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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Asana

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AAsana is a web and mobile project management app. With tasks, projects, conversations, and dashboards, Asana lets an entire team know who's doing what by when, enabling workload balancing. Users can also add integrations for GANTT charts, time tracking and more.

    $13.49

    per month per user

    Atlassian Jira

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AAtlassian Jira is a project management tool, featuring an interactive timeline for mapping work items, dependencies, and releases, Scrum boards for agile teams, and out-of-the-box reports and dashboards.

    $9

    per month per user

    Pricing
    AsanaAtlassian Jira
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $13.49
    per month per user
    Advanced
    $30.49
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Personal
    Free
    Standard
    $9
    per month per user
    Premium
    $17
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AsanaAtlassian Jira
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.Higher volume teams may qualify buyers for a discount.
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    Community Pulse
    AsanaAtlassian Jira
    Considered Both Products
    Asana
    Chose Asana
    Against Jira it offers a more modern experience with less complex user interfaces. The admin and setup experience is also way faster with less (or no) legacy complexity.

    Against other modern players like Linear and Basecamp it offers way more integrations so we can pull in data …
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Asana provides a mix of features between notion and Jira. Unlike Notion, it helps ease up the collaboration on vast projects and between multiple teams. Jira proved to be a little expensive with similar set of features if not more and which is why we thought of going with Asana.
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Asana is one of the good going project management tools in the market. It has a great user interface with high performance. Its project dashboard management is handy when compared to other products.
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    I used Wrike a few years ago. It was just okey, less configurable, harder to navigate than Asana. Maybe they improved their user experience over the years. I have also used Jira Software (not being on a development team) to structure projects and work sprints. This tool was …
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Wrike is similar but JUST a bit more cumbersome in every way. So if something takes 1-2 clicks in Asana it will take 3-4 in Wrike. Just enough of a lift that it makes it hard for people to just get started working. Instead, you must change your employees to think the way …
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    1. Asana is cross-platformed and is easy and quickly reachable via a web browser.
    2. It has permissions, filters, reports, tags, comments, etc. All these features allow tracking day-by-day activities of the team as well as weekly/ monthly milestones and reporting.
    3. It is quick, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Asana has a better user experience and user interface than other project management software I have used. It is much easier to learn than the other products, and I have been able to customize its use in better ways than I have accomplished with others. Much more than a to-do …
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Cost and the lowest ramp-up time is always factored in while still meeting the needs of a very fast-paced environment. Asana has more capability than Trello or ClickUp and is a more visual tool than JIRA.
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Asana is lightweight and relatively inexpensive. For our marketing and advertising team, it works great. For teams with stricter needs (development teams, product teams, and other scrum teams), looking at other options might be worthwhile.
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Personally, I didn't have a say in this as I had not started at the company when the team decided on Asana. That said, I have used monday.com, and we also have JIRA, which is used by our dev team, and us occasionally if we need to. JIRA has too many bells and whistles and is …
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    In my personal opinion, I think that Asana is the easiest one to use out of Basecamp and JIRA. I know that our devs like JIRA but for our marketing team, we prefer Asana hands-down. Basecamp is clunky and awkward when trying to use. I always felt like things were falling …
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    1. JIRA is more focused on technical developers. Hard for those non-technical users.
    2. Wrike was good for project management assignment but lousy for communication after task assignment.
    3. Trello was good for brain-storming a project but lousy for tasks assignment and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Asana is much better than the competition. It's free to use, and relatively affordable with premium plans. It's more flexible than the other tools on the market, lending it to be useful for companies in many different scenarios, industries, and sizes.
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    There were a combination of factors that led us to decide on Asana, including ease of use and external system integrations, but primarily we could use it across geographically distributed offices successfully and incorporate a variety of end user work flows based on global …
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Other users were not well aware of the alternatives and were good to have a better UI with Asana compared to the card like structure of Trello.
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Asana is a great balance of simplicity and robustness. JIRA is simply too robust for my team's needs - it is more appropriate for a software team. We did not need the capabilities to customize automated workflows. Our development process is waterfall, so a PM software centered …
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Asana Board is really awesome and assigning tasks is ultra easy. I can manage multiple projects without headaches.
