Monograph

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Practice Operations Platform for Design Professionals

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Ease of Use
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Customer Support
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Lea
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Beautiful and Transparent Firm and Project Management Tool

Reviewed on 2022/03/21

We've been able to solve our issue of having tons of data in different places, unable to reconcile...

We've been able to solve our issue of having tons of data in different places, unable to reconcile them - assignments, pipeline/backlog, time tracking, budgets, etc. We tried to build something ourselves with the tools we had until we found Monograph, who does it perfectly, and understands what it takes to do architectural projects. The staff is incredible, and the expanded focus they've placed on building a community of practice operations nerds is SO valuable. From the product to the people to the community, they're incredible.

Pros

Monograph is so beautifully designed that my team of architects enjoy looking at an analyzing data now. We love how past, current, and future fee and staffing projections are married together to give us a clear picture of our firm's profitability and staff and project needs. Our firm owners can see high level firm health info, our project managers can see how they're performing on their projects, and our staff can see exactly what they should be working and reporting on. I also appreciate that it's a newer platform that's constantly putting out new updates, features, and functionality.

Cons

We understand that it takes time to build a great product and some things are going to be missing or slightly off as the platform improves. There are some minor annoyances with reporting functions, exporting features, and how resources are assigned work, but we get around it for now. Accurately tracking overhead time and PTO could use major improvement. I'd love to see different user types for guests and/or independent contractors - it's too high of a price point to invite part time 1099 contract staff to use it, but would be very convenient if they could track time directly against our projects on Monograph. I'd also like to see more app integrations.

Alternatives Considered

Deltek Vision

Reasons for Switching to Monograph

Past experience w/ Deltek is clunky. I like supporting startups and love what Monograph is doing overall as a company. I'd like to support them in building the best platform for architectural practice ops management.

Response from Monograph

Thank you for your feedback! We've added these items to our request board for the team to review for future enhancements. We'd be happy to set up a call with our customer experience team to learn more about your needs!

Rome
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best Software for Architecture and Design firms out there!

Reviewed on 2024/04/04

Pros

The reports of profitability, time management, and utilization rate are game-changing in the software.

Cons

They are always improving the software. I wish we could do some purchase orders for products and materials we sell for projects.

May
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Monograph Review

Reviewed on 2024/07/02

Pros

Ability to track employee timesheets and sync with Quickbooks.

Cons

Customer support is very difficult to get in contact with.

Kate
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

A solid software with responsive dev team

Reviewed on 2024/04/05

Pros

Intuitive and easy to use, very responsive development team that incorporates requests quickly.

Cons

Rapid updates to the software make it hard to keep projects tidy, as protocols for invoices can change mid-project. You can't customize the look of your invoice almost at all.

Kimber
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great Bang for your Buck

Reviewed on 2024/04/10

So far so good. We have had a few issues when setting up the system but the customer service was...

So far so good. We have had a few issues when setting up the system but the customer service was really good.

Pros

Monograph is much more user friendly than our last system.

Cons

Porting over all the projects into the system.

Sally
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

MONOGRAPH - The Best Software for Design Professionals

Reviewed on 2024/03/11

My favourite feature is the time tracking and invoicing. It's made life so much simpler to have...

My favourite feature is the time tracking and invoicing. It's made life so much simpler to have everything tracked in one place and I love the new options to provide reminder emails for invoices, and the ability to see when an invoice was opened etc.

Pros

I love the ease of use and interface. The platform is well suited to those working in the design/construction industry as it caters to their daily/monthly/yearly requirements. It's very straightforward when setting up a new project and the gantt chart offers a wonderful overview of workflow.

Cons

I don't have any cons. If there was one thing that seems a bit intimidating, it would be the financial forecasting features. However as a new business owner this is more of a user issue than a software issue.

Jamie
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Highly Recommended

Reviewed on 2024/04/05

Overall we have been very satisfied with the program, service and features. I'm sure we're not...

Overall we have been very satisfied with the program, service and features. I'm sure we're not taking full advantage of the capabilities yet, but look forward to being able to fully utilize the benefits when all of our current projects are transitioned into the software.

Pros

Monograph is designed for Architects and the features are practical and functional. The project management and time management are very intuitive and easy to implement.

Cons

Making the conversion from our previous time keeping and invoicing systems has been a slower process than anticipated. Some projects span over multiple years and converting them to the new tracking system is somewhat complicated.

Tabatha
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Effective project management software

Reviewed on 2024/04/08

Pros

Monograph is a very intelligent and easy to use software for time tracking against project phases. It makes it very simple to gather reports on project finances and send out invoices to clients. It makes our day to day project management so easy, we couldn't live without it at our office!

