Project Management migration

Migrate from Workamajig to monday Work Management

Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Workamajig and monday Work Management. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in monday Work Management.

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Workamajig

Source

monday Work Management

Destination

monday Work Management logo

Compatibility

85%

11 of 13

objects map 1:1 between Workamajig and monday Work Management.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

4-8 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Moving from Workamajig to monday.com is a structural migration that flattens Workamajig's three-level hierarchy (Campaigns containing Projects containing Tasks) into monday.com's two-level board structure (Boards containing Items and Groups). Workamajig bundles deep ERP features—invoicing, purchase orders, payables, and receivables—inside a single subscription, while monday.com separates work management from CRM and sells each as an independent product. We map the Campaign-to-Project relationship to Board-and-Group equivalents, preserve the full task tree with predecessor dependencies, and carry over time-entry history. Workamajig's billing module (invoices, purchase orders, and expense records) has no direct monday.com equivalent; we export the data comprehensively and deliver a written reference for manual rebuild or third-party billing integration. Workflows, automations, and approval rules are out of scope as code; we inventory them for your admin to reconstruct in monday.com's automation engine.

Field-level fidelity

Every standard and custom field arrives verified.

Schema-aware mapping

AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.

Relationships preserved

Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.

Full activity history

Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.

Attachments & notes

Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.

Why teams make this switch

Two sides of the same decision

Leaving

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Workamajig

What's pushing teams away

  • A majority of negative reviews cite the interface as clunky and unintuitive, with excessive clicking required to navigate between common forms and reports.
  • Many users report that the platform is complex and difficult to learn, leading to extended onboarding periods and reliance on support for routine tasks.
  • Lack of batch-mode operations for repetitive actions across multiple projects frustrates power users managing large portfolios simultaneously.
  • Performance issues and technical bugs are cited as ongoing pain points, with engineering prioritization not always aligning with customer-reported issues.
  • Teams migrate toward simpler, more modern interfaces like Productive, Monday.com, or Asana seeking a better user experience without sacrificing project management depth.

Choosing

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monday Work Management

What's pulling them in

  • Lowest onboarding friction of any mid-market PM tool — drag-and-drop boards and colorful UI mean non-technical team members contribute from day one without training.
  • Highly customizable board structure lets teams model their actual workflow rather than forcing a predefined template onto their process.
  • Generous free forever plan with two seats lets small teams or solo users validate the platform before committing budget or migrating data from elsewhere.
  • Integrations with Slack, Zoom, Google Drive, and CRM tools keep monday.com as a coordination hub rather than requiring teams to switch context constantly.
  • Multiple view modes — Kanban, Calendar, Gantt, Map, Chart — give different team members the visualization they prefer without switching tools.

Object mapping

How Workamajig objects map to monday Work Management

Each row shows how a Workamajig object lands in monday Work Management, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.

Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.

Workamajig

Campaign

maps to

monday Work Management

Board

1:1
Fully supported

Workamajig Campaigns represent top-level client engagements that aggregate multiple Projects for budget tracking and reporting. Each Campaign maps to a monday.com Board, with the Campaign name becoming the Board name and the Campaign budget/billing fields noted as reference values to recreate in monday.com Dashboard widgets. We preserve campaign-level estimates and budget totals as a written field-mapping reference for Dashboard construction rather than a live linked record.

Workamajig

Project

maps to

monday Work Management

Group (inside Board)

1:1
Fully supported

Workamajig Projects nest under Campaigns and contain Tasks, time entries, and billing records. Each Project maps to a Group within the Campaign Board. The Campaign-to-Project parent-child linkage is preserved as Group ordering within the Board and documented in a separate reference sheet. Project custom fields (client tier, project type, status) map to monday.com Group columns.

Workamajig

Task

maps to

monday Work Management

Item

1:1
Fully supported

Workamajig Tasks nest under Projects with date ranges, hourly allocations, predecessors, and completion statuses. Each Task maps to a monday.com Item within the appropriate Group. Task predecessors map to monday.com Dependencies (available on Work Management tiers). Date ranges map to the Timeline column, and hourly allocations map to the Number column with the customer's preferred unit label.

Workamajig

Task Hierarchy

maps to

monday Work Management

Subitem

lossy
Fully supported

Workamajig supports multi-level task nesting within Projects. monday.com supports Subitems (one level of nesting per Item) on Work Management Standard and above. For Workamajig tasks with more than two levels of nesting, we flatten the deepest level as Item columns and note the hierarchy depth in a mapping reference. Subitem assignments, due dates, and status map to the Subitem's own columns.

