Asana Overview
What is Asana?
Asana is a work management solution that enables team collaboration and communication. Use Asana to manage initiatives, create projects, and then to create tasks within these projects. Assign tasks to your teammates, add them as task followers, share projects with them, or mention them in task comments to keep everyone in the loop.
Asana removes the need for spreadsheets and email in order to collaborate and communicate around projects. Share notes on task descriptions and upload attachment to tasks, follow and search public tasks, combine related tasks with one click, organize tasks by priority, establish your workflow, receive notifications on updates and task completions, and add due dates to tasks. You then receive notifications for all tasks you're assigned, work you care about, or projects you're a member of in your Asana Inbox.
Asana enables teams to plan, organize, and track the progress of each teammates tasks. The multiple workspaces give you a place to organize multiple teams, projects and tasks and to stay updated on progress without the need for back-and-forth email threads.
The Asana mobile app for iOS and Android provides access to Asana no matter where you are. You can also add and access data in Asana programmatically through a simple REST API.
Asana Overview
Pricing
Pricing options
Asana Basic:
Free
Asana Premium:
$10.99 per user, per month
Asana Business:
$24.99 per user, per month
Asana Enterprise:
Contact Asana for pricing information.
Asana Features
Media
Asana Reviews
Asana Reviews
Great task-management and collaboration tool
It's a breeze to use and it enables our busy publishing team of 10 to collaborate and stay on top of our day-to-day. It also gives me the paper trail I need for quarterly and annual reporting. Highly recommended.
Simplified teamwork with improved transparency
We have seen an improvement in reporting standards since we started using Asana. Team members are transparent and it is very easy to see everything and help those that are having challenges completing projects.
Good Startup Project Management Tool
It was a very good tool to use, highly user friendly, quite effective and very visually attractive. This tool is great for startups in my opinion and the price is fair for the features it has.
Without Asana? Without me!
Every process, every step, every project - it's all about Asana. It "lives" in Asana which saves us time for other stuff. Asana makes going to work fun for everyone since we know where we can find everything and where we DO everything.
Great for operations
Overall, Asana is a great tool and has served the team really well. Repeating tasks, great mobile app, and overall simplicity have been a win. I do see that we are moving more towards tools like Notion that allow for more unstructured data and really robust description areas.
That said, we still use Asana to manage the majority of repeat tasks as well as very well defined, 1 step tasks.
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Great task-management and collaboration tool
Pros
It's very easy to implement and to onboard new users. The interface is attractive and very intuitive. New features are appearing every few months - the recently added Portfolio/Workload feature is brilliant. Now I get the Gantts I need to monitor my team's workload and our many projects.
Cons
Being able to estimate hours per task would make Workload even more useful. Keyword search (for completed tasks/projects etc.) can be a little flakey.
Simplified teamwork with improved transparency
We have seen an improvement in reporting standards since we started using Asana. Team members are transparent and it is very easy to see everything and help those that are having challenges completing projects.
Pros
We started using it on free trial and we realized the first week that this is the software we wanted. One of the best factors is that it is updated regularly to add new features without an additional fee on us. With our team we are able to set goals and divide them into smaller goals that are distributed among team members in the software and we are able to track easily progress on each goal based on deadlines. We are able to track workloads and monitor portfolios on a single dashboard with a few clicks which makes it very user friendly. When we rolled it out we did not need special training as it is very easy to use. We automated all routine tasks in the software to save time and reduce errors. In addition, another feature I enjoy is the use of forms that are user friendly to submit work requests. They are very easy to fill.
Cons
Although it gives the option to secure documents and data from editing by enabling the comment-only feature, it does not restrict viewing of the data of which it is a feature they can add to make sure there is selection on who can view data among the team members.
Good Startup Project Management Tool
It was a very good tool to use, highly user friendly, quite effective and very visually attractive. This tool is great for startups in my opinion and the price is fair for the features it has.
Pros
I like how user friendly it is, the aesthetics (looks), it's very neat and colorful at the same time, it provides a good option for organization and I think it's a good tool for startups, it makes planning, task assignment, tracking and registering much easier.
Cons
I think the software is amazing but it lacks some features seen on more robusts tools such as Zoho Projects, still, this tool can integrate with other small tools that can give you access to Gantt Charts or timelines, etc. The problem is you have to pay for those additional integrations.
Without Asana? Without me!
Every process, every step, every project - it's all about Asana. It "lives" in Asana which saves us time for other stuff. Asana makes going to work fun for everyone since we know where we can find everything and where we DO everything.
Pros
Asana is a Game-Changer. It truly optimized our processes since we can automate them with this amazing tool. Also everyone in the company is able to work from wherever they want - only by using Asana. It is the best tool for organizing projects and keeping in touch with all the people in your company. You can do repeating processes as well as agile projects. I love it! And I will recommend it to everyone who is in need of having better working processes - and of course more time for other stuff.
Cons
Sometimes it's all about the details. And there are some things in Asana that need to be fixed: e.g. you need formular drafts that you can simply duplicate as well as not having a maximum number in custom fields. It would be also nice if you could automate and individualize custom rules more - but as I said: just details.
Great for operations
Overall, Asana is a great tool and has served the team really well. Repeating tasks, great mobile app, and overall simplicity have been a win. I do see that we are moving more towards tools like Notion that allow for more unstructured data and really robust description areas.
That said, we still use Asana to manage the majority of repeat tasks as well as very well defined, 1 step tasks.
