Quick verdict: Make is the most powerful general-purpose automation platform in this price range — its visual scenario builder, two-way sync, and 3,000+ app connectors make it the go-to for teams building complex multi-step workflows. But it does not touch the monday.com interface. The Microsoft 365 Integration for monday.com does the opposite: it adds SharePoint files, Excel dashboards, and document generation inside monday.com, with minimal setup and no per-operation pricing. If you want to see Microsoft 365 data without leaving monday.com, Make cannot help. If you need monday.com wired into a sophisticated cross-tool automation chain, Make is hard to beat at its price point.
At a glance
| Microsoft 365 integration for monday.com | Make | |
|---|---|---|
| Lives inside monday.com | ✅ Native marketplace app | ❌ External platform |
| Free tier | ✅ Up to 2 seats | ✅ 1,000 operations/month |
| Paid plans from | $10/month | $9/month |
| SharePoint file browser in monday | ✅ | ❌ |
| Embed Excel charts in dashboards | ✅ | ❌ |
| Generate Word/PDF/HTML from monday data | ✅ | ❌ |
| Two-way monday ↔ SharePoint sync | ✅ | ✅ |
| 13 monday.com triggers | ✅ | ✅ |
| 27 monday.com actions | ✅ | ✅ |
| 16+ SharePoint actions | ✅ | ✅ |
| Custom SharePoint API calls | ❌ | ✅ |
| Connect monday to 3,000+ apps | ❌ | ✅ |
| Conditional branching / routing | ❌ | ✅ |
| No IT admin for setup | ✅ | ✅ |
| Pricing model | Per seat, predictable | Per operation, variable |
| HIPAA compliant | ✅ | ✅ Enterprise |
| monday.com Partner of the Year | ✅ 2025 | — |
Pricing as of May 2026. Verify current Make pricing at make.com/en/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 purpose-built to bring Microsoft 365 into monday.com. Installed in minutes via OAuth, it adds capabilities that no automation platform — including Make — can replicate inside the monday.com UI.
File access inside monday.com
- Browse SharePoint document libraries and OneDrive folders from within any monday.com item view
- Open and edit files in Office Online without leaving monday.com
- Files reflect live SharePoint state — you access the actual file, not a copy
Document generation from monday.com data
- Create Word documents, PDFs, HTML emails, and Excel spreadsheets from monday.com column values using SharePoint-hosted templates
- One-click document generation from any monday.com item — proposals, reports, contracts, correspondence
- Generated files are saved back to SharePoint automatically
Excel integration in monday.com dashboards
- Embed live Excel charts and individual cell values as dashboard widgets
- Import and export Excel spreadsheets with column mapping
- Finance and ops teams can display Excel models alongside project boards
Built-in automations
- Trigger SharePoint folder creation, file organisation, and document generation from monday.com's native automation recipes
- No scenario builder — works through monday.com's own automation interface
Hosted on monday.com's infrastructure. SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, and HIPAA certified. Used by 40M+ users across 240 countries including NBCUniversal, AT&T, and IBM.
Make
Make (formerly Integromat) is a visual workflow automation platform offering one of the most powerful scenario builders in the no-code space. Its drag-and-drop canvas lets you build multi-step automations with conditional routing, data transformation, error handling, and custom API calls — connecting 3,000+ apps including monday.com and Microsoft SharePoint.
What Make can do between monday.com and SharePoint:
- Watch 13 monday.com trigger types: new items, column value changes, board updates, subitem creation, team changes, and more
- Execute 27 monday.com actions: create items, update column values, move items between groups, create subitems, execute custom GraphQL queries, and more
- Execute 16+ SharePoint actions: create folders, upload and download files, create and update list items, get and publish pages, search sites, and make custom API calls
- Two-way sync: changes in either platform can trigger actions in the other
- Build complex multi-step scenarios: monday.com event → transform data → SharePoint action → send Slack notification → update CRM record — all in one scenario
- Add conditional routers: if column value = "Approved", move SharePoint file; if "Rejected", notify via email
- Schedule scenarios to run at custom intervals (down to the minute on paid plans)
Where each tool wins
In-monday.com experience
Winner: Microsoft 365 Integration for monday.com — Make cannot compete here
Make is a background automation platform. It moves data between monday.com and SharePoint invisibly — your team never interacts with Make directly. It does not add any new capabilities to the monday.com interface.
Microsoft 365 Integration for monday.com is a visible, interactive part of monday.com. A team member opens a monday.com item and sees a live SharePoint file browser in the sidebar. They click a button and a PDF is generated. An Excel chart updates in the dashboard. Make cannot provide any of this.
If the goal is to make monday.com feel like it natively speaks Microsoft 365, only the native app achieves that.