Workamajig

Deliverable

maps to

monday Work Management

Item or Subitem

1:1
Fully supported

Workamajig Deliverables represent reviewable creative outputs tied to approval workflows with reviewer assignments and approval statuses. Deliverables map to monday.com Items (if standalone) or Subitems (if nested under a parent Task Item) with a Status column reflecting the approval state. The reviewer assignment maps to the Assignee column. We flag deliverables with an approval_status of pending for manual status updates post-migration since monday.com's approval feature requires separate setup.

Workamajig

Custom Field (Project, Campaign, Task)

maps to

monday Work Management

Column

1:1
Fully supported

Workamajig custom fields on Projects, Campaigns, and Tasks (dropdowns, checkboxes, date pickers, numeric fields, text fields) map to the closest monday.com Column type: Dropdown maps to Labels, checkbox maps to Checkbox, date picker maps to Date, numeric maps to Number, and text maps to Text. Choice options are preserved as Label options. Required flags from Workamajig require manual enforcement in monday.com as the platform does not enforce required columns at import time.

Workamajig

Company

maps to

monday Work Management

Item (Contacts Board)

1:1
Fully supported

Workamajig Companies store client organizational records with their own custom fields and contact associations. Companies map to Items in a dedicated monday.com Contacts Board. The Company name maps to Item name, address fields map to Text columns, and any associated Contact Items link via a Connect Boards column. We set up the Contacts Board before migrating Projects so that cross-board Links are satisfied at import time.

Workamajig

Contact

maps to

monday Work Management

Item (Contacts Board)

1:1
Fully supported

Workamajig Contacts store individual people tied to Companies with roles and contact details. Each Contact maps to an Item in the monday.com Contacts Board with the Contact's Name as Item name, email as a Text column, phone as a Phone column, and role as a Labels column. The Company-Contact relationship maps to a Connect Boards Link to the Company Item. Contact custom fields map to additional Columns on the Contacts Board.

Workamajig

Time Entry

maps to

monday Work Management

Item (Time Tracking Board)

1:1
Fully supported

Workamajig Time Entries link to Projects and Tasks with billable/non-billable flags, hourly rates, duration, and owner. Time entries map to Items in a dedicated Time Tracking Board with a Date column (entry date), Number column (hours), Labels column (billable/non-billable), Number column (hourly rate), and a Connect Boards column linking to the parent Project Item and Task Item. We use the Work Management Standard Time Tracking column format. Historical time entries with dates in the past preserve their original ActivityDate in the import.

Workamajig

Invoice

maps to

monday Work Management

Not migrated (reference export)

1:1
Fully supported

Workamajig Invoices generate from Projects with line items, payment status, and transaction links. monday.com has no native billing or invoice object. We export all invoice records comprehensively as a CSV with client name, invoice number, date, line items, amounts, and payment status. The customer uses this export to rebuild invoices in their chosen billing platform (QuickBooks, Xero, Stripe, or a dedicated agency billing tool) or to manually recreate in monday.com using a custom board if preferred.

Workamajig

Purchase Order

maps to

monday Work Management

Not migrated (reference export)

1:1
Fully supported

Workamajig Purchase Orders track vendor expenses against Projects with PO headers, line items, and vendor associations. There is no equivalent object in monday.com. We export all purchase order records as a CSV including vendor, project association, PO number, line items, amounts, and status. The customer uses this for vendor reconciliation in their accounting software or for manual reference.

Workamajig

Activity

maps to

monday Work Management

Item Update

1:1
Fully supported

Workamajig Activities capture engagement history on Companies and Contacts (call logs, email logs, meeting notes). The activities module is read-only via API (GET only) at 50 req/min. Activity records migrate as monday.com Item Updates on the relevant Contact or Company Item, with the original timestamp preserved in the Update body and the activity type noted in the update text. We cannot migrate automation rules or activity-triggered workflows from this module.

Workamajig

Report (data)

maps to

monday Work Management

Dashboard

lossy
Fully supported

Workamajig report data (P&L, burn charts, utilization breakdowns) exports via CSV or the API. monday.com Dashboards rebuild these views using widget types (Chart, Number, Gauge) connected to Board data. We export all report data and deliver a widget-mapping reference that maps each Workamajig report metric to a monday.com Dashboard widget with the relevant board and column source. Report definitions and column layouts do not export; these require manual rebuild guided by our widget-mapping reference.

Gotchas + challenges

What specifically takes care here

Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.

