As we prepare for next year, our team of 50, which includes designers and developers, is evaluating the right project management software. We’re considering Jira, which is known for its reliability in large organizations, and Monday dev, which offers a more visual and adaptable interface. With the increase in remote work and asynchronous collaboration among our members, we want a tool that supports these modern workflows effectively. Can anyone share their thoughts on which tool would be better for our team and the reasons behind their choice? Have you experienced both options?
Go with Jira over Monday, even though Monday looks prettier. I’ve implemented both platforms for big teams over the last three years, and Jira’s the clear winner once you hit 30-40 users. You can customize workflows to actually fit how your dev team works instead of bending your process around the tool. Monday dev is weak on permissions and reporting - stuff you’ll need for stakeholder updates. Yeah, Jira’s harder to learn, but your devs will love the integrations and issue tracking. Trust me, the training investment is worth it when you’re juggling multiple projects with dependencies.
I’ve used both at companies of different sizes - go with Monday dev. The visual setup is perfect for designers and developers working together, plus it’s way easier to get 50 people on board quickly. Remote teams love Monday’s interface because you can’t waste time training people across time zones. Sure, Jira has more features, but they’ll just slow you down unless you’ve got dedicated PMs setting everything up. Monday dev has gotten much better for enterprise lately. Their async stuff like proofing and timeline views actually work well for distributed teams. You can always switch to Jira later if you outgrow Monday, but starting with the simpler option gets everyone productive faster.
totally agree, monday.dev is way more inviting for mixed teams compared to jira. it’s visually appealing and keeps everyone engaged, not just the devs. seen it too many times where designers get lost in jira’s mess, so monday’s a solid choice!
Been through this exact decision with multiple teams. Both Jira and Monday work fine, but you’ll hit the same wall with either one.
The real problem isn’t the tool - it’s all the manual work after. Updating statuses, syncing data, sending notifications, creating reports. Your team burns hours weekly just maintaining the system instead of building.
Learned this managing a 40-person distributed team. We spent months perfecting Jira workflows, then realized we were wasting 10+ hours weekly on admin tasks.
Automating the entire pipeline changed everything. Now when developers push code, it automatically updates tickets, notifies people, syncs our design tool, and generates progress reports.
Same with Monday - great interface, but you’re still manually moving cards and updating fields all day without automation.
Smart move: pick either tool and immediately set up automation workflows. Eliminates busywork so your team can focus on actual development.
Latenode handles all the integrations seamlessly. Connect whatever PM tool you choose with Slack, GitHub, design tools, whatever your stack needs.
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Jira and Monday won’t fix your real problem once you scale up.
I’ve watched teams obsess over finding the “perfect” PM tool, then waste months on manual busywork. Status updates get buried in Slack. Devs forget to move tickets. Design feedback sits in random tools while everyone waits around.
Your 50-person team will hit hundreds of these gaps weekly. Tool choice doesn’t matter - connecting everything does.
Last year I worked with a team your size. They went with Monday for the reasons people mentioned - easy onboarding, designers liked it. Still ended up doing tons of manual work keeping everyone synced.
We set up automation flows to handle the busywork. Task status updates automatically ping the right people, update related tickets, sync with design tools - whatever they needed.
Now their remote team stays aligned without constant manual updates. Same approach works with Jira or Monday.
Go with Monday since your team will adopt it faster. Then automate the repetitive stuff so people can actually work instead of updating tools constantly.
Latenode handles the connections without needing devs to build custom integrations.