Automation power and flexibility
Winner: Make
Make's scenario builder is significantly more powerful than anything available through the Microsoft 365 app's built-in automations. Branching logic, error-handling paths, custom API calls to SharePoint's REST API, data transformation between steps, and scenarios that span multiple apps in a single chain — Make handles all of it.
If your automation involves monday.com as one node in a complex workflow that includes SharePoint, a CRM, a database, and a notification system, Make's visual canvas is the right tool.
For teams whose monday.com + SharePoint automation needs are straightforward (folder creation on item creation, file organisation on status change), the Microsoft 365 app's built-in automations handle these without needing a separate platform.
Two-way sync
Both tools support sync — but differently.
Make's two-way sync works at the data level: a change in SharePoint can trigger a scenario that updates monday.com, and vice versa. This is configured in the scenario builder and applies to any data field you map.
The Microsoft 365 app's two-way sync works at the file level: because the app gives direct access to the live SharePoint file (not a copy), edits made in either SharePoint or through monday.com's Office Online viewer are immediately reflected everywhere. No sync delay, no field mapping — it's the same file.
For file-level sync, the native app is simpler and more immediate. For data-level sync between monday.com fields and SharePoint list columns, Make gives more control.
Document generation
Winner: Microsoft 365 Integration for monday.com — Make has no document generation
Microsoft 365 Integration for monday.com generates formatted Word documents, PDFs, and HTML emails from monday.com item data using templates. This is a core feature on all paid plans with no per-document cost.
Make has no document generation capability. You can use Make to trigger an action that creates a SharePoint file, but Make cannot populate a Word template with monday.com column values and produce a formatted document. For document generation, the Microsoft 365 app is the only option in this comparison.
Pricing predictability
Winner: Microsoft 365 Integration for monday.com for high-activity teams; Make for low-activity complex workflows
Microsoft 365 Integration for monday.com charges per seat per month — a 50-person team pays $80/month, regardless of how many files they access or automations they run. Predictable and budget-friendly for active teams.
Make charges per operation — one module executed in one scenario run is one operation. A scenario with 5 modules that runs 500 times per month consumes 2,500 operations. Make's Core plan includes 10,000 operations/month for $9/month, which goes further than Zapier's task limits at a similar price. But for high-frequency monday.com teams with active boards, operation counts can accumulate faster than expected.
Operation count estimator:
| Scenario complexity | Runs/month | Operations consumed | Make plan needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-module scenario | 100 | 300 | Free |
| 5-module scenario | 200 | 1,000 | Free (edge) |
| 5-module scenario | 500 | 2,500 | Core ($9) |
| 8-module scenario | 500 | 4,000 | Core ($9) |
| 8-module scenario | 2,000 | 16,000 | Core + extra ops |
| 10-module scenario | 2,000 | 20,000 | Pro ($16) |
Operations = modules × runs. Calculate your expected volume before choosing a plan.
Pricing Comparison
Microsoft 365 SharePoint Integration for monday.com
| Seats | Monthly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Up to 5 | $10 | $108 |
| Up to 10 | $20 | $216 |
| Up to 20 | $40 | $432 |
| Up to 50 | $80 | $864 |
| Up to 100 | $120 | $1,296 |
| Up to 200 | $200 | $2,160 |
| Up to 400 | $400 | $4,320 |
| 1,000+ | $1,400 | $15,120 |
All paid plans include unlimited automations. No per-operation or per-document charges.
Make
| Plan | Monthly | Operations/month | Active scenarios | Max scenario execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 1,000 | 2 | 15-min interval minimum |
| Core | $9 | 10,000 | Unlimited | 40 min/scenario |
| Pro | $16 | 10,000 | Unlimited | 40 min/scenario |
| Teams | $29 | 10,000 | Unlimited | 40 min/scenario |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Unlimited | Custom |
Annual billing saves 15%+. Additional operations can be purchased on top of plan limits. Pro adds custom variables and full-text execution log search. Teams adds role management and scenario templates.
Side-by-side cost at common team sizes:
| Team size | Microsoft 365 app | Make Core ($9 + ops) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 seats, light use | $0 | $0 (free) | Equal |
| 10 seats, moderate automation | $20 | $9–$18 | Make cheaper |
| 50 seats, active boards | $80 | $9–$29+ (depends on ops) | Similar range |
| 100 seats, high volume | $120 | $29+ (likely more ops needed) | Microsoft 365 app cheaper |
| 200 seats, enterprise | $200 | Custom or high ops spend | Microsoft 365 app cheaper |
For large teams with active monday.com usage, the Microsoft 365 app's flat per-seat pricing becomes more economical than Make's per-operation model. For small teams with complex but infrequent automation needs, Make's Core plan at $9/month is exceptional value.
