Quick verdict: n8n is an open-source-friendly workflow automation platform — similar in concept to Zapier or Make, but with a self-hosted option and a code-friendly editor that appeals to developers. It connects monday.com and SharePoint through trigger-action workflows that run in the background. The Microsoft 365 integration for monday.com is a native monday.com app — it embeds SharePoint files directly inside your boards, generates Word documents and PDFs from board data, and displays Excel charts in dashboards. n8n can automate data movement between SharePoint and monday.com; it cannot embed SharePoint files inside monday.com or generate documents. If your team needs Microsoft 365 working inside monday.com, n8n is not the right tool.
At a Glance
| Microsoft 365 integration for monday.com | n8n | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary purpose | Microsoft 365 & SharePoint inside monday.com | Workflow automation across 400+ apps |
| SharePoint file browser in monday.com | ✅ | ❌ |
| OneDrive for Business access | ✅ | ❌ |
| Generate Word docs & PDFs from monday.com data | ✅ | ❌ |
| Embed Excel charts in monday.com dashboards | ✅ | ❌ |
| SharePoint folder/document automation | ✅ | ⚠️ Via workflows (external trigger) |
| Trigger on monday.com item creation | ✅ | ✅ n8n workflow |
| Trigger on SharePoint file change | ✅ | ✅ n8n workflow |
| Lives inside monday.com | ✅ Native marketplace app | ❌ External platform |
| Self-hosted option | ❌ | ✅ Community edition |
| No-code setup | ✅ Install from marketplace | ⚠️ Requires workflow configuration |
| Code-friendly (JavaScript/Python in workflows) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Free tier | ✅ Up to 2 seats, no card required | ✅ Self-hosted community edition |
| Paid cloud plans from | $10/month | €20/month (Starter) |
| Pricing model | Per seat, transparent | Per workflow execution, tiered |
| SOC 2 compliant | ✅ (monday code) | ✅ |
| GDPR / HIPAA | ✅ All covered | ✅ GDPR (EU hosting); HIPAA varies |
| monday.com Partner of the Year | ✅ 2025 | – |
Pricing as of May 2026. Verify current rates at each vendor's website.
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 — the monday.com Community Partner of the Year 2025. It installs directly into your monday.com account and adds Microsoft 365 capabilities inside your boards, item views, and dashboards. Your team never leaves monday.com to work with SharePoint files.
What it does:
- Embeds SharePoint files and folders inside monday.com item views and board views, with Microsoft 365 permissions respected. Users see exactly the files they are authorised to see — no separate SharePoint login needed once connected.
- Generates Word documents and PDFs from monday.com board data using templates stored in SharePoint. When an item is created or a status changes, the automation fills the template with live board data — effectively mail merge driven by monday.com.
- Exports board data to Excel on a schedule, keeping a SharePoint-hosted spreadsheet in sync with your monday.com board.
- Displays Excel charts and data from Microsoft 365 in monday.com dashboards, without copying or exporting anything.
- Creates SharePoint folders automatically when items are added to a board — including templated folder structures for new projects.
- Sends HTML emails generated from board data using templates hosted in SharePoint.
The integration runs on monday code — monday.com's SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, and HIPAA certified hosting infrastructure. Your Microsoft 365 data never passes through third-party servers.
n8n
n8n is an open-source workflow automation platform with over 190,000 GitHub stars. It sits in the same category as Zapier and Make but is especially popular with developers because it allows JavaScript and Python code inside workflow nodes, supports self-hosting (so data never leaves your infrastructure), and prices based on full workflow executions rather than per step or operation.
Its monday.com and SharePoint integration provides:
- 15 monday.com actions: archive, create, get, and search boards; create and retrieve board columns and groups; and a full set of board item operations — create, update, delete, move, search by column value, change single or multiple column values, and add updates.
- 8 SharePoint actions: download, update, and upload files; create, create-or-update, delete, get, and update list items; get and list SharePoint lists.
- Workflow triggers: n8n can poll or receive webhooks from both platforms to start automation chains — creating a monday.com item when a SharePoint file appears, for example, or updating a SharePoint list row when a monday.com column changes.
- 1,000+ community workflow templates covering a wide range of trigger-action combinations.
n8n is cloud-hosted (EU Frankfurt servers) or self-hosted. Paid cloud plans start at €20/month for 2,500 workflow executions, scaling to €50/month (10,000 executions) and €667/month (40,000 executions). A free self-hosted community edition is available for teams with the infrastructure to run it.
