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Asana
Project Management · asana.com
Overview
Asana is a cloud-based work and project management platform that lets teams plan, track, and report on tasks across list, board, timeline, and calendar views, with goal tracking and workflow automation built in at higher tiers.
The problem Asana solves
Teams juggling work across multiple projects and departments often end up with task lists in one tool, timelines in a spreadsheet, and status updates scattered across chat and email, making it hard to see who owns what and whether goals are on track. Asana solves this by giving teams a single system for tasks, timelines/Gantt views, kanban boards, and portfolio-level goal tracking, so cross-functional work stays visible without stitching together separate tools.
Decision context
Use these points to test whether the product fits your operation, not just whether it has a long feature list.
- Published starting price: Free. Confirm user, usage, and feature limits for the plan you would actually buy.
- Deployment: cloud. Check security, data-residency, and access requirements for every team that will use it.
- Verified integrations include Slack, Google Drive, Microsoft Teams, Jira, GitHub, GitLab. Validate sync direction and plan limits for the connections that matter.
- This record was last checked on 7/31/2026; pricing and features can change.
How to evaluate Asana
A listing helps create a shortlist; a trial with the team’s real workflow decides whether the tool fits. Use this reading with the structured facts and confirm changes with the vendor.
Workflow fit
The record describes it as a fit for Cross-functional teams that need one shared system for tasks, timelines, and status reporting instead of scattered spreadsheets/chat threads., Companies that want portfolio-level visibility (goals tied to projects tied to tasks) across multiple departments., Organizations with strict compliance requirements (HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR) that need those attestations from a work-management vendor.. Check that this context matches the volume, roles, and processes your team needs it to support.
Pilot questions
- Can Asana complete the critical workflow without manual work outside the product?
- Do the recorded connections (Slack, Google Drive, Microsoft Teams, Jira) support the sync direction, permissions, and volume we need?
- What user, usage, storage, support, or security limits appear after the headline starting price?
Evidence and freshness
This record was checked on 7/31/2026. That date tells you when the record was reviewed, not that the vendor has left its terms unchanged since then.
Best for
- Cross-functional teams that need one shared system for tasks, timelines, and status reporting instead of scattered spreadsheets/chat threads.
- Companies that want portfolio-level visibility (goals tied to projects tied to tasks) across multiple departments.
- Organizations with strict compliance requirements (HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR) that need those attestations from a work-management vendor.
Not a fit if
- Teams whose primary need is deep, precise time tracking or resource/capacity billing — Asana's native tracking is limited and tier-gated.
- Very small teams or solo users trying to stay entirely on the free plan long-term, since core planning views require a paid seat.
Why it’s listed
- Single system for tasks, timelines, and portfolio-level goal tracking instead of scattered spreadsheets and chat threads.
- Broad, deep compliance attestations (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR) rare among work-management tools.
Pricing
Personal
FreeFor one or two people managing personal projects
- Up to 2 users
- Unlimited tasks & projects
- List, board & calendar views
- 100+ integrations
- Status updates
Starter
$11 per user/month (billed annually)For growing teams that need to track their projects' progress
- Timeline & Gantt views
- Reporting dashboards
- Unlimited automations (Rules)
- Forms & templates
- Custom fields
- Unlimited free guests
Advanced
$25 per user/month (billed annually)For companies managing a portfolio of work across departments
- Unlimited portfolios
- Goal tracking
- Workload management
- Approvals & proofing
- Time tracking
- Salesforce/Tableau/Power BI connectors
Enterprise
Custom pricingFor companies coordinating complex work across departments
- SAML SSO
- SCIM provisioning
- Universal workload & capacity planning
- Service accounts
- Advanced admin controls
Features
Integrations
Security & compliance
Pros & cons
Pros
- Multiple project views (list, board, timeline/Gantt, calendar) let teams work in whatever format they prefer without switching tools.
- Centralizes task ownership, comments, and status updates so teams get a single source of truth instead of chasing updates in chat/email.
- Interface is broadly considered approachable for new users despite the product's depth.
- Scales visibly from small team task lists up to multi-department portfolios with goals and workload views.
Cons
- Reporting, automation depth, timeline/Gantt views, and workload management are locked behind paid tiers, so the free plan is quite limited beyond very small teams.
- Notification volume becomes noisy on larger projects and is hard to tune precisely.
- Time tracking and resource management are comparatively shallow next to task management strength.
- Heavy customization (custom fields, rules, forms) has a real learning curve for admins.
What we found
Reviewers consistently highlight Asana's flexibility across list, board, timeline, and calendar views as the reason teams keep using it as work scales from small teams to multi-department portfolios. The most common criticism is that reporting, automation depth, and time tracking are locked behind paid tiers, making the free plan feel thin for anything beyond a very small team.
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