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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

    Microsoft Azure

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

    $29

    per month

    Redmine

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/ARedmine is a project management web application written using the Ruby on Rails framework. It is cross-platform and cross-database, and free to download and use as an open source project available on the GNU 2.0 license.

    $0

    per month

    Pricing
    AsanaMicrosoft AzureRedmine
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $13.49
    per month per user
    Advanced
    $30.49
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Personal
    Free
    Developer
    $29
    per month
    Standard
    $100
    per month
    Professional Direct
    $1000
    per month
    Basic
    Free
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AsanaMicrosoft AzureRedmine
    Free Trial
    YesYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.The free tier lets users have access to a variety of services free for 12 months with limited usage after making an Azure account.—
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    Community Pulse
    AsanaMicrosoft AzureRedmine
    Considered Multiple Products
    Asana
    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
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Open Source
    Chose Redmine
    SysAid and Jira appear to be better alternatives, but they are expensive compared to Redmine, which is free. They are also not as easy to configure, compared to Redmine.
    Incentivized
    Chose Redmine
    I think that although they are tools for managing equipment and tools for bugs tracking, Redmine has a great advantage since it can be integrated with many third-party tools and that is the only tool of this type with which I have been able to integrate and integrate systems. …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
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    92%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    86 Answers
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    107 Answers
    95%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    72 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    78 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    34 Answers
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    Features
    AsanaMicrosoft AzureRedmine
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Asana and Microsoft Azure and Redmine
    Feature
    Asana
    8.5
    179 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    Redmine
    8.2
    13 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Task Management9.2179 Ratings00 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Resource Management8.1152 Ratings00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Gantt Charts9.261 Ratings00 Ratings9.012 Ratings
    Scheduling8.3162 Ratings00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Workflow Automation9.2132 Ratings00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Team Collaboration9.4178 Ratings00 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology8.57 Ratings00 Ratings6.910 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology8.57 Ratings00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Document Management8.6150 Ratings00 Ratings10.011 Ratings
    Email integration8.8142 Ratings00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.8149 Ratings00 Ratings5.59 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking6.16 Ratings00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management8.44 Ratings00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.377 Ratings00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Asana and Microsoft Azure and Redmine
    Feature
    Asana
    6.7
    48 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Microsoft Azure
    -
    Ratings
    Redmine
    8.0
    8 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Project & financial reporting5.51 Ratings00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software8.047 Ratings00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings00 Ratings7.33 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings00 Ratings7.82 Ratings
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of Asana and Microsoft Azure and Redmine
    Feature
    Asana
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Azure
    8.4
    27 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Redmine
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime00 Ratings8.126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling00 Ratings8.725 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing00 Ratings8.624 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates00 Ratings8.225 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools00 Ratings8.326 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images00 Ratings8.424 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support00 Ratings8.926 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls00 Ratings8.626 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automation00 Ratings8.224 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Object Storage
    Score9 out of 10
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    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AsanaMicrosoft AzureRedmine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (209 ratings)
    8.7
    (96 ratings)
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.6
    (34 ratings)
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (37 ratings)
    8.3
    (36 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    6.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (42 ratings)
    9.0
    (27 ratings)
    6.5
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AsanaMicrosoft AzureRedmine
    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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    Microsoft
    Azure is particularly well suited for enterprise environments with existing Microsoft investments, those that require robust compliance features, and organizations that need hybrid cloud capabilities that bridge on-premises and cloud infrastructure. In my opinion, Azure is less appropriate for cost-sensitive startups or small businesses without dedicated cloud expertise and scenarios requiring edge computing use cases with limited connectivity. Azure offers comprehensive solutions for most business needs but can feel like there is a higher learning curve than other cloud-based providers, depending on the product and use case.
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    Open Source
    Redmine is a perfect solution for businesses that are looking for a FREE and open source solution for project management. It is great for teams that are managing numerous tasks or projects at one time. Redmine is easy to set up and is fairly self-explanatory for anyone who is semi tech-savvy.
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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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    Microsoft
    • Microsoft Azure is highly scalable and flexible. You can quickly scale up or down additional resources and computing power.
