Asana vs Guru | TrustRadius

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Score 8.5 out of 10

Based on 1710 reviews and ratings

Score 8.9 out of 10

Based on 71 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Asana

Guru

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

Guru

Project & financial reporting

Integration with accounting software

Pros

It helps to handle ongoing and project-based work easily. It defines every work stage, which makes it easier to analyze the areas where things are stuck.
The navigation is simple and easy. It provides a list view feature that helps teams and groups to visualize which projects are a priority and work due dates.
It is a great tool to enhance team collaboration as it allows group members to organize and manage projects, workflow.

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Donna-sue Carpenter

SMS Routing Manager

TelintelTelecommunications, 51-200 employees

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Verification - having the ability to set owners, and ensure those owners are responsible for maintaining the information and keeping it current is a HUGE win!
Content organization both from a UI and design perspective is great, it helps ensure that no matter how you engage with knowledge management systems you feel comfortable finding the information you need.

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Natalie Mercuri

Remote Supervisor and Learning & Development Manager

Clever Inc.Internet, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Asana is not really a project management tool, it is good for simple projects only
UI has some glitches (doesn't save preferences, etc.)
Integration with other tools (Office 365, MS Project)
No reminders if the working period you entered is on holidays

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Verified User

Engineer in Other

Environmental Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Difficulty transferring bodies of existing knowledge onto GURU - At first we simply copy-pasted entire google drive documents into GURU cards, but that's super cumbersome, especially because the formatting never transfers perfectly. This increases the amount of time it takes to implement GURU fully.
It still feels like we are "setting things up" - Its been about 4 months since we first began implementing GURU and it still feels like there is more work to be done to "set things up." How much time should card verifies spend verifying cards? Who is responsible for which collection of knowledge? Who should and who should not have the ability to create new GURU cards? And so forth.
No best practices on organizational theory - A hot topic issue for our support team is how to organize customer support related knowledge. This has made implementation for our support team a bit more difficult.

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Verified User

Employee in Research & Development

Internet Company, 201-500 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Asana 9.6

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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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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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 86 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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Director of Marketing & Communications

787 NetworksMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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Guru 8.3

Based on 40 answers

I never actually required contacting the Guru support team. That could be because creating new Guru cards or editing existing ones was very intuitive. One issue I did have was that when it came time to export all of the content in Guru it was very difficult and cumbersome so I would recommend making that an easier, cleaner process.

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Customer Success Manager

Lucid, LLCComputer Software, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Trello's look and feel could be more attractive for the creatives but Asana provides a more "logical" approach which is appealing to the technical types. It feels like Trello provides more degrees of freedom of use which could make collaboration a bit less structured and could make it harder for a new team member to effectively contribute.

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Louis Schietekat

Managing Director

IP BraaiLegal Services, 1-10 employees

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Google Drive is an excellent tool for database and large file sharing but very clunky when needed for quick-hits or answers. Guru had come in and knocked it out of the park. Guru has given us the ability to utilize both successfully throughout multiple teams.

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Senior Sales Representative

WodifyInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 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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Project Manager

ClickSoftwareComputer Software, 501-1000 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Return on Investment

Productivity - Most of all, it allows me to be more productive and have a good sense of where I am with projects and deadlines.
Easy to use - I can make the most of my time to get up (and stay) up and running.
Project coordination - Allows me to assign tasks to my interns and communicate directly within the platform to keep the work train moving.

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Chief Do-Gooder

SignifyMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Our ticket resolution times went from over 8 hours to just over 2 hours.
We no longer have a continuous conversation between support and developers allowing developers to focus on developing.
Having the same information across teams has proven helpful too.

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Technical Support Agent

CoScheduleComputer Software, 51-200 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

Starting Price

$50 per month

Asana Editions & Modules

Edition

Premium	$13.49¹
Business	$30.49¹

per month

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$6 per month

Guru Editions & Modules

Edition

Starter	$6¹
Builder	$12¹
Expert	$24¹

per user, per month

Additional Pricing Details

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