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Asana pros and cons

Vendor: Asana
4.1 out of 5
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PROS

Asana improves execution clarity and visibility with dashboards, portfolio views, and project health monitoring.
It is user-friendly and intuitive, making it accessible to non-tech-savvy users.
Asana's integration capabilities provide flexibility and efficiency across teams.
It allows for customizable task and project management, enhancing business operations.
Portfolios in Asana facilitate strategic objective alignment and project grouping.

CONS

Asana's customer service is not highly rated.
Challenges exist in organizing projects compared to alternatives like Smartsheet.
Integration with other workflows and technologies is limited.
The lack of certain features like Gantt charts and auto-shift affects usability.
There are difficulties in scalability and onboarding for larger teams.
 

Asana Pros review quotes

Patrick Conley - PeerSpot reviewer
Construction Superintendent at Sila Nanotechnologies Inc.
Dec 5, 2025
Asana has positively impacted the organization by providing clarity for everyone, allowing visibility into who is working on what, from the VP of Operations down to maintenance, ensuring necessary parts are available.
Kevin Shah - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Data Scientist at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Mar 24, 2026
Asana has impacted my organization positively by being very useful for product management and task management.
Sydney Stevens - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at ZERO TO THREE
May 4, 2026
We put all of our work and communication into Asana and it runs really smoothly.
Learn what your peers think about Asana. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: May 2026.
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Carlos Alas - PeerSpot reviewer
NOC Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Jun 13, 2025
The time we are investing through departments with Asana is valuable because we are receiving requests or updates for projects without investing time in meetings or writing emails.
reviewer2784744 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Data Scientist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Dec 4, 2025
Asana has positively impacted my organization by providing flexibility, improving time to market, and enhancing collaboration.
PK
Head of Content Marketing at scion social
Mar 14, 2025
I would recommend Asana to others.
Ian Herzing - PeerSpot reviewer
Resource Manager at a non-tech company with 11-50 employees
May 8, 2022
I really enjoy the portfolios in Asana. One of the ways Asana stands out to me is with portfolios. You can have all your different projects, and you can have those assigned to different teams. If you want to customize a grouping of projects, you can use portfolios. For instance, one of the things that we do is we can assign a portfolio to a specific strategic objective we have, and we can put all those projects that are related to that strategic objective in that portfolio. We then know exactly what people are working on to help us achieve our goals. So, I really like portfolios.
Yasser_Anter - PeerSpot reviewer
Independent Business Consultant at Freelance
Nov 12, 2024
I find the interface of Asana easy to interact with.
Francois Provencher - PeerSpot reviewer
Expert Consultant, Strategy and Innovation at Innovitech
Jul 20, 2023
The initial setup was straightforward.
TA
Sales Specialist at Brown-Forman
Jul 13, 2023
It’s a great way to communicate plans and progress across the business and is flexible about how much detail I include and how I present it.
 

Asana Cons review quotes

Patrick Conley - PeerSpot reviewer
Construction Superintendent at Sila Nanotechnologies Inc.
Dec 5, 2025
A rating of eight is given because a downside exists in that everyone has access and notifications are often received for projects that are not involved in, leading to quite a few emails daily, sometimes around sixty to eighty.
Kevin Shah - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Data Scientist at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
Mar 24, 2026
Asana can be improved by adding a voice-based assistant for ticket generation.
Sydney Stevens - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at ZERO TO THREE
May 4, 2026
My only feedback or criticism of Asana would be the customer service. It is not amazing.
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Carlos Alas - PeerSpot reviewer
NOC Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Jun 13, 2025
It would be beneficial to have a native option for Asana to create tickets so we could move away from our main ticketing tool.
reviewer2784744 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Data Scientist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Dec 4, 2025
I did not see a return on investment with Asana, and I cannot share any relevant metrics, such as time saved or improved efficiency.
PK
Head of Content Marketing at scion social
Mar 14, 2025
The integration with email should be more seamless. When I'm writing an email and want to tag someone in Asana for a task, the process should be smoother.
Ian Herzing - PeerSpot reviewer
Resource Manager at a non-tech company with 11-50 employees
May 8, 2022
Their workflows and automation could use a big improvement. I don't even know if they have anything in that regard right now. I would really love to see a way where you can send custom alerts based on a task's completion or status change or an approval coming through. I would love to see a way to get some low-code functionality into Asana because right now, that is a big miss.
Yasser_Anter - PeerSpot reviewer
Independent Business Consultant at Freelance
Nov 12, 2024
There is room for improvement in integrating Asana with different technology vendors.
Francois Provencher - PeerSpot reviewer
Expert Consultant, Strategy and Innovation at Innovitech
Jul 20, 2023
The calendar view in Asana has shortcomings and can be improved.
TA
Sales Specialist at Brown-Forman
Jul 13, 2023
Some customizations and functions are still not available, however, so far, they haven't been a deal killer.