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    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

    monday.com

    Score8.2 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    monday.com Work OS is an open platform designed so that anyone can create the tools they need to run all aspects of their work. It includes ready-made templates or the ability to customize any work solution ranging from sales pipelines to marketing campaigns, CRMs, and project tracking.

    $36

    per month (3 seats)

    Smartsheet

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ASmartsheet is an online project management and collaboration tool. It includes automated alerts, instantaneous updating and sharing across team members, resource management, nested tasks organized in a hierarchy, a Gantt chart view, exportable and automated reports, and integration with email.

    $12

    per month per user (up to 10 users)

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    $13.49
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    Considered Multiple Products
    Asana
    Chose Asana
    Look and feel of monday.com is better, but Asana has more features and capabilities making it the better option.
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Side by side with the other two Asana by far beats monday.com and is comparable and slightly better than ClickUp. Monday is completely browser-based and is hard to navigate and figure out how to set up. Asana and ClickUp are the exact opposite. Both are easy to set up and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    We selected ASANA based on the feature set, and ease of rollout. monday.com had very good workflow automation but we found that ASANA was quicker and easier for staff to build a task eco-system that worked for them.
    Zoho Projects was a very strong contender but was much more …
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    I prefer Asana's user interface over monday.com. Asana's app is also incredibly helpful and I am not sure if monday.com's app is as loaded with features as Asana's is.
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    I have been using Smartsheet for a similar project management usage with a customer of ours. Asana is way better than Smartsheet with a much better user interface and experience.
    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
    Asana is simpler and easier to manage than Teamwork Projects and Wrike for smaller teams, but still offers more features than Basecamp and requires a lot less customization than monday.com.
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    The pricing point my understanding is better, we do have the enterprise level
    Incentivized
    Chose 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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Some features are better; some are too much. Not huge differences.
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Just because of improved UI. Rest features are same for us. We used basic features.
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Asana does well at the assignment of tasks and task management, but it is not a resource planning tool. Other tools do better at resource planning and some principles of agile/scrum. It is simple and easy to use within the mobile application and on desktop, but it doesn't have …
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    We tried it as one my developers swore up and down how good it was at the startup... well it crashed in our office, since we didn't end up working the way they did. We are more of a dev ops company than a social media or open source
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    In comparison to other Project Management software tools that I have used, Asana is the most user friendly platform without compromising any advanced capabilities.
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    I use both products. Asana is more established on the campus.
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Asana hit our sweet spot of easy to try, appropriate pricing for our mid size non-profit team, flexibility, and features. Lots of other platforms have very similar features organized in other ways, but Asana made sense and was fun to work with right off the bat. there were …
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Asana is more complex than other alternatives that we have used within the organization, but is great for organizations with upwards of 10 people inside a department
    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
    Asana stack over its various major competitors as its costing is quite under budget. The support to user is 24 x 7 and call centers available. The mail reply within 24 hours. Apart from it its user community is quite big and helps in the system to grow. It is widely accepted in …
    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
    Both software are very similar to each other, even in the economic factor, the reason we choose Asana over the others is because of its usability, the software is very easy to use which helps to get the most out of it, in addition to the integrations that provide Asana with …
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    I view Asana as a lightweight PM tool, more for task management and collaboration.
    Incentivized
    Chose Asana
    Asana shines as a project management tool. It far exceeds other comparable programs as it has and is constantly adding new features for its free and premium users. The program is consistently adapting to market needs, keeping it viable as a project tool that can be utilized by …
    Incentivized
    monday.com
    Chose monday.com
    Monday has more free features than the free version of Trello. Monday is easier to use and has better free features than ClickUp, which is the closest I have come to Monday. Asana does not give me the sense of being on top of dozens of tasks and dozens of clients to get all …
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    In comparison to Asana and Trello, monday.com is the best of the three because the interface is so versatile and keeps us all organized and informative on projects
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    They are different platforms with different capabilities. I would say the layouts are what set them apart with monday.com being more bright, almost more spreadsheet like, with a visual storyboard style - while Asana has a more clean design that is good for task lists and …
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    monday.com is slightly more expensive than ClickUp or Asana, but still more reasonably priced than other productivity tools. However it far outpaces those two in terms of usability, functionality, and the user interface.
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    monday.com is much more elaborate than Smartsheet and allows for a lot more functionality. We're able to handle a greater variety of tasks with monday.com, and it's a lot easier to learn and navigate. Additionally, monday.com offers a free nonprofit account whereas Smartsheet …
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    monday.com is far superior to Microsoft Planner and Basecamp, and arguably superior to Trello and Slack Lists as well. Asana (for work management and Zendesk (for request management) put it to shame. My main monday-using client selected it primarily because of its slightly …
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    It's been a while since trying Asana, so it's hard to say. I think they are very similar from what I remember, but maybe monday.com has more reporting and customization possibilities?
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    When I arrived at my org, I was initially disappointed to hear that we used something other than Asana for project management. Fast forward just a few months, and I became a complete monday.com convert. While its organization is similar to Asana's, it's user interface, …
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    I would say this is one of my least favorite applications. I don't find it super user friendly due to the extreme amounts of customization. It feels like my information is in there somewhere, but I can never find it easily. I think that it looks a lot prettier than Asana which …
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    monday.com seems to solve the issues and concerns for our marketing and graphics needs. I personally use Asana for my projects and tracking purposes and monday.com for my interations with Marketing and their needs.
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    I think monday.com is a more complete tool than Asana or Trello. It has many more features and help for many other things, such as integrations and automations.