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Workamajig gotchas

High

Projects API rate limit of 20 req/min throttles large migrations

Medium

API is beta1 with no backward-compatibility guarantees

Medium

Server migrations change IP addresses and break IP-whitelisted integrations

Low

Report definitions do not export, only report data

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monday Work Management gotchas

High

Subitems have no bulk export endpoint

High

API complexity budget constrains query depth

Medium

Daily call limits vary sharply across plan tiers

Medium

Automation and integration rules do not export via API

Low

Saved views are not exposed via API

Pair-specific challenges

  • Workamajig's 20 req/min Projects API rate limit extends migration windows

    Workamajig caps the Projects module at 20 calls per minute while other modules allow 50. For agencies with hundreds of Projects and thousands of Tasks, a naive sequential export can take days and hit 429 errors. We chunk project exports into 20-record batches with backoff delays, paginate through all project pages before touching related objects, and surface estimated migration duration upfront based on project count and the 20 req/min ceiling. This rate limit is the primary timeline risk for large Workamajig exports.

  • Workamajig's Campaign-to-Project hierarchy has no direct monday.com equivalent

    Workamajig's three-level Campaign > Project > Task structure requires flattening into monday.com's two-level Board > Item (with Groups and Subitems). The Campaign-to-Project parent-child relationship carries over as Group placement within a Board, but cross-Project reporting at the Campaign level requires a separate monday.com Dashboard built from Board-level widgets rather than a native linked record. We document the full hierarchy at scoping and deliver a Board-Group mapping reference before migration begins.

  • Workamajig's API is beta1 with no backward-compatibility guarantees

    Workamajig's current API version is beta1 and they notify customers a few months before deprecation, meaning schema changes between scoping and execution can occur. We lock the API version at scoping time, document the schema snapshot, and re-validate field availability before running the migration. If a required field is deprecated, we fall back to the report export module or CSV extraction for that object class. This risk is elevated for customers who have been on Workamajig for several years with heavily customized field schemas.

  • monday.com has no native billing, invoice, or ERP module

    Workamajig bundles invoicing, purchase orders, payables, and receivables inside the platform. monday.com sells work management and CRM as separate products with no native billing or accounting. We export invoice and purchase order records comprehensively as CSV, but the customer must plan for a replacement billing workflow. Options include monday.com integrations with QuickBooks, Xero, or Stripe, or operating a separate billing system entirely. We flag all invoice and PO record counts at scoping so the customer can budget the rebuild effort.

  • Workflows and approval rules do not migrate as automation code

    Workamajig approval workflows and task automation rules are custom-configured per installation with triggers, conditions, and downstream actions. monday.com's automation engine uses a different trigger-action model (when-this-then-that syntax) that cannot directly import Workamajig rule logic. We do not migrate automations as code. We deliver a written inventory of every active Workamajig automation with its trigger, conditions, and actions, plus a recommended monday.com automation equivalent. Your admin rebuilds these in monday.com's automation center post-migration.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Workamajig to monday Work Management data migration

  1. Discovery and data audit

    We audit the source Workamajig instance across all modules, documenting Campaign count, Project count, Task count, Deliverable count, custom field schemas per object type, time-entry volume, Company and Contact record counts, invoice and purchase order totals, active workflow rules, and active approval processes. We extract via the Workamajig API (chunked at 20 req/min for Projects) and via CSV export for modules with GET-only API access. The discovery output is a written migration scope with record counts, schema snapshots, and a preliminary object-mapping table. We flag any Workamajig modules with no destination equivalent (invoices, purchase orders, media items) for explicit scope confirmation.

  2. monday.com workspace and board architecture design

    We design the monday.com workspace structure based on the Workamajig Campaign hierarchy. Each Workamajig Campaign becomes a monday.com Board. Each Workamajig Project within a Campaign becomes a Group within that Board. We create a separate Contacts Board for Companies and Contacts with a Connect Boards link column for cross-referencing. We create a Time Tracking Board for historical time entries. Column types are assigned for every Workamajig custom field, and Subitem configuration is planned for tasks with more than one level of nesting. The architecture design is validated in a monday.com test workspace before any data moves.

  3. Sandbox migration and reconciliation

    We run a full migration into a monday.com test workspace using production-like data volume. The customer reconciles record counts (Boards in, Groups in, Items in, Subitems in), spot-checks 25-50 random items against the Workamajig source, validates that task predecessors resolved correctly, and confirms that time entries linked to the correct parent items. Any column type mismatches, custom field mapping corrections, or hierarchy flattening adjustments happen here in the test environment. Sign-off on the sandbox migration is required before production migration begins.

