday CRM vs Salesgear Comparison
Compare monday CRM vs Salesgear features, pricing, and more.
Last updated: November 2026
monday CRM
7.4/10
Sales CRM built on the monday.com work platform, with pipeline, lead and contact boards, email tracking, sequences and AI sales agents, for small and mid-sized sales teams.
Salesgear
6.5/10
Salesgear is an outbound sales platform for small sales teams. It combines a B2B contact database, AI prospect research, multichannel sequences, a built-in dialer and two-way CRM sync.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| Overall Rating | 7.4/10 | 6.5/10 |
| Integration | 8/10 | 7/10 |
| Security | 8/10 | 4/10 |
| Analytics | 7/10 | 6/10 |
| Cost | 6/10 | 7/10 |
| Customization | 8/10 | 6/10 |
| Ease of Use | 8/10 | 8/10 |
| Scalability | 7/10 | 5/10 |
| Support | 7/10 | 7/10 |
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Cheapest paid plan | $18/user/mo Basic | $49/mo Basic |
| Estimated cost for 10 users | $180/mo Basic | Free Free |
| Features | ||
| Contact Management | ||
| Integrations | ||
| Lead Management | ||
| Marketing Automation | ||
| Reporting & Analytics | ||
| Sales Automation | ||
| Built-in Calling | Not listed | |
| Collaboration | Not listed | |
| Mobile Access | Not listed | |
| Opportunity Management | Not listed | |
monday CRM vs Salesgear cost by team size
Salesgear costs less from 5 users.
| Team size | monday CRM | Salesgear |
|---|---|---|
| 1 user | Contact for pricing | FreeFree |
| 5 users | $90/moBasic | FreeFree |
| 10 users | $180/moBasic | FreeFree |
| 25 users | $450/moBasic | FreeFree |
| 50 users | $900/moBasic | FreeFree |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges. Each cost opens that tool's pricing calculator for the team size.
Which One Should You Choose?
Why choose monday CRM
- Higher Security score (8/10 vs 4/10)
- Higher Customization score (8/10 vs 6/10)
- Better fit for mid-market (8/10 vs 4/10)
- Better fit for enterprise (6/10 vs 4/10)
Why choose Salesgear
- Has a free plan (monday CRM does not)
- Lower estimated cost for 10 users: Free vs $180/mo
- Higher Cost score (7/10 vs 6/10)
- Better fit for startups (8/10 vs 6/10)
- Better fit for freelancers (5/10 vs 3/10)
Pros & Cons
monday CRM
Pros
- Uses the same flexible board model as monday work management, so teams already on monday.com can link sales pipelines to project delivery.
- Built-in AI agents score and enrich leads, flag stalled deals and summarize calls without a separate tool.
- Gmail and Outlook sync fills CRM fields from emails automatically, which cuts manual data entry for reps.
- Strong review scores of about 4.6 on G2 and 4.7 on Capterra, according to third-party summaries.
Cons
- Three-seat minimum and bucketed seats mean small teams pay for seats they do not use, and there is no free plan.
- Basic is very restricted, with one dashboard, 1,000 contacts and five columns per board, which pushes most teams to Standard or Pro.
- G2 reviewers often say it lacks features found in dedicated sales CRMs, especially native calling, texting and template automation.
- Email sequences and mass emails are reserved for Pro, and monthly billing costs much more than annual billing (41 versus 28 USD per seat on Pro).
Salesgear
Pros
- Combines contact data, AI research, sequences and a dialer in one tool, so teams need fewer point tools.
- Deliverability safeguards such as inbox warm-up, rotation and bounce auto-pause are on by default.
- Two-way activity sync with Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive and Zoho.
- Rated 4.8 out of 5 on G2, and reviewers often praise easy setup and responsive support.
- A free plan with no credit card lets buyers test before paying.
Cons
- It is not a full CRM, so pipeline and deal management still need a separate system.
- LinkedIn steps are mostly task reminders with action caps, not full automation.
- Users report outdated contact data and some failing integrations.
- Pricing has changed significantly over time, and the pricing page contradicts itself on free credits.
- Few public tutorials, and little documentation of security or compliance.
Not sold on either?
Frequently Asked Questions
Monday CRM scores higher on our CRM criteria: 7.4/10 against 6.5/10 for Salesgear. The largest gap is in Security: 8/10 for monday CRM and 4/10 for Salesgear.
Salesgear costs less for 10 users: free on its Free plan, against about $180/mo on its Basic plan for monday CRM, billed monthly.
Salesgear has a free plan; monday CRM does not list one.
Monday CRM is the better fit for mid-market: we rate it 8/10 for them, against 4/10 for Salesgear.
