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THE BEST SELF-HOSTED monday.com ALTERNATIVE

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monday.com is a colorful, flexible Work OS — but it runs only in monday’s cloud, charges per seat every month, and keeps your projects on its servers. Kendo Manager is a self-hosted monday.com alternative that installs on your own server and runs in any browser, with visual boards and task management plus full Gantt scheduling, costs, resources and risk management built in — under a one-time license, with every feature included and your data never leaving your infrastructure.

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The problem

Why look for a self-hosted monday.com alternative?

monday.com is flexible and visual, but its cloud-only, per-seat model leaves teams without self-hosting, predictable costs or deep project controls.

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01. Cloud-only

There is no self-hosted option — your boards and data live on monday’s servers, not yours.

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02. Priced per seat

A subscription that scales with every seat, often in seat-count tiers, billed every month or year.

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03. Board-focused

Great for visual boards, but light on cost & budget tracking and formal risk management.

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04.Features by tier

Gantt/timeline, automations and dashboards sit behind higher-priced plans.

Side by side

Kendo Manager vs monday.com

Visual project management on your own server, with full planning built in and no per-seat pricing.

 
Kendo Manager
monday.com
Deployment
Self-hosted web app on your own server
Cloud-only SaaS — no self-hosting
Where your data lives
Entirely on your infrastructure
On monday's cloud servers
Licensing model
One-time license per package
Per-seat monthly / annual subscription
Cost as the team grows
Flat — set users, unlimited projects
Scales per seat, often in seat tiers
Self-hosting available
✓
✗
Gantt / timeline
✓
✓ (paid)
Visual boards & views
✓
✓
Cost & budget tracking
✓ Built in
Limited
Risk & issue management
✓ Built in
Limited
All features in one license
✓
Split across tiers
Free version
✓ 10 users, all features
✓ Limited (2 seats)
Data ownership / on-prem GDPR
✓
Cloud-dependent

Comparison reflects how each tool is typically deployed. Verify current Microsoft Project editions and pricing before publishing.

Why teams switch

What you gain with Kendo Manager

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Self-hosted on your own server

Your boards and data stay on your infrastructure — never in a vendor’s cloud.

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Pay once, not per seat forever

A one-time license covers a set number of users and unlimited projects.

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Full planning, not just boards

Gantt, costs, budgets, resources, risks, issues and change management in one place.

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Every feature in every package

No tier-gating — all tools are included in every license.

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Waterfall and Agile

Classic scheduling or Kanban and sprints — switch as the project needs.

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Try it free, for real

A free version for up to 10 users with every feature, so you can test before you buy.

Pricing

One-time license, every feature included

Each package is a one-time purchase with all features, unlimited projects, on-premise install, and one year of free upgrades and support.

Package
Price (one-time)
Users
Free Version
$0
10 users · 1 active project
Startup
$749
10 users
Office
$1,249
20 users
Business
$2,499
50 users
Business Pro
$3,799
100 users
Professional
$6,299
Unlimited users

FAQ

monday.com alternative — FAQ

Yes. Kendo Manager covers visual boards and task management like monday.com, and adds full Gantt scheduling, costs, resources and risk management — all in a self-hosted web app.

No. monday.com is a cloud-only service. Kendo Manager installs on your own server, so your data stays on your infrastructure.

No. Kendo Manager uses a one-time license per package covering a set number of users and unlimited projects, with no recurring per-seat fees.

Yes. Kendo Manager is free for up to 10 team members and 1 active project — with every feature included, not just a 2-seat starter.

Yes. Everything runs on your own server, so your data never leaves your infrastructure — GDPR-ready and fully under your control.

Keep the boards. Own the data.

Switch from monday.com to a self-hosted platform with full project planning and no per-seat fees.

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