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Score 8.5 out of 10

Based on 2030 reviews and ratings

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Based on 301 reviews and ratings

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Feature Set Ratings

Project Management

7.8

Asana

78%

MindManager

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Asana ranks higher in 14/14 features

Task Management

8.8

88%

158 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Resource Management

7.4

74%

132 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Gantt Charts

7.9

79%

44 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Scheduling

7.9

79%

144 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Workflow Automation

7.8

78%

114 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Team Collaboration

8.5

85%

157 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Support for Agile Methodology

8.5

85%

7 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Support for Waterfall Methodology

8.5

85%

7 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Document Management

7.0

70%

133 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Email integration

7.1

71%

127 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Mobile Access

8.3

83%

130 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Timesheet Tracking

6.1

61%

6 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Change request and Case Management

8.4

84%

4 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Budget and Expense Management

6.7

67%

61 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Professional Services Automation

6.8

Asana

68%

MindManager

Feature Set Not Supported

N/A

Asana ranks higher in 2/2 features

Project & financial reporting

5.5

55%

1 Rating

N/A

0 Ratings

Integration with accounting software

8.2

82%

35 Ratings

N/A

0 Ratings

Attribute Ratings

Asana is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Renew, Usability, Product Scalability
MindManager is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Availability, Support Rating

Asana

80%

189 Ratings

9.4

MindManager

94%

167 Ratings

Asana

96%

35 Ratings

9.1

MindManager

91%

20 Ratings

Asana

90%

22 Ratings

8.4

MindManager

84%

13 Ratings

Asana

84%

4 Ratings

9.1

MindManager

91%

7 Ratings

Asana

N/A

0 Ratings

9.1

MindManager

91%

5 Ratings

Asana

59%

81 Ratings

8.0

MindManager

80%

17 Ratings

Asana

N/A

0 Ratings

6.4

MindManager

64%

1 Rating

Asana

N/A

0 Ratings

9.1

MindManager

91%

6 Ratings

Asana

82%

1 Rating

7.3

MindManager

73%

3 Ratings

Pros

Easy to use by any user (good UX and no installation needed)
Easy to create a simple project, add tasks and sub tasks.
Different display options, according to the project/tasks type
Works great using a web browser, you don't have to install the application

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Engineer in Other

Environmental Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Great to segment things out (projects, organizational charts, processes, workloads, etc) and gives you a full picture of the job.
It is user friendly, simple to use, and powerful.
MS Office and Teams integration is great. Allows for easy collaboration.
Great GUI and visuals
Excellent method for project planning and brainstorming

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Manager in Information Technology

Non-profit Organization Management Company, 51-200 employees

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Cons

Some users might find the user interface a bit dull and un inspired
We found the way to use multiple workspaces a bit confusing
It takes quite a bit of planning to build a well organized workspace in order not to have way too many projects and tasks all over the place

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Louis Schietekat

Managing Director

IP BraaiLegal Services, 1-10 employees

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I find formatting a challenge. Example, make all the boxes the same format and fonts so when you add a box, it understands the format of the top level box.
I have played around with some of the templates but find creating my own each time is better route. The project plan template is very good but I find myself deleting boxes and again, takes more time than creating a new map every time.
I try to get colleagues to use MM but they are intimidated by the UI. I am really comfortable with it but to them it can look more complex than it really is.

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Verified User

Account Manager in Sales

Market Research Company, 201-500 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

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

MindManager Editions & Modules

Edition

One-Time Cost	$349¹
Annual Subscription	$169²
Organizations	Contact sales team

per perpetual license
per year
none

Additional Pricing Details

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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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MindManager 9.1

Based on 20 answers

I feel the main issues of the old Mindjet seem to be gone with the
Corel purchase. With the huge advance of sharing via browser HTML even 1
user can affect many. And, actually, using MM kind of forced my rigid
brain to rethink how I categorize and classify information/projects.

The
idea of paying $69USD for an annual cost is more than fair and a great
model for Corel/Mindjet to keep rolling out improvements!