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Asana is very simple and straight forward, other more expensive products offer more features but require you to do project management their way. Asana provides a nice interface for task management.
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    BetterWorks is similar to Asana but I have been using Asana longer and find it simpler to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    We actually moved to JIRA after using Asana for about 5 years because it offered project management features that better-suited our needs as a software development team.
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    As stated before, for my own line of work, I prefer JIRA because it is more powerful; it brings more structure and organization (which might seem as a downside for some people) but provides additional value from it. It provides a better user interface and experience; it has a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Asana is very quick in terms of creating and assigning tasks. None of the above software does it with that efficiency. Redmine and JIRA both have a boring interface while Asana is modern and hip. The only major difference between them is the integration for Agile development …
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    After trying several other options, including Zoho and Basecamp we settled on Asana. The time to value was the shortest when we factored in the learning curve, relevant functionality, mobile friendliness and most importantly the team calendar. Another great aspect is that it …
    Chose Asana
    Simplicity and speed. We will pick a selection of tools with the matching recommendation.
    Chose Asana
    Much more user friendly and easy to train on.
    Atlassian
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Trello is amazing for simple project management and great for non-technical teams, but it lacks the depth and complexity of JIRA for detailed issue tracking and complex workflows. Asana, similar to Trello, is great for simple and lightweight project management but isn't …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    I have majorly used Atlassian Jira and not Asana as i have only worked it for like a month or two. The vast support with Confluence and Bitbucket makes Atlassian Jira my first choice among all other major player who are competing against each other. I absolutely love using Atla…
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Compared to Trello, Atlassian Jira offers more comprehensive tracking and complex workflows. Asana provides greater flexibility but lacks Atlassian Jira’s depth in handling technical projects. Azure DevOps excels in development pipelines, yet Atlassian Jira’s customization, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Asana was less robust. It is lightweight and has a lot of the same features, has better visuals but it always feel like it isn't robust enough. It is straightforward but it doesn't have the bells and whistle a more robust system like Jira does. And it doesn't have as much of a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    1. Jira is more cost effective as compared to Asana.
    2. We found Jira's user interface more appealing as compared to Asana.
    3. Jira is mainly focused and used by product team.
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Asana is great for people who need simpler project management systems. It does not have a wide range of features but its integrations are a lot more streamlined and easy to set up. Trello is great for those who just want to manage scrum boards and swim lanes.
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Jira Software integrates with other software platforms nearly as well as its competitors, such as Asana or ClickUp. However, it provides more advanced tools than ClickUp and Asana, allowing project managers to see the workload of their team members, manage burndown, and react …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Our teams previously used GitHub, Asana, and Jira Software before we consolidated everything into Jira Software. While some teams still use GitHub for particular development projects, we have found Jira Software to be more well-rounded than the competitors we replaced, and this …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Trello is friendlier and simpler to use than JIRA, but the tradeoff is that JIRA offers way more granular functionality. For our highly technical team, JIRA ended up being a better fit. I've also used Asana at a previous company and really liked it. I found it more …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Jira is more powerful, flexible and fundamental, whereas Asana is easy to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Asana is not well suited for development projects.
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    We didn’t test all the other solutions because Jira is the standard that our teams use. If we were to test others, we could see the difference.
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    It was an organizational decision to go for JIRA and hence we moved to JIRA.
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Atlassian Jira is like an old person trying to look young. In the last couple of years it started succeeding somewhat but I'd still pick something from the alternatives if starting a new project.
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Jira was selected because it is used by all of our clients and has become the accepted standard in the type of work that we do. The other tools are great in their own right and would better suit a more insular way of working, where a business conducts all work internally, but …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    1. Jira is more end-to-end solution than others. We have integrated two other Jira products - Bitbucket & Confluence to get more value for our product development journey.
    2. Jira Software is more customizable and can be adapted to the project management needs of both small and large …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Trello has a similar feature but Jira provides a lot more than Trello and the good thing about Jira is, it is very stable.
