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What is Asana?
Asana 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…
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- Task Management (163)9.191%
- Team Collaboration (162)9.090%
- Document Management (138)8.686%
- Scheduling (148)8.383%
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$13.49
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$30.49
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- $10 per user per monthOptional
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- Free Trial
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Starting price (does not include set up fee)
- $50 per month
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What is Asana?
Asana helps teams orchestrate their work, from daily tasks to strategic initiatives. The vendor states that with Asana, teams are more confident, move faster, and accomplish more with less, no matter where they are located. Asana boasts more than 75,000 paying organizations and millions of free organizations across 195 countries as users, who manage everything from company objectives to digital transformation to product launches and marketing campaigns. Teams do great things when everyone has clarity and is empowered to do their part. Asana aims to give teams the confidence to plan, organize, and execute their most ambitious work from anywhere.
Asana Features
Project Management Features
- Supported: Task Management
- Supported: Resource Management
- Supported: Gantt Charts
- Supported: Scheduling
- Supported: Workflow Automation
- Supported: Team Collaboration
- Supported: Document Management
- Supported: Email integration
- Supported: Mobile Access
- Supported: Budget and Expense Management
Professional Services Automation Features
- Supported: Integration with accounting software
Additional Features
- Supported: Work Management
- Supported: OKRs
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Asana Integrations
- Dropbox
- Google Drive
- Box
- Microsoft Teams
- Jira Software
- Slack
- GitHub
- Zapier
- Microsoft Power BI
- Salesforce
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- Tableau
Asana Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android, Mobile Web |
| Supported Languages | English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Japanese, German |
Frequently Asked Questions
Asana 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.
Asana starts at $50.
Reviewers rate Task Management highest, with a score of 9.1.
The most common users of Asana are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Asana is a versatile tool that serves multiple purposes within organizations. It is widely used for project management, allowing teams to track progress and update tasks efficiently. Users appreciate its helpful functions, which enable teams to stay productive, coordinated, and successful in completing tasks and projects. Asana has proven to be particularly effective for the Marketing Team, eliminating the need for outdated task management methods and streamlining project management. It is also highly valuable for organizations with remote workers and different schedules, providing a centralized platform to log projects, tasks, and schedules. The software facilitates collaboration across teams and projects through features like email reminders and project dashboards, enhancing productivity and ensuring everyone stays on the same page. With its customizable nature, Asana adapts to the specific requirements of each team and department, enabling personalized experiences and improved workflow efficiency. Furthermore, Asana's calendar feature helps teams assign and track deadlines, ensuring everyone stays on track and meets project milestones. Overall, Asana's intuitive interface and user-friendly design have led to high adoption rates among users in various departments and industries. Whether it's managing marketing projects, coordinating client work, tracking developer tasks, or facilitating cross-functional collaboration, Asana proves to be an indispensable tool for staying organized and meeting deadlines.
Users of Asana have provided several recommendations based on their experiences with the software. The most common recommendations include:
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Asana is highly regarded for its reliable email notification system. Users appreciate the timely alerts and updates they receive, helping them stay informed about important tasks and deadlines.
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Many users recommend Asana for its efficient file storage and sharing capabilities. Teams can easily collaborate on projects by uploading and sharing files within the platform, enabling seamless communication and collaboration.
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Asana's resource allocation feature is highly praised by users. They find it easy to assign tasks to team members, ensuring that work is distributed effectively and resources are utilized efficiently.
It's worth noting that these recommendations are based on user feedback and reflect their positive experiences with Asana's features.
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March 18, 2020
I love Asana!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use Asana across our Organization to keep organized and keep on task. We use it for setting tasks in our Warehouse to ensure deliveries are done in a timely manner and can be easily seen by all in our location and tracked if necessary. This makes things run a lot smoother for us overall.
- Shipping
- Organization
- Tasks
- More user friendly
- More Options
- Area for tracking information
98.75%
9.9
100%
10.0
- Timely Shipments
- ROI has been terrific
- Organization
We chose Asana because it is user friendly and easy to navigate. As a corporation we all use it for different areas of our business and share tasks in Asana for daily usage. We keep organized and on track because of Asana and what it brings to our company daily.
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Warehouse
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- Warehouse management
- Supply Ordering
- Hiring
- Interviewing
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- Positive Sales Experience with the Vendor
We needed something to keep our tasks and shipments on track and organized and this product does exactly what we needed and what we were expecting of Asana to do. We couldn't be happier or expect anything different than this. We won't be changing services any time soon or in the future at this time.