Cons

Monograph offers many tools and one of them, the staffing tool, could be extremely useful to us however it is not easy to deploy and it leaves the users very confused when we do deploy it. Would love a simpler version of it where each designer in said project has an hour countdown per project so they know how much time they have left per phase.

Kaayla
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Monograph - streamline your project management

Reviewed on 2024/03/08

Monograph has made a big difference in our office regarding project management. All the hours are...

Monograph has made a big difference in our office regarding project management. All the hours are being captured for each project, and with the help of the reports, I can easily analyze each project's profitability, pain points, progress, etc.
It allows me to quickly calculate what the fees should be for future projects, based on size and work required to complete it.

Pros

It is easy to use and allows us to analyze and assess each project. Based on previous projects, we can more accurately predict the amount of work and hours required, making each project more profitable. Lastly, Monograph are constantly improving the various features ie: payroll, taxes, payments, linking to accounting software, etc.

Cons

I wish team members could see their allocated hours vs. how many they've used in each phase of work without seeing the financials in a separate section of each project.

Caleb
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  • Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Great single package for small firms

Reviewed on 2024/04/05

The customer support has been great. The website has helpful videos and there is a great support...

The customer support has been great. The website has helpful videos and there is a great support team available as well.

Pros

I love the time tracking function. I keep a browser window open to Monograph and hit the timer whenever I switch between projects. It has replaced my previous method of logging start and stop times on a notepad.

Cons

As a standard package user I do not have easy access to workload projection tools.

Alternatives Considered

Deltek Ajera
Bellame
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Monograph review after 6 months

Reviewed on 2023/04/21

Overall, we are still learning to use monograph and are still undecided if we like it or not. Even...

Overall, we are still learning to use monograph and are still undecided if we like it or not. Even though we do not send invoices thru monograph, we have used it to track our time when invoicing and really liked that you can track any time that hasn't being invoiced in the past. This saves time, but at the same time we create two invoices (one in monograph and the other in QuickBooks). We also enjoyed that we can see what tasks have been completed and assigning tasks have been fairly easy do.

Pros

Monograph is easy to use and in some way intuitive. Resource allocation and reporting are great features, but they need improvement.

Cons

Integrating with QuickBooks client information was simple, but we had to manually transfer our time from QBs to monograph which was very time consuming and to this day we have not transferred all our time into. We do not use the invoicing feature to directly invoice our clients because we wish that we could add some notes under each phase, or at least under hourly phases. Also, I do not like that you cannot combine hours under same titles, for example two principals have worked on the same project/phase - it shows as separate in the invoice. Also, project reporting and project financials lack important data. Such as showing profit and loss reports for each project. It only shows based on billable rates but not employee cost/overhead multiplier. Under time log, it would be helpful if the phases are shown. It would be great if rate tables could be adjusted or set per project. It would be helpful if tasks and resource allocation were sync, rather than being separate features. Also, it would be great if it were mobile/tablet friendly.

Alternatives Considered

Deltek Ajera and Timely

Reasons for Choosing Monograph

We needed a time tracking system with resource allocation and project task management.

Switched From

QuickBooks Online

Reasons for Switching to Monograph

Software interface, geared more towards architects, and invoicing capabilities.
Xavier F
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A powerful ally in your companies arsenal

Reviewed on 2022/03/15

Overall, Monograph is powerful partner that we are happy to use on a daily basis

Overall, Monograph is powerful partner that we are happy to use on a daily basis

Pros

Creates an overall simplified and centralized means of tracking, recording, and achieving project(s) and company needs.

Cons

There are several tools and features of which could be tuned for easier more intuitive use by all. For example, the time tracker. It is often abandoned because of this, yet, holds great potential to not only do its' surface value job, but, as well keep employees more consistent with their hours of work and how that is being applied to projects or internal office activities. This would additionally alleviate stress and anxiety (for all admin and employees) related to submitting timesheets when they are due and accurately.

Response from Monograph

Thank you for your feedback! We've added this to our request board for the team to review for future enhancements.

Morgan
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Outstanding Software and Company

Reviewed on 2021/07/01

Pros

I love how comprehensive Monograph is. You don't have to spend a ton of time "finding" features; it is mainly common sense! The gantt charts are easy to understand at a glance, and for normal employees the software makes it very simple to keep track of your time and expenses. Highly recommend this software.

Cons

We do wish we could customize our invoices a bit more. As an architecture firm, we are laser-focused on all material that goes out from our firm - including invoices. These are a little basic in terms of aesthetic, but I know Monograph is working on implementing more capabilities regarding this. Not a big complaint at all!