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Our groups use JIRA in numerous ways and we've viewed it as capable in practically all cases. I would effectively prescribe JIRA to an organization of the right size and intricacy. It just might be over the top excess for groups that need just light undertaking following and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Jira Software has more integrations and has more features than many of its competitors. While some of its competitors do have better UI/UX than Jira Software, they have improved this greatly over time. Atlassian also acquired Trello years ago, so that adds better user …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Jira Software is a much more robust solution that offers more features than the alternatives. Since our engineering department is also using BitBucket, it makes the choice easy to go with the whole Atlassian suite.
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Jira [Sofware] being the market leader, it is a lot easier to sell internally when it comes to the core product (backlog management). The additional scenarios that are supported, such as service ticketing and knowledge base management, can also be added whenever you feel ready …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Jira Software is considered perfect when it comes to handling a software team which might need an advanced agile functionality as well as structured workflow wherein Trello could be quick in terms of capturing or sharing the ideas or lists or to-do's. Jira has a better UI and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    Jira had the full package and had a lot of options as a task management tool, good for tickets and a complex user management interface to split up permissions within our company and for our clients. We can integrate with Bitbucket and work through tickets development, design …
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    VersionOne's UI and UX is so severely dated. Actions that would take just 2 or less clicks would take multiple clicks, a pop up window, and old style dialogs in VersionOne. Hated it.
    Incentivized
    Chose Atlassian Jira
    JIRA is simply the most robust and customizable product I've worked with. If you're a casual user, the interface is pretty simple and straight forward. If you're an administrator, there is definitely a learning curve, but there's also ample documentation available. In addition, …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    98 Answers
    96%
    Would buy again
    138 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    86 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    121 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    107 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    136 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    72 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    71 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    78 Answers
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    91 Answers
    Features
    AsanaAtlassian Jira
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Asana and Atlassian Jira
    Feature
    Asana
    8.5
    179 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Atlassian Jira
    7.8
    66 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Task Management9.2179 Ratings8.765 Ratings
    Resource Management8.1152 Ratings7.963 Ratings
    Gantt Charts9.261 Ratings7.149 Ratings
    Scheduling8.3162 Ratings7.858 Ratings
    Workflow Automation9.2132 Ratings7.861 Ratings
    Team Collaboration9.4178 Ratings8.564 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology8.57 Ratings8.765 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology8.57 Ratings7.950 Ratings
    Document Management8.6150 Ratings6.954 Ratings
    Email integration8.7142 Ratings7.855 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.8149 Ratings7.044 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking6.16 Ratings7.744 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management8.44 Ratings8.149 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.377 Ratings7.136 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Asana and Atlassian Jira
    Feature
    Asana
    6.7
    48 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Atlassian Jira
    7.7
    40 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Project & financial reporting5.51 Ratings7.436 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software8.047 Ratings7.427 Ratings
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings7.732 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings8.125 Ratings
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    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AsanaAtlassian Jira
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (209 ratings)
    8.3
    (254 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.6
    (34 ratings)
    8.6
    (37 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (37 ratings)
    7.8
    (79 ratings)
    Availability
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (42 ratings)
    8.0
    (24 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AsanaAtlassian Jira
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Asana
    The usability of Asana is broad since it's available in a variety of platforms that are widely used nowadays. I think that it would be great for people who are constantly on the move and switching devices, since it has allowed me to work from my phone, too. I also think that Asana has proven itself to handle a large quantity of work
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    Atlassian
    Jira facilitates software development, bug tracking, and sprints. It's ideal for structured workflows, issue management, and customer communication. However, more straightforward tools might be more efficient for highly creative, unstructured tasks or tiny, agile teams with quick visual overviews. Jira's complexity can be overkill for basic task lists.
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    Pros
    Asana
    • Through it, we were able to communicate and cooperate with the rest of the team to complete the work in the required manner and at the appropriate time.
    • Available for free on Android and iPhone.
    • Asana has a simple and easy user interface
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    Atlassian
    • Integration of tools like Bitbucket, Github, etc., has made it easier to track the code changes, pull requests, and branches linked to the respective ticket.