We would not change a thing. We are happy with Asana and what it has been able to bring to our organization and to keeping us on daily tasks. We would not want anything different because it offers what we need and were wanting in a Software for organizing for our teams.
February 11, 2020
Asana: Best all around project management tool
Our team is using Asana with other teams in collaboration in a project management capacity. We are using it to:
- Break down the multiple components of our projects into tasks, responsibilities, roles, and timelines.
- Track multiple pieces of a project across complex team structures and time zones.
- Plan time and logistical execution for our parts of the project moving forward.
- Observe the overall project's progress as a whole (Kanban-like progress board).
- Document processes that need to be completed so that others can implement them.
- Timelines: With Asana, you can create Gantt charts that show you preceding/needed action items. When a part of a project is delayed, you can track how that will affect the forward trajectory of the project.
- User management / Roles in relationship to tasks: Asana allows you to see individual users and assign them tasks in an overall project, while also being able to see what items are needed as a whole. It allows you to see who is doing what and when.
- Organized File storage: There's one master view for file storage, OR you can store files in individual tasks. Overall, for visually-driven individuals - and for those who need a strong sense of organization, it's not that helpful.
- Visual organization inside of tasks: The view inside of tasks could be improved for visually focused individuals; I find myself wanting more of a "notebook" view that better integrates different types of media and notes altogether.
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6.0
- Positive: Asana has allowed our team to work together with other complex teams and deliver in integrity. That's the name of the game in our world.
- Positive: Asana has allowed other members and teams to see our progress on projects, which has saved us time in communications, and therefore money.
Asana is better organized than Basecamp and less visually confusing. It's more user intuitive and clear about what exactly needs to get done and what elements depend on others being executed. Overall, the list and kanban views allow for a more natural, more organized viewing experience, and flexibility in different thinking styles.
Bitrix24 is an excellent tool at a lower cost and can be very powerful. Your processes determine a GREAT deal of which platform you choose to use - which is why it's so important to know them before you begin mapping these out in software. Overall, we have preferred Asana over Bitrix24.
Bitrix24 is an excellent tool at a lower cost and can be very powerful. Your processes determine a GREAT deal of which platform you choose to use - which is why it's so important to know them before you begin mapping these out in software. Overall, we have preferred Asana over Bitrix24.
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Usually, the team member assigned to marketing duties, and the project manager use Asana to help them see what they need to execute and deliver on their work. (ex: email marketer, Facebook ads person, copywriter, etc.).
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- Basic web navigation: The interior of the platform is pretty straightforward.
- An understanding of Kanban (there's a board view of project management) - you'd need to understand how to move your pieces across their progress milestones.
- Project management - You need to be able to understand the overall project and the milestones that comprise progress. You need to be able to break your overall task into smaller pieces and then list those things out so that others can understand your project and its components. You will also need to understand how much time each piece takes and what components are dependent upon one another so that you can communicate with other team members when something is delayed or when plans need to change.
- Project management - breaking out individual components of overall projects into milestones and measuring their progress.
- Process development & monitoring - mapping out standard operating procedures.
- Client communication / Interior dashboard hubs - Many agencies use this as a way to communicate with their client's various components of the projects that they have been hired to do. It reduces conversation and meetings - clients can check-in at any time to see what has been done.
- Coaching and teaching other companies on how to work with processes and adapt them to their teams.
- Networking - Using our connection to the platform to be able to meet others in our industry.
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We're using Asana to replace Notion.so - We are a creative team, and Notion has been a great internal hub for us for file storage, notes, and collaboration. The price has been great per user, and it integrates with Slack and other tools. However, we find that Asana is easier for task management and user designation/time contingencies overall. It also can sync to create master dashboards. This is a big deal when it comes to managing your project management as a whole.
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- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
- Vendor Reputation
After mapping out our processes, we realized that we needed a more exceptional ability to track users, time, and progress through the projects. Asana's features were the winner for us - the ability to connect on mobile and desktop, to track overall progress, to see Gantt charts, to be able to use in conjunction with user roles, and master dashboards were the winning stroke for us.
We are in a creative industry - But we also need to get a lot of work done. That means that there may not be ONE tool that solves all of our problems. If I had to change the process and go through it again, I would invest in two tools at the same time - One for file storage and collaboration and another for project management and master dashboards (asana).
- Integrations - Via Zapier, it integrates with EVERYTHING, which helps you automate your workflow and get more done. This is all about productivity, so it lives up to the need there.
