Asana
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 ClickUp, which covers 89% of the compared capabilities.
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Top Asana alternatives
We compared 14 products and found 14 cheaper alternatives · 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 14 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 8 of them cover at least 75% of the 9 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, SSO & SCIM provisioning, Conditional logic | 33% | $25/mo how? ⓘ | $1318.80 / year 81% cheaper | |
Plane Pro plan · missing: API access, Conditional logic dev project management — adjacent | 78% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $898.80 / year 56% cheaper | |
TOP PICK Trello Standard plan · missing: Time tracking, Conditional logic | 78% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $898.80 / year 56% cheaper | |
GoodDay Professional plan · missing: Guest access, Conditional logic | 78% | $60/mo how? ⓘ | $898.80 / year 56% cheaper | |
Jira Standard plan · missing: API access, SSO & SCIM provisioning, Time tracking, Conditional logic dev project management — adjacent | 56% | $79.10/mo how? ⓘ | $669.60 / year 41% cheaper | |
Miro Starter plan · missing: Workflow automations, Dashboards & reporting, Time tracking, Conditional logic | 56% | $80/mo how? ⓘ | $658.80 / year 41% cheaper | |
monday.com Basic plan · missing: SSO & SCIM provisioning, Conditional logic | 78% | $90/mo how? ⓘ | $538.80 / year 33% cheaper | |
Teamwork.com Basics plan | 100% | $99.90/mo how? ⓘ | $420 / year 26% cheaper | |
ClickUp Unlimited plan · missing: AI assistant | 89% | $100/mo how? ⓘ | $418.80 / year 26% cheaper | |
Wrike Team plan · missing: Guest access, SSO & SCIM provisioning | 78% | $100/mo how? ⓘ | $418.80 / year 26% cheaper | |
Notion Plus plan · missing: Workflow automations, Gantt & timeline views, Time tracking | 67% | $100/mo how? ⓘ | $418.80 / year 26% cheaper | |
Linear Basic plan · missing: Workflow automations, Gantt & timeline views, Time tracking, Conditional logic dev project management — adjacent | 56% | $100/mo how? ⓘ | $418.80 / year 26% cheaper | |
Smartsheet Pro plan · missing: Time tracking | 89% | $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
- ClickUp — $0/mo (Free Forever plan) · covers 89%
- Best open source or self-hosted
- Plane — $0/mo (Free plan) · covers 78%
- Best paid drop-in
- Teamwork.com — $99.90/mo (Basics plan) · covers 100%
- Need AI assistant?
- Plane — from $0/mo (Free plan)
- Need API access, workflow automations, dashboards & reporting, gantt & timeline views, guest access, SSO & SCIM provisioning, time tracking or conditional logic?
- ClickUp — from $0/mo (Free Forever 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 ClickUp.
- API access — Access and update project data programmatically via an API.Missing from Plane.
- Guest access — Invite external guests into a project.Missing from GoodDay.
- Time tracking — Track time spent on tasks.Missing from Trello.
- Conditional logic — Show or skip questions based on earlier answers.Missing from Plane, Trello, GoodDay.
Price at your volume
The same comparison recomputed at three sizes. Plan caps change who is cheapest.
| Scenario | Asana | Cheapest assessed alternative |
|---|---|---|
| 3 seats | $40.47/mo | Teamwork.com $0/mo (Free) |
| 10 seats | $134.90/mo | ClickUp $0/mo (Free Forever) |
| 25 seats | $337.25/mo | ClickUp $0/mo (Free Forever) |
Feature comparison
Asana vs the top alternatives, on the 9 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Asana | ClickUp | Plane | Trello | GoodDay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 from Enterprise | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Time tracking from Advanced | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Conditional logic from Advanced | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $134.90/mo Starter | $0/mo Free Forever | $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 — from Enterprise
- ✓ Time tracking — from Advanced
- ✓ Conditional logic — from Advanced
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://asana.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-08-31)
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. ClickUp has a free plan that covers 89% of the 9 capabilities we compared against Asana.
What is the cheapest Asana alternative?
In our scenario (10 seats, monthly billing), ClickUp is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free Forever plan).
What is the cheapest Asana alternative with Conditional logic?
ClickUp covers Conditional logic and costs $0/mo (Free Forever 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 2026-08-26 and 2026-09-07, on the vendors' official pricing pages.