Rillo vs monday CRM
A platform you configure. Or a CRM that knows your trade.
monday is a platform you shape. Rillo arrives set up for your trade.
- From $49 a seat
- 30 days free
- No card
monday CRM at a glance
- Starts at Basic $12, Standard $17, Pro $28 a seat yearly; minimum 3 seats
- Free to try 14 days, no card
- AI AI credits: a one-time trial, then an add-on
From monday CRM's own pages, checked on 3 October 2026.
Side by side
What each one does, row by row.
| Rillo | monday CRM | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $49 a seat a month, or $39 billed yearly. Enterprise is built for your company. | Basic is $12 a seat a month billed yearly, or $18 month to month. Standard is $17 or $25, and Pro $28 or $41. Ultimate is a custom price. As published on 3 October 2026. |
| The smallest you can buy | One seat. | Three. "Plans start from 3 users", so a two-person shop pays for three. |
| Free to try | 30 days free, no card | A 14-day trial on the Pro plan, with "no credit card needed" |
| AI | Included in every seat. Talk after a call, review what Rillo drafted, tap to send. No AI credits. | Standard, Pro and Ultimate come with named AI agents, and the pricing page marks AI credits as included. monday's help centre describes those credits as a one-time trial, 6,000 on Pro and 12,000 on Ultimate, with an AI credits add-on to buy once they are used. |
| Built for | Nine industries, each with its own presets, from realtors and mortgage to fleets and service trades | Revenue teams of every size. monday calls it an AI revenue execution platform, with named agents for lead sourcing, calling, meeting prep and pipeline monitoring. |
Where monday CRM is better
- Cheaper per seat at the bottom of the ladder: Basic and Standard are under a Rillo seat
- Breadth beyond a CRM: the same platform runs projects, operations and work management for the rest of the company
- A large app marketplace and deep automation, with automation allowances that rise steeply by tier
- Security credentials Rillo does not have: monday cites ISO/IEC 27001 and 27018, and annual security audits
Where Rillo is better
- No minimum. A two-person shop pays for two people, not three
- Nothing to configure before it is useful: nine industries, each with its own presets and the words, stages and tools each trade already uses
- AI without credits. Nothing in a Rillo seat runs out or needs an add-on
- Built for talking a visit into a phone: say what happened and the record and the follow-up are drafted for your yes
Questions people ask
Is Rillo a monday CRM alternative?
For a field team that would rather talk than configure, yes. If your company already runs on monday for everything else, keeping the CRM there has real value Rillo cannot match.
Which costs less?
Per seat, monday's Basic and Standard are cheaper than a Rillo seat. Count the three-seat minimum, and count that AI on monday CRM draws on credits, which the help centre describes as a one-time trial and then a paid add-on.
Does monday CRM meter its AI?
Yes. AI actions spend AI credits. monday's help centre gives Pro a one-time trial of 6,000 credits and Ultimate 12,000, then an AI credits add-on.
Prices and features checked on 3 October 2026, from monday CRM's own pages: monday CRM pricing: plans, annual per-seat prices, the three-seat minimum, the trial, AI credits; monday CRM help: plan types and AI credit trials; monday CRM: the revenue execution positioning and the named AI agents; monday Trust Center: certifications and audits. Prices change; if this looks stale, tell us. Every claim about monday CRM is from what it publishes, and nothing here says what it cannot do.
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