# monday.com Work Management vs Smartsheet: which do AI models recommend for marketing resource mgt, October 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, Marketing resource management. One of fourteen models named monday.com Work Management first on the direct prompt; one named Smartsheet. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/marketing/marketing-resource-management/monday-com-work-management-vs-smartsheet/

| | First-choice share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Models naming it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| monday.com Work Management | 9% | #3 of 11 | 18% | 44 | 14 of 14 |
| Smartsheet | 4% | #7 of 11 | 20% | 10 | 8 of 14 |

## The direct prompt, model by model

- GLM 4.7 FlashX: monday.com work management first (first choices: Wrike for Marketing, monday.com Work Management) (alternatives: Asana, HubSpot Marketing Hub, Screendragon)
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: smartsheet first (first choices: Smartsheet, Teamwork.com) (alternatives: Uptempo)
- Claude Haiku 4.5: neither first, one named (first choices: Wrike for Marketing) (alternatives: Asana, HubSpot Marketing Hub, monday.com Work Management)
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Wrike for Marketing) (alternatives: Optimizely Content Marketing Platform, Screendragon, Uptempo, monday.com Work Management)
- Grok 4.1 Fast: neither first, one named (first choices: Wrike for Marketing) (alternatives: HubSpot Marketing Hub, Teamwork.com, monday.com Work Management)
- Mistral Small: neither first, one named (first choices: Screendragon) (alternatives: Teamwork.com, monday.com Work Management)
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: neither first, one named (first choices: Wrike for Marketing) (alternatives: Asana, ClickUp, Screendragon, monday.com Work Management)
- Kimi K2: neither first, one named (first choices: Wrike for Marketing) (alternatives: Bynder, monday.com Work Management)
- MiniMax M2.5: neither first, one named (first choices: Wrike for Marketing) (alternatives: Lytho, Teamwork.com, monday.com Work Management)
- GPT-5.4 mini: neither named (first choices: Lytho) (alternatives: monday Work Management)
- Perplexity Sonar: neither named (first choices: Uptempo) (alternatives: HubSpot Marketing Hub, Lytho, Teamwork.com, Wrike for Marketing, monday Work Management)
- Llama 4 Maverick: neither named
- GPT-6 Luna: neither named (first choices: Wrike for Marketing) (alternatives: Adobe Workfront, Marmind)
- Muse Glimmer 30B: neither named (first choices: Frontify) (alternatives: Bynder, Uptempo)

## What the models said about monday.com Work Management

- "Missing features - Users report limitations like messaging contacts and seat requirements" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt, hard negative)
- "trying to force Asana or Monday.com to act as your MRM will result in "tool sprawl."" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt, hard negative)
- "Compare it against requirements for formal resource planning, financial controls and governance before treating it as a full MRM replacement." (GPT-6 Luna, comparative prompt, soft negative)
- "Some of the top-rated MRM software include monday.com, which has an overall rating of 4.7 out of 5 and is recognized as a Leader in the Marketing Resource Management Category." (Llama 4 Maverick, budget prompt, first choice)
- "Highly visual, exceptionally easy to adopt, great for automation... Excellent for mid-market." (Gemini 3.5 Flash, scale prompt, first choice)
- "I'd recommend starting with Wrike or monday.com" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, direct prompt, first choice)

## What the models said about Smartsheet

- "they are not full MRM systems unless you are ready to build process, reporting, approvals, and financial controls around them" (Perplexity Sonar, negative prompt, soft negative)
- "Spreadsheet-like flexibility, good for complex B2B campaign timelines, but weaker on native budget tracking" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, paraphrase prompt, soft negative)
- "Best All-Around for Mid-Market B2B: Smartsheet ... The safest bet for a generic B2B marketing operations role" (Qwen 3.7 Flash, direct prompt, first choice)
- "Mid-market sweet spot: Wrike, monday work management, Teamwork.com, Smartsheet" (Kimi K2, scale prompt, first choice)
- "It may suit teams moving from spreadsheets who want to preserve a familiar planning model." (GPT-6 Luna, comparative prompt, alternative)

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category. Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category. Published under CC BY 4.0; the output is the models' output, and nothing here is a recommendation by the index.