Short answer: monday.com has Gantt and Timeline views from the Standard plan up. To show progress to a client you can invite them as a guest on a shareable board or share a view by link, which needs no login. Guests work inside your board, and a shared view shows your columns as they are. For a visual page clients understand at a glance, export the board to Excel and share it as a live Waypoint link.
monday.com’s Gantt and Timeline views
| View | What it shows | monday.com plans |
|---|---|---|
| Gantt | Items as bars with dependencies and baselines. Milestones and critical path on Pro and Enterprise. | Standard and up |
| Timeline | A simpler bar view of items over time | Standard and up |
| Dashboards | Widgets across one or more boards | Varies by plan |
How to add a Gantt view
- Click + (Add view) below the board name and choose Gantt.
- Check the dates. Items need a Timeline or Date column to appear.
- Add a Dependency column if you want arrows between items.
The Gantt view isn’t available in the monday.com mobile app.
Sharing a monday.com board with clients
| Option | Client needs an account | Uses a paid seat | What the client sees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guest on a shareable board (Standard and up) | Yes, a guest profile | On Standard, every fourth guest uses a seat; Pro and Enterprise include unlimited guests | Only the boards they’re invited to, including updates. By default they can create and edit items unless you limit permissions. |
| Share view (link or embed) | No | No | That view’s data. Hidden columns stay hidden and updates aren’t shown. Anyone with the link can open it. |
| Viewer | Yes | No | Main boards across open workspaces, so rarely right for clients |
| Live Waypoint link | No | No | Progress, stops and blockers, with task names and dates only if you choose |
monday.com doesn’t have its own client portal; marketplace apps add one.
Why a board view is hard for clients
- It’s your working board. Column names, status labels and item counts make sense to your team. A client needs to know how far along it is and when it lands.
- Guests are collaborators. They see updates written for teammates and get notifications, and they can change items unless you lock the board down.
- A shared view is a grid. It’s live and login-free, but the client still has to interpret it.
Turn a monday.com board into a live client view
- Export from monday.com. Open the board, click ⋯ at the top right → More actions → Export board to Excel → Export. Waypoint reads the file as it comes, including the group titles.
- Upload it to Waypoint. Start a journey, choose Upload a file and drop in the export. Waypoint finds the task, status, due date and owner columns, suggests your board’s groups for the stops along the route, and maps statuses like “Working on it”, “Stuck” and “Done” to four states: not started, in progress, blocked and done. A live preview updates as you adjust.
- Name the destination. The outcome your client cares about, like “Checkout 2.0 live for every customer”, and the target date.
- Choose what clients see, then share the link. Stop names, task names and dates are each on or off. Owners and internal notes are never shown. Clients open the link in any browser, with no account, and tap a stop to see its tasks.
- Keep it current. Upload a fresh export to the same journey (journey settings → Change source or columns); Waypoint remembers your columns and the link stays the same. Direct monday.com sync is on the way.
Frequently asked questions
Which monday.com plans have a Gantt chart?
Gantt and Timeline views are included from the Standard plan up. Milestones and critical path on the Gantt view need Pro or Enterprise.
Are guests free on monday.com?
On Standard, guests are billed at a 4:1 ratio, so every fourth guest uses a seat. Pro and Enterprise allow unlimited guests. Guests need a monday.com guest profile.
Can I share a monday.com board without making clients log in?
Yes. A board owner can share a view by link or embed it. Anyone with the link sees that view’s data, without updates or hidden columns.
Does monday.com have a client portal?
Not a built-in one. Teams use guests, shared views or marketplace apps. A Waypoint live link is a simpler option when the client only needs to follow progress.
Can Waypoint sync with monday.com automatically?
Not yet. Today you upload an Excel export and re-upload it to update the same journey and link. Direct monday.com sync is on the way.