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Score 8.3 out of 10

Based on 802 reviews and ratings

Score 8.4 out of 10

Based on 56 reviews and ratings

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Feature Rating Comparison

Asana

7.8

Pivotal Tracker

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Task Management

9.1

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Resource Management

7.8

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Gantt Charts

6.5

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Scheduling

8.5

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Workflow Automation

7.5

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Team Collaboration

9.0

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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

7.4

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Mobile Access

7.8

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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

7.0

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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

Cross-team communication is always a challenge, but Asana helps make information transparent and accessible to all members of the team.
It's easy to share with individuals outside of the organization and still control the flow of information.
Being able to link in other design resources like InVision prototypes is a huge time saver.
Integrating with Slack makes much of our necessary communication automatic.

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Senior Director of Product Experience

WuXi NextCODEBiotechnology, 501-1000 employees

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Project management - helpful for tracking the overall project as well as sub-projects associated with it, thanks to Epic/Story/Mini-Epic/etc breakdown of items
Cross communication - each posting (story, epic, etc) allows for commenting and communication regarding the topic so all communication can be logged under the task
Analytics - PT shows you the speed at which project statuses change and are completed so you can track your team's efficiency.

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Director in Other

Internet Company, 11-50 employees

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Cons

Nothing to note, really. We love it!

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Barbara Carneiro

Disciple & Head Honcho

Word RevolutionMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 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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Engineer in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Asana10.0

Based on 32 answers

Asana is adding more useful features and it makes the work of their entire team more organized and more efficient. It really helps us in achieving greater achievements as a team. It helps us to earn more revenue since we have more satisfied clients, simply because we are able to finish their project on time or even before the due date.

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Brent Lionel Mausisa

Co-Founder

2for1 Virtual ExpertsInternet, 1-10 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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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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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

Basecamp is a great tool but looks a bit juvenile next to Asana. Basecamp treated us very well but Asana is a perfect fit for us now. It's easy to use and clients use it, which is a big win. Teamwork was extremely complex and cluttered. Something that made is really hard for my team and clients to embrace. We were with Teamwork for one month, then we moved to Asana!

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Barbara Carneiro

Disciple & Head Honcho

Word RevolutionMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 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

Increased employee efficiency. It has increased communication between employees on work matter by 100%.
Decreased emails. We are now able to work efficienctly due to fewer emails and meetings. Emails has reduced by 200%.
Faster project cycle.

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Engineer in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 1-10 employees

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Been useful for years now, despite other options
Pivotal is a great platform across teams since you can drag "stories" from tracker to tracker
It also acts as a good audit history of tasks done, if you are diligent about logging them.

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Engineer in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employees

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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

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

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