Alternatives Considered

BQE CORE Suite

Reasons for Switching to Monograph

Monograph is truly beautiful to work with in so many aspects. Firstly, the zoom call with [SENSITIVE CONTENT] was so relaxed and informative. He walked us through the software and assisted with any questions we had. Monograph's personal touch of 1. the [SENSITIVE CONTENT] giving you the run-down of the software (unheard of) 2. [SENSITIVE CONTENT] allowing all participants to actually speak on the Zoom call (competitors only allow you to type your questions!). Next, the sales department is so helpful and not pushy whatsoever. [SENSITIVE CONTENT] was a huge help for me in understanding different components and capabilities that Monograph can offer our firm (thanks [SENSITIVE CONTENT]!). I can't wait to dive deeper into this software; it is going to save our company so much time and headache! Thanks Monograph team for everything - keep doing things this way!

Response from Monograph

We're glad to hear that you're enjoying Monograph! We recently added more customizations to Invoices and also launched Stripe Payments.

You can find more information in our Knowledge Base at support.monograph.com or by visiting our Changelog at monograph.canny.io/changelog

Marcella
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Not quite perfect but a huge step up nonetheless

Reviewed on 2021/04/15

Overall, I would say that my team is pretty happy with everything Monograph has done for us so far....

Overall, I would say that my team is pretty happy with everything Monograph has done for us so far. Keep in mind, we're only a month into use. It's taken about 3 weeks to move most of our past data into the software and that's partially due to being a smaller team during a slow period before the next wave of work hits. I'm nitpicking in the cons because this software is genuinely just that close to covering all of the basis our firm needs as far as project management goes and, once they address those issues, this will absolutely save you time and headache in figuring out how well a project's timeline is doing.

Pros

After we reached a point in needing software to manage our several projects, this was absolutely what we need to help keep track of allotting time fairly. Being able to plan your week out in advance, see your timeline and budget, and what hours your teammates are assigned all in once place is a crucial asset for a growing business.

Cons

UI still has a lot of kinks that need to be worked out as well as a few features that many businesses would have a need for. An example of UI is how the time is logged as hourly instead of WHEN you worked (like 3pm-4:30pm in a meeting). Another example is that the time tracking interface on the sidebar can be finicky (such as sometimes the time entries you've created for the day will randomly go missing but reappear when you refresh the page.) Biggest feature missing is while this app is tailor made for managing projects, there's no designated space for Office Management time tracking (such as office meetings, maintenance, marketing, things that can't be charged towards a client). We were told this was a common request that they were working on, but that in the mean time, retrofitting a "project" into office management was the current best practice. Having tasks be somehow integrating into time tracking (such as, associating the hours logged to a task that was assigned) would be incredibly helpful.

Diego
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A Young Architect's Appreciation for Monograph

Reviewed on 2024/07/10

Pros

It's clearly a product made by and for Architects. When well-used, it helps young designers like myself better understand fees and project timelines in relation to fees.

Cons

Not much. I honestly couldn't think of many ways to improve it from a user experience but I think administrators at the firm have had more challenges with the interface.

Kristian
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Clean and on point

Reviewed on 2024/04/29

Overall quite good; have only had a few minor technical issues but nothing like Quickbooks level...

Overall quite good; have only had a few minor technical issues but nothing like Quickbooks level problems.

Pros

Clean layout - all features are easy to find and the GUI is straightforward

Cons

Inadvertently resetting of timer occasionally

Angie
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Easy and fun to use

Reviewed on 2024/04/04

Within a couple hours, we were hooked. Easy to use and customer service is there if you have any...

Within a couple hours, we were hooked. Easy to use and customer service is there if you have any questions and quick to answer.

Pros

how easy it is to use / project management / reports

Cons

implementing data from quickbooks and onboarding takes time but it's worth it

Alex
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Monograph for Architects

Reviewed on 2024/05/15

Overall very satisfied with all the different functionalities.

Overall very satisfied with all the different functionalities.

Pros

Easy setup and easy understanding. General timeline is very useful.

Cons

1- Lack of option to unlock all the premium features if you have less than 5 users.

Lauren
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Improvements are great, still needs additional tweaking

Reviewed on 2023/02/07

Overall, we've liked the software and the capabilities it has. We also like that we can get a...

Overall, we've liked the software and the capabilities it has. We also like that we can get a quick response with any issues or questions. The software is continuously evolving, and that movement is encouraging.,

Pros

It offers time tracking, billing, and project management all in one program

Cons

There are still some features that are missing or aren't quite where they need to be to help us be as functional as possible.

