monday.com vs Tempo Portfolio Manager: Features, Pricing and Reviews Compared
- Starting price
- $9/user/mo · free plan
- Ease of use
- 8.7
- Functionality
- 8.9
- Value for money
- 7.5
- Customer support
- 8.1
Best for
- Teams that want to design their own workflow rather than adopt someone else's
- Operations and marketing teams that need dashboards leadership will actually look at
- Companies replacing spreadsheets with something shareable and automated
- Starting price
- $15/user/mo
- Ease of use
- 7.3
- Functionality
- 7.1
- Value for money
- 6.0
- Customer support
- 7.6
Best for
- Jira-based PMO teams
- Operations leaders tracking portfolio budgets
- Organizations planning shared resource capacity across employees and contractors
Our verdict
monday.com comes out ahead at 83/100 versus Tempo Portfolio Manager at 70. Highly visual boards that are easy to customize. monday.com is the better fit for teams that want a highly visual, customizable board. Tempo Portfolio Manager makes more sense if you need scenario modeling shows the effect of a schedule change on dates, budget and team allocation before the change is activated.
On monday.com: monday.com is less a project tool than a visual database you shape into one, and that flexibility is its strength: boards, columns, automations and dashboards can model almost any process, from a sales pipeline to a content calendar. It is colourful and quick to learn. The costs to watch are seat minimums, the Standard tier being the real entry point (Basic lacks timeline and automations) and automation caps on busy boards.
Features comparison
The 8 project management capabilities we check on every product, ordered by importance to buyers.
| Feature | Importance | monday.com | Tempo Portfolio Manager |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kanban boards | 88% | Included | Included |
| Mobile app | 71% | Included | Included |
| Automations | 67% | Included | Included |
| Gantt charts | 64% | Included | Included |
| Time tracking | 59% | Included | Included |
| Guest access | 55% | Included | Included |
| Docs & wikis | 48% | Included | Not included |
| API access | 33% | Included | Not included |
What stands out in each
Boards and column types
Boards are tables with typed columns (status, people, date, timeline, numbers, formula, files, dependencies). Groups, subitems and multiple views (kanban, calendar, Gantt, chart, map) make one board serve several audiences.
Automations
A recipe-style builder ("when status changes to Done, notify owner and move to group") covers most needs without code. Standard allows 250 actions a month, Pro 25,000; heavy teams hit the Standard cap quickly.
Dashboards
Widgets for charts, numbers, timelines, workload and battery (progress) pull from one or many boards. Dashboards are the most presentable in the category, which is why leadership teams tend to like monday.com.
Work management products
monday work management is the core; monday CRM, monday dev and monday service are packaged variants with the same engine. Buying the right product avoids rebuilding a CRM from a blank board.
Tempo Portfolio ManagerScenario modeling
Planners build a scenario to test a change, such as moving a project to an earlier date, and see the effect on other projects, budget and team allocation. A scenario can be reviewed and activated only after the trade-offs are clear. This lets leaders decide with the consequences visible.
Portfolio hierarchy and status roll-up
Projects roll up into programs and a portfolio, with health shown as healthy, needs attention or action required. Leaders can see which program is red and drill into the overdue items behind it. This keeps status reviews tied to the underlying work.
Objective and key result tracking
Company objectives are linked to key results and the work that delivers them, with each key result marked on track, at risk or otherwise. Progress against the target is shown for the current period. Teams see which initiatives are pulling a goal off pace.
Capacity and resource planning
Each team member has a working scheme and a commitment percentage, so planners can see who is free and how much capacity a team has. Contractors and AI agents can be added as members. Capacity changes flow into timelines and budget forecasts.
Pricing comparison
monday.com starts at $9/user/mo with a free plan (14-day trial); Tempo Portfolio Manager starts at $15/user/mo (Free trial). Plans are shown as the vendors publish them; the BSR Value subscore reflects what you get for the money.
Free
Up to 2 seats, 3 boards, 200 items.
- 2 seats
- 3 boards
- Unlimited docs
- 200+ templates
Basic
Unlimited boards and items, 5GB storage, one dashboard per board.