    • The detailed tracking system in JIRA has helped the teams prioritize and understand the project tasks and issues.
    • JIRA's project tracking board helps you keep track of the project, its flow, and expectations in a structured format.
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    Cons
    Asana
    • 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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    Atlassian
    • The interface is not intuitive to learn for new users
    • JQL is similarly challenging for newbies
    • It's possible to accidentally move issues from one sprint to another without realizing your mistake
    • Certain issue attributes aren't available in certain view (e.g. story points from the epic overview)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Asana
    • 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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    Atlassian
    This is because Jira Software generates a huge profit for an affordable price. Having a tool that makes team management transparent and effective is very valuable.
    In addition, the renewal of Jira Software and all Atlassian tools is predictable and clear, as the prices are published on the Atlassian website and there is no pyramid of intermediaries.
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    Usability
    Asana
    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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    Atlassian
    The interface is simple and easy to use if you have some experience with it. Configuration is also logical most of the time. However, less experienced users tend to find themselves lost in some tasks - usually complex project configuration- but sometimes simple things, such as seeing why a user can't move issues in a workflow. Jira configuration requires a good amount of experience - and even experienced users often resort to documentation. It's a tool that's easy to use if you know what you're doing and where to find the proper documentation, but novice users tend to find it challenging.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Asana
    Working with Asana on a daily basis
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    Atlassian
    Did not face any issues and whenever they plan maintanance they update all of us very well in advance also so in that view we are good with the product stability.
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    Performance
    Asana
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    Performance is really good though it holds lot of data it loads quickly especially search operation also get the results very quickly as needed hence its good
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    Support Rating
    Asana
    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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    Atlassian
    I have not had a chance to contact JIRA's customer support. It does offer extensive documentation, although it often feels too technical for me. There is also a JIRA training app that lets you take little lessons and quizzes on different areas (e.g., JIRA basics, agile). I did find it a helpful way to teach myself.
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    In-Person Training
    Asana
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    Had received training from our own internal user so it was good and also very easy to understand topics and many tasks in the UI are self explanatory and we can do by our own
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    Online Training
    Asana
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    One of their strong points i stheir documentation. Almost all of the basic set up needed within JIRA is available online through atlassian and its easy to find and very precise. The more critical issues need to be addressed as well and hence the rating of 8 instead of a 9.
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    Implementation Rating
    Asana
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    Take your time implementing Jira. Make sure you understand how you want to handle your projects and workflows. Investing more time in the implementation can pay off in a long run. It basically took us 5 days to define and implement correctly, but that meant smooth sailing later on.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Asana
    Asana is a top-tier project management software that helps us organize and track projects from start to finish. It allows us to apply tasks/to-dos to multiple projects without duplication, divide complex projects into smaller tasks, and track project progress. It also helps us organize work on Kanban boards or linear lists. It stands out from the crowd in a big way compared to the competition.
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    Atlassian
    monday.com cannot be integrated with CI/CD tools, whereas Atlassian Jira integrates with CI/CD tools seamlessly. Atlassian Jira has strong Agile and Scrum support. Coming to monday.com, it has basic agile functionality. But Atlassian Jira has a complex UI, and monday.com has an intuitive, drag-and-drop interface. Overall, Atlassian Jira provides features like Agile project management, DevOps integration, and customizable workflows.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Asana
    No answers on this topic
    Atlassian
    Product is rellay good but pricing part I am not aware
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    Scalability
    Asana
    I used this tool on a daily basis at work and it runs as a solid rock
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    Atlassian
    Atlassian Jira is highly stable and good with its performance and its has all the required scalability features as business needs
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    Return on Investment
    Asana
    • 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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    Atlassian
    • For our marketing team, Jira Work Management caused us to lose valuable work time due to manual updates that could have been automated.
    • Due to lack of creative review tools within Jira Work Management, our team had to pursue other tools that do not integrate with Jira Work Management, thus creating additional OpEx.
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