10 Best Asana Competitors & Alternatives (2024)

While Airtable has a drag-and-drop interface like Asana, its massive number of features make it ideal for advanced users who can take advantage of all it has to offer. These include features for just about every team at a company, including marketing, product, operations, human resources (HR), sales and finance.

For example, HR can navigate the hiring process from application to onboarding. Other features allow users to track sales pipelines, budget for projects, manage workflows, act on feedback received from customers and make decisions on marketing efforts all with Airtable.

Who should use it:

Organizations with many teams that need to track data and manage workflows

Read more:

Read our full Airtable review.

monday.com is a great Asana alternative for those who prefer a visual approach to task management. The platform uses “pulses” to track tasks, which can be customized with colors, due dates, assigned team members and notes. Pulses can also be grouped into “boards” that function like Asana projects, allowing users to see all the tasks associated with a project in one place.

monday.com also has some features Asana lacks, such as time tracking and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance. It also has an Asana integration so that users can continue to use Asana for certain tasks while taking advantage of monday.com’s other features.

Who should use it:

Teams that prefer a visual approach to task management and need features like time tracking and HIPAA compliance.

Read more:

Read our full monday.com review.

Compared to Asana’s 100+ integrations, ClickUp takes the win. It offers more than 1,000 integrations, including Slack, API, GitHub, OneDrive, Google Drive, Zoom, Loom, Zendesk and Time Doctor. After analyzing more than 4,000 teams that switched to ClickUp, it determined teams save one day per week using its solutions.

It has workflow automations and goal tracking and offers something no other platform we’ve considered does: “Let’s make a deal” pricing, where you name the price that you’re willing to pay per user, per month. Otherwise, costs are still reasonable starting at just $7 per member, per month, for paid plans.

Who should use it:

Teams that use a lot of integrations and need workflow automations.

Read more:

Read our full ClickUp review.

Microsoft Planner comes free with your Office 365 subscription. As such, it’s a great Asana alternative for organizations that are already using Microsoft products. Planner is integrated with other Microsoft products, such as Outlook, OneDrive and SharePoint, so users can add tasks from emails, attachments and notes easily.

Planner also has some features Asana lacks, such as the ability to see upcoming tasks on a calendar and get weekly email digests of progress. Unlike Asana, Microsoft Planner doesn’t have any project templates, so users will have to create their own.

Learn more: Read our full Microsoft Planner review.

Who should use it:

Organizations that are already using Microsoft products and need a simple task management solution.

With more than 50 templates included with every plan, Notion is a great Asana alternative for teams that need help getting started with their projects. Templates for everything from product development to event planning to social media marketing.

Like Asana, Notion has a drag-and-drop interface. But unlike Asana, Notion also has a “block” system that allows users to add different types of content, such as headings, lists, images, code snippets and files. Blocks can be rearranged and customized to fit the needs of each user. Notion also can create custom databases and embed external websites.

Learn more: Read our full Notion review.

Who should use it:

Teams that need help getting started with their projects and need features like custom databases and website embedding.

Read more:

Read our full Notion vs Asana Comparison.

A good Asana alternative for large organizations, Confluence is a collaboration platform that helps teams organize their work and connect with other people in the organization. It’s used by companies like LinkedIn, The New York Times and NASA.

Confluence has some features Asana lacks, such as a fully functioning sandbox―Asana has one but it’s clunky at best―and page versioning. It also has an Asana integration, so users can continue to use Asana for certain tasks while taking advantage of Confluence’s other features.

Learn more: Read our full Confluence review.

Who should use it:

Large organizations that need features like custom templates and workflows.

Used by companies like Netflix, Panasonic, HP, PayPal and Disney, Teamwork.com is easy to use and implement at scale. It also works great for freelancers, thanks to its time tracking features.

Teamwork.com has all the features you’d expect from an Asana alternative, such as task management, subtasks, file sharing and commenting. It also has a necessary feature that Asana doesn’t, which is document collaboration. Like Asana, Teamwork.com offers a free plan, although it’s limited in scope.

Learn more: Read our full Teamwork.com review.

Who should use it:

Teams that need time tracking features and document collaboration.

While Trello works great for teams, it’s a great first step for solopreneurs to get their businesses organized. Whether you’re a writer, a social media manager or virtual assistant, Trello’s easy drag-and-drop interface makes it easy to move tasks to different boards and gives users an at-a-glance Kanban view, so you can always stay on top of your pipeline and see what’s due soon.

Trello also offers a ton of integrations, so you can connect it to the other apps you use for work. For example, you can connect Trello to your Gmail account and get notified whenever someone mentions you in a comment or assigns you a task. You can also connect IFTTT so that every time you add a new card to Trello, it creates a task in Asana automatically.

Learn more: Read our full Trello review.

Who should use it:

Solopreneurs and small teams that need an easy way to organize their work.

Individuals and businesses can increase their productivity using Wrike’s AI Work Intelligence. It’ll predict potential issues so you can mitigate them early on, and it’ll help prioritize which tasks you should tackle first. You’ll get prioritization lists, suggested remediations and risk predictions in real time.

AI Work Intelligence is a great addition to an already feature-packed tool. Wrike’s Gantt chart lets you visualize your project’s timeline and track dependencies. It also has a Kanban board, so you can visually see which tasks are in progress and which are still to do. You can also add subtasks, so you can break down a big project into smaller, more manageable tasks.

Learn more: Read our full Wrike review.

Who should use it:

Teams that need help with project management and task prioritization.

Basecamp offers two plans. One is for freelancers, startups and small teams and has only a few features, such as 500 GB of storage space. When you upgrade to its Pro Unlimited plan, you’re paying a flat $299 per month (billed annually) for unlimited projects, clients and users. You’ll still have storage limits, but it’s 5 TB, and you get priority support and advanced client access.

When paying for an entire year, you can save 15%. If you’re a student or teacher, your account is free, and non-profits get a discount. Because you can have unlimited users, this is perfect for large teams to collaborate. With group chat, remote teams can communicate with ease.

Learn more: Read our full Basecamp review.

Who should use it:

Large teams that need an easy way to communicate and collaborate.