Setup and maintenance
Microsoft 365 Integration for monday.com
- Open monday.com Marketplace, find the app
- Click Install
- Authorise with Microsoft 365 (OAuth — one click)
- Add the Microsoft 365 column or widget to your board
- Done — under 10 minutes
Updates deploy automatically through the monday.com Marketplace. No maintenance burden on your team.
Make
- Create a Make account
- Create a new scenario
- Add monday.com module — search, select, and authorise
- Add SharePoint module — search, select, and authorise
- Configure trigger: choose trigger type, map your board
- Configure action: choose action type, map fields
- Add any additional modules (routers, filters, data transformers)
- Test the scenario
- Activate — set run schedule
- Repeat per automation needed
Typical setup: 1–3 hours for a straightforward scenario. Complex multi-branch scenarios take longer. Make's visual canvas is intuitive for automation-minded users but has a real learning curve for those new to the platform.
Maintenance: Make scenarios require monitoring — failed scenario runs need investigation, API changes occasionally break connections, and field mappings need updating when monday.com board structures change. Make provides execution logs and error notifications to help, but someone on your team needs to own this.
Make's Unique Strengths for Advanced Users
Make has capabilities the Microsoft 365 app does not offer and was not built to offer. If these matter for your use case, Make is the right tool:
GraphQL queries against monday.com Make includes an "Execute a GraphQL Query" action for monday.com — giving developers direct access to monday.com's GraphQL API within a visual scenario. This unlocks advanced data retrieval and mutation beyond what standard monday.com actions expose.
Custom SharePoint API calls Make's SharePoint connector includes a "Make an API Call" action for custom HTTP requests to the SharePoint REST API. Teams with specific SharePoint requirements not covered by standard actions can build against the full API surface.
Complex conditional routing Make's router module splits a scenario into parallel branches based on conditions. "If the monday.com item's status is Approved AND the file size is under 10MB AND the assignee is in the EU team, upload to the EU SharePoint library; otherwise, route to the global library." This kind of conditional logic is not available in the Microsoft 365 app's automation recipes.
Data transformation between steps Make includes built-in functions for string manipulation, date formatting, number rounding, and array operations between modules. Data arriving from monday.com can be cleaned and reformatted before being written to SharePoint — no custom code required.
Multi-app chains A Make scenario can involve monday.com, SharePoint, Gmail, Salesforce, Slack, and a database in a single flow. The Microsoft 365 app works within monday.com and Microsoft 365 only.
What customers say about the Microsoft 365 app
"50% reduction in administrative workload." — Christopher Thompson, Managing Director, Chadley Group
"Ease of implementation and responsive service from the David Simpson Apps team made this a seamless addition to our environment." — Katherine Ferranti-Cholich, NBCUniversal
"It has created a significant improvement in information management." — Gilles Fischer, IT Director, HaCo-MPU
When to choose each tool
Choose the Microsoft 365 Integration for monday.com if:
- Your team works inside monday.com daily and wants SharePoint files visible without switching apps
- You generate documents (proposals, contracts, reports, emails) from monday.com item data
- You use Excel for reporting and want charts or data in monday.com dashboards
- You want self-service setup with no scenario building and no ongoing maintenance
- You have 20+ seats and want pricing that does not scale with automation volume
- Your compliance requirements (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA) need documented certification
Choose Make if:
- You need complex conditional logic — branching, filtering, routing across multiple paths
- Your workflow connects monday.com to tools beyond Microsoft 365 (CRM, databases, communication tools)
- You need custom API calls to SharePoint's REST API or monday.com's GraphQL API
- Your team has an automation specialist or developer who can own scenario maintenance
- You need high-volume monday.com automation at a low base price (Core at $9/month is strong value)
- You want the most control over data transformation between steps
Consider using both:
Some teams use the Microsoft 365 app for the in-monday.com file and document experience, while using Make for complex cross-tool workflows that extend beyond what the native app covers. Both can run simultaneously — they operate at different layers of the stack.
The verdict
Make and the Microsoft 365 Integration for monday.com are not direct competitors — they operate at different layers.
Make is the right choice when monday.com is one node in a larger automation network, when conditional logic and multi-app chaining matter, and when you have someone capable of building and maintaining scenarios. At $9/month for the Core plan, it is exceptional value for the power it delivers.
Microsoft 365 Integration for monday.com is the right choice when the goal is specifically to make Microsoft 365 feel like a native part of monday.com — files in boards, Excel in dashboards, documents generated with a click. No automation platform achieves this, regardless of price.
For teams who need both — the in-monday.com file experience and sophisticated cross-tool automation — running both tools together is a legitimate and common approach.
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David Simpson Apps is the publisher of the Microsoft 365 SharePoint integration for monday.com. Make feature and pricing information sourced from make.com as of May 2026. Verify current Make pricing at make.com/en/pricing before purchasing.