    I didn't select monday.com. The company where I work did it and I don't really know why.
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    We like the interface more and it has more features. The decision was made by different departments, and I guess most of us have experience with monday.com from our previous workplace. It was also recommended to use if you are a tech company.
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    monday.com has been way more intuitive and way more visually appealing. monday.com has been much easier to use, customize and responsive as a project management software. It’s easier to find the tools you need and to customize a board to your specific need. monday.com in …
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    monday.com has a wider and broader application across all their products (i.e. the CRM add-on, etc.) While all of these products are very functional project management softwares with pros and cons, monday.com works best for a wide range of needs. It is relatively affordable, …
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    monday.com has a more fun, easier, user interface. Easy to onboard a team and make them excited to use it over other project management tools.
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    monday.com does more than just a single function like other tools.
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    Workfront offered a more intuitive user interface, which made team adoption easier. It also included additional products that aligned well with the needs of our Dev, Work Management, and Service teams.
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    Cost is a big factor as the alternatives stacked up poorly in user costs and built in features. Also, the business was already using a different facet of monday.com so it was a quick setup and we already had experience and people were Jo knew the platform. Less complex and also …
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    Very similar feature-function-wise wise but the UI is the ultimate differentiator that makes adoption so much easier on monday.com.
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    monday.com is the sweet spot of rich feature set and simplicity
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    monday.com offer much of the standard tools and seems to be ever evolving. They seem to take feedback and constantly upgrade the tools. If all the tools are there, the differentiating factor might be the cost, any integrations you may need, and the visual "chemistry". To me, …
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    I also use the other selected. But I prefer monday.com because it is more clear (visually and intuitively), and also because I have been using it for longer than the others. However, there is the price factor that must be taken into consideration
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    As a developer, I have utilized the mentioned apps to integrate processes for clients, and I have found monday.com to be superior due to its abundance of features compared to others. Choosing monday.com provides enough capabilities for teams and managers to handle work in one …
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    monday.com has the only interface that is 100% customizable, can use public and private boards, can be shared with customers, produce Gantt charts, and has THE MOST integrations "in house". The professional relationships that monday.com has established to be "on board" with …
    Incentivized
    Chose monday.com
    I'd put monday.com and Asana on par, then ClickUp and lastly Jira. Jira would be more appropriate for exclusively technology engineering teams. Jotform offers better choices for forms use cases especially ones with complexity. Zoho makes more sense when you have the full suite, …
    Incentivized
    Smartsheet
    Chose Smartsheet
    Asana and monday.com are typical project management tools where resources can be tracked based on the tasks, etc. Smartsheet does exactly the same but additionally allows people outside of PM to automate their data collaboration with other employees. The solutions that …
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    I believe Smartsheet is much easier to use than Asana. There is a better way to collaborate with colleagues and track your progress on projects. There is a better structure on how to set up your system. It has better filters to see what you have accomplished vs what is open and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    The dynamic nature of SmartSheet can do the same things as the other tools I've used (Trello, Asana, Basecamp, etc.), but you are not locked into a single methodology or format. You have the flexibility to create the type of project tracking tool that works best for your …
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    Smartsheet offers the best blend of features from its direct and indirect competitors. It is intuitive and collaborative, like Asana. It provides entry-level features from DevOps in regards to Agile, it offers traceability and integrations better than both Teams and Liquid …
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    Smartsheets has more PM features than Asana, whereas Asana seems to be better for a roadmap or higher level planning. MS Project is similar to Smartsheets, however less user friendly in my opinion
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    Smarsheet was cheaper. JIRA is really expensive compared to Smartsheet. Smartsheet is also not just a checklist. Asana to me is just a checklist, which sometimes is not useful at all in project management.
    I call it an Excel++. You can use it the same as Excel and also make …
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    Asana has a nicer interface but it expensive for what you get. Airtable works well. I would prefer Airtable over Smartsheet except it does not have the capability to fill out the DocuSign's we need. Otherwise, I would solely use Airtable for this. Google Sheets is great and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    Our design and dev team really enjoyed the look, feel, and flow of monday. However, from a project management and timeline approach I found it to be overwhelming and cumbersome. I needed a tool that could easily be replicable and client facing.
