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Asana pros and cons

Vendor: Asana
4.1 out of 5
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PROS

Asana offers project tracking, workflow automation, and reports and dashboards that enhance project management.
It improves team communication and coordination across different functions and departments.
Users benefit from adaptability and increased productivity in their work processes.
The task management features allow users to efficiently organize, prioritize, and assign tasks with clarity.
Asana API integrations offer high flexibility, enabling seamless incorporation with various toolsets.

CONS

Asana has a learning curve which may initially make it difficult to use.
The inbox feature can be overwhelming if users only periodically check it.
Assigning tasks manually every time can be cumbersome without a default assignee option when using templates.
Scalability for large teams in Asana needs improvement including better integration with company workflows.
Auto-shift feature is lacking, causing manual date adjustments when tasks change.
 

Asana Pros review quotes

it_user348273 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Member at Christiano Ferraro Consultancy, LLC
Dec 23, 2015
For a free solution, it does provide a lot of value.
it_user430878 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
Apr 25, 2016
Since we embedded this product in our work flow it allowed us to cut tasks just from the characterization process to the immediate scopes.
it_user370497 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Operations at Armada Cloud
Nov 22, 2016
I use Asana daily to keep track of projects and tasks for myself and my team.
Learn what your peers think about Asana. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2026.
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LH
President (consultant) at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Feb 1, 2017
I like that it integrates with a lot of other software.
Sep 18, 2019
I love the way it monitors all of the current and past projects, and it sends notifications to keep everything on the track.
FM
Analyst at 1980
Dec 12, 2019
By using this software, I have adaptability in my work, and it can improve the production of our company.
RC
Customer Relationship Manager Coordinator at Yamaha Motor
May 18, 2020
Asana has helped me (as an individual contributor) organize my daily work and given me a way to plan for longer term objectives.
CB
Immigration Technology Specialist at a legal firm with 501-1,000 employees
Dec 30, 2020
It is pretty comprehensive when it comes to the different views that it gives you. It gives you a Gantt chart view, calendar view, board view, and list view. It is kind of helpful to have different types of views and see how it views your different tasks. I appreciate being able to do that. The biggest thing is that it is extremely user friendly. Asana is pretty intuitive. Someone who is not tech-savvy can kind of catch on quickly. It is better than other tools like Smartsheet. Some of the other tools like Microsoft Project and Excel are great tools, but you have to invest a lot of time to learn them, which is not the case with Asana.
reviewer973497 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 19, 2021
It's an easy way to communicate.
GB
Marketing Operations practice leader at Calibrate Legal, inc.
Oct 21, 2021
The ability to share projects and tasks among team members appears to be the most valuable feature.
 

Asana Cons review quotes

it_user348273 - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Member at Christiano Ferraro Consultancy, LLC
Dec 23, 2015
When evaluating project management software, the fundamental requirement I consider remains its ability to provide me a high level of view of all areas of the project so I can drill down to what is immediately relevant. Asana does an OK job of this, but not as good as some of the alternatives out there.
it_user430878 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at a non-profit with 51-200 employees
Apr 25, 2016
They always keep the feel of being in a Beta version, and every new feature requires money.
it_user370497 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Operations at Armada Cloud
Nov 22, 2016
If Gantt charts were implemented, this would be a near perfect project management solution.
Learn what your peers think about Asana. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2026.
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LH
President (consultant) at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Feb 1, 2017
I shouldn't have to use InstaGANTT to get a good view of the projects.
Sep 18, 2019
This solution has a learning curve, where it is initially difficult to use.
FM
Analyst at 1980
Dec 12, 2019
The inbox feature can be a little overwhelming if you are working with Asana just from its project boards and only checking it periodically.
RC
Customer Relationship Manager Coordinator at Yamaha Motor
May 18, 2020
A user should be able to identify an assignee for specific tasks or task types while applying the template, or at a minimum, allow for a default assignee. As it is, the template gets created with the just task dates driven by the project start and end dates inputted by the user. In my current situation, I'm assigning myself to many tasks, so I have to do that manually every time. Even if I eventually start adding other people to assign tasks, there won't be more than a handful to do. However, those few people will have multiple tasks. It would be nice to be able to select those individuals during the setup rather than having to do so manually once the project has been created.
CB
Immigration Technology Specialist at a legal firm with 501-1,000 employees
Dec 30, 2020
There could be some improvements in terms of how projects or day-to-day work is organized. One of the challenges when it comes to rolling out to an enterprise is the way the projects are organized. It has a kind of setup where you have different projects and tasks, but it is not as organized as Smartsheet when it comes to organizing projects or different teams. It can get really cluttered really fast. JIRA has another suite to submit the support tickets. It would be good if Asana could branch out to incorporate some kind of workflow. It is great for collaboration and recording work, but there isn't any workflow. It would be useful if they can map out a workflow of who approves what. This is kind of a big ask, and it is not geared towards that.
reviewer973497 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 19, 2021
There just needs to be a bit more direction on how to use it at the outset.
GB
Marketing Operations practice leader at Calibrate Legal, inc.
Oct 21, 2021
For large teams, scalability should be improved.