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Who each suits
Monograph suits architecture and engineering firms that want business development, project delivery, resource planning and project accounting in one platform. Its pricing page names principals, project managers, operations leaders and accountants as the people it serves.
Rizqo suits architecture firms that want proposals, project phases, time and invoicing connected, and do not need the accounting or planning layer. It is not accounting software.
Side by side
Monograph facts are what its public pricing page states. Rizqo facts are what Rizqo's documentation states. "Not stated" means the page did not say, not that the feature is absent.
| Dimension | Monograph (monograph.com/pricing, read 2 Oct 2026) | Rizqo (documented) | Limitation or unknown |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Architecture and engineering firm platform | Project and practice management software for architecture firms | |
| Pricing | $45 to $490 per month, depending on the number of employees at the firm (per its pricing calculator); cancel from the app settings, with access to the end of the current pay period | $19, $39 and $99 per month, plans differ on seats, storage and record limits; every plan includes every core module; 14-day free trial, no card | Monograph does not list a minimum on the page; the two models scale differently, so compare at your own headcount |
| Pipeline and proposals | Pipeline management, proposal builder, opportunity forecasting | Proposals in sections, accepted or declined by the client on a secure link | |
| Project delivery | Project management, planning, staffing management, execution and tracking | Projects with phases and tasks (list and kanban) | Rizqo has no staffing or resource planning |
| Phases and fees | Phase-level detail not stated on the pricing page | Fixed, hourly or non-billable phases with their own amount and progress; RIBA stages in one step | Check Monograph's phase billing in a demo |
| Time | Time tracking, with AI-powered features | Weekly timesheet by project, phase and task; no stopwatch | |
| Invoicing | Invoicing and payments | Invoices built from phase progress and unbilled time, emailed as PDF, payments recorded; no AIA G702 or G703 forms | |
| Project accounting | Project accounting | None; no staff cost data, no WIP, no overhead allocation | |
| Accounting integration | QuickBooks integration | None | |
| Analytics | Firm performance dashboards, profit reporting, capacity planning | Revenue and effort report, export to CSV, Excel or PDF | Rizqo has no profit reporting or capacity planning |
| Support | Onboarding, on-demand training, learning center, unlimited projects and reports | Documentation; the Rizqo team runs migrations from spreadsheets and exports |
Where Monograph is the better choice
If you need staffing and capacity planning, profit reporting, project accounting or a QuickBooks integration inside the same system, Monograph describes all of them and Rizqo has none. The Monograph alternatives article explains when a lighter tool is and is not the right move.
Where Rizqo is the better fit
When the need is the commercial flow of a project, from proposal to phase fees to hours to invoice, without a staffing or accounting layer, Rizqo's narrower scope is deliberate. Rizqo's lowest plan, $19 per month, is a single seat; Monograph's published range starts at $45. The two scale differently, so compare at your own headcount rather than from the headline price. See how phases and time tracking work, and fixed fee or hourly for how phase billing is chosen.
How to test it
Run one recently completed project through each tool, with one phase billed by percentage complete and one billed hourly, and count every point where someone has to re-enter data. The Monograph vs BQE CORE article shows the same method applied to two other platforms, and the architecture project management software guide covers how to choose.
Questions
Is Rizqo a Monograph alternative?
For firms that do not need project accounting, profit reporting or capacity planning, yes. It is not an equivalent product: it covers less, by design. See about Rizqo for everything it does not do.
Which is cheaper?
It depends on your firm. Monograph publishes $45 to $490 per month depending on firm size. Rizqo's plans are on its pricing page. Compare them at your own headcount and storage needs.