We compared Asana and Monday based on our users’ reviews of Project Management Software. After reading the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Monday is considered better than Asana overall due to its wider range of features, including automation, tagging, and insights. Monday also offers more customization options and is more affordable. Asana is easy to use and good for collaboration but lacks some of the advanced features of Monday.com. Customer service for Asana is mixed, while Monday's technical support is consistently praised. Monday.com is seen as a cost-effective solution with a positive ROI.
"The most valuable feature of Asana is the ease of navigation."
"The initial setup is straightforward. It was just a few clicks to get started and to integrate Asana into our existing business system. It took 15 days to fully implement our projects using Asana."
"What I like most about Asana is its simplicity. For example: we're not the only ones using it, and we onboard our customers to it, and normally, they have no questions."
"Asana allows you to create your own project with sub sections with subtasks that can be assigned. The feature I really love is that you can tag people to notify them that there has been progress on a project as well as add attachments."
"The solution scales well."
"It is stable and easy to set up."
"Asana has significantly reduced the number of emails we exchange because we can access the project directly. It organizes all the tasks related to each project, assigns them to staff with due dates, and tracks progress."
"Asana is a very simple interface for project managers to figure out, providing all the functions they need."
"It is extremely customizable to each and every one of my clients' needs."
"Monday.com increases the transparency of project management and team management."
"The handling and administration of Monday.com are manageable even for beginners."
"Monday is very easy to use and is very user-friendly."
"I love the ability to communicate within the app itself by leaving comments."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The most valuable aspects of the solution include the charts which are very useful for the reports."
"Automation is definitely my favorite feature as it makes our lives so much easier."
"I rate the support from Asana a four out of five."
"It's hard to integrate Asana into other parts of the company workflow, so integration is an area for improvement."
"The inbox feature can be a little overwhelming if you are working with Asana just from its project boards and only checking it periodically."
"Some updates are outdated, and their functionalities can affect the end outcomes."
"We don't get enough notifications."
"You need to have an action plan, otherwise, it won't be as effective."
"We have not used Asana on our private server. We have been using the cloud solution. We need an on premise solution for government agencies."
"The documentation for integration could be improved. We require more information to facilitate the integrations."
"Not a suitable solution for complex projects."
"Some boards are just buggy."
"Monday is one of the more expensive tools available."
"The documentation must be available in French."
"I've had trouble trying to link or merge together a board with my team in which we can collaborate and comment on each task or file without having our client in on the early stage conversations."
"Once timers are cleared, there is no way to recover this data."
"The solution could be improved by adding more plugins for Adobe (not just Photoshop) and adding a plugin for Discord."
"The marketing notification emails from Monday.com are really poor and of little value to the user."
Asana is ranked 3rd in Project Management Software with 43 reviews while monday.com is ranked 1st in Project Management Software with 222 reviews. Asana is rated 8.4, while monday.com is rated 9.4. The top reviewer of Asana writes "Stands out with portfolios, easy setup, and real-time information, but needs big improvement when it comes to workflows, automation, and dashboards". On the other hand, the top reviewer of monday.com writes "We can collaborate with our customers efficiently and professionally, and automation makes it easy for everyone". Asana is most compared with Microsoft Project, Wrike, Microsoft Azure DevOps, Jira and Trello, whereas monday.com is most compared with Wrike, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Zoho CRM, Microsoft Project and Odoo. See our Asana vs. monday.com report.
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This is a good question, but the starting point would be to understand whether your focus is on project management software or portfolio management software because there is a big difference between the two.
In terms of software, project management software is really focused on managing individual projects and can help communicate information about a specific project. Project management software is commonly used by Project Managers and the project team members. Portfolio management software though is focused on the entire portfolio of projects to give senior leaders holistic visibility of those projects. Portfolio management software helps senior leaders to make better strategic decisions. Check out this article for more information on this topic: https://acuityppm.com/project-...
Hi Netanya, for complez projects I recommend Basecamp or Microsoft Project, but for small or low complexity projects I suggest Trello. Best regards.
Hi Netanya,
Trello is a simple and effective project management tool that is easy to use and has a variety of features that can help you manage your projects effectively. Asana is a more comprehensive project management tool that has more features and is more complex to use. Monday.com is a project management tool that is designed to be used by teams, and has features that allow for collaboration and communication within teams.
But, I would recommend Trello, because it is a simple and effective project management tool. It is easy to use and has a variety of features that can help you manage your projects effectively.
Hi Netanya,
If you want to reach a quick-wins at the portfolio level with an intelligent algorithmic and automated approach please look at my favourite tool called Aangine.
It gives you capabilities to run multiple What-if scenarios at the portfolio level, considering various constraints on capacity, budgets, timing and prioritization. It helps PMOs/SPMs very quickly to perform risk & value analysis and run impacts analysis to see what happens if suddenly priorities/capacity/budget will be changed. Visibility on future horizons, possibly bottlenecks and risks gives you the opportunity to compare and run an intelligent algorithm to optimise your future portfolio within a new reality immediately. As an outcome, in the first couple of quarters, you will get significant results on your execution side of the way of working.
Regarding the execution part of the delivery for the corporate customers, I would recommend Micro Focus PPM review.
Kind regards,
I. Bayraktar
I’ve used Trello, Asana, and Monday.com.
My favorite by far is ClickUp due to following reasons:
1. It’s inexpensive.
2. Support is great.
3. Very flexible - we do sprints with points and it’s great for this.
4. They are constantly launching new improvements.
5. Most important - my team loves ClickUp and actually uses it! We particularly like the goals feature.
Jira is what we currently use and I have no complaints about it at all.
Since 1998 I have been using the Planisware project portfolio management solution for multiple pharma organizations.
The application initially had the esoteric name OPX2. For easier international name recognition, its name sensibly became Planisware in 2009 with the release of P5. Subsequent releases of Planisware P5 and Planisware P6 (or V6) and currently Planisware Enterprise (E7) have brought substantive improvements to the stakeholder community in user interface, capabilities, reporting, and performance.
Planisware documentation has evolved markedly with more frequent publishing of detailed functional guides, videos, and release notes, available online for customers and from within the application. For example, the fifth set of release notes for E7, specifically 7.0.4; March 2022, is 133 pages long. Planisware Academy is another tool for gaining proficiency with project and portfolio management.
What I especially enjoy with Planisware is unsurpassed flexibility for managing project activities--not just as list tables and Gantt charts, but also with Kanban cards, roadmaps, stage and gates, deliverables, ideas, etc. Modules for resource management and cost management have similar depth of execution. Another module for tracking risks and opportunities is selectable when needed.
Planisware's implementation of activity types as a discrete breakdown structure facilitates the use of consistent, defined activities across projects and improves the accuracy of planning.
Project templates and activity library features are valuable for creating new projects more efficiently.
Data visualization is another Planisware strongpoint. It's possible to make dynamic slide presentations of working projects.
Given the depth and breadth of Planisware modules and the software's overall capabilities, each corporate organization has to make a long-term commitment to adopting Planisware. Providing stakeholders the opportunity to gain needed proficiencies with Planisware is also essential for reaping the considerable benefits of using this fascinating enterprise solution.
I have experience with Asana. It's an easy-to-use and configure solution, especially for medium and non-complex plans.