    • You have no longer upfront investments for hardware. You only pay for the use of your computing power, storage space, or services.
    • The uptime that can be achieved and guaranteed is very important for our company. This includes the rapid maintenance for security updates that are mostly carried out by Microsoft.
    • The wide range of capabilities of services that are possible in Microsoft Azure. You can practically put or create anything in Microsoft Azure.
    Incentivized
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    Open Source
    • Issue Tracker - Redmine allows in-depth issue tracking complete with workflows and customization.
    • Release Tracker - Redmine allows releases to be tracked by milestones, collecting relevant issues in each milestone.
    • Agile Management - With a few free or low-cost add-ons, Redmine becomes a great tool for Agile project management
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    • The cost of resources is difficult to determine, technical documentation is frequently out of date, and documentation and mapping capabilities are lacking.
    • The documentation needs to be improved, and some advanced configuration options require research and experimentation.
    • Microsoft's licensing scheme is too complex for the average user, and Azure SQL syntax is too different from traditional SQL.
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    Open Source
    • The design and user-interface are a little outdated. It looks like a product that was designed ten years ago and doesn't have a polished look and feel like newer apps have.
    • It's not particularly designed to support agile-based project management methodologies such as Scrum.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Moving to Azure was and still is an organizational strategy and not simply changing vendors. Our product roadmap revolved around Azure as we are in the business of humanitarian relief and Azure and Microsoft play an important part in quickly and efficiently serving all of the world. Migration and investment in Azure should be considered as an overall strategy of an organization and communicated companywide.
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    Open Source
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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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    Microsoft
    As Microsoft Azure is [doing a] really good with PaaS. The need of a market is to have [a] combo of PaaS and IaaS. While AWS is making [an] exceptionally well blend of both of them, Azure needs to work more on DevOps and Automation stuff. Apart from that, I would recommend Azure as a great platform for cloud services as scale.
    Incentivized
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    Open Source
    Redmine is a great product to have in an organization. It's extremely flexible, costs much less to maintain than other alternatives, and as a tool, it is relatively fast to get experienced with. The primary advantages of working with Redmine are: flexible platform, API, open-source and highly configurable, stability.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Asana
    Working with Asana on a daily basis
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    Microsoft
    It has proven to be unreliable in our production environment and services become unavailable without proper notification to system administrators
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    Open Source
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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).
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    We were running Windows Server and Active Directory, so [Microsoft] Azure was a seamless transition. We ran into a few, if any support issues, however, the availability of Microsoft Azure's support team was more than willing and able to guide us through the process. They even proposed solutions to issues we had not even thought of!
    Incentivized
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    Open Source
    Redmine is free, easy to use and it's everything you could want in a free project management program. The fact that it has wiki integration and that it can track on such a granular level is amazing. Assigning tasks to other users, such as our development team, is fantastic and ensures we are always up-to-date on where we are what - on what projects.
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    Implementation Rating
    Asana
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    Microsoft
    As I have mentioned before the issue with my Oracle Mismatch Version issues that have put a delay on moving one of my platforms will justify my 7 rating.
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    Open Source
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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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    Microsoft
    As I continue to evaluate the "big three" cloud providers for our clients, I make the following distinctions, though this gap continues to close. AWS is more granular, and inherently powerful in the configuration options compared to [Microsoft] Azure. It is a "developer" platform for cloud. However, Azure PowerShell is helping close this gap. Google Cloud is the leading containerization platform, largely thanks to it building kubernetes from the ground up. Azure containerization is getting better at having the same storage/deployment options.
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    Open Source
    Jira is a great project management tool for software product life cycle management for an agile environment based on agile methodologies. Jira is an intuitive and modernized user interface design compared with Redmine but Redmine is a lightweight and affordable project management and task tracking solution with its essential features and functionalities.
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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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    Microsoft
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    Open Source
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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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    Microsoft
    • For about 2 years we didn't have to do anything with our production VMs, the system ran without a hitch, which meant our engineers could focus on features rather than infrastructure.
    • DNS management was very easy in Azure, which made it easy to upgrade our cluster with zero downtime.
    • Azure Web UI was easy to work with and navigate, which meant our senior engineers and DevOps team could work with Azure without formal training.
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    Open Source
    • Customers receive updates on all progress made for their issues -- this results in an informed customer who is being given transparency on all steps of our process.
    • Customers have responded well from being able to not have to track down emails and instead come to a central place for requests.
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