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    .Asana is more task-oriented when I first tried it. I needed something that offered higher-level reporting and aggregation. Smartsheet's automation is also tighter. Podio is great for project-based intake workflows. It has very flexible and customizable fields allowing the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    Smartsheet is user friendly with easy to use templates as compared to Microsoft Project. Other thing is collaboration which cannot be achieved in Microsoft Project. Smartsheet has different types of pricing for different types of users but Microsoft Project only offers …
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    Jira is better on user interface and task tracking. However the dashboard isn't as versatile as on Smartsheet. That being said, it takes maintenance to keep the Smartsheet dashboard updated regularly (not automated).
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    It has been my favorite alternative; I can control Smartsheet from my mobile device since, as a manager, it allows me to visualize the files made through it, with the convenience of any time and space.
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    Price and ease of collaboration was the deciding factor and since we made this decision quite awhile ago, Microsoft Project's collaboration features were not there yet, making Smartsheet the clear winner. Many of our Project Manager were comfortable working with Microsoft …
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    All the products seemed to perform the project and task management function adequately. The following factors were the keys to our selection:
    1. Ease of use - so similar to Excel everyone can figure it out.
    2. Flexible architecture lends itself to many different use cases beyond …
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    Smartsheet is a unique data and project management collaboration tool that sets itself apart from its competitors. Teams have the ability to create extremely customized dashboards that have data flowing to and from multiple worksheets and workspaces. Smartsheet has the ability …
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    We selected Smartsheet because we needed something between Excel and MS Project. We have a group of staff members who were not Project Managers by trade, but yet managed teams and staff who are supporting smaller efforts with task management. They were looking for a simple tool …
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    We used Smartsheet primarily because a customer was already using the tool. We typically use Microsoft Project since most of our customers and team are familiar with the tool.
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    I liked Smartsheet for the ease of use and simplicity. Having a view in Gantt chart is great and very helpful. Being able to invite multiple people and have everyone collaborate was useful. It made my life as a manager of projects much much easier and saved me a lot of time …
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    Smartsheet is very robust, and allows much more customization. It is not as user friendly, and takes more time to understand and get used to. Smartsheet integrates with just about all of these other tools. One of the best things about Smartsheet is that it can integrate with …
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    We chose Smartsheet over the other software because of its solid interface. An easy-to-use and very complete tool was necessary. In addition to the interface, the processes are quite simple so the training time of the software was shorter if we compare it with the other …
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    Smartsheet is the easiest to use solution for setting up simple- to moderate-complexity sheets for purposes like tracking a project (i.e., I have not used it for complex financial analyses before). I have used similar tools in work and personal life and Smartsheet has been the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    smartsheet performed badly in User Interface against the competition which unfortunately made the use of this software obsolete in our organisation. We finally use a series of other tools to do the same without going through the time consuming process of using smartsheet. We …
    Incentivized
    Chose Smartsheet
    I was attempting to do all I've described with Google Sheets & SharePoint. Google Sheets didn't have all the functionality we needed. SharePoint was too difficult to set up and doesn't work well with Mac users. None of the solutions I listed could match Smartsheet's versatility …
    Chose Smartsheet
    I was familiar with it, but no one else at my organization had it installed. I had to print to PDF and just send PDF files to everyone. I was the only person who could create or update and that was burdening my time and workload.
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    Features
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    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Asana and monday.com and Smartsheet
    Feature
    Asana
    8.5
    179 Ratings
    10% above category average
    monday.com
    7.6
    2321 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Smartsheet
    9.1
    129 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Task Management9.2179 Ratings8.92314 Ratings9.8126 Ratings
    Resource Management8.1152 Ratings7.71984 Ratings10.0108 Ratings
    Gantt Charts9.261 Ratings7.91370 Ratings9.0109 Ratings
    Scheduling8.3162 Ratings7.71931 Ratings9.8111 Ratings
    Workflow Automation9.2132 Ratings7.82014 Ratings9.2100 Ratings
    Team Collaboration9.4178 Ratings8.62269 Ratings10.0122 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology8.57 Ratings7.21218 Ratings8.981 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology8.57 Ratings7.01 Ratings9.079 Ratings
    Document Management8.6150 Ratings6.91877 Ratings9.2101 Ratings
