Asana vs monday.com
By Sebastiaan Smits ·
Published October 8, 2026 · Updated October 8, 2026
Asana starts from a task with one owner and a date, then adds portfolios and goals. monday.com starts from a board of columns and automations that a non-technical manager shapes into a workflow. Companies coordinating many functions choose Asana; teams that want to design their own process visually choose monday.com.
Side by side
 Asana |  monday.com | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Task-first work management with portfolios and goals | Board-based work platform with visual automation |
| Best for | Mid-sized companies coordinating many teams | Non-technical teams building custom workflows |
| Headquarters | United States | Israel |
| Pricing model | Per user / month | Per seat / month |
| Pricing | Free Personal plan limited to 2 users, then per-user Starter and Advanced tiers sold in seat bundles; timeline and dependencies start on Starter, while portfolios, goals and workload sit on Advanced. | Free plan for up to two seats, then per-seat tiers sold in bundles with a three-seat minimum; automation and integration actions are capped per month by tier. |
| Free option | Free plan | Free plan |
| List price as listed on October 8, 2026 | $13.49 per user per month billed monthly, or $10.99 billed annually (Starter) | 9 euros per seat per month (Basic), 12 euros (Standard) or 19 euros (Pro), as displayed to a European visitor; US dollar prices not captured |
| Place in our project management software ranking | #5 of 12 | #6 of 12 |
| Website | asana.com | monday.com |
Both are reviewed in full in Best Project Management Software in 2026. Position in that ranking can be paid for; the wording of a review or of this comparison cannot. Placement disclosure.
Which one to choose
Choose Asana if
you want a clear task list for people who dislike project tools, with portfolio status and goals that leaders can read without opening each project.
Asana, #5 in the ranking · Visit Asana →
Choose monday.com if
an operations, marketing or HR manager will build intake and approval workflows from columns and automation recipes, and wants dashboards across boards.
monday.com, #6 in the ranking · Visit monday.com →
Where they differ
Building a custom workflow
monday.com lets a manager assemble statuses, columns and automations that read almost like sentences, so an intake process or content pipeline does not need a consultant. Asana's rules and forms cover routine handoffs but give less freedom over structure. For teams that want to shape the tool to their process, monday.com has the edge.
Edge: monday.com
Clarity of the basic unit
Asana makes a task, one owner and one date, very clear, and people who resent project software tend to tolerate it. The single-assignee design annoys teams used to shared ownership. monday.com boards multiply fast, and without a naming policy the account becomes a maze. For general adoption across a mixed company, Asana is easier.
Edge: Asana
Oversight across projects
Asana's Advanced plan holds portfolios, goals, resource management, approvals and proofing, which gives a department head a status view across a dozen projects. monday.com's dashboards across boards are current and read well, and dependencies and time tracking start on Pro. Both do the job; Asana's goals feature ties work to company objectives more directly.
Edge: Asana
What the list prices include
Asana lists Starter at $10.99 per user per month billed annually ($13.49 monthly) and Advanced at $24.99 ($30.49). The monday.com page we fetched displayed Basic at 9 euros, Standard at 12 euros and Pro at 19 euros per seat per month, so the currencies differ and a straight comparison is not possible. monday.com caps automation and integration actions per month (250 on Standard, 25,000 on Pro); Asana lists no such cap, though it prices AI requests separately.
Edge: even
Tally: Asana 2, monday.com 1, even 1.
When neither fits
Neither suits an agency that bills by the hour and needs profitability per client, since time tracking and budgets are basic in both. Teamwork.com and Productive combine projects, time and budgets in one product.
See Teamwork.com, Productive and Wrike among the 12 products in Best Project Management Software in 2026.
Questions and answers
Do Asana and monday.com have free plans?
Both do, limited to two users. Asana's Personal plan is free with unlimited tasks and projects and basic views. The monday.com Free plan lists up to 2 seats, 3 boards and 3 Docs. Neither free plan is meant for a team of more than two.
Which has better time tracking?
Asana lists time tracking on Advanced and Enterprise, with a Timesheets and Budgets add-on. monday.com lists time tracking from Pro. Neither is built for hourly billing; an agency would still add a dedicated tool.
How do Asana and monday.com limit automations?
monday.com caps automation and integration actions per month by plan: 250 on Standard, 25,000 on Pro and up to 250,000 on Enterprise. Asana's pricing page lists no comparable monthly cap on rules, but it charges for AI requests at $0.50 prepaid or $0.60 pay-as-you-go.
Is monday.com cheaper than Asana?
At list price in the currencies shown, monday.com's per-seat numbers are lower: 12 euros for Standard against $10.99 for Asana Starter is not a like-for-like comparison, so we do not declare a winner. Check both in your own currency and count the seat bundles and minimums before you decide.
Sources
Prices, plan limits and product facts on this page were checked against the vendors' own pages on October 8, 2026. Vendors change both without notice, so treat the figures as of that date.
- Asana pricing page: Asana plan prices, the 2-user Personal plan, and which plan holds portfolios, goals, workload, time tracking, approvals and AI request pricing
- monday.com pricing page: monday.com plan prices in euros, the 2-seat free plan, automation action caps and time tracking and dependencies on Pro