Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management vs Asana comparison

Cancel
You must select at least 2 products to compare!
Asana Logo
5,632 views|4,064 comparisons
88% willing to recommend
Comparison Buyer's Guide
Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management and Asana based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out what your peers are saying about monday.com, Broadcom, ServiceNow and others in Project Portfolio Management.
To learn more, read our detailed Project Portfolio Management Report (Updated: April 2024).
768,857 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Featured Review
Quotes From Members
We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use.
Here are some excerpts of what they said:
Pros
"The dashboard is the most valuable feature."

More Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management Pros →

"It's an easy way to communicate.""The most valuable feature of Asana is the tracking of comments and documents in one place.""I love the way it monitors all of the current and past projects, and it sends notifications to keep everything on the track.""The most valuable feature of the solution is its project management tracking systems.""The most valuable feature of Asana is the ease of navigation.""Asana's most valuable aspect is its ability to consolidate all tasks and projects onto a single board, allowing for seamless navigation through timelines from start to finish. Additionally, it enables the inclusion of key stakeholders and provides a private communication channel for discreet discussions. The organizational component of Asana is particularly beneficial, including its coding features.""Asana has helped me (as an individual contributor) organize my daily work and given me a way to plan for longer term objectives.""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."

More Asana Pros →

Cons
"The user-experience, enhanced performance, and in-hand governance can be improved."

More Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management Cons →

"The mobile application of Asana has to be improved a lot because no one wants to do a complete project management task on mobile.""In Asana, there's no way to add a custom date field.""The messaging feature could be better.""We don't get enough notifications.""We'd like the capability to be able to set up weekly reminders.""It would be beneficial if Asana had a predecessor feature that automatically adjusts all subsequent dates when changes are made to a timeline. For example, if I assign a designer four hours for one task and two days for another, and the completion of a task takes longer than anticipated, it would be convenient if updating one date could prompt the adjustment of all other relevant dates. Essentially, this feature would streamline the process and eliminate the need for manual adjustments.""Having a quick way to do video inside the platform or video communication could be very handy.""For large teams, scalability should be improved."

More Asana Cons →

Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The solution is expensive. There is a yearly licensing cost. There are no additional costs, only the standard license, and the cloud license."
  • More Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management Pricing and Cost Advice →

  • "The price of this solution makes it quite accessible, and the plans fit my budget."
  • "Asana has two different types of structures: company vs workspace. Company is really best if all the users you plan to assign work to are all internal (have the same corporate domain in their user ID email address). Once one person signs up (even for a free account) with a corporate email address, Asana will automatically relate that person to that company, if it already exists. If you plan to use it for external collaboration as well as internal, then creating a workspace is a better approach."
  • "It has a free version."
  • "There is a free version of Asana, but we use the paid version to receive all the features we want. The overall price is reasonable."
  • "Its price is fair. Its licensing cost is cheaper than Microsoft Project. I would rate it a two out of five in terms of pricing."
  • "For what it brings to the table, I think Asana is fairly affordable. I would like to see the portfolio feature in our pricing plan, but other than that, it's definitely pretty good."
  • "We're on the business tier, which is $25 a month if you're on an annual contract. It's $31 if you're on a month-to-month contract. In my experience, there are no hidden costs with Asana. I know Smartsheet has these add-ons that you can buy, which is an additional cost, but Asana doesn't have any add-ons that I know of. When you're trying to scale the product and want to add users, you have to do it in buckets of five. This is also something to consider."
  • "This solution is reasonably priced."
  • More Asana Pricing and Cost Advice →

    report
    Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Project Portfolio Management solutions are best for your needs.
    768,857 professionals have used our research since 2012.
    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The dashboard is the most valuable feature.
    Top Answer:The solution is expensive. There is a yearly licensing cost. There are no additional costs, only the standard license, and the cloud license.
    Top Answer:The user-experience, enhanced performance, and in-hand governance can be improved.
    Top Answer:The solution's user interface is very good.
    Top Answer:Currently, I'm using Asana for free. The solution's free version can be used for basic functions. When my colleagues start using it, I will contact Asana and find the most efficient plan for us.
    Ranking
    Views
    397
    Comparisons
    339
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    419
    Rating
    8.0
    Views
    5,632
    Comparisons
    4,064
    Reviews
    28
    Average Words per Review
    555
    Rating
    8.4
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    planningIT, alfabet planningIT, Alfabet IT Planning and Portfolio Management
    Learn More
    Overview

    Software AG's Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management Platform provides decision-makers with insight into the IT portfolio to make the right IT investment decisions and to plan how IT will support the business in the future.

    Asana is web-based software-as-a-service that helps teams coordinate and manage their work. It helps companies move faster by making sure everyone knows the team’s plan and process and who is doing what by when.

    Each user can create projects using a list, board, calendar, or timeline view. Within each project, users can add tasks, subtasks, sections, comments, attachments, start and due dates, and custom fields. Project and task followers get notifications on changes or comments on the project and/or task in their Inbox. Individual users can see all of the tasks they're responsible for across all of their projects in a view called My Tasks.

    Asana is available in English, French, Spanish, German, and Portuguese.

    Sample Customers
    FUJITSU, Coca Cola, ING, CreditSuisse, CosmosDirekt, GTA, Echo Entertainment Group, Electrolux, Cern
    Uber, Vodaphone, NASA, Spotify, Lyft, Baggu, Udacity, Patreon, Flipboard, Dropbox, Intel, Samsung, Airbnb, SFMoma, Hubspot, Trivago
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company11%
    Government11%
    Insurance Company10%
    REVIEWERS
    Non Profit13%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Legal Firm13%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization49%
    Computer Software Company7%
    Financial Services Firm5%
    Manufacturing Company4%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business13%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise76%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business73%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise55%
    Large Enterprise31%
    Buyer's Guide
    Project Portfolio Management
    April 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about monday.com, Broadcom, ServiceNow and others in Project Portfolio Management. Updated: April 2024.
    768,857 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management is ranked 14th in Project Portfolio Management with 4 reviews while Asana is ranked 3rd in Project Management Software with 43 reviews. Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management is rated 7.6, while Asana is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management writes "Helps us to implement and understand the status of our projects". On the other hand, 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". Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management is most compared with ARIS BPA, ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management, LeanIX, Alfabet FastLane and Jira, whereas Asana is most compared with Microsoft Project, Wrike, Microsoft Azure DevOps, monday.com and Jira.

    See our list of best Project Portfolio Management vendors.

    We monitor all Project Portfolio Management reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.