Chris
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Monograph

Reviewed on 2022/02/15

It has really improved our ability to manage the business side of our firm

It has really improved our ability to manage the business side of our firm

Pros

1. Very nice graphical interface which makes it easier to use than other products with similar features
2. Monograph as a company is very open and transparent about the improvements they are working on and are always eager to get constructive feedback.
3. The Money-Gantt feature

Cons

The Milestone and Task tracking capabilities do not have project team notifications yet

Response from Monograph

We're glad to hear that you're enjoying Monograph! We're currently in the process of enhancing Tasks and Milestones. You'll be notified within your dashboard once the updates have been released!

Teresa
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Using Monograph to Track Payroll and Project Status

Reviewed on 2020/10/07

I've listed a lot of this under "pros" above, but in essence I'm very happy with Monograph so far...

I've listed a lot of this under "pros" above, but in essence I'm very happy with Monograph so far for setting up projects, phases and using the time sheets. With a little time and effort I've figured out how to use much of it on my own and anything I didn't understand I was able to get help with from the wonderful Monograph support staff through articles or actually email and chat.

Pros

I really like how fully customizable Monograph is for a small architecture firm. I'm still learning how to use everything. As a new Monograph user it's refreshing to reach out and ask for help and get the correct answer to all my questions in a timely fashion by email or through chat. Monograph has amazing support staff! At this point we're using it mostly for time sheets to log payroll hours but moving forward, knowing how long a certain task took to to perform previously will help us assign tasks to employees and strategize payroll hours more effectively. Bottom line, we can certainly see if we're charging clients enough to cover the time the work takes .

Recently, I received an email notifying me that Monograph has made changes to the features based on my feedback. What company does that?!? I'm very Impressed!

Cons

Our business has been using Excel for time sheets with a set form to fill payroll hours out on. Monograph is a bit more "free form" reflecting tasks being performed both routine and "one off" as we add these items to the interface. Originally, I found it a bit daunting to dive in with Monograph because of this lack of structure when rigid structure was what I was used to. For some users this might not even be an issue.

Response from Monograph

Thank you for your feedback! If you haven't already, please check out our Knowledge Base and YouTube Channel - the links are below. These are great learning resources that we continue to update based on new features and customer needs. If you need additional assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team!

Knowledge Base: support.monograph.com

YouTube: youtube.com/monograph

Tim
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Meh

Reviewed on 2023/01/20

Pros

Quick and easy to create a project schedule and budget.

Cons

The mobile version of the website app is nearly useless. Timers.

Alternatives Considered

Mosaic

Reasons for Switching to Monograph

Mosaic requires at least ten users.
Emily
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Good Software- Would be Great with Better Forecasting Tools

Reviewed on 2022/03/22

We are much more able to collaboration on the financial tracking of our projects real time without...

We are much more able to collaboration on the financial tracking of our projects real time without a series of cumbersome spreadsheets.

Pros

I love the integration of the financial project tracking with the time sheets and invoicing. The interface is user-friendly and well-designed.

Cons

We would like to be able to use the forecasting tools more, but need to be able to input prospective projects and assign potential staff. I would also like to be able to communicate with other PMs in the resource tab- i.e. with a comments widget or similar.

Response from Monograph

Thank you for your feedback! We've added these items to our request board for the team to review for future enhancements.

Isabeau
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Monograph Review

Reviewed on 2022/03/17

We are just starting to implement this to its fullest potential.

We are just starting to implement this to its fullest potential.

Pros

I like the amount of features and the setup of the software

Cons

I wish it were a bit easier to use the milestones and tie them to tasks. It would be nice if there could be notifications or email reminders if a milestone deadline is coming up, if a project is going over budget, or going over schedule.

Response from Monograph

We're glad to hear that you're enjoying Monograph! We're currently in the process of enhancing Tasks and Milestones. You'll be notified within your dashboard once the updates have been released!

eugene
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  • Industry: Architecture & Planning
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Many Things Still in Progress

Reviewed on 2022/03/15

there are some nice features that other software packages do not have, but quite a few that others...

there are some nice features that other software packages do not have, but quite a few that others have but Monograph does not. Hoping these are integrated going forward

Pros

interface
time tracking
gantt charting
milestones

Cons

invoicing does not show outstanding balance per projects.
would like to generate draft invoices for review as a batch instead of 1x1
tasks do not send out automated reminders, reducing functionality
reporting is weak, would like to be able to generate reports on all active projects, by staff member etc.

Response from Monograph

Thank you for your feedback! We recently updated our Invoices feature and launched Stripe Payments, and we're currently in the process of enhancing Tasks and Milestones. We'd be happy to set up a call with our customer experience team to learn more about your needs!