Asana
Work management platform for teams to organize, track, and manage projects.
Project Management
Free tier
Overview
Asana is a general-purpose work management platform offering list, board, timeline, and calendar views. It works well for both technical and non-technical teams.
Strengths
- Multiple views: list, board, timeline, calendar
- Intuitive interface that non-technical users love
- Good for cross-functional collaboration
- Strong automation and rules engine
Weaknesses
- Expensive compared to alternatives
- Free tier is quite limited
- Can be too generic for software development
- Performance slows with large projects
Pricing estimate
$110
/month
$1319/year
Free for up to 10 users, limited views
Quick info
- Category
- Project Management
- Starting price
- $10.99/user/mo
- Free tier
- Yes — Free for up to 10 users, limited views
- Open source
- No
- Best for
- Mid-size teams
- Founded
- 2008
Last updated 2026-04-12
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