Asana alternatives
Project Management · asana.com
Asana is a work management platform for organizing tasks, projects, goals, and portfolios with views, automations, reporting, and AI features.
Switching to Miro, which covers 50% of the compared capabilities.
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Top Asana alternatives
We compared 14 products and found 13 cheaper options (10 of them cover at least half the compared features) · vs Asana Starter at $134.90/mo for 10 seats ($13.49/seat) · scenario: 10 seats, monthly billing, USD.
Asana costs $134.90/mo on the Starter plan at 10 seats, monthly billing. We found 13 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 3 of them cover at least 75% of the 6 compared capabilities. The cheapest option that covers everything we compared is Teamwork.com at $99.90/mo (Basics plan), 26% less.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Basecamp Freelancer plan · missing: AI assistant, API access, Workflow automations, Gantt & timeline views | 33% | $25/mo how? ⓘ | $1318.80 / year 81% cheaper | |
Plane Pro plan · missing: API access dev project management — adjacent | 83% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $898.80 / year 56% cheaper | |
TOP PICK GoodDay Professional plan · missing: AI assistant, Guest access | 67% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $898.80 / year 56% cheaper | |
Trello Standard plan · missing: Dashboards & reporting, Gantt & timeline views | 67% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $898.80 / year 56% cheaper | |
Jira Standard plan · missing: API access dev project management — adjacent | 83% | $79.10/mo how? ⓘ | $669.60 / year 41% cheaper | |
Miro Starter plan · missing: Workflow automations, Dashboards & reporting, Guest access | 50% | $80/mo how? ⓘ | $658.80 / year 41% cheaper | |
Teamwork.com Basics plan | 100% | $99.90/mo how? ⓘ | $420 / year 26% cheaper | |
Wrike Team plan · missing: Guest access | 83% | $100/mo how? ⓘ | $418.80 / year 26% cheaper | |
ClickUp Unlimited plan · missing: AI assistant, Dashboards & reporting | 67% | $100/mo how? ⓘ | $418.80 / year 26% cheaper | |
Linear Basic plan · missing: Workflow automations, Dashboards & reporting, Gantt & timeline views, Guest access dev project management — adjacent | 33% | $100/mo how? ⓘ | $418.80 / year 26% cheaper | |
Notion Plus plan · missing: AI assistant, Workflow automations, Dashboards & reporting, Gantt & timeline views | 33% | $100/mo how? ⓘ | $418.80 / year 26% cheaper | |
monday.com Standard plan · missing: Dashboards & reporting | 83% | $120/mo how? ⓘ | $178.80 / year 11% cheaper | |
Smartsheet Pro plan · missing: API access, Guest access | 67% | $120/mo how? ⓘ | $178.80 / year 11% cheaper |
Which Asana alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
- Best full coverage
- Teamwork.com — $99.90/mo (Basics plan) · covers 100%
- Best free plan
- Miro — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 50%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Plane — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 50%
- Best paid drop-in
- Teamwork.com — $99.90/mo (Basics plan) · covers 100%
- Need AI assistant or API access?
- Miro — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need workflow automations, dashboards & reporting or gantt & timeline views?
- Jira — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need guest access?
- Plane — from $0/mo (Free plan)
What you give up
Capabilities Asana has that the top alternatives lack.
- AI assistant — Get AI help drafting updates or summarizing project status.Missing from Jira.
- API access — Access and update project data programmatically via an API.Missing from Jira, Plane.
- Workflow automations — Automate repetitive workflow steps.Missing from Miro, Plane, Linear.
- Dashboards & reporting — View dashboards and reports on project progress.Missing from Miro, Plane, Linear.
- Gantt & timeline views — View project timelines as Gantt or timeline charts.Missing from Linear.
- Guest access — Invite external guests into a project.Missing from Jira, Miro, Linear.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
| Usage | Asana | Cheapest assessed alternative |
|---|---|---|
| 3 seats | $40.47/moStarter | $0/mocheaperTeamwork.com · Free |
| 10 seats | $134.90/moStarter | $0/mocheaperJira · Free |
| 25 seats | $337.25/moStarter | $0/mocheaperMiro · Free |
Feature comparison
Asana vs the top alternatives, on the 6 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Asana | Jira | Miro | Plane | Linear |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI assistant from Starter | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| API access from Personal | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Workflow automations from Starter | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Dashboards & reporting from Starter | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Gantt & timeline views from Starter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Guest access from Starter | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $134.90/mo Starter | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Asana covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ AI assistant — from Starter
- ✓ API access — from Personal
- ✓ Workflow automations — from Starter
- ✓ Dashboards & reporting — from Starter
- ✓ Gantt & timeline views — from Starter
- ✓ Guest access — from Starter
- ↑ SSO & SCIM provisioning — only from Enterprise, not compared
- ↑ Time tracking — only from Advanced, not compared
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Who switched
Anonymous: no account, no email, no IP stored. Reports are shown once a switch has 3 or more and never change ranking or order — alternatives are computed from prices and capabilities only.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://asana.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-26)
Frequently asked
How much does Asana cost?
Asana's Starter plan costs $134.90/mo in our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing). A free plan exists.
Is there a free Asana alternative?
Yes. Miro has a free plan that covers 50% of the 6 capabilities we compared against Asana.
What is the cheapest Asana alternative?
In our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing), Jira is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
What is the cheapest Asana alternative with Workflow automations?
Jira covers Workflow automations and costs $0/mo (Free plan) in our scenario.
Does Asana have a free plan?
Yes. Asana's free plan is limited to 2 seats.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-29, on the vendors' official pricing pages.