- Unlimited items
- Unlimited free viewers
- 5GB storage
- Prioritised support
Standard
Timeline, Gantt, guest access, 250 automation and integration actions.
- Timeline and Gantt
- Calendar view
- Guest access
- 250 automations/mo
Pro
Private boards, time tracking, formulas, 25,000 automations.
- Private boards
- Time tracking
- Formula column
- 25,000 automations/mo
Seats are sold in minimum packs (3 on paid plans, in bundles above that), so a two-person team pays for three. Prices shown are annual; monthly billing is roughly 18% more. Automation and integration actions are capped per plan. Guest access starts at Standard; free viewers are unlimited.
Value for money: 7.5/10 · Monthly, Annual, Minimum 3 seats · Vendor pricing page ↗
Tempo Portfolio ManagerStarting at $15/user/mo. Plan breakdown not published yet.
Pricing starts at $15 per user per month, and a free trial is available, but there is no free plan. Plan tiers, billing periods and add-on costs are not broken out for this product, so a per-seat quote is the basis for budgeting.
Value for money: 6.0/10
Integrations comparison
2 integrations in common · 17 only in monday.com · 0 only in Tempo Portfolio Manager. Logos link to our review when we cover the tool.
Both connect to
Only Tempo Portfolio Manager0Nothing exclusive: every integration it lists is shared.
Which one is best for my use case?
Who each product is built for, who should look elsewhere, and the jobs it gets bought for, from our editorial review and the vendor's own customer profile.
Ideal for
- Teams that want to design their own workflow rather than adopt someone else's
- Operations and marketing teams that need dashboards leadership will actually look at
- Companies replacing spreadsheets with something shareable and automated
Not for
- Teams that need only simple task lists; the Basic plan is thin and Standard is the real floor
- Organisations with strict seat budgets; minimum seat packs raise the effective price
- Teams who want opinionated project structure out of the box (Asana does this better)
Common use cases
Sells to: Small businesses, Mid-size companies, Enterprises. Common industries: Marketing and creative, Operations, Construction, SaaS and technology, Real estate, Nonprofits.
Tempo Portfolio ManagerIdeal for
- Jira-based PMO teams
- Operations leaders tracking portfolio budgets
- Organizations planning shared resource capacity across employees and contractors
Not for
- Teams that need a free plan
- Buyers who require a non-web deployment
Common use cases
Sells to: Freelancers, Small businesses, Mid size businesses, Enterprises.
Support, training and setup
How you get help, how you learn the product, and how fast you can be running.
- Support score
- 8.1/10Leads
- Ease of use
- 8.7/10Leads
- Support channels
- 24/7 support (all plans)
- Help center
- Community
- Dedicated customer success (Enterprise)
- Training
- monday.com Academy
- Documentation
- Webinars
- Template center
- Tailored onboarding (Enterprise)
- Deployment
- Cloud / SaaS
- iOS app
- Android app
- Mac app
- Windows app
- Typical setup
- Same day
- Languages
- English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian +8
Tempo Portfolio Manager- Support score
- 7.6/10
- Ease of use
- 7.3/10
- Support channels
- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- Chat
- Training
- In Person
- Live Online
- Webinars
- Documentation
- Videos
- Deployment
- Web
- Typical setup
- Not published
- Languages
- Not published
Security and reliability
Certifications and controls as published by each vendor. We list them; we don't audit them.
- Security
- SOC 2 Type II
- ISO 27001
- GDPR
- HIPAA (Enterprise)
- SSO (Pro+)
- Two-factor authentication
- Audit log (Enterprise)
- Public API
- Yes
- Mobile apps
- iOS · Android
- Company
- Tel Aviv, Israel · 2,500+ employees · founded 2012
Tempo Portfolio Manager- Security
- Single Sign On
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Role-Based Permissions
- Audit Trail
- Public API
- Not published
- Mobile apps
- None published
- Company
- Boston · 350+ employees
Pros and cons
Our editors' pros and cons for each product. No user reviews have been published for these products yet.