Pros
I love the mobile app, it's been really easy to get down quick tasks through the day. The simple list structure allows for rapid planning. Then leveraging the same list to create sections is great.
Cons
I feel limited to how I can filter and sort tasks from the team. The description section feels weak compared to tools like Notion.
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Asana Pricing
Asana Pricing
Asana Basic:
Free
Asana Premium:
$10.99 per user, per month
Asana Business:
$24.99 per user, per month
Asana Enterprise:
Contact Asana for pricing information.
Asana Basic:
Free
Asana Premium:
$10.99 per user, per month
Asana Business:
$24.99 per user, per month
Asana Enterprise:
Contact Asana for pricing information.
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Asana Features
Asana Features
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Additional information for Asana
Additional information for Asana
Key features of Asana
- Activity dashboard
- Activity feed
- Assignment tracking
- Automatic updates to inbox/ email
- Bug tracking
- Calendar management
- Completion tracking
- Configurable workflow
- Custom fields
- Custom views and calendars
- Dashboard creation
- Due date tracking
- Email bridge
- File management
- Focus Mode and My Tasks list
- Goal & milestone tracking
- Inbox management
- Multiple workspaces
- Progress tracking
- Project Sections and Search Views
- Project conversations
- Project permissions
- Project planning
- Project workflow
- Real-time changes
- SSO
- Search functionality
- Status reporting
- Subtasks
- Task and project creation
- Task assignment
- Task attachments
- Task commenting
- Task conversations
- Task management
- Task prioritizing
- Task reminders and notifications
- Template management
- Third party integrations
- User access controls
Benefits
• Organize your work into shared projects as lists or kanban boards for your initiatives, meetings, and programs.
• Use Timeline, a Gantt-style view, to see how each piece of your project fits together so you can start projects on the right foot and hit your deadlines.
• Keep the same task in multiple projects to show work in different contexts without duplicating efforts.
• Prevent accidental changes to your projects or templates by allowing certain project members to make only task comments, while still giving them access to information in the project.
• Comment directly on a task, to clarify exactly what needs to be done, and mention teammates or other work in Asana so everyone and everything stay connected. Quickly acknowledge tasks with pre-populated quick responses.
• Share the current state of the project with stakeholders and populate Portfolios with this information.
• Use My Tasks to plan your day with a prioritized to-do list.
• Track all your initiatives with project Portfolios. Portfolios show you the real-time status, priority, and progress of all your projects, so you have an accurate view of how you’re tracking toward your goals.
• See any list of tasks on a Calendar to get a clear view of when work is due.
• Create teams to organize your projects and connect teammates with a shared calendar and conversations. You can also control team privacy settings.
• Limit access to any project, create hidden teams for sensitive work, or make public teams and projects for access by your entire organization.
• Designate Organization admins who can add, remove, and manage members and their settings, and enforce password complexity. Asana Enterprise customers have additional controls with SAML and our Admin API.
• Integrate with other tools your team already uses, like G Suite, Slack, Microsoft, Chrome, Github, and more.
• Asana's mobile app helps you track work and stay up to date on the go. Just like the web app, you can use it to create tasks and projects, have conversations about them, and get updates on their progress on and offline.
Asana FAQs
Asana FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Asana.
Q. What type of pricing plans does Asana offer?
Asana offers the following pricing plans:
Starting from: US$10.99/month
Pricing model: Free, Subscription
Free Trial: Available
Asana Basic: Free Asana Premium: $10.99 per user, per month Asana Business: $24.99 per user, per month Asana Enterprise: Contact Asana for pricing information.
Q. What are the main features of Asana?
Asana offers the following features:
- Activity dashboard
- Activity feed
- Assignment tracking
- Automatic updates to inbox/ email
- Bug tracking
- Calendar management
- Completion tracking
- Configurable workflow
- Custom fields
- Custom views and calendars
- Dashboard creation
- Due date tracking
- Email bridge
- File management
- Focus Mode and My Tasks list
- Goal & milestone tracking
- Inbox management
- Multiple workspaces
- Progress tracking
- Project Sections and Search Views
- Project conversations
- Project permissions
- Project planning
- Project workflow
- Real-time changes
- SSO
- Search functionality
- Status reporting
- Subtasks
- Task and project creation
- Task assignment
- Task attachments
- Task commenting
- Task conversations
- Task management
- Task prioritizing
- Task reminders and notifications
- Template management
- Third party integrations
- User access controls
Q. Who are the typical users of Asana?
Asana has the following typical customers:
Small Business, Large Enterprises, Non Profit, Freelancers, Mid Size Business
Q. What languages does Asana support?
Asana supports the following languages:
English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish
Q. What type of pricing plans does Asana offer?
Asana has the following pricing plans:
Free, Subscription
Q. Does Asana support mobile devices?
Asana supports the following devices:
Android, iPhone, iPad
Q. What other apps does Asana integrate with?
Asana integrates with the following applications:
Bitium, Cronforce, DEEP Intranet, Dropbox Business, Glip, Hubstaff, SeamlessGov, Slack, Usersnap, Zapier
Q. What level of support does Asana offer?
Asana offers the following support options:
FAQs, Forum, Knowledge Base, Online Support, Video Tutorials
It's a breeze to use and it enables our busy publishing team of 10 to collaborate and stay on top of our day-to-day. It also gives me the paper trail I need for quarterly and annual reporting. Highly recommended.