Asana vs. Slack

Asana

Slack

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Asana	Score8.4 out of 10	N/A	Asana is a web and mobile project management app. With tasks, projects, conversations, and dashboards, Asana lets an entire team know who's doing what by when, enabling workload balancing. Users can also add integrations for GANTT charts, time tracking and more.	$13.49 per month per user
Slack	Score9.1 out of 10	N/A	Slack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020. The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls. The…	$8.75 per month per user

Pricing

Asana

Slack

Starter: $13.49
per month per user
Advanced: $30.49
per month per user
Enterprise: Contact Sales
Personal: Free

Free: $0
Pro: $7.25*
per month per user
Business+: $12.50*
per month per user
Enterprise: Contact Sales

Pricing Offerings
Asana	Slack
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes	No

Optional

No setup fee

A discount is offered for annual billing.

*Per active user, per month, when paying once a year. Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Asana	Slack
Considered Both Products	Asana Verified User Chose Asana I'd choose Asana as a solution in case I need to deal with project management and working with other people. In case I need to also have private conversations with anyone involved in a project, I'd prefer Slack. And in case I'd like just a task management tool without too … Incentivized Helpful? Thomas Verschoren Senior Solutions Specialist in Professional Services at Premium Plus (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Asana Against Jira it offers a more modern experience with less complex user interfaces. The admin and setup experience is also way faster with less (or no) legacy complexity. Against other modern players like Linear and Basecamp it offers way more integrations so we can pull in data … Incentivized Helpful? Rafiqul Islam Full-stack Software Engineer in Information Technology at Grameen Solutions (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Asana Asana is a top-tier project management software that helps us organize and track projects from start to finish. It allows us to apply tasks/to-dos to multiple projects without duplication, divide complex projects into smaller tasks, and track project progress. It also helps us … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Asana I believe that Asana is more professional than Trello. I used Trello a long time ago, but it looked more suitable for a student project rather than for a professional team or business environment. I believe it has great features to help companies in different stages and of … Incentivized Helpful? Molly Coller Consumer Marketing - Advertising/Brand in Social Media at Nintendo (Computer Games, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Asana I have used many tools for project management but Asana is the tool that has fulfilled my all requirements and given me satisfying and reliable services at a good price. I easily manage all projects and track them in advanced ways. [I] highly suggest [this] tool, I assure you … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Asana We have a lot of different software available and different teams are using different products. I think Asana is comparable to many of the other software that we use. It was slightly less intuitive than I would have expected, but it did help keep everyone updated on the project … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Asana Asana is cross-platformed and is easy and quickly reachable via a web browser. It has permissions, filters, reports, tags, comments, etc. All these features allow tracking day-by-day activities of the team as well as weekly/ monthly milestones and reporting. It is quick, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Asana I have been using Smartsheet for a similar project management usage with a customer of ours. Asana is way better than Smartsheet with a much better user interface and experience. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Asana We are evaluating Forecast as another project management option. The benefit of Asana is that is it usable on mobile whereas Forecast is not. Asana is also more affordable, making it easy to add teammates and clients. Since Asana does not manage resources/time allocation like … Incentivized Helpful? Allison McLain General Manager in Corporate at Brand Fuel, Inc. (Marketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees) Chose Asana Basecamp is more for individual work tasks and it fails to provide an overall bigger picture of how the project is going as a whole. I like Asana much better because it gives visual cues to let you know whether you're going to hit a deadline or if there are bottlenecks in the … Incentivized Helpful? Jithin Jacob Software Developer in Information Technology at ZYBOW (Computer Software, 11-50 employees) Chose Asana Asana is fast, better user experience. Easy to manage between the projects and the team. Incentivized Helpful? Erin Harris Internet Marketing Manager in Marketing at Cantle Tech, Inc. (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Asana We all hated Trello... Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Asana Personally, I didn't have a say in this as I had not started at the company when the team decided on Asana. That said, I have used monday.com, and we also have JIRA, which is used by our dev team, and us occasionally if we need to. JIRA has too many bells and whistles and is … Incentivized Helpful? Chandos Schorstein Technical Director in Marketing at Smoky Hill Vineyard (Religious Institutions, 11-50 employees) Chose Asana We tried Trello, Wunderlist, and Producteev, but at the time, none of them had the feature set that Asana offers. The main requirement we had was the ability to create projects and subtasks with individual due dates and assignments. Asana was the only one that allowed us to … Incentivized Helpful? Eligreg Lopez Content Strategist in Marketing at Living Group LLC (Furniture, 11-50 employees) Chose Asana Asana has a task list, Trello doesn't. Asana has different views, Trello only has one. The Asana mobile app is amazingly easy to use. Trello can be confusing for some people. Trello is free for unlimited users, Asana requires payment for more users and integrations. Trello also … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Asana 1. JIRA is more focused on technical developers. Hard for those non-technical users. 2. Wrike was good for project management assignment but lousy for communication after task assignment. 3. Trello was good for brain-storming a project but lousy for tasks assignment and … Incentivized Helpful? Kenny Madison Junior Video Editor at Chive Media Group (Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees) Chose Asana Asana is so much better than Wrike. Wrike has a lot more customizability, but it's too much. Asana keeps things very simple and can include a litany of integrations to help me get the most out of my needs. Wrike, from what I remember, also uses more resources from my computer. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Asana Asana shines as a project management tool. It far exceeds other comparable programs as it has and is constantly adding new features for its free and premium users. The program is consistently adapting to market needs, keeping it viable as a project tool that can be utilized by … Incentivized Helpful? Kirk Brote Senior Director of Product Experience in Research & Development at WuXi NextCODE (Biotechnology, 501-1000 employees) Chose Asana There were a combination of factors that led us to decide on Asana, including ease of use and external system integrations, but primarily we could use it across geographically distributed offices successfully and incorporate a variety of end user work flows based on global … Incentivized Helpful? Tyler Collum Corporate Director Of Human Resources in Corporate at Duke Hospitality (Hospitality, 201-500 employees) Chose Asana We “beta” tested several softwares across our company. Asana was a great fit for our small corporate team. But when we rolled it out company wide, it didn’t stick. We eventually ended up using Airtable - which has worked out well for us. Incentivized Helpful? Kelly Reumann Lead Graphic Design Specialist/ Social Media Marketer in Marketing at CyberCartel International Inc. (Retail, 51-200 employees) Chose Asana Asana and Monday are similar in that they are both task tracking softwares however I feel that Asana is a bit too simple for our team as opposed to Monday. Asana is great for a small to medium sized team, we are looking for a software that we can use across multiple departments … Incentivized Helpful? Saurabh Yadav iOS Developer in Engineering at The Bird Group (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Asana Other users were not well aware of the alternatives and were good to have a better UI with Asana compared to the card like structure of Trello. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Asana Record retention is greater with Asana. Incentivized Helpful? Suthe Mani Digital Editorial Intern at Katana Media (Entertainment, 11-50 employees) Chose Asana Honestly, the two listed are a bit different and are used for a lot of different reasons, but Asana has a very streamlined focus on project management, where as Dropbox and Google Dropbox has a lot of different uses that could include project management. Incentivized Helpful?	Salesforce Verified User Chose Slack The level of complexity for Power users is unparalleled in Asana. The only advantage Google Chat has is its linkage with Gmail, another indispensable tool. Google's meetings are better and connectivity-related issues are fewer. Microsoft Teams too is similar to Google Chat is … Incentivized Helpful? Makarand Mane CEO (Chief Executive Officer) in Information Technology at WPGenius Solutions LLP (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees) Chose Slack Slack helps me with integration with the above selected and I get notified with updates from them. Better UI for chat compared to Asana and Google Workspace. Closed environment due to workspace. Incentivized Helpful? Scott Walker Director of Digital Marketing in Marketing at 407 Marketing (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose Slack Slack is mostly chat-based more so than workflow-focused. Wrike and Asana are both much more workflow focused, so it's hard to compare them to Slack. Slack is great to get people to collaborate and discuss things or keep them updated in what is going on. However, if your issues … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack Slack combines all features of Basecamp and Asana but also offers private messages and integration with other platforms. However, Basecamp has the most simple interface out of the three, while Slack is very complex. For simple task management, Basecamp would be enough as a tool. Incentivized Helpful? Alexander Liss VP, Director of Analytics in Research & Development at Momentum Worldwide (Marketing and Advertising, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Slack slack is free, and has paid plans if you scale up to a bunch of users. It's more a communication platform then a checklist platform (Trello, Asana, etc) Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack I'm not a huge fan of Microsoft in general, I utilize Google and Slack more for my day to day. