Asana vs SAP Portfolio and Project Management comparison

Asana and SAP are both solutions in the Project Portfolio Management category. Additionally, 86% of Asana users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of SAP users who would recommend it.

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86% willing to recommend

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100% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Asana and SAP Portfolio and Project Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Project Portfolio Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Categories and Ranking

Asana

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Project Management Software (4th), AI Sales & Marketing (3rd)

SAP Portfolio and Project M...

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Project Portfolio Management (9th)

Featured Reviews

Rusira Sathnindu

Automations Engineer at Ad Up

Task tracking has streamlined sprint work but complex navigation still needs simplification

Asana's UI is a little bit too complex for me. Sometimes I get confused. Sometimes I mis-navigate. Asana is a very complicated product, but if it could offer a different kind of UI for different types of people, that would be better. This UI is good for a power user, but for a normal user who just comes to see what their tasks are, a simplified UI would be more appropriate. Sometimes the navigation is a little bit clunky. Sometimes I click back on things that I do not want to click back on. Everything else is good, and the UI is the only part that I see could use a little bit of improvement.

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Nalin Kumar

Quality Assurance Group Lead at Samsung

End-to-end project management capabilities and offers seamless vendor and client contract alignment

The system is old, so there are several issues that arise when we fetch data from integrated systems. Sometimes the data gets stuck, and there are instances where we need to access multiple pieces of information simultaneously. This creates problems that I have personally experienced. Therefore, these aspects need to be much more free-flowing and seamless. If something gets stuck, it takes time to resolve, and during the contract phase, we have Service Level Agreements (SLAs). If those SLAs are breached, it becomes problematic. Given that there are approximately 3000 projects running concurrently worldwide, utilizing the system with a vast database and numerous activities taking place. It could benefit from decentralization. Currently, it operates as a central system, but if it could be centralized for specific subsidiaries, it would be easier for us to manage.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"I like how easy it is to use the rules within Asana."

"The tool has a lot of integrations."

"What I like most about Asana is its simplicity. For example: we're not the only ones using it, and we onboard our customers to it, and normally, they have no questions."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its project management tracking systems."

"This solution is easier and faster to use compared to Jira. It's not very structured and you can add sub-tasks and issues easily."

"Asana is a very simple interface for project managers to figure out, providing all the functions they need."

"The initial setup was straightforward."

"The solution scales well."

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"The integration portion with SAP models is valuable."

"SAP is gradually introducing more flexibility and customization options to the system, allowing users to adapt it to their specific needs."

"It improves productivity, cash flow management, and inventory control for clients."

Cons

"It would be great if Asana could create a library for each project within the interface."

"We tried, but we haven't been successful with it. If people don't have the training, it is not easy to use. You need to make sure that the people are trained to use the system. They can provide more resources in the form of webcasts and videos that people can use to train themselves and understand how to use it."

"In some instances, there were subtasks where more than one person needed to review it, but I could only assign it to one person. I would have to create a subtask under a subtask and then assign it to other people. This could be improved."

"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."

"It's difficult to have short-term collaborations with external users because the operations team owns the final licenses, and I work for marketing."

"The main dashboard, where there is a list, needs improvement."

"Some customizations and functions are still not available, however, so far, they haven't been a deal killer."

"The solution could have a bigger pop-up when someone assigns a task or have a notification similar to Facebook, where you see a number indicating the notifications you receive."

More Asana cons

"The platform's support structure needs improvement."

"It would be valuable if SAP integrated seamlessly with some products like Jira and Bitbucket."

"The system is old, so there are several issues that arise when we fetch data from integrated systems. Sometimes the data gets stuck, and there are instances where we need to access multiple pieces of information simultaneously."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's free version can be used for basic functions."

"We paid a monthly licensing fee for the product."

"Asana has two different types of structures: company vs workspace. Company is really best if all the users you plan to assign work to are all internal (have the same corporate domain in their user ID email address). Once one person signs up (even for a free account) with a corporate email address, Asana will automatically relate that person to that company, if it already exists. If you plan to use it for external collaboration as well as internal, then creating a workspace is a better approach."

"We're on the business tier, which is $25 a month if you're on an annual contract. It's $31 if you're on a month-to-month contract. In my experience, there are no hidden costs with Asana. I know Smartsheet has these add-ons that you can buy, which is an additional cost, but Asana doesn't have any add-ons that I know of. When you're trying to scale the product and want to add users, you have to do it in buckets of five. This is also something to consider."

"For what it brings to the table, I think Asana is fairly affordable. I would like to see the portfolio feature in our pricing plan, but other than that, it's definitely pretty good."

"This solution is reasonably priced."

"Its price is fair. Its licensing cost is cheaper than Microsoft Project. I would rate it a two out of five in terms of pricing."

"There is a free version of Asana, but we use the paid version to receive all the features we want. The overall price is reasonable."

More Asana pricing and cost advice

"The product pricing varies based on whether the client is new or existing and the complexity of their business processes."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

Energy/Utilities Company

Retailer

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	39
Midsize Enterprise	8
Large Enterprise	7

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Asana?

The solution's user interface is very good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Asana?

The pricing of Asana is slightly high. To add one user is expensive, which makes me cautious about upgrading or adding more users.

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What needs improvement with Asana?

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, som...

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What needs improvement with SAP Portfolio and Project Management?

The platform's support structure needs improvement.

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What advice do you have for others considering SAP Portfolio and Project Management?

The platform integration with SAP finance systems has unified language and criteria, reducing the time for growth periods and ensuring international financial control and management. The resource m...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Portfolio and Project Management?

The product pricing varies based on whether the client is new or existing and the complexity of their business processes.

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Portfolio and Project Management

Overview

Asana is web-based software-as-a-service that helps teams coordinate and manage their work. It helps companies move faster by making sure everyone knows the team’s plan and process and who is doing what by when.

Each user can create projects using a list, board, calendar, or timeline view. Within each project, users can add tasks, subtasks, sections, comments, attachments, start and due dates, and custom fields. Project and task followers get notifications on changes or comments on the project and/or task in their Inbox. Individual users can see all of the tasks they're responsible for across all of their projects in a view called My Tasks.

Asana is available in English, French, Spanish, German, and Portuguese.

Asana

Portfolio Management integrates information from existing project management, human resources, and financial systems to provide an overview of the project portfolio with easy drilldown to details for portfolio managers, project managers, and resource managers. This enables innovative and collaborative, cross-functional business processes. Project Management covers the entire range of project management activities in development and consultancy projects, from planning to implementation to project completion.

SAP

Sample Customers

Uber, Vodaphone, NASA, Spotify, Lyft, Baggu, Udacity, Patreon, Flipboard, Dropbox, Intel, Samsung, Airbnb, SFMoma, Hubspot, Trivago

Joy Global Inc., Citrix, EMC Corporation, Concho Resources, Concho Resources, RZD Russian Railways, Family Dollar Stores Inc., Lenovo

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Asana vs. SAP Portfolio and Project Management

December 2025

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