Project Management & ProductivityOur pick #3 of 3

Asana

by Asana

4.4out of 5, from104 ratings

Opinionated project and task structure that works the obvious way on day one, for teams who would rather inherit a process.

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Why Asana is on the shortlist

Asana is the pick for teams who would rather inherit a process than design one. Projects, tasks, subtasks, assignees and due dates work the obvious way on day one, and a new person can be productive in it without a training session.

That opinionated structure is the feature. It means less configuration, fewer arguments about how to use the tool, and a shape that holds up as the team grows — which is exactly where more flexible tools tend to sag.

Best for teams of five and up who want clear ownership and visible deadlines without a build phase. There is a free tier for small teams, with timeline and reporting views arriving on paid plans.

Skip it if you want a docs-and-database workspace you can reshape, or your work does not fit tasks-with-dates. Asana is confident about how projects should look, and bending it is more work than leaving it.

What readers say about Asana

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4.4out of 5

104 reader ratings for Asana

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How the votes fall

  1. 5 stars54
  2. 4 stars35
  3. 3 stars9
  4. 2 stars4
  5. 1 star2

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  • Ease of use4.6
  • Value for money4.0
  • Support4.2
  • Does the job4.5

90% of raters would recommend it to a business like theirs.

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How Asana is priced

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Free plan
A lasting free plan for a small team covering projects, tasks, list, board and calendar views.
What you pay for
A free plan for small teams and tiered paid plans priced per user, with timeline, reporting, workload and advanced automation arriving as you move up the tiers.
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Who Asana is for, and who should skip it

Best for

  • Clear ownership and deadlines
  • No build phase
  • Growing teams

Skip it if

  • You want a reshapeable workspace
  • Work that is not tasks with dates

Alternatives to Asana

The other picks on our Project Management shortlist, each with its own reason to be there.

  • Notion

    Docs and databases in the same place, with no opinion about how you work, for teams willing to design the system once.

    4.6out of 5, from142 ratings

  • ClickUp

    The most features per seat of any tool on the shortlist, provided someone on the team is willing to own the configuration.

    4.2out of 5, from88 ratings

Asana questions people ask

Is Asana free for small teams?

Yes, there is a lasting free plan for small teams with projects, tasks and the core list, board and calendar views. Timeline, reporting and workload views are where the paid tiers, priced per user, start to matter.

Is Asana good for a small business?

Very good for a team of five and up that wants clear ownership and visible deadlines without designing a system. A new person can be productive without a training session, and the structure holds up as the team grows, which is where more flexible tools tend to sag.

Asana or ClickUp?

Asana if you want a process handed to you and calm defaults. ClickUp if you need maximum features per seat and have someone willing to configure and prune it. Asana is easier to adopt; ClickUp is harder to outgrow.

Asana or Notion?

Asana for work that is tasks with owners and dates, run by a team that wants the tool to decide the structure. Notion for docs-heavy work where the tracker should sit beside the writing and you are happy to design the system yourself.

What are Asana’s limits?

It is confident about how projects should look, and bending it is more work than leaving it. If your work does not fit tasks with dates, or you want a docs-and-database workspace you can reshape, you will fight it. The most useful views also sit on paid tiers.

What this page is, and what it is not

This entry is desk research: Asana's own pricing and documentation read on the day this page was written, and our editorial judgement of who it suits. The reader ratings are separate from that judgement and do not change our position. We have not run every tool here in a live business for a year, so treat the day-to-day claims as informed reading rather than a field test.