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack I prefer Slack due to its usability and functionality. Incentivized Helpful? Sally French Content Writer in Marketing at NerdWallet (Public Relations & Communications, 501-1000 employees) Chose Slack Way more features on Slack than Google Hangouts! Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack Slack is better in all aspects such as I can join channels related to my specific role, projects, or interests. I can communicate with colleagues, share updates, and ask questions. I can attach documents, images, or code snippets to conversations. I can contribute to ongoing … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack Slack’s cross-platform accessibility—whether on desktop, mobile, or via API—makes it highly adaptable for various teams, ensuring it's a comprehensive solution for modern collaboration needs. All these factors contribute to its top-tier usability, making it a favorite for … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack For internal/team communications, Slack is by far the best app I've worked with. The channel system is very simple yet very intuitive. As a result, the app is extremely easy to get familiar with and use daily, even for members of our team who are not very tech-savvy. Slack is … Incentivized Helpful? Alok Pabalkar Co-Founder & CTO in Research & Development at GIDE.AI (Internet, 11-50 employees) Chose Slack - MS teams Vs Slack - Slack athread View is incredible - API integration helps with our product - Multiple Domains Login is seemless - Google Chat Vs Slack - google is too messy. Great for chatting and productivity as individual tools. But as integrated productivity … Incentivized Helpful? Adil Khan Robin Software Engineer \| Front-end Developer in Information Technology at Dhaka IT Solution (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Slack Slack is great for communicating with our remote team across the country. It keeps our teams connected when working on multiple projects and initiatives. Slack has more connectivity options than Google Meet, making it a valuable tool. Since we use other products, integration is … Incentivized Helpful? Christopher Fazio Director of Sales in Professional Services at Avatar Management Services (Computer Software, 1-10 employees) Chose Slack This product is much more user-friendly than Teams. I feel that it has many more useful features. My team uses this product daily and we have been very happy with the results. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack Slack is very good compared to many other tools and I feel that it is much better and user-friendly than other platforms that I have used. slack is good with communicating and a majority of our projects come out with great success and very few options for room for improvement Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack Slack is way more organized than WhatsApp and for sure a best solution for companies looking for a platform that they can rely to never lose sensitive information. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack Slack was so simple to start using--super easy integrations with Jira, Sharepoint/OneDrive, and our PM tools--that it was a no-brainer. The video was glitchy, especially for any users who had iffy upload speeds (which isn't Slack's fault entirely, but they did not have as many … Incentivized Helpful? Sasha Brito Marketing Director in Marketing at GAL Real Estate (Real Estate, 1001-5000 employees) Chose Slack Slack and Microsoft Teams offered me very similar characteristics, both offered me a wide communication with which I could have a consistent interaction with my entire work team, they also offered me the possibility of making video calls with my coworkers, however, the reason … Incentivized Helpful? Jeremy Hawes Owner in Engineering at 1LD (One Little Designer) (Computer Software, 11-50 employees) Chose Slack The others got discontinued, but Slack is a step beyond them anyway. Incentivized Helpful? Román Josué de las Heras Torres Data Scientist in Information Technology at SAP Digital Interconnect (Servicios y tecnología de la información, 10,001+ employees) Chose Slack Slack has more features and provides higher quality of calls. Also media can be shared easily and be managed apart from messages. For software developers, Slack provides more features than other products, like sharing code snippets, files, and scripts. Slack also has the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack Microsoft Teams comes with an office 365 subscription, but we chose to pay for corporate Slack anyway. Teams does not integrate with nearly as many third party tools, and the integration process with the ones that do work is long and cumbersome. Teams is also an ENORMOUS … Incentivized Helpful? Lucas Riggi GNC - Mission Design Lead Engineer in Engineering at Capella Space (Defense & Space, 11-50 employees) Chose Slack It is much easier to use slack for internal communication than it is to use any other emailing platform (gmail or outlook). You get direct notification and the interface is made for intuitive fast communication, it is really a chat service with easy access to group chats, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack Much more customization and ability to organize by topic rather than just by project. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack We switched to slack because of the pragmatic, simple, and elegant approach they used when building the app. It's clear that they built their app and pricing structure with practical utility in mind. Other tools we've used have either been riddled with useless features, had … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack Slack has a more modern feel as far as ease of use. Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

