Microsoft 365 SharePoint integration for monday.com vs Appy Pie Connect (2026)

Quick verdict: The Microsoft 365 integration for monday.com, by David Simpson Apps, lives inside monday.com – SharePoint files, Excel charts, and document generation are embedded directly in your boards. Appy Pie Connect runs outside monday.com and connects it to SharePoint (and 1,000+ other apps) via simple trigger-action workflows, targeted at small businesses that need basic automation without technical overhead. They solve different problems at different depth levels.

At a Glance

Pricing as of June 2026. Verify current Appy Pie pricing at appypie.com/pricing.

What Each Tool Actually Does

Microsoft 365 SharePoint Integration for monday.com

The Microsoft 365 integration for monday.com is a native monday.com marketplace app built by David Simpson Apps — monday.com's Community Partner of the Year 2025, with 40,000+ installs, and enterprise customers including AT&T, Broadcom, IBM, Netflix, and NBCUniversal. It installs directly into your monday.com account and adds Microsoft 365 capabilities inside your boards and dashboards – you never leave monday.com to access your SharePoint files.

What it does:

• Browse and embed SharePoint files and folders directly inside monday.com item views. Click a file, edit it in Office Online, save – all without switching tabs.
• Generate documents from monday.com data – create Word documents, PDFs (or both in a single action), and HTML emails from monday.com column values using SharePoint-hosted templates. Generated files are saved to any SharePoint subfolder automatically.
• Embed live Excel charts and cells into monday.com dashboards. Your finance team's Excel model displays as a live widget alongside your project boards.
• Import and export Excel spreadsheets to and from monday.com with column mapping.
• Automate SharePoint workflows triggered by monday.com events – folder creation, file organisation, document generation – without writing a single line of code.
• Copy assets to SharePoint – automatically copy files attached to monday.com item updates into the configured SharePoint folder for that item.
• Ask Sidekick AI about your Microsoft 365 content from inside monday.com – extract data from Excel, analyse Word documents, process Outlook emails, and discover available SharePoint sites.

Hosted by monday.com's own infrastructure. SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, and HIPAA certified. Files are transmitted directly from Microsoft to your browser — the app server never sees your file content.

Requires Microsoft 365 Business, Enterprise, or Education. Personal and Family plans are not supported.

Appy Pie Connect

Appy Pie Connect (part of the Appy Pie no-code platform) is a workflow automation service targeted at small businesses. It follows the same trigger-action model as Zapier and Make, connecting 1,000+ apps including monday.com and SharePoint in automated workflows that run in the background.

Appy Pie positions itself on price and simplicity — lower entry-level pricing than Zapier, and a straightforward workflow builder aimed at non-technical users who need basic automation without a steep learning curve.

What it does between monday.com and SharePoint:

• Create SharePoint list items when monday.com board items are created
• Update monday.com items when SharePoint list records change
• Create monday.com items from new SharePoint list entries
• Send notifications or trigger follow-up actions in connected apps (email, Slack, etc.)
• Chain monday.com and SharePoint into simple multi-step automations with other Appy Pie-connected tools

Key limitation: Appy Pie Connect's SharePoint integration focuses primarily on SharePoint Lists (tabular data). SharePoint document library operations — file management, folder creation, document browsing — are either absent or very limited compared to automation platforms with deeper SharePoint support (Power Automate, Zapier). If your SharePoint use centres on document libraries rather than lists, Appy Pie's integration may not cover what you need.

Like all automation platforms in this category, Appy Pie operates in the background. It does not add any interface elements inside monday.com.

Feature Comparison: Where Each Tool Wins

Embedded monday.com experience

Winner: Microsoft 365 integration for monday.com

The Microsoft 365 integration for monday.com is purpose-built for the monday.com interface. SharePoint files appear in item sidebars. Excel charts render inside dashboards. Document generation runs from a monday.com column action. Your team does not need to log in to, or even know about, a separate automation platform.

Appy Pie Connect operates entirely outside monday.com. Users build and manage their automations in Appy Pie's dashboard, not in monday.com. The only monday.com-visible effect is the data that automations write to or read from boards.

Price for small teams

Closer call at low volume — Appy Pie edges out at the cheapest tier

Appy Pie's entry-level paid plan starts at $9.99/month, which is lower than the Microsoft 365 app's first paid tier ($10/month for up to 5 seats). At the absolute lowest level of usage, Appy Pie is slightly cheaper.

However, Appy Pie limits workflow count and tasks per month at each tier. As your automation volume grows, costs scale up. The Microsoft 365 app includes unlimited automations on all paid plans at a fixed per-seat price — which becomes more cost-effective as usage increases.

For teams of 5+ who use monday.com regularly, the Microsoft 365 app is cheaper per seat at most volume levels.

SharePoint depth

Winner: Microsoft 365 integration for monday.com

Appy Pie's SharePoint integration is focused on SharePoint Lists. Its ability to interact with SharePoint document libraries — browsing files, managing folder structures, creating documents from templates — is limited or not present.

