Asana vs Exact Online

Likelihood to Recommend

Asana has helped us stay on track from briefing with marketing partners to planning with media partners then continuing the process of kicking off creative, working through creative and finalizing approvals to then finish and send to the activation team. It's a one stop shop for our project needs. Much like with any tool, getting users to adopt it and update can be a challenge but Asana makes it easy to assign tasks to keep folks in line.

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Verified User

Strategist in Social Media

Retail Company, 10,001+ employees

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If you are a big company and have an active accountant then this system can be for you, it has many options but you need dedication. But the price starts from €39 and then you are not there...Most of the time you need other options to make it complete. Like ERP functions + €199~ want to book hours? +€129. And this is all per month... It goes up so fast that it's not interesting for small companies. When there are better options on the market that are even free...

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Mike Koolwijk

Marketin Automation and SEO Specialist

Klantenfabriek.nlMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Asana

Exact Online

Task Management

Resource Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Team Collaboration

Support for Agile Methodology

Support for Waterfall Methodology

Document Management

Email integration

Mobile Access

Timesheet Tracking

Change request and Case Management

Budget and Expense Management

Asana

Exact Online

Project & financial reporting

Integration with accounting software

Asana

Exact Online

API for custom integration

Plug-ins

Asana

Exact Online

Single sign-on capability

Role-based user permissions

Asana

Exact Online

Dashboards

Standard reports

Custom reports

Asana

Exact Online

Accounts payable

Accounts receivable

Global Financial Support

Primary and Secondary Ledgers

Intercompany Accounting

Localizations

Journals and Reconciliations

Enterprise Accounting

Configurable Accounting

Centralized Rules Framework

Standardized Processes

Asana

Exact Online

Inventory tracking

Asana

Exact Online

Pricing

Order entry

Cost of goods sold

Asana

Exact Online

Automated Invoice Processing

Shared Services Payments

Billings Management

Customer Receipt Applications

Cash Management

Asset Management

Period Close

Transactions Tax

Subledger Reconciliations

3rd Party Accounting Systems

Asana

Exact Online

Budgeting and Forecasting

Project Costing

Cost Capture

Capital Project Management

Customer Invoicing

Customer Contract Compliance

Project Revenue Recognition

Project Financials Dashboard

Real-time Financial Reporting

Pros

Task Management - Being able to assign resources and time lines to specific activities
Project Management - Being able to plan, execute and track project process using this tool
Customizability - Being able to customize a solution that meets your needs or activity.

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Norman Hazlewood

IT Manager

Caribbean Export Development AgencyProgram Development, 51-200 employees

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Complete pack with many options, use it as CRM, ERP or simply for your bookings.
Many connections with external programs, webshops, etc.
Automatic backups.

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Mike Koolwijk

Marketin Automation and SEO Specialist

Klantenfabriek.nlMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Cons

I think there could be improved clarity around the different levels of Asana. For example, the resources available to paid accounts are not visible from the more basic accounts, so you're not aware that there are expanded options until you look in their knowledge base and see that they have additional features.
Exporting projects - you can export a project into a csv, but it isn't pretty. This can be challenging if you'd like to have an archived project folder for open records requests.

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Verified User

Employee in Marketing

Design Company, 1-10 employees

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Support... It's bad, and when you want to stop or step back it's near impossible.
Price, they tend to increase it without warning, and with all the extras it goes up fast.
If you wanna spend all your time in accounting buy Exact... It can be complex and many handlings needs to be done.

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Mike Koolwijk

Marketin Automation and SEO Specialist

Klantenfabriek.nlMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Asana 9.5

Based on 35 answers

Mobile + Desktop capabilities - Able to use it anywhere, anytime.
Task management - Easy to view projects and their progress.
Time management - Easy to see what elements require time / how they interrelate and manage the project on an overall basis.
Company management - Be able to see from a master dashboard perspective where each project is in its stages of completion.
Clear communication - It's visually documented who is doing what at what time so that the whole project gets done.

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page V

CEO (Chief Executive Officer)

Simply Heaven DesignMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Usability

Asana 9.0

Based on 24 answers

It is very user-friendly. Takes a new employee an hour to start figuring out how the system works. That's an important factor. You don't want to encounter the issue where employees need a week to understand how the system works. For example, JIRA, I tried using it for a week and I still don't understand the complicated layout. Asana has a simple interface. Once you see it, you get it type of program.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Internet Company, 1-10 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Reliability and Availability

Asana 8.4

Based on 4 answers

Working with Asana on a daily basis

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Ronen Soreq

Project Manager

ClickSoftwareComputer Software, 501-1000 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Support Rating

Asana 7.8

Based on 94 answers

I haven't had to use their support so I can't rate it. The fact that I haven't needed them reflects the ease of use of the product. I would recommend that any new users schedule a complete demo of the product to ensure that they are using it to it's fullest (there's a lot of useful features).

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Adam Lumley

Director of Marketing & Communications

787 NetworksMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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No score

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Alternatives Considered

We selected ASANA based on the feature set, and ease of rollout. monday.com had very good workflow automation but we found that ASANA was quicker and easier for staff to build a task eco-system that worked for them.

Zoho Projects was a very strong contender but was much more expensive and so ASANA was the more effective choice across the board.

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Verified User

Manager in Other

Events Services Company, 11-50 employees

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I would not select Exact Online, but I can direct you to better options. Due to the high price, getting behind the competition and support I would suggest options like Zoho Books for you bookings, or CyberStockroom as ERP. And here in the Netherlands e-boekhouden.nl is a real nice, cheap, and fast working booking platform for the smaller companies.

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Mike Koolwijk

Marketin Automation and SEO Specialist

Klantenfabriek.nlMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Scalability

Asana 8.2

Based on 1 answer

I used this tool on a daily basis at work and it runs as a solid rock

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Ronen Soreq

Project Manager

ClickSoftwareComputer Software, 501-1000 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Return on Investment

Asana helps improve productivity in the workspace by ensuring all team members know what projects/tasks they need to get done and by when.
Asana helps team members stay focused on what needs to get done and allows cross collaboration between departments which greatly increases overall company productivity by not having to wait around for email responses.
Asana is a good tool for project management and is easy to use, making it accessible for the whole company to use.

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Verified User

Manager in Marketing

Medical Practice Company, 11-50 employees

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Negative: High costs and implement time turned 1 client in to the negative, and after 2 years of use wants to stop.
Positive: Once an ERP connection is running you can automate a lot in the process.

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Mike Koolwijk

Marketin Automation and SEO Specialist

Klantenfabriek.nlMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

$10*

* per user per month

Asana Editions & Modules

Edition

Premium	$13.49¹
Business	$30.49¹

Per Month

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Exact Online Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

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