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Score 8.3 out of 10

Based on 739 reviews and ratings

Pivotal Tracker

Score 8.3 out of 10

Based on 54 reviews and ratings

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Feature Rating Comparison

Asana

7.8

Pivotal Tracker

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Task Management

9.0

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Resource Management

8.2

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Gantt Charts

6.5

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Scheduling

8.5

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Workflow Automation

7.8

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Team Collaboration

8.9

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Support for Agile Methodology

8.5

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Support for Waterfall Methodology

8.5

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Document Management

6.8

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Email integration

7.2

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Mobile Access

8.2

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Timesheet Tracking

6.1

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Change request and Case Management

8.4

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Budget and Expense Management

7.3

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Asana

6.2

Pivotal Tracker

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Project & financial reporting

5.5

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Integration with accounting software

7.0

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Pros

Everyone on the team can monitor the progress of all tasks.
Document control is managed with Asana as the front-end and Google Drive (or Dropbox) as the back-end.
There is no top-level admin therefore everyone can feel empowered to push tasks/projects along.
Documenting processes is simple.
Mobile app on both iOS and Android.

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Director of Marketing

1871Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Summarize and track larger feature and project status with Epics.
Help easily break down projects into testable, manageable user stories.
Bring tasks and bugs into one structure.
Collaboration between multiple developers is simple.

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Head of Development Technologies

Top Floor TechnologiesInternet, 11-50 employees

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Cons

A timeline feature would be huge for enterprise reporting. If you think about viewing a project, it's not just its sprint planning and task management that people want visibility to. It's, what happened and when over the life of the project. Having a timeline with a milestone-level view would help Asana gain traction in the enterprise.
A forecasting tool of delivery is a killer feature (remember killer apps?) for managers. Based on the delivery schedule for the past 50% of the project, we have X% confidence we're on track for final delivery. Now, some of this goes against agile principles but at the same time, so to people, projects and organizations.

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Senior iOS Developer

Savant SystemsInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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The UI has been buggy (maybe releasing too quickly without adequate QA).
There is some rigidity in the UI which limits what it could be
Lots of features...some which aren't particularly useful in every scenario (velocity) which could be omitted by option to make the app simpler.

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Verified User

Engineer in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Asana10.0

Based on 32 answers

Asana has been incorporated into our workflow and works nicely for what we need it to do, thus we will continue to work in Asana.

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Producer/Content Management, Digital Media Group

DIRECTVTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Pivotal Tracker10.0

Based on 1 answer

I love the simplicity, non-configurability, and price/performance of this tool. Hands down my favorite project management tool for agile.

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Project Manager in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 11-50 employees

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Usability

Asana6.0

Based on 5 answers

This is the best task management App for teams I have used

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Project Manager

ClickSoftwareComputer Software, 501-1000 employees

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Reliability and Availability

Asana8.4

Based on 2 answers

Working with Asana on a daily basis

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Project Manager

ClickSoftwareComputer Software, 501-1000 employees

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Support

Asana8.3

Based on 2 answers

They don't fix everything, but they have certainly gone the extra mile for us. When we were frustrated with a recent change that altered our default view of every project, changing it from all projects being visible to just incomplete projects being visible, they wrote a custom script to change all of our default views back for us, so we didn't have to manually click 3,000 times (we have over a thousand projects).

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Verified User

C-Level Executive in Product Management

Internet Company, 11-50 employees

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Pivotal Tracker10.0

Based on 1 answer

Super fast turn around time

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Engineer in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Other users were not well aware of the alternatives and were good to have a better UI with Asana compared to the card like structure of Trello.

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iOS Developer

The Bird GroupInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Our organization actually does not exclusively use Pivotal. We also have teams on solutions like Trello and LeanKit. It's all preference, those who buy into all the agile features that pivotal provides, love it. Those who do not need all the overhead, simply use a different solution as their primary work log. However, every team still has a pivotal tracker as we use it as our primary system of record for audit history.

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Engineer in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employees

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Scalability

Asana8.2

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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Project Manager

ClickSoftwareComputer Software, 501-1000 employees

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Return on Investment

Elimination of the time required for communication between employees
Reducing the time required for meetings
Improve customer feedback on the company's work

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Project manager

Web2win RussiaEvents Services, 1-10 employees

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It helped manage and communicate tasks effectively to keep the project running smoothly
Bringing new people up to speed on how to effectively use the tools can be slow

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JavaScript Developer

AetnaE-Learning, 1-10 employees

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Screenshots

Asana

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Pricing Details

Asana

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

8.33*

1. per user per month

Additional Pricing Details

Asana is always free for teams of up to 15 people.

Pivotal Tracker

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

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