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Thomas Kleinschmidt, CIM(R)

Capital Markets, 11-50 employees

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Usability

Asana 9.0

Based on 22 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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MindManager 8.4

Based on 13 answers

MindManager is very intuitive. The user interface is not cluttered and the ribbon icons are easy to understand. Several excellent "how-to" videos are available on the MindManager site as well as on YouTube. MindManager starts quickly and the user interface is very responsive. Launching other programs from MindManager such as Excel is very fast and issue free. The browsing feature is lightning fast. The drag-and-drop capability is also very fast and reliable.

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Robert Gates

Cloud Architect

Nations IDGovernment Administration, 51-200 employees

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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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Ronen Soreq

Project Manager

ClickSoftwareComputer Software, 501-1000 employees

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MindManager 9.1

Based on 7 answers

Never had any errors.

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Verified User

Analyst in Research & Development

Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employees

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Performance

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

MindManager 9.1

Based on 5 answers

The application is quick and responsive. We are able to produce mindmaps and reports with ease. The program is not complicated at all and integrates well with software and programs like Microsoft Outlook and Teams, which we truly appreciate.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Non-profit Organization Management Company, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

Asana 5.9

Based on 81 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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Adam Lumley

Director of Marketing & Communications

787 NetworksMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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MindManager 8.0

Based on 17 answers

I have called technical support a few times. During the COVID Crisis, I called a few times repeatedly due to a rush request. The technical support guy called me back in minutes. He somehow knew that I had called repeatedly and wanted to make sure my issue was resolved immediately

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Scott E. Miller

Owner / President

The Innovation MachineMechanical Or Industrial Engineering, 1-10 employees

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Online Training

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

MindManager 6.4

Based on 1 answer

The videos are not well categorized...I had to do a bit of digging to get what I wanted and many videos on older versions. If Mindjet was to improve the titles used that would help.

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Thomas Kleinschmidt, CIM(R)

Capital Markets, 11-50 employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

MindManager 9.1

Based on 6 answers

Not applicable

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Robert DuPuy, MBA, PMP, RMP, CSM, CCBA

BUSINESS ANALYST

ACIM LLCInformation Services, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I like how extensive the capabilities are for Asana. With other softwares it seems there are many things lacking. I feel like Asana is also a very user friendly platform and aesthetically pleasing which is important in a modern office. We have many young people entering our workspace and it is important to have software that is ahead of the times in functionality and efficiency.

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Chantelle Chase

Brand Development & Culture Specialist

SIRIUScreatorGraphic Design, 1-10 employees

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Both are equally good. Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect is used to get the models in a more technical format in comparison to the MindManager. MindManager is easier to use in comparison to Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect. MindManager makes collaboration easy and can be understood by a layman and does not need to have specific software training.

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Verified User

Employee in Engineering

Human Resources Company, 10,001+ 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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Ronen Soreq

Project Manager

ClickSoftwareComputer Software, 501-1000 employees

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MindManager 7.3

Based on 3 answers

A team can collaborate on the same project but cannot create a shared project file. It would be helpful for that feature to be added.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Non-profit Organization Management Company, 51-200 employees

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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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Kristi Porter

Chief Do-Gooder

SignifyMarketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees

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When scope planning before I was introduced to this tool, I needed to make one master Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for the entire project and move on. With MindMapper, I typically generate about 20 WBS-like charts throughout the project, which encouraged conversation with staff members. The major key in such ease of use has been some well thought out and very intuitive keystroke planning that allows me to keep up with the free flow of ideas.
This software's cross-functional capability allowed 10 engineers to create their projects directly within their own environment without use of a virtual machine.

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Verified User

Engineer in Other

Computer Networking Company, 10,001+ employees

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Asana

MindManager

Asana

MindManager

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

MindManager

Project & financial reporting

Integration with accounting software

Asana

MindManager

Asana

MindManager

Asana

MindManager

Asana

MindManager

Asana

MindManager

Asana

MindManager

Asana

MindManager

Asana

MindManager

Asana

MindManager

Likelihood to Recommend

Asana

MindManager

Pros

Asana

MindManager

Cons

Asana

MindManager

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

Asana Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

MindManager Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

Likelihood to Renew

Asana

MindManager

Usability

Asana

MindManager

Reliability and Availability

Asana

MindManager

Performance

Asana

MindManager