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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

    Notion

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ANotion aims to present users with an all-in-one workspace — for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases, from Notion Labs in San Francisco.

    $5

    per month per user

    SmartSuite

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASmartSuite provides a collaborative Work Management platform that enables teams to plan, track and manage workflows - whether it be a project, an ongoing process or routine everyday tasks. SmartSuite helps coordinate people and work across all levels of an organization to ensure that team members have the information they need to accomplish the work that matters most. Team members can create a workflow, or choose from over 200 templates that can be tailored to their exact needs.

    $10

    per month per user

    Pricing
    AsanaNotionSmartSuite
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $13.49
    per month per user
    Advanced
    $30.49
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Personal
    Free
    Free
    $0
    Plus
    $12
    per month per user
    Business
    $24
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AsanaNotionSmartSuite
    Free Trial
    YesYesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.A discount is offered for annual billing.
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    Community Pulse
    AsanaNotionSmartSuite
    Considered Multiple Products
    Asana
    No answer on this topic
    Notion Labs, Inc
    Chose Notion
    Notion is much more robust than Google Tasks, which I find very limited.
    Notion is far more customizable and affordable than Asana, which is more of a turnkey solution for teams that want to work within a pre-defined structure.
    Notion and ClickUp are comparable, in my opinion, in …
    Incentivized
    Chose Notion
    Notion pretty much combines all the capabilities each one of these platforms have and just takes the most important ideas and concentrates on making them stand out. I can create a "Trello" type of timeline, and use a more traditional "Jira" or "Asana" type of waterfall view. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Notion
    I've used Evernote in the past and currently use Asana alongside Notion, so I can compare them based on my experience.

    Notion is much more flexible than Evernote. While Evernote is great for basic note-taking, Notion allows me to structure my notes with nested pages, databases, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Notion
    I didn’t select Notion over them. I picked Asana, Monday, and ClickUp over Notion everytime. They have better notifications, work smoothly, are easier to maintain, don’t need someone to spend hours to maintain.
    Incentivized
    Chose Notion
    Notion was more robust than Asana and allowed for greater flexibility. It feels like Notion also makes up product updates more frequently and adds new features on a consistent basis to help the product continually improve. It Notion works better and allows for more in-depth …
    Incentivized
    Chose Notion
    because Notion is more comprehensive and offers greater possibilities.
    Incentivized
    Chose Notion
    I like the Notion interface and possibilities.
    Incentivized
    Chose Notion
    The company uses both Notion and Trello within the company. Notion is more for North America employees while Trello is used between Operation team overseas and in North America. Sometimes it's a preference of how the tools look like for project management. I would say both …
    Incentivized
    Chose Notion
    It's a combination of the three put together but with the added benefit of web hosting being a part of its core. The other tools are more the same thing, with just a couple of different elements in between. Notion combines them all and consistently adds new functions to its core.
    Incentivized
    Chose Notion
    Notion is hugely more customizable, versatile and easy to use. All the other tools I've tried were simply not doing it for me.
    Incentivized
    Chose Notion
    Notion felt much easier and intuitive than Confluence. Note: It's important to have someone set up templates and team spaces to make this easier. Confluence's search was less effective.

