Asana vs MeisterTask

Asana

I can not be happier. My team was using Basecamp but we outgrew it. We moved to Teamwork and clients stopped using it and so did my team. We were in Teamwork for just a month and decided we needed something better. We then found Asana and it has been a breeze since. My team was far happier and ready to use it and my clients started interacting with it again. It is simple to use, yet very powerful

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Barbara Carneiro

Disciple & Head Honcho

Word RevolutionMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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MeisterTask

The best part about Meistertask is how dead simple it is, while still absolutely nailing what it needs to really get right. Meistertask makes task management dead simple for me and keeps the detail out of the way unless I specifically need it.

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Daniel Cruz

CEO

SmileadsMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Asana

7.8

MeisterTask

8.6

Task Management

9.1

9.7

Resource Management

7.8

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Gantt Charts

6.5

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Scheduling

8.5

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Workflow Automation

7.5

4.1

Team Collaboration

9.0

9.2

Support for Agile Methodology

8.5

9.6

Support for Waterfall Methodology

8.5

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Document Management

6.8

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Email integration

7.4

8.4

Mobile Access

7.8

10.0

Timesheet Tracking

6.1

9.1

Change request and Case Management

8.4

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Budget and Expense Management

7.0

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Asana

6.2

MeisterTask

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Project & financial reporting

5.5

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Integration with accounting software

7.0

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Pros

Multiple users can access the program at once without stepping on each other's toes or having to wait until someone is out a project to add something. It is definitely a group friendly program.
We like how visually pleasing it is. It is not at all intimidating to first-time users as it is very user-friendly. You can quickly find what you need and become comfortable with its features and functions.
I personally like being able to assign different tasks to different employees and be able to receive feedback and progress directly from that assigned person as well as view it myself.

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Verified User

Representative in Sales

Wholesale Company, 51-200 employees

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Have the multiple columns that you can name and customize is really cool.
I love how it is web-based and ready for users of all experience levels
Really good free version, a fair pricing structure in general for what you get.

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Daniel Cruz

CEO

SmileadsMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Cons

If you don't have a champion, the tool won't be used. Just like a shared drive, it has to be kept clean and organized or no one will use it.
No Gantt chart functionality.
Printing customization doesn't exist - i.e. doesn't show sub-tasks.

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David Szostak

Director of Marketing

1871Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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I really wish there was a tab to create a Gantt Chart on MeisterTask. This would be extremely helpful to track the progress of a project as a whole.
Some of the controls are not intuitive. For instance, you can select an individual person to see only their respective tasks, which is super helpful. But, to unselect that person and go back to the overview, you have to refresh the page and then hit the back button. This is super inconvenient to do every time.
One other feature I wish was included it a "percentage complete" tracker that showed what percentage is done with each task people are on.

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Tyler Grudowski

Product Development Engineer

NoMo DiagnosticsMedical Devices, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Asana10.0

Based on 32 answers

I just can't see us getting it off of Asana any time soon, despite the many headaches it has caused us. We have too much data in there, too much time & training invested into it, too much at stake to move. If we were just starting out today, fresh, I don't know for certain that I would absolutely go the same direction, but I *think* I still would. I just haven't seen anything better yet. Maybe if Podio's support staff hadn't treated me like a worthless nuisance to them, I might feel differently, but the fact is that their task management is simply inferior to Asana's. That can't be denied, and in fact Podio said it themselves: "Tasks are a simple function. They cannot be customized. Tasks in Podio can be used for quick to-do's for you and your team members." In our operation, however, prompt task completion is a big deal; one task can't be completed until another one is done first, and closing the gaps between those tasks is critical in meeting deadlines and servicing our customers. Asana gets us there, the others don't.

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Product Management

Internet Company, 11-50 employees

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Usability

Asana6.0

Based on 5 answers

This is the best task management App for teams I have used

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Ronen Soreq

Project Manager

ClickSoftwareComputer Software, 501-1000 employees

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Reliability and Availability

Asana8.4

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Working with Asana on a daily basis

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Ronen Soreq

Project Manager

ClickSoftwareComputer Software, 501-1000 employees

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Support

Asana8.3

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They don't fix everything, but they have certainly gone the extra mile for us. When we were frustrated with a recent change that altered our default view of every project, changing it from all projects being visible to just incomplete projects being visible, they wrote a custom script to change all of our default views back for us, so we didn't have to manually click 3,000 times (we have over a thousand projects).

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C-Level Executive in Product Management

Internet Company, 11-50 employees

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Alternatives Considered

We also use Active Collab to track tasks and issue work tickets. I find this to be a much harder tool to use vs. Asana. It was not in the drop down menue above but its a tool we actively use and I can tell you its hard to find tickets once you have created them and assigned them unless you keep the link in an email. Asana is easy to locate all your tasks and due dates because of your personal dash and projects list. Active collab requires you to create too many levels for one task, the main ticket, then the tasks within the ticket which you have to individually create to be able to track each milestone, if there is no task assigned it doesnt appear in the designers list of things to do, which in turn creates issues and forgotten tasks. None of this is an issue with Asana.

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Laura Emmet

Producer/Content Management, Digital Media Group

DIRECTVTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Some other competitors have too many features and are heavy and slow.
Meistertask is very reactive and does what you need in some words or clicks.
Easy to use, only the necessary features.
Very good working app.
Price.

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Christian Clément

Head of application management public transportation

SBBTransportation/Trucking/Railroad, 10,001+ employees

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Scalability

Asana8.2

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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Return on Investment

Allows us to keep on top of grants and sponsorships that we might otherwise miss and keeps track of our answers, comments, and files from one year to the next.
Allows us to see when we need to report to the government and makes sure we don't accumulate any late fees.

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