- Master dashboards / easy to link and replicate inside of the platform. You can manage one project, many at the same time (and see where they all are in their various stages of progress), and link boards together so that productivity can be viewed at many different levels and in multiple roles.
- File storage and organization - You can store a lot in Asana, but it feels disconnected. Files are either buried in tasks or a large section. I keep wanting folders and an internal visual hub where you would organize documents and spreadsheets - perhaps a bit like dropbox or google drive.
- Even though you can CREATE master dashboards, the ones that you may need do not come standard as templates. You have to understand how to link them together to create them yourself.
Yes, but I don't use it
March 31, 2016
Asana: The task management tool of your dreams
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Asana is mainly our marketing project organizer. We are able to task each team member and organize due dates so that we don't forget to provide information to each other, customers, etc. We have a lot of detailed partnerships with other businesses with a lot of moving parts and various deadlines, so Asana makes it easy to keep track of it all.
- Report of tasks added to tasks completed to see how productive the team has been with a particular project.
- Individual tasks so you can see how swamped/not others on the team are.
- Adding a project/task to multiple projects is awesome. We have a general ALL marketing projects in one project and then separate them out in another (email, social media, etc.).
- The layout of Asana is a little intense and could be cleaned up a bit to provide a cleaner, more focused look.
- Can't drag and drop all tasks from one subtask to another.
- Would be nice if one subtask could live in two tasks (similarly that one task can live in multiple projects).
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4.6
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- I'm not sure how this impacts our ROI. We are able to manage our workload better and see the workload we have.
- Basecamp and Smartsheet
We loved the fun design hacks (e.g., flying celebratory unicorns when you complete a task, Tab+B puts tabby cats on your screen temporarily; themed backgrounds). We're marketers–can you blame us?! But in all seriousness, we chose Asana over other similar products because of the detail that Asana could go into when tasking out subtasks to individuals with separate deadlines. Managers are also able to view the tasks that team members are working on to manage workload. It's also helped increase visibility of task details amongst team members to provide background on projects they might be looped into in the future.
Yes
We previously used Basecamp and Producteev, but our team became too large to manage the increasing amount of tasks and team members. Thus, we searched for an alternative task management tool to help us organize multiple projects, project details, and deadlines. We ultimately loved that Asana allowed us to assign project tasks to one person with a deadline, and that we could also assign project subtasks to someone else with separate deadlines.
- Product Features
- Prior Experience with the Product
One of our team members had used Asana previously and had a good experience with it. But as I mentioned previously, it ultimately came down to the ability to task out subtasks of a tasks to different people with different deadlines. It also helped that the other options we were looking at were not as user friendly.
We wouldn't. We very thoroughly vetted all our options with sales demonstrations, a full pros/cons list from each person on our team using Asana, and then after everyone reviewed everything, we all took a vote and agreed that Asana was the best option for us.
January 20, 2014
Asana is an excellent project management tool
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
It was used by our entire organization since we constantly collaborated with all the departments including marketing, web development, creative direction, executives, and customer service. The business problem it addresses is making sure each department is aligned with one another and to make us all efficient with our projects.
- Assigning deadlines to staff that you're working with directly to make sure they meet them in order to achieve success.
- Making sure we know which team member has completed a project so we do not take on that project or have to wonder if it has been completed or not.
- Keeping all projects organized so we meet deadlines and move quickly on to other tasks.
- This is not an improvement for Asana, but I wish there was a way to make team members held accountable when they do not actively participate on Asana and we do not know if they've accomplished their tasks or not if they have not logged in.
- Increased employee efficiency
- Successful product rollouts
- Negative impact: when not utilized correctly, employees can be overwhelmed and not actively participate on Asana.
Asana is a much more seamless process, much more intuitive, and better UI. My complaint with Basecamp is that it does not seem well organized - the interface is not as intuitive and in the past, it has overwhelmed my former teammates. To the point where they do not actively login to Basecamp at all.
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Creative design, web development, marketing, customer service, executives.
7
Web developers, software developers, public relations, marketing, web content, SEO, customer service, designer.
- Organization
- Efficiency
- Identify opportunities
- Brainstorming activities
- ROI evaluation
- Project management identification
- Identify staffing needs
No
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
- Prior Experience with the Product
- Vendor Reputation
Price - since we're a startup, pricing matters.
Identify who on the staff would actually use Asana.
Yes
Yes, I was surprised how quickly it took to resolve because normally it takes days to hear a response from other competitors.