    Email integration8.8142 Ratings7.21667 Ratings9.0100 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.8149 Ratings7.01848 Ratings8.096 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking6.16 Ratings7.61091 Ratings9.762 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management8.44 Ratings7.91210 Ratings8.169 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.377 Ratings7.21086 Ratings8.075 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Asana and monday.com and Smartsheet
    Feature
    Asana
    6.7
    48 Ratings
    14% below category average
    monday.com
    6.9
    1058 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Smartsheet
    7.9
    66 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Project & financial reporting5.51 Ratings7.5943 Ratings8.760 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software8.047 Ratings6.7534 Ratings7.332 Ratings
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings6.5713 Ratings8.144 Ratings
    Invoicing00 Ratings00 Ratings7.537 Ratings
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    Likelihood to Renew
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    Usability
    8.8
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    User Testimonials
    Asanamonday.comSmartsheet
    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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    monday.com
    Another feature I love in the free plan is the “Sort” feature, which enables me to sort all my clients by name alphabetically. Or sort by date,
    status, progress notes, etc. I make extensive use of the text column, where I can keep ongoing, detailed notes on the progress of a particular client's work and the information I am still waiting on. I have it open automatically every day, and my tasks are listed there for me to follow through on.
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    Smartsheet
    Smartsheet shines for collaboration. When you have multiple people involved with planning events Smartsheet makes it easy to share and collaborate. For instance, multiple people can be in Smartsheet working at the same time. Also setting permissions for exactly those who need to know is quite easy with Smartsheet. For data analytics and general spreadsheet purposes Excel is better but for project management and event planning Smartsheet is superior
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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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    monday.com
    • Intuitive board functionality with a variety of column types and customizations to address different use-cases, such as templates for user lifecycle management, checklists for onboarding.
    • Extensive automation capabilities to reduce tedium in more complex boards, such as our company's computer asset inventory board, to ensure devices are kept organized within the board for quicker reference.
    • The ability to connect boards and mirror info across them allowed us to build out a cross-functional, quasi-ticketing system enabling more efficient processing of requests that involved action items from different departments and/or teams.
    • We could use both the many board functions in tandem with the WorkForm feature to create an IT ticketing system that could be replicated and tailored for other teams needs.
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    Smartsheet
    • Its hard to overstate the value of familiarity. Being able to use a tool that has some familiarity takes away the time needed to train and orient employees on a new tool and allows an organization to hit the ground running.
    • Smartsheet covers most of the basics of a project management tool, the usual tasks, milestones and project viewing options.
    • For data viewing, you get multiple data viewing options including a calendar view (good for marketing teams and those who work around scheduling), Kanban, Gaant etc
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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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    monday.com
    • The management of holdable items, continuously drops in incorrect places or doesn't show the 'correct way' to handle in the wished place, it happens with the dragable items on dashboards
    • The 'favorites' menu on desktop is now with 'Use my IA feature' everywhere and has removed the Fav section of for the boards in the sidebar. It was so useful when there were hundreds of Tables and only work on or update 3 - 4 of them (it is still visible on the mobile version, by the way)
    • The errors after using for a while, like 90 minutes, I am writing something and unexpectedly the app says something is wrong and I need to reload the page, and the thing I was doing doesn't still local storage as in other use cases
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    Smartsheet
    • Smartsheet set up is similar to Excel, yet when you upload an Excel file, things like conditional formatting are lost. Smartsheet has its own conditional formatting, and you have to reinstate the rules. It would be great if those would apply automatically once a file is uploaded
    • Some Smartsheet management and access rules can take some tweaking to work properly. This may be a case of offering more info to admins so they can apply these better and with more efficiency
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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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    monday.com
    Teams involved in content creation, such as marketing or editorial teams, could use monday.com to manage the entire content lifecycle. Boards might track content ideas, assignments, drafts, reviews, approvals, and publication schedules, helping teams collaborate and keep content production on track.
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    Smartsheet
    It definitely meets our needs as far as organizing and archiving our tasks and files. As we train more staff to view it, I see opportunities for more improvement, which I am sure this program can handle. I look forward to seeing continued improvement from Smartsheet on their capabilities and functionality.
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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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    monday.com