The Microsoft 365 app supports the full Microsoft 365 document ecosystem: SharePoint document libraries, OneDrive, folder creation and navigation, file upload and download, document generation, Excel embedding, and more. If your team's SharePoint use involves any document management beyond basic list data, Appy Pie's integration falls short.

Document generation

Winner: Microsoft 365 integration for monday.com (Appy Pie cannot do this)

The Microsoft 365 app generates formatted Word documents, PDFs, HTML emails, and Excel spreadsheets from monday.com item data using SharePoint-hosted templates. This is a unique capability not available in any automation platform at any price tier.

Compliance and enterprise readiness

Winner: Microsoft 365 integration for monday.com

The Microsoft 365 app is hosted on monday.com's infrastructure (SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR). Appy Pie publishes GDPR compliance but does not hold SOC 2 Type II or ISO 27001 certifications, and does not offer HIPAA compliance. For enterprise procurement, compliance certification is typically a requirement — and Appy Pie does not meet the bar.

Pricing Comparison

Microsoft 365 Integration for monday.com

All paid plans include unlimited automations. No per-action or per-document charges.

Appy Pie Connect

Verify current Appy Pie Connect plan limits and pricing at appypie.com/pricing. Plans and task limits change frequently.

What customers say about the Microsoft 365 integration for monday.com

"50% reduction in administrative workload." – Christopher Thompson, Managing Director, Chadley Group

"Love this app. It has saved us so much manual input. I would highly recommend this app for anyone who uses SharePoint for file storage." – Steve Estabrooks, Managing Director, Byond Group

"It has created a significant improvement in information management." – Gilles Fischer, IT Director, HaCo-MPU

When to choose the Microsoft 365 integration for monday.com

Choose the Microsoft 365 SharePoint integration by David Simpson Apps for monday.com if:

• Your team works inside monday.com and wants Microsoft 365 files visible without switching apps
• You generate documents – proposals, reports, emails, invoices – from monday.com data
• You use Excel for reporting and want charts or data embedded in monday.com dashboards
• Your team works on mobile – the integration works on iOS and Android monday.com apps
• You want AI assistance with your Microsoft 365 content – Sidekick AI Skills let you query Excel, Word, and Outlook content from monday.com boards
• Your organisation has compliance requirements (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR) — the Microsoft 365 app is enterprise-certified; Appy Pie is not
• You want predictable pricing that doesn't vary with automation volume
• You work with SharePoint document libraries — not just SharePoint lists
• You need unlimited automations included with your subscription

When Appy Pie Connect may fit better

Appy Pie is worth considering if:

• Your SharePoint use is limited to SharePoint Lists (tabular data rows), not document libraries or file management
• Your team only needs a handful of basic automations — if you're within 5 workflows and a few hundred tasks/month, Appy Pie is one of the cheapest ways to connect monday.com to other tools
• You're already using Appy Pie to connect other apps and want to add monday.com + SharePoint into existing automations
• Compliance certification is not a procurement requirement for your organisation

Quick comparison: Setup experience

Microsoft 365 integration for monday.com

1. Find the app in the monday.com Marketplace
2. Click Install
3. Authorise with your Microsoft 365 account (OAuth – no passwords shared)
4. Add the Microsoft 365 column or widget to your board
5. Done – SharePoint files appear inside monday.com

Typical setup time: Under 5 minutes.

Appy Pie Connect

1. Create an Appy Pie account
2. Choose monday.com as your trigger app and authorise it
3. Choose SharePoint (or Microsoft Office 365) as your action app and authorise it
4. Select trigger event (e.g., "New Item in Board")
5. Map fields between monday.com and SharePoint
6. Test and activate the workflow

Typical setup time: 15–30 minutes per workflow. Additional workflows require repeating the process.

The verdict

For most monday.com teams working with Microsoft 365, the Microsoft 365 integration for monday.com is the stronger choice by a significant margin. It embeds SharePoint files and Excel data directly inside monday.com, generates documents from board data, and ships with enterprise compliance certification. None of this is available through Appy Pie at any price tier.

Appy Pie Connect serves a specific niche: small businesses that need basic, low-volume workflow automation across many tools at the lowest possible price, and whose SharePoint use is limited to list data. If that profile matches your team, Appy Pie is a legitimate budget option.

For teams of 5+, the Microsoft 365 app's per-seat pricing is competitive with Appy Pie's task-based pricing at any meaningful automation volume — and it delivers considerably more depth in the monday.com + Microsoft 365 pairing.

Try the Microsoft 365 integration for monday.com free

The Microsoft 365 SharePoint integration for monday.com includes a free plan for teams up to 2 seats – no credit card required.

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David Simpson Apps is the publisher of the Microsoft 365 SharePoint integration for monday.com. This comparison is written from our perspective as the app developer. Appy Pie Connect feature information sourced from appypie.com. Pricing verified June 2026 – check each vendor's website for current rates.