Asana

Slack

Comparison of Project Management features of Asana and Slack
Feature	Asana 8.2 174 Ratings	Slack 8.2 479 Ratings
Task Management	9.2174 Ratings	8.2310 Ratings
Resource Management	8.1147 Ratings	00 Ratings
Gantt Charts	8.956 Ratings	6.961 Ratings
Scheduling	8.5157 Ratings	7.9259 Ratings
Workflow Automation	8.8129 Ratings	8.4284 Ratings
Team Collaboration	9.1173 Ratings	00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology	8.57 Ratings	00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology	8.57 Ratings	00 Ratings
Document Management	7.5147 Ratings	00 Ratings
Email integration	7.5138 Ratings	00 Ratings
Mobile Access	8.7145 Ratings	9.5460 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking	6.16 Ratings	00 Ratings
Change request and Case Management	8.44 Ratings	00 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management	7.374 Ratings	00 Ratings
Search	00 Ratings	8.7463 Ratings
Visual planning tools	00 Ratings	8.0187 Ratings

Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Asana and Slack
Feature	Asana 6.7 45 Ratings	Slack - Ratings
Project & financial reporting	5.51 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integration with accounting software	7.944 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Communication features of Asana and Slack
Feature	Asana - Ratings	Slack 8.9 488 Ratings
Chat	00 Ratings	9.8488 Ratings
Notifications	00 Ratings	9.1484 Ratings
Discussions	00 Ratings	9.6473 Ratings
Surveys	00 Ratings	8.1302 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase	00 Ratings	7.8300 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting	00 Ratings	8.9110 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts	00 Ratings	8.7182 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook	00 Ratings	8.9120 Ratings

Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Asana and Slack
Feature	Asana - Ratings	Slack 8.7 461 Ratings
Versioning	00 Ratings	8.4229 Ratings
Video files	00 Ratings	8.8412 Ratings
Audio files	00 Ratings	9.1403 Ratings
Document collaboration	00 Ratings	8.5318 Ratings
Access control	00 Ratings	8.4305 Ratings
Advanced security features	00 Ratings	8.4264 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive	00 Ratings	9.0211 Ratings
Device sync	00 Ratings	9.1339 Ratings

User Ratings
	Asana	Slack
Likelihood to Recommend	8.4 (204 ratings)	9.4 (489 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.6 (34 ratings)	10.0 (23 ratings)
Usability	7.9 (32 ratings)	9.2 (103 ratings)
Availability	8.4 (2 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	5.0 (42 ratings)	10.0 (66 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (3 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (1 ratings)
Product Scalability	8.2 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

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