    Google docs feels much more siloed and you can't make one document include multiple types …
    Incentivized
    Chose Notion
    Notion is all things to many people, but I prefer to move some of my intense project planning out of Notion into Jira. Jira's automations and APIs are much more robust and the data tracking Jira provides is better for spring planning. Notion is extremely flexible, though, and …
    Incentivized
    SmartSuite
    Chose SmartSuite
    It seemed to me it would be better to switch on SmartSuite as Asana didn’t have some features I looked for. SmartSuite is more detailed than Asana, and also a good point for Share view for clients.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
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    93%
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    75 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    86 Answers
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    60 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    107 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    79 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    72 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    45 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    18 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    78 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    53 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    Features
    AsanaNotionSmartSuite
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Asana and Notion and SmartSuite
    Feature
    Asana
    8.4
    179 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Notion
    7.3
    79 Ratings
    6% below category average
    SmartSuite
    9.1
    18 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Task Management9.2179 Ratings8.174 Ratings9.218 Ratings
    Resource Management8.1152 Ratings00 Ratings9.117 Ratings
    Gantt Charts9.261 Ratings6.846 Ratings9.114 Ratings
    Scheduling8.3162 Ratings6.957 Ratings9.016 Ratings
    Workflow Automation9.2132 Ratings6.355 Ratings9.117 Ratings
    Team Collaboration9.4178 Ratings00 Ratings9.218 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology8.57 Ratings00 Ratings9.118 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology8.57 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management8.6150 Ratings00 Ratings9.117 Ratings
    Email integration8.7142 Ratings00 Ratings9.117 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.8149 Ratings7.272 Ratings9.017 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking6.16 Ratings00 Ratings9.214 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management8.44 Ratings00 Ratings9.016 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.377 Ratings00 Ratings9.215 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings7.975 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings7.868 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Asana and Notion and SmartSuite
    Feature
    Asana
    6.7
    48 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Notion
    -
    Ratings
    SmartSuite
    9.2
    15 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Project & financial reporting5.51 Ratings00 Ratings9.114 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software8.047 Ratings00 Ratings9.29 Ratings
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings00 Ratings9.214 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Asana and Notion and SmartSuite
    Feature
    Asana
    -
    Ratings
    Notion
    7.7
    76 Ratings
    4% below category average
    SmartSuite
    -
    Ratings
    Chat00 Ratings6.129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings7.568 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings7.249 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings6.820 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings8.769 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings8.98 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Asana and Notion and SmartSuite
    Feature
    Asana
    -
    Ratings
    Notion
    8.1
    76 Ratings
    1% above category average
    SmartSuite
    -
    Ratings
    Versioning00 Ratings7.657 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings7.649 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings7.343 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings8.571 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings8.271 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings7.251 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings9.213 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.253 Ratings00 Ratings
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    KanbanFlow
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    User Ratings
    AsanaNotionSmartSuite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (209 ratings)
    8.6
    (85 ratings)
    9.2
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.6
    (34 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (37 ratings)
    8.4
    (55 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
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    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (42 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.7
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AsanaNotionSmartSuite
    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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    Notion Labs, Inc
    If you want a customizable solution that can be adapted for just about any scenario, I recommend using Notion. If you need a solution that's easy to share with people outside your organization, Notion is great and allows individual or team permission-setting. If you want a turnkey solution, Notion might not be the best since it requires a fair bit of set-up. There are templates that can be purchased to handle this, but I haven't found them very helpful.
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    SmartSuite
    It is best suited to be a google alternative for a google drive due to its multiple functions. Can add action items, upload multiple types of files and assign people responsibilities and tasks. It combines resource platform abilities with project management functionality in order to unite all your needs in one area.
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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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    Notion Labs, Inc
    • I love that you can create nested pages, allowing for separate sections to organize information as needed.
    • I appreciate the convenience of effortlessly uploading images to any section.
    • I appreciate that when adding links, you can embed them so the website displays directly on the page.
    Incentivized
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    SmartSuite
    • SmartSuite is a good collaboration tool
    • The capabilities of the platform are immense
    • The customization features allow users to set up the report type and view it exactly as they want
    • The choice of the fields to be used in the records and reports is really wide
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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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    Notion Labs, Inc
    • I use Notion on my personal tablet, and unlike on the computer, I have a lot of difficulty editing backgrounds, GIFs, and page dividers. It's not as user-friendly, and often the elements end up cut off or misaligned, which is frustrating.
    • While the current calendar feature is helpful, I'd love to see more customization options. The Google Calendar style isn't always ideal, especially for tasks without specific times or for ongoing projects that require daily maintenance.
    • It would be fantastic to have more flexibility in customizing Notion pages. For example, I'd love to create planners with the freedom to add illustration boxes, stickers, or GIFs without being restricted to a fixed layout.
    Incentivized
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    SmartSuite
    • A little better home screen, which is already in the works!
    • Better experience in the my work panel, which is also in the works already!
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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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    Notion Labs, Inc
    We're too settled in the ecosystem and we have no major complaints with it. No reason to move unless you have a burning pain point
    Incentivized
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    SmartSuite
    I have a great expereance
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    Very easy to use (I learned how to use everything on my own) and I was able to set up an entire ecosystem without any courses or other tools. I often say that Notion is like Lego for adults, because there we can use all the available tools to create a multitude of things, from funnels to projects with calculated deadlines and tags.
    Incentivized
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    SmartSuite
    The product is usability friendly, easy to use, flexible and has all functions I need for my purposes
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    Reliability and Availability
    Asana
    Working with Asana on a daily basis
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    SmartSuite
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    SmartSuite
    They have a great tutorial and a lot of hits during the work process
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    Implementation Rating
    Asana
    No answers on this topic
    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    SmartSuite
    That's easy. Just try
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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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    Notion Labs, Inc
    The company uses both Notion and Trello within the company. Notion is more for North America employees while Trello is used between Operation team overseas and in North America. Sometimes it's a preference of how the tools look like for project management. I would say both Notion and Trello are nice tools and serves our needs.
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    SmartSuite
    For our team, SmartSuite contains all features that we need. Before we use Asana, Trello and tried to use Airtable. But all of these management systems did not satisfy us. Then we started using SmartSuite, got to know all the possibilities and decided to switch to it
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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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    Notion Labs, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    SmartSuite
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Notion Labs, Inc
    • It has streamlined our processes across various teams to all work from a signle source of truth
    • Maintaining this source of truth is a full time job
    • It has reduced our overall tool set by completely eliminating two other softwares we were paying for
    Incentivized
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    SmartSuite
    • We have to spend less time on checking where the project is at
    • We can have less PM's in the business
    • Our clients are happier thus leading to more business
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