Monday.com vs ONES
A side-by-side look at the Monday.com and ONES MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Monday.com for product management work as a local process; choose ONES for product management over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Monday.com when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Product Management domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- You have the keys it needs:
MONDAY_TOKEN, AUTH_HEADER, API_VERSION.
Choose ONES when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Product Management domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Product Management | Product Management |
| Quality signal | 60/100 · Good | 39/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | MONDAY_TOKENAUTH_HEADERAPI_VERSION | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 433 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Monday.com | View ONES |
Tools & capabilities
Monday.com tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
ONES tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Monday.com
{
"mcpServers": {
"monday-com": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mondaydotcomorg/monday-api-mcp@latest"
],
"env": {
"MONDAY_TOKEN": "YOUR_MONDAY_TOKEN_HERE",
"AUTH_HEADER": "YOUR_AUTH_HEADER_HERE",
"API_VERSION": "YOUR_API_VERSION_HERE"
}
}
}
}
ONES
{
"mcpServers": {
"ones": {
"url": "https://us.ones.com/mcp"
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Monday.com is categorized under Product Management and uses a local stdio subprocess. ONES belongs to Product Management and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Monday.com for product management work and ONES for product management.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Monday.com has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. ONES has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add monday-com and ones as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Monday.com has a quality signal of 60/100 (Good) with 1 views, 0 installs and 433 GitHub stars. ONES has 39/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.