Monday is where your team works. Forge builds the tools around it.
Monday.com is a capable project-management tool, and switching to another one rarely fixes the real problem: the hours your team spends updating it, copying progress into client emails and chasing status. Forge builds custom software for people businesses - agencies, accountants, lawyers, consultants, recruiters - and looks after it on a monthly plan. Keep Monday; we build and look after the client reports, status pages, syncs and onboarding around it.
Nothing technical on your side · we build it and look after it · runs on your own accountsForge isn’t another tool to configure. We build the tool you actually need and look after it.
You may not need a Monday alternative. You may need the admin gone.
Monday.com is strong at internal project management. If your team likes it, keep it - moving to another PM tool means weeks of migration and retraining for much the same result.
What usually hurts is everything around it: turning task updates into client reports, keeping clients informed, syncing Monday with your CRM, invoicing and Slack. That's the work Forge takes on - we build the tools, then monitor, fix and improve them on your own accounts, so Monday stays the place your team works and the copy-paste disappears.
A team that does the work, not another tool.
We build it - you don't configure anything
You don't buy a tool and then spend weeks setting it up. We find the manual work slowing your team down, then design, build and test the tools that give those hours back. Nothing technical on your side.
We look after it, too
It runs on your own accounts, so you own it. We monitor it, fix it when a connected tool changes and update it when your process changes - all part of your run plan. Nobody in your firm becomes the part-time admin.
Works with the tools you already have
ClickUp, Trello, Google Sheets, Slack, your CRM, your invoicing tool. We build the links between them, so your team keeps working where it works today - no migration project.
Made for how you actually work
Client onboarding, reporting, branded client portals and status pages, time and margin tracking, AI assistants for the team - built around your clients, your process and your terminology. AI drafts, people decide.
Published pricing, no per-seat fees
A run plan from $2,000 a month (Starter, Growth or Embedded) with your first build included, 3-month minimum, AI usage at cost. Your price doesn't climb as your team grows.
Starts with a 2-week ops audit
We map where your team's hours go and put a number on it, then recommend what to build first. The $2,500 audit is credited to your first month.
Forge vs Monday.com
| Forge | Monday.com | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Custom software built for your firm, looked after on a monthly plan | A project-management platform |
| Who does the work | We do - we build it, then monitor, fix and improve it on your own accounts | You configure, maintain and train the team on Monday |
| Your existing tools | Kept - we build around the apps your team already uses | Replace or bolt on to - you wire integrations yourself |
| Client-facing | Branded portals, status pages and reports, fed automatically | Shared boards and guest access |
| When your process changes | Tell us in plain English - we update and test it | Reconfigure and retrain the team |
| Pricing model | A run plan from $2,000 a month with your first build included - no per-seat fees | Per seat, climbing with plan and team size |
| Getting started | A 2-week ops audit ($2,500, credited to your first month), then a monthly run plan | Sign up, configure, migrate |
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The Monday.com alternative your agency can actually hand off.
Start with a 2-week ops audit. We’ll show you where your team’s time is going, then build the tools that win it back and look after them on a monthly plan.