Feature Comparison: Where Each Tool Wins
File access inside monday.com
Winner: Microsoft 365 integration
This is the sharpest distinction between the two tools. The Microsoft 365 app embeds a SharePoint file browser directly inside monday.com item views. Team members can open, view, and edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files without leaving monday.com. Changes are saved back to SharePoint automatically. OneDrive for Business files are also accessible in the same way.
n8n has no capability to embed or display files inside monday.com. It can automate actions that involve files — uploading a file to SharePoint when a monday.com record is created, for example — but the file itself is always viewed and edited in SharePoint, not in monday.com.
Developer flexibility and self-hosting
Winner: n8n
n8n's code nodes let developers drop in JavaScript or Python at any point in a workflow, making it far more flexible for non-standard integration logic than the Microsoft 365 app's fixed automation recipes. Its self-hosted community edition means data can stay entirely within your own infrastructure — a significant advantage for organisations with strict data residency requirements that go beyond standard certification.
The Microsoft 365 integration's automation runs on monday code and does not support custom code or self-hosting. It is purpose-built for the SharePoint + monday.com workflow; what it does, it does well, but the scope is intentionally narrow.
Document generation from monday.com data
Winner: Microsoft 365 integration
n8n can move data between SharePoint and monday.com, but it has no native document generation capability. The Microsoft 365 integration generates formatted Word documents, PDFs, and HTML emails from monday.com board data using SharePoint-stored templates — effectively a templated mail merge triggered by automation recipes. No equivalent exists in n8n without custom code and a third-party document API.
Setup complexity
Winner: Microsoft 365 integration
The Microsoft 365 app installs from the monday.com marketplace in minutes. A one-time admin consent grants organisation-wide access; individual users authenticate with their own Microsoft 365 credentials. There is no separate platform to learn.
n8n requires building workflows in its editor, connecting credentials for each platform, and configuring trigger-action pairs individually. For developers comfortable with the tool, this is routine; for non-technical teams, the setup overhead is significantly higher than installing a native monday.com app.
Cost at low seat counts
Winner: Microsoft 365 integration
For small teams, the Microsoft 365 integration is free for up to 2 seats with no time limit and no credit card required. n8n's cloud plans start at €20/month and charge based on workflow executions — a team running frequent automation could hit the 2,500-execution Starter limit quickly. n8n's self-hosted community edition is free, but requires infrastructure to run and maintain.
Breadth of automation beyond Microsoft 365
Winner: n8n
n8n connects to 400+ applications — not just SharePoint and monday.com. If your automation needs extend to Slack, Notion, Google Workspace, GitHub, databases, or custom APIs, n8n handles all of them in a single workflow. The Microsoft 365 integration is focused entirely on the SharePoint + monday.com ecosystem and does not connect to other systems.
Pricing Comparison
| Microsoft 365 integration | n8n Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Up to 2 seats, permanent | Self-hosted only |
| Entry price | $10/month (up to 5 seats) | €20/month (2,500 executions) |
| Mid-tier | $80/month (up to 50 seats) | €50/month (10,000 executions) |
| Higher tier | $200/month (up to 200 seats) | €667/month (40,000 executions) |
| Enterprise | $1,400/month (1,000+ seats) | Custom |
| Pricing model | Per seat, transparent | Per workflow execution |
| Price published | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted option | No | Yes (community edition) |
The Microsoft 365 integration has fully published, per-seat pricing starting free for up to 2 users, with all paid plans including unlimited automations. For teams running high automation volumes, the per-seat model can be more predictable than execution-based billing.
n8n's execution-based pricing means costs scale with automation frequency, not team size. A team of 50 running light automation may pay less on n8n's Starter plan than the per-seat equivalent; a smaller team running heavy automation workflows could exceed the execution cap and need to upgrade.
All pricing as of May 2026. n8n prices are in EUR. Verify current rates directly with each vendor before purchasing.
What customers say about the Microsoft 365 integration for monday.com
"The app has resulted in a 50% reduction in administrative workload. Support has been phenomenal, accelerating and complementing monday.com as a platform." — Christopher Thompson, Managing Director
"Spent a lot of time searching for a way to export files from Monday.com to SharePoint, and this app has been a game changer. It's significantly reduced our team's manual workload! The support team is also incredibly responsive and helpful." — LN
"Not only does this solve the problem of document management exquisitely with SharePoint integration, but the owner and principal developer himself worked with me to develop a use case and we couldn't be happier!" — JP
When to choose the Microsoft 365 integration for monday.com
Choose the Microsoft 365 integration if your need is centred on Microsoft 365 working inside monday.com:
- Your team wants to access SharePoint files without leaving monday.com. The app embeds a file browser directly in item views — no tab-switching.