  4. Parent-record lookup resolution

    We resolve all inter-object references before inserting dependent records. This means creating Company Items before Contact Items (so the Connect Boards link is satisfied), creating Project Groups before Task Items (so the Group is present), and preparing the time tracking board before time entries are imported with their parent item IDs. Workamajig's Company-Contact relationship and Project-Task relationship are both resolved at this stage. Owner assignments map from Workamajig Owner email to monday.com Team Member email.

  5. Production migration in dependency order

    We run production migration in strict record-dependency order: Contacts Board (Companies first, then Contacts with Company links), then Project Boards (Groups created first, then Items), then Subitems, then time entries with parent links, then Activity history as Item Updates. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report. Workamajig writes are frozen during cutover and a final delta pass captures any records modified during the migration window. Invoice and purchase order exports run as separate CSV jobs not tied to monday.com record creation.

  6. Cutover, validation, and automation rebuild handoff

    We enable monday.com as the system of record after the final delta migration and reconciliation pass. We deliver the Workflow and automation inventory document to your admin team for monday.com automation center rebuild. We deliver the invoice and purchase order CSV exports with a field-mapping reference for your chosen billing system. We support a one-week hypercare window for data reconciliation issues. monday.com Automations, Invoices, and Report Layouts are rebuilt by your admin or a monday.com partner; this is outside the standard migration scope and is quoted separately if needed.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Workamajig

Source

Strengths

  • Comprehensive ERP features including GL, invoicing, payables, and receivables bundled with project management at one price.
  • Unlimited client and vendor portal logins at every tier without per-contact billing surprises.
  • Deep reporting at client, project, and campaign granularity with profitability and utilization breakdowns.
  • Campaign object allows multi-project rollup for billing and budget tracking across an entire client engagement.
  • Digital proofing and deliverable approval workflows are natively integrated, not bolted on via third-party plugin.

Weaknesses

  • Interface is widely described as complex and unintuitive with excessive navigation steps for common tasks.
  • API is in beta1 with module-level rate limits (Projects capped at 20 req/min) that slow bulk data extraction.
  • Several modules expose only GET access (diary, team, reports), limiting migration completeness for workflow and configuration data.
  • Ongoing performance issues and technical bugs are cited in reviews without consistent engineering response.
  • No native free tier; minimum 10-user commitment makes it difficult to trial at scale.
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monday Work Management

Destination

Strengths

  • Drag-and-drop board UI with near-zero learning curve for non-technical users entering project data for the first time.
  • 20+ column types and unlimited custom columns let teams model arbitrarily complex data structures without developer help.
  • Multi-view support — Kanban, Gantt, Calendar, Timeline, Chart, Map — satisfies different team members without forcing a single layout.
  • Automations cover common trigger-action patterns for teams without dedicated developers to write custom scripts.
  • Free plan for 2 seats and a 14-day trial on all paid tiers make evaluation risk-free before committing to migration scope.

Weaknesses

  • Per-seat pricing with no enterprise flat-rate option means costs scale linearly with headcount, making it expensive at 50+ seats.
  • Subitems lack bulk API access, making them problematic for CRM-style use cases where contact records live as subitems under a company board.
  • Automations and advanced views are gated behind Pro and Enterprise tiers, creating feature deserts on entry-level plans.
  • Dependency column is visually limited — no critical path, no auto-rescheduling, and cross-board dependencies require manual link management.
  • No native document management; docs, wikis, and knowledge bases require a separate integration or third-party workaround.

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Standard Project Management migration. 3 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

B

Overall complexity

Standard migration

Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across Workamajig and monday Work Management.

  • Object compatibility

    B

    3 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

  • Field mapping clarity

    C

    Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.

  • Timeline complexity

    B

    8-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.

  • API constraints

    B

    Workamajig: 50 req/min for most modules (activities, companies, contacts, diary, opportunities, task, team, todos); 20 req/min for projects module; reports rate limit is documented separately.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

    Workamajig doesn't expose a bulk API — REST + parallelization used for high-volume runs.

Estimator

Estimate your Workamajig to monday Work Management migration cost

Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.

Step 1

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FAQ

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Most migrations land between four and eight weeks for accounts under 500 Projects and 10,000 Tasks with a straightforward Campaign hierarchy. Migrations with large time-entry histories (over 50,000 records), complex multi-level task nesting, extensive custom field schemas, or explicit invoice export requirements move to ten to sixteen weeks because of API rate-limit pacing on the Workamajig side, board architecture design effort, and the manual billing rebuild planning.

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