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Pros
"I like how easy it is to use the rules within Asana.""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.""Asana has helped me (as an individual contributor) organize my daily work and given me a way to plan for longer term objectives.""The initial setup was straightforward.""Stable Kanban style tool for collaboration and task management. It runs smoothly and has a straightforward setup.""The solution appears to be quite stable.""Asana has a wonderful user experience that is very easy to interact with and has tons of integrations with other products and tools.""The most valuable feature of the solution is its project management tracking systems."

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"The ability to network informally is great for communicating with colleagues.""The ease of use is valuable."

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Cons
"The solution can be difficult for new users to use because of the interface.""Some customizations and functions are still not available, however, so far, they haven't been a deal killer.""If you have been using a tool like Jira for many years, it make time some time to get used to the minimalist layout in Asana.""Their workflows and automation could use a big improvement. I don't even know if they have anything in that regard right now. I would really love to see a way where you can send custom alerts based on a task's completion or status change or an approval coming through. I would love to see a way to get some low-code functionality into Asana because right now, that is a big miss.""More features can be added.""There could be some improvements in terms of how projects or day-to-day work is organized. One of the challenges when it comes to rolling out to an enterprise is the way the projects are organized. It has a kind of setup where you have different projects and tasks, but it is not as organized as Smartsheet when it comes to organizing projects or different teams. It can get really cluttered really fast. JIRA has another suite to submit the support tickets. It would be good if Asana could branch out to incorporate some kind of workflow. It is great for collaboration and recording work, but there isn't any workflow. It would be useful if they can map out a workflow of who approves what. This is kind of a big ask, and it is not geared towards that.""The mobile application of Asana has to be improved a lot because no one wants to do a complete project management task on mobile.""The documentation for integration could be improved. We require more information to facilitate the integrations."

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"The product isn't easy to use. It's not very intuitive.""The solution could be more user-friendly."

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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."
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    Questions from the Community
    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.
    Top Answer:The licensing costs are approximately $900 annually. I rate the price a four out of ten, with one being cheap and ten being expensive.
    Top Answer:The recent update on the solution has made it a little bit complex. For example, to create a team and a project, there is a separate button that you need to click. Recently they updated it with only… more »
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    Comparisons
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    Compared 17% of the time.
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    Compared 14% of the time.
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    Compared 5% of the time.
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    Overview

    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.

    Basecamp is a web-based project-management tool developed by Basecamp and launched in 2004, with a new version being launched in 2012. Basecamp offers to-do lists, wiki-style web-based text documents, milestone management, file sharing, time tracking, and a messaging system. Basecamp Classic also offers integration with Basecamp's own Campfire product, and features APIs that are used by a host of web and mobile apps. Basecamp Classic's interface is available in different languages (e.g. Spanish, French, Italian, German, Finnish and Japanese). The newer version of Basecamp currently only supports English as the interface language.
    Sample Customers
    Uber, Vodaphone, NASA, Spotify, Lyft, Baggu, Udacity, Patreon, Flipboard, Dropbox, Intel, Samsung, Airbnb, SFMoma, Hubspot, Trivago
    Ashland Addison Florist Co., Victory Auto Wreckers, Ideal Box Co., Hollymatic Corp.
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Non Profit13%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Legal Firm13%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization49%
    Computer Software Company7%
    Manufacturing Company4%
    Financial Services Firm4%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company19%
    Healthcare Company10%
    Educational Organization10%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business73%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business14%
    Midsize Enterprise54%
    Large Enterprise31%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise67%
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    Asana is ranked 3rd in Project Management Software with 43 reviews while Basecamp is ranked 21st in Project Management Software with 3 reviews. Asana is rated 8.4, while Basecamp is rated 7.6. 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 Basecamp writes "Easy to navigate and good for communications but needs better documentation". Asana is most compared with Wrike, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Azure DevOps, monday.com and Jira, whereas Basecamp is most compared with Jira, Smartsheet, Planview Portfolios and ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management.

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