- You need to generate Word documents, PDFs, or HTML emails from monday.com board data. Templated document generation is a core automation recipe, with no equivalent in n8n without custom code.
- You need Excel charts or data displayed in monday.com dashboards. The app pulls live Excel data from SharePoint directly into monday.com dashboard widgets.
- You want SharePoint folders created automatically when monday.com items are added. This is a one-click automation recipe requiring no workflow builder.
- You want a free starting point for a small team. The integration is free for up to 2 seats with no time limit.
- Compliance is non-negotiable. The app runs on monday code — monday.com's SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, and HIPAA certified infrastructure. Your Microsoft 365 data never passes through third-party servers.
When n8n may fit better
Choose n8n if your automation needs are broader than the SharePoint + monday.com ecosystem, or if your team has development resources:
- You need to connect monday.com or SharePoint to other applications — Slack, GitHub, Notion, Google Workspace, databases, or custom REST APIs. n8n's 400+ connectors and code nodes handle a wide integration surface.
- You need custom logic inside your workflows. n8n's JavaScript and Python nodes let developers implement transformation, validation, or conditional routing that fixed-recipe tools cannot match.
- Data residency is a hard requirement. n8n's self-hosted community edition keeps data entirely within your own infrastructure. The Microsoft 365 integration runs on monday.com's cloud.
- Your team is already using n8n. If n8n is the established automation layer in your organisation, extending existing workflows to cover SharePoint and monday.com is sensible rather than adding another tool.
- You need multi-step orchestration across many systems. n8n workflows can branch, merge, iterate, and handle errors across dozens of steps — well beyond what a dedicated monday.com app supports.
A note on overlap
Both tools can trigger automation between monday.com and SharePoint — creating a SharePoint folder when a monday.com item is created, for example. The Microsoft 365 integration handles this through its built-in automation recipes; n8n handles it through manually configured workflows using its 15 monday.com actions and 8 SharePoint actions.
The meaningful difference is what happens inside monday.com: the Microsoft 365 app makes SharePoint content visible and editable there. n8n automates data movement in the background but SharePoint remains a separate destination that your team accesses outside monday.com.
Some teams run both: n8n as the multi-system automation layer for workflows that span many tools, and the Microsoft 365 integration to surface the resulting SharePoint content directly inside monday.com where their team works day-to-day.
Quick comparison: Setup experience
| Step | Microsoft 365 integration | n8n |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Install from monday.com marketplace | Sign up for n8n cloud or set up self-hosted instance |
| 2 | Admin grants one-time Microsoft consent | Connect monday.com credentials in n8n |
| 3 | Users authenticate with their Microsoft credentials | Connect SharePoint credentials in n8n |
| 4 | Files appear in monday.com boards | Build and configure workflows in the n8n editor |
| 5 | — | Test, debug, and activate each workflow |
| Time to first value | Minutes | Hours, depending on workflow complexity |
The verdict
These tools solve different problems. n8n is a general-purpose workflow automation platform — flexible, developer-friendly, and capable of connecting 400+ applications. The Microsoft 365 integration is a native monday.com app that makes SharePoint content visible and actionable inside monday.com boards.
If you searched for "n8n vs microsoft 365 integration monday.com" because you want SharePoint files visible inside monday.com, document generation, or Excel dashboards — n8n cannot do those things. The Microsoft 365 integration can, from a free starting point for up to 2 seats.
If you need multi-system workflow automation that spans Slack, GitHub, Notion, databases, and custom APIs alongside monday.com and SharePoint — or if you need self-hosted infrastructure with code-level flexibility — n8n is the right choice.
For monday.com teams whose primary need is Microsoft 365 file access and document automation inside their boards, the Microsoft 365 integration is purpose-built and simpler to operate. For developers or teams with broader automation requirements that happen to include SharePoint and monday.com, n8n handles the full picture.
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Disclosure: This comparison is written by David Simpson Apps, the developer of the Microsoft 365 SharePoint integration for monday.com. n8n feature and pricing information is sourced from n8n.io/integrations/mondaycom/and/microsoft-sharepoint/ and n8n.io/pricing/, verified May 2026.