VLOOKUP Auto-link looks up a value and pulls it between boards. If what you really want is for one monday.com item to live on multiple boards and stay fully in sync, columns, updates, comments and subitems, that’s exactly what Mirror Item does.
A lookup is great for pulling reference data. Mirroring is what you want when one item belongs to several teams at once.
Instead of matching a key column and pulling a value across, Mirror Item puts one item on multiple boards. Each team works from its own board, on the same underlying item.
Edit on any board and the change flows everywhere, columns like status, people, dates and numbers stay aligned. Set two-way (default) or one-way per board.
Because the whole item is mirrored, item updates and comments appear on every linked board, and can be tagged with the board they came from.
Subitems mirror end-to-end and can sit under the parent of your choice on the target board. Convert an item into a subitem and back across boards.
Mirror Item runs on monday.com’s own serverless infrastructure, so your board data is processed inside monday.com. monday Code is SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certified, GDPR- and HIPAA-compliant.
Install free and test on your own boards, no credit card needed. Run it alongside your current setup and switch only when you are ready.
We’ve put together a fair, feature-by-feature comparison of Mirror Item and VLOOKUP Auto-link, including where VLOOKUP is the better fit.
Mirror Item vs VLOOKUP Auto-linkIt depends on the job. VLOOKUP Auto-link is a spreadsheet-style lookup that matches items by a key column and pulls data across boards. If what you actually want is for one item to live on multiple boards and stay fully in sync, including its updates, comments and subitems, then Mirror Item Multiple Boards is the alternative built for that. Both apps offer a free plan.
VLOOKUP looks up and pulls a column value between separate, matched items. Mirror Item mirrors the entire item so it exists on several boards at once, with two-way sync of columns, updates, comments and subitems, plus group sync and item-to-subitem moves.
Yes. Install Mirror Item, recreate your links with its automation recipes or the bulk-mirror action, and remove the old app once you are set. Switching does not delete your existing items, they stay on their boards, and the free plan lets you validate the setup first.
Yes. Mirror Item writes to native monday.com columns and ships 30+ automation recipes, so mirrored data works with your automations, dashboards and views.
VLOOKUP Auto-link is a product of Jetpack Apps; this page describes Mirror Item Multiple Boards by Fortimus. Information about other apps reflects publicly available details as of June 2026 and may change.
Related: Mirror Item vs VLOOKUP · mirror column alternative · sync items across boards · Mirror Item overview
Free plan, no credit card. Install in a couple of clicks and start mirroring items across boards.