Pros
- Highly visual boards that are easy to customize
- No-code automations and dashboards
- Broad use beyond project management: CRM, HR, marketing
Cons
- Three-seat minimum and seat bundles on paid plans
- Time tracking and advanced features need Pro or above
- Can become cluttered on large, complex projects
Tempo Portfolio ManagerPros
- Scenario modeling shows the effect of a schedule change on dates, budget and team allocation before the change is activated.
- Jira work items sync into the portfolio plan, so planners work from the same issues engineering teams use.
- Team capacity is modeled with working schemes and commitment percentages, including contractors and AI agents as members.
- A free trial lets buyers test scenario planning and sync before paying.
- Role-based permissions, access controls and an audit trail give administrators control over changes to the plan.
Cons
- Pricing starts at $15 per user per month with no free plan, so small teams pay from their first seat.
- Plan tiers and what each includes are not broken out, so total cost can only be estimated from the per-seat starting price.
- Deployment is web-based only, with no alternative deployment option listed.
- Two versions of the product appear in the sign-in menu, New and Legacy, so buyers need to confirm which version they are getting.
Full side-by-side table
monday.com leads in 10 of 10 rows where they differ. Green marks the leader in each row.
Tempo Portfolio Manager 70Leads 0 of 10 rows · Best for PMO and operations leaders managing Jira-based portfolios with resource and budget trade-offs| Feature | monday.com Best for teams that want a highly visual, customizable board | Tempo Portfolio Manager Best for PMO and operations leaders managing Jira-based portfolios with resource and budget trade-offs |
|---|---|---|
| Scores | ||
| BSR score | 83 | 70 |
| Ease | 8.7 | 7.3 |
| Features | 8.9 | 7.1 |
| Value | 7.5 | 6.0 |
| Support | 8.1 | 7.6 |
| Pricing | ||
| Starting price | $9/user/mo | $15/user/mo |
| Free plan | Included | Not included |
| Free trial | 14-day trial | Free trial |
| Features | ||
| Features included | 8 / 8 | 6 / 8 |
| Kanban boards | Included | Included |
| Gantt charts | Included | Included |
| Time tracking | Included | Included |
| Guest access | Included | Included |
| Automations | Included | Included |
| Docs & wikis | Included | Not included |
| API access | Included | Not included |
| Mobile app | Included | Included |
| Details | ||
| Biggest strength | Highly visual boards that are easy to customize | Scenario modeling shows the effect of a schedule change on dates, budget and team allocation before the change is activated. |
| Biggest weakness | Three-seat minimum and seat bundles on paid plans | Pricing starts at $15 per user per month with no free plan, so small teams pay from their first seat. |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac | Web |
| Best fit | 3–2,000 users | Freelancers, Small businesses, Mid size businesses, Enterprises |
Not a match?
Other project management software we list, ranked by BSR score.
monday.com vs Tempo Portfolio Manager: FAQs
Is monday.com better than Tempo Portfolio Manager?
monday.com scores 83/100 against Tempo Portfolio Manager's 70, a 13-point lead. Highly visual boards that are easy to customize. Tempo Portfolio Manager is the better pick if scenario modeling shows the effect of a schedule change on dates, budget and team allocation before the change is activated matters more to you.
Which is cheaper, monday.com or Tempo Portfolio Manager?
monday.com has the lowest starting price at $9/user/mo and offers a free plan. Tempo Portfolio Manager starts at $15/user/mo. Per-user pricing, annual discounts and add-ons change the real total, so price out your actual seat count.
Which has more features?
monday.com covers 8 of the 8 project management features we track, including Docs & wikis, API access which Tempo Portfolio Manager lacks.
Do monday.com and Tempo Portfolio Manager integrate with the same tools?
Both connect to Slack, Jira. Only monday.com lists Microsoft Teams, Gmail, Outlook.
How this comparison was made
Each product was scored on the same four subscores (Ease, Features, Value, Support) from the vendor's published pricing and documentation, our editorial review, then combined into a 100-point BSR score. Hands-on tested: monday.com. Feature checks use one list per category; plans, integrations, support and security come from what each vendor publishes and are refreshed when listings change. Green marks the leader in a row. Sponsored placements are labeled elsewhere on the site and never touch a comparison. Full methodology →