    monday.com was pretty easy to use from the get-go. Their automation templates are really easy to get things set up. A few of my monday.com boards are essentially upgraded spreadsheets that are much easier to digest and automatically send out reminder email to myself and my team.
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    Smartsheet
    Smartsheet is very easy to learn. However, while I have been able to pick it easily, Microsoft Excel and Project super users that I have trained on Smartsheet get bogged down in the differences and can find it frustrating. Explaining the differences ahead of time and why Smartsheet is being chosen instead of a different software seems to counteract those reactions
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    Reliability and Availability
    Asana
    Working with Asana on a daily basis
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    monday.com
    There have only been 2 instances in the past year where monday.com was down.
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    Performance
    Asana
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    monday.com
    Everything performs fairly well. Every now and then there are user errors where an employee will not click "ok" on a note they've created and simply exit out (I do wish that something was in place to prevent this, such as a pop "are you finished?")
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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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    monday.com
    I personally haven't found their customer success managers to be proactive or useful as the primary user of our monday.com account. This is different from a few years ago, when I had a contact that I reached out to as-needed (we are an enterprise account). I don't get a lot of touchpoints with anyone from monday.com and rarely submit tickets.
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    Smartsheet
    I give this rating because it fills a niche in the market. MS Project scares many away from proper task management but there are limited tools our there, especially cloud-based that are mobile-friendly. Smartsheet fills this market gap, especially for small to medium-sized businesses. IT is not fair to compare it to MS Project, but fairer to see what gaps it fills.
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    Online Training
    Asana
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    monday.com
    To have someone walk you thru the features and capabilities of Monday.com is priceless. Someone also coming along later in the contract to see if you are maximizing the program to suit your company needs is beyond helpful. The staff that have provided this training are fun, creative and very patient.
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    Implementation Rating
    Asana
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    monday.com
    We signed up for the accounts. Created the accounts. Ran the trial version and tested it live while we were running multiple projects and found that it was fitting our needs perfectly. When the trial ended and we were asked to purchase the full version, we did. We have found other ways to use it and it's a breeze.
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    Smartsheet
    It's absolutely paramount to take a few minutes to actually play with the software. It's nearly impossible to do anything wrong or make a mistake which cannot be fixed easily. Under the help menu is Live Training option. After you familiarize yourself with the commands, watch the live training for some in depth understanding of how to make the software fit your needs perfectly.
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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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    monday.com
    monday.com gives us the most flexibility when it comes to its features -- to create templates and quickly modify or customize. While limited in its overall functionality, it is secure and does what it is supposed to do well. An ability to interpret documents given to it -- not just its own assets -- would take monday.com to the next level.
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    Smartsheet
    Jira and Redmine are much more robust and technologically advanced project management solutions. I enjoy using either when managing a very large project. However, I prefer to use Smartsheet for my smaller to medium sized projects. As for Google Drive - I would say that Google sheets and Smartsheet are almost identical in my opinion when it comes to functionality. Personally I prefer to manage smaller projects via Google Drive, but it is a personal preference!
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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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    monday.com
    For it to work across multiple departments and sites, I would like to see improvements made with integrations and automation. For this question, I am acknowledging not only the addition of internal triggers/automation, but also an expansion on external ones.
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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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    monday.com
    • The platform has saved us time by allowing us to have all of our program information in one place.
    • The fact that it is easy to set up has saved us countless hours of trying to learn the platform.
    • The platform has helped us greatly with collaboration with our program partners who need to use our data.
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    Smartsheet
    • This has really opened up collaboration across teams. A lot less working in silos.
    • It hasn't fully replaced any one tool so it means having to go to another place. Hopefully, we can eliminate a tool or two in the next six months.
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    ScreenShots

    Asana Screenshots

    Screenshot of Product HomepageScreenshot of Team ConversationsScreenshot of Project CalendarsScreenshot of InboxScreenshot of List ProjectScreenshot of Portfolios

    monday.com Screenshots

    Screenshot of Work OSScreenshot of Ready-Made TemplatesScreenshot of MobileScreenshot of Visual BoardsScreenshot of Real-time NotificationsScreenshot of Automations