Is there a free monday.com alternative for two people?

Simpleban is free for two people with every feature, no seat minimum and no credit card — and the free part is a written promise in the Terms, not a trial.

Does Simpleban have automations?

No. It has one built-in behaviour that matters for two people: hand a card over and it shows as waiting on them and emails them if they're away; repeating cards come back by themselves.

Can I import from monday.com?

Not automatically; two-person boards are small enough to recreate from a template in a minute.

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A simple monday.com alternative for two people

Updated 20 October 2026 · by the Simpleban team

In short

monday.com is a “work OS”: boards made of configurable columns, automations, dashboards and integrations, sold per seat and typically with a minimum number of seats. For two people — a freelancer and a client, two cofounders, a couple — that is the wrong shape and the wrong price. Simpleban is a kanban board for exactly two people: real-time, with an owner on every card, visible handoffs, repeating cards and due dates, free with every feature and nothing to configure.

Simpleban, a kanban board for two people: a shared “Our home” board with This week, Doing, Waiting and Done columns, cards marked Mine or assigned to a partner, due dates, repeating chores and a moving-day countdown.

Where monday.com doesn't fit a pair

Seat minimums and per-seat pricing: the second person is a line item.
Boards are spreadsheets you configure — status columns, people columns, automations. Someone has to build and maintain them.
Its value is cross-team visibility, dashboards and integrations. A pair has no cross-team.

What Simpleban does

One kanban board, columns and cards, drag and drop, real-time sync and presence. It opens in under a second.
Ownership built in: you, your partner, or either of you. Hand a card to the other person and it's “waiting on you” on their board — with an email if they're away.
Repeating cards (including alternating between you), due dates with a calm Today/This week filter, a calendar feed, countdowns, checklists.
The other person joins from a link with a name and an email. Nothing to pay, nothing to configure.

Side by side

	monday.com	Simpleban
Built for	Teams and departments	Two people
Setup	Configure columns, automations, dashboards	Pick a template
Pricing	Per seat, usually with a seat minimum	Free, every feature, never per-seat
Views	Table, kanban, timeline, Gantt, dashboards	Board (plus a calendar feed)
Automations & integrations	Yes, many	None — one built-in handoff
Recurring work	Via automations	Built in; can alternate between two people
Second person onboarding	Seat + account	Invite link: name + email

Who should stay on monday.com

Teams that need dashboards across projects, timelines, automations and integrations with the rest of the company. Simpleban is built for two people, and for two it stays free forever. If you need more people or want to share boards with someone new, we'll soon introduce subscription tiers — a flat rate, never per seat.

Templates to start from

Questions, answered

Is there a free monday.com alternative for two people?: Simpleban is free for two people with every feature, no seat minimum and no credit card — and the free part is a written promise in the Terms, not a trial.
Does Simpleban have automations?: No. It has one built-in behaviour that matters for two people: hand a card over and it shows as waiting on them and emails them if they're away; repeating cards come back by themselves.
Can I use it for a small team?: Simpleban is built for two people, and for two it stays free forever. If you need more people or want to share boards with someone new, we'll soon introduce subscription tiers — a flat rate, never per seat.
Can I import from monday.com?: Not automatically; two-person boards are small enough to recreate from a template in a minute.