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title: "Microsoft Planner vs monday.com: Which is searched more in New Zealand?"
description: "Is Microsoft Planner or monday.com more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Project management software set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Microsoft Planner vs monday.com: Which is searched more in New Zealand?

Is Microsoft Planner or monday.com more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Project management software set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Microsoft Planner and monday.com
- **Competitive set**: Project management software
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Microsoft Planner Share of Search**: 2.9%
- **monday.com Share of Search**: 3.7%

## Is Microsoft Planner or monday.com more popular in search?

- In September 2026, monday.com had more branded searches than Microsoft Planner among project management software in New Zealand. monday.com had about 1,640 branded searches, while Microsoft Planner had 1,300. monday.com made up 3.7% of all project management software searches we track, and Microsoft Planner accounted for 2.9%.
- The lead changed hands 2 times in the 12 months ending September 2026: Microsoft Planner took it in January 2026, monday.com took it in March 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Microsoft Planner’s share of searches among project management software in New Zealand moved from 2.5% to 2.9%, and its estimated monthly branded searches held steady at 1.3K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, monday.com’s share of searches among project management software in New Zealand moved from 4.8% to 3.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 2.5K to 1.6K.

## Top project management software in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, monday.com appeared in all five answers. Microsoft Planner was mentioned in three out of five: in all three ChatGPT answers, but not in either of the two Google AI Overviews. monday.com was listed before Microsoft Planner in every answer.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Asana | 1st | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| monday.com | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| ClickUp | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Trello | 4th | 2 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Smartsheet | 5th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| Microsoft Planner | 6th | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Jira | 7th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Notion | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| WorkflowMax | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Basecamp | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Wrike | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Teamwork.com | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about project management software

- Asked ChatGPT "Which project management tool should I use in New Zealand?": 1. monday.com, 2. Asana, 3. ClickUp, 4. Microsoft Planner, 5. Jira
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best project management tools in New Zealand?": 1. monday.com, 2. Asana, 3. ClickUp, 4. Jira, 5. Microsoft Planner, 6. Trello
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best project management tool in New Zealand for a small team?": 1. Asana, 2. ClickUp, 3. Trello, 4. monday.com, 5. Microsoft Planner
- Searched Google, AI Overview "project management software nz": 1. Smartsheet, 2. monday.com, 3. Asana, 4. Trello, 5. ClickUp
- Searched Google, AI Overview "best project management tool": 1. monday.com

Not named in any answer: Notion, WorkflowMax, Basecamp, Wrike and Teamwork.com.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in New Zealand on October 21, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand project management software in September 2026?

- In September 2026, monday.com gained share of searches among project management software in New Zealand, from 2.7% to 3.7%.
- In September 2026, Microsoft Planner rose from 9th to 8th among project management software in New Zealand.

## Month by month

| Month | Microsoft Planner estimated searches | Microsoft Planner Share of Search | Microsoft Planner rank | monday.com estimated searches | monday.com Share of Search | monday.com rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 1.3K | 2.5% | 8 | 2.5K | 4.8% | 7 |
| Nov 2025 | 1.3K | 2.8% | 8 | 2.5K | 5.2% | 7 |
| Dec 2025 | 880 | 2.5% | 8 | 1K | 3% | 7 |
| Jan 2026 | 1.3K | 2.9% | 7 | 930 | 2.1% | 8 |
| Feb 2026 | 1.6K | 2.8% | 7 | 1.4K | 2.4% | 8 |
| Mar 2026 | 1.6K | 2.5% | 8 | 1.9K | 3.1% | 7 |
| Apr 2026 | 1K | 2% | 9 | 2.5K | 4.9% | 6 |
| May 2026 | 1.3K | 2.4% | 8 | 3K | 5.4% | 7 |
| Jun 2026 | 1.3K | 2.5% | 8 | 2.4K | 4.6% | 7 |
| Jul 2026 | 1.3K | 2.7% | 8 | 1.4K | 2.8% | 7 |
| Aug 2026 | 1.3K | 2.6% | 9 | 1.4K | 2.7% | 7 |
| Sep 2026 | 1.3K | 2.9% | 8 | 1.6K | 3.7% | 7 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Microsoft Planner’s and monday.com’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Microsoft Planner**: Measured on the search term “microsoft planner”.
- **monday.com**: Measured on the search terms “monday com”, “monday com app”, “monday com crm”, “monday com software”, “mondaycom”, “mondaycom app” and “mondaycom software”, summed into one figure.

- [Microsoft Planner profile](/demand/nz/brands/microsoft-planner)
- [monday.com profile](/demand/nz/brands/monday-com)
- [All project management software in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-project-management-software): The set both shares are measured inside, 12 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Microsoft Planner or monday.com more popular in search?

In September 2026, monday.com had more branded searches than Microsoft Planner among project management software in New Zealand. monday.com had about 1,640 branded searches, while Microsoft Planner had 1,300. monday.com made up 3.7% of all project management software searches we track, and Microsoft Planner accounted for 2.9%.

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