Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Asana
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Asana 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 Lists
Score 9.8 out of 10
N/A
Lists is an information tracking app in Microsoft 365 that enables users to work with anyone, anywhere. Users can configure lists to better organize events, issues, and assets.N/A
Redmine
Score 7.1 out of 10
N/A
Redmine 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 ListsRedmine
Editions & Modules
Starter
$13.49
per month per user
Advanced
$30.49
per month per user
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Personal
Free
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AsanaMicrosoft ListsRedmine
Free Trial
YesNoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.
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Community Pulse
AsanaMicrosoft ListsRedmine
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 …
Microsoft Lists

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Redmine
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. …
Features
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Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Asana
8.3
179 Ratings
7% above category average
Microsoft Lists
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Ratings
Redmine
8.2
13 Ratings
6% above category average
Task Management9.2179 Ratings00 Ratings10.013 Ratings
Resource Management8.0152 Ratings00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
Gantt Charts9.061 Ratings00 Ratings9.012 Ratings
Scheduling8.4162 Ratings00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
Workflow Automation9.0132 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 Management8.3150 Ratings00 Ratings10.011 Ratings
Email integration8.3142 Ratings00 Ratings8.010 Ratings
Mobile Access8.7149 Ratings00 Ratings5.59 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking6.16 Ratings00 Ratings9.011 Ratings
Change request and Case Management8.44 Ratings00 Ratings7.012 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management7.077 Ratings00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Asana
6.5
48 Ratings
17% below category average
Microsoft Lists
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Ratings
Redmine
8.0
8 Ratings
3% above category average
Project & financial reporting5.51 Ratings00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Integration with accounting software7.647 Ratings00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
Quotes/estimates00 Ratings00 Ratings7.33 Ratings
Invoicing00 Ratings00 Ratings7.82 Ratings
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User Ratings
AsanaMicrosoft ListsRedmine
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(208 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(13 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.6
(34 ratings)
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Usability
8.3
(36 ratings)
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10.0
(2 ratings)
Availability
8.4
(2 ratings)
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Support Rating
5.0
(42 ratings)
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6.5
(3 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(1 ratings)
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User Testimonials
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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
Organizations with institutional subscriptions should consider maximizing the use of Microsoft Lists in their operations because it has the feature of seamlessly working with all the other Microsoft Apps. You can have a master file of multiple projects that are going on, and you don't have to manually do the updating. However, it is important to note that to maximize the Microsoft List experience, the team should have basic knowledge about integration and automation
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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
  • great for capturing loads of data
  • great for manipulating and viewing the data many ways
  • strong integration with other M365 products and Power Automate
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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
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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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Microsoft
  • Unlike Excel, you need to go to Edit mode for you to make changes in the entries
  • You cannot just copy paste like Excel
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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.
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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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Microsoft
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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
The first time I learned about Microsoft Lists, I was automatically converted. How I wish I had learned about Microsoft Lists early on; it could have saved me tons of time, and could have rendered me real-time reports regarding my work, as the data I work with usually keeps changing every time. I believe the best part of it is that it works well with other Microsoft products, so less stressful.
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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.
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Reliability and Availability
Asana
Working with Asana on a daily basis
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Microsoft
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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).
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Microsoft
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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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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
They are all different but can be used for the same things. They all have different benefits, and I use them except Airtable. Trello has the best automation capabilities natively built into the product of any product I've ever used. (I've personally built over 1,000 automations or more for clients on Trello.) ClickUp has the best flexibility to view data in very different ways and from different organisation levels (i.e. High level data through to detailed specific data across multiple departments or projetcs. Microsoft Lists is an excellent choice if you work in M365 already and you want a deeply integrated way to hold data and use it within M365
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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
  • Massively positive, we have build a business that can scale with ease
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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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ScreenShots

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