monday.com vs Asana
A side-by-side look at what monday.com and Asana publish about pricing, plans and features.
This page sets the two products' recorded data side by side. It is not an editorial review — nobody has tested either product for this page, and the figures below are not independently verified. Read how we handle data and what each label means.
| Field | monday.com | Asana |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Project Management | Project Management |
| Entry price | $9/mo | $11/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | 14-day trial | 30-day trial |
| Tagged for | Small Teams | Small Teams |
| G2 rating unverified | 4.7 / 5 | 4.3 / 5 |
| Capterra rating unverified | 4.6 / 5 | 4.5 / 5 |
Where they differ
- Entry pricing recorded here is $9/month for monday.com and $11/month for Asana. Plan structures differ, so these are not like-for-like — check both pricing pages before comparing totals.
Head to head
monday.com
monday.com sells a 'Work OS' rather than a project tool: colorful, spreadsheet-like boards that teams reshape into CRMs, content calendars, sprint trackers or intake queues. Its automation recipes and dashboard widgets are unusually approachable, which explains its popularity with marketing and operations teams. Pricing is the friction point — per-seat tiers with three-seat minimums and key features gated behind higher plans mean costs climb as adoption spreads.
A colorful Work OS for any workflow.
What we record about monday.com →Reported strengths
- Highly visual
- Very flexible
- Good automations
Reported drawbacks
- Pricing tiers add up
- Min seat requirements
Asana
Asana occupies the middle ground of work management: more structure than Trello, less configuration burden than enterprise platforms. Projects flip between list, board, timeline and calendar views, while Rules automate handoffs and Goals tie tasks to company objectives. Its polish and generous free tier make adoption easy across non-technical teams. The most common complaints are the absence of native time tracking and a notification volume that takes discipline to tame.
Work management to keep teams on track.
What we record about Asana →Reported strengths
- Polished UX
- Strong automation
- Great free tier
Reported drawbacks
- No native time tracking
- Can overwhelm beginners