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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (70.0% of reviews)
Small-Business (56.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$12.50
Free 2 Users
ActiveCollab
Star Rating
(93)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (70.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$12.50
Browse all 3 pricing plansAsana
Star Rating
(12,815)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (56.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 2 Users
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Asana excels in task creation and assignment, with a score of 9.3, while ActiveCollab lags behind at 8.6. Reviewers mention that Asana's intuitive interface makes it easy to create and assign tasks quickly, enhancing team productivity.
- Reviewers mention that Asana's drag-and-drop functionality for task management is rated at 8.8, compared to ActiveCollab's 8.2. Users on G2 appreciate how this feature simplifies the organization of tasks and projects, making it a standout in Asana.
- G2 users highlight that Asana's recurring tasks feature scores 8.7, which is notably higher than ActiveCollab's 8.3. Users say this functionality is crucial for teams that manage ongoing projects, allowing for better planning and execution.
- Users report that Asana's project planning capabilities, including its project map and GANTT chart features, are rated at 9.0 and 8.2 respectively, while ActiveCollab's scores are lower at 8.6 and 7.7. Reviewers mention that Asana's visual tools help in tracking project progress effectively.
- Reviewers mention that Asana's quality of support is rated at 8.5, slightly higher than ActiveCollab's 8.3. Users on G2 appreciate Asana's responsive customer service, which they find helpful when navigating challenges.
- Users say that Asana's ease of use is rated at 8.6, while ActiveCollab scores 8.9, indicating that while ActiveCollab may be easier to set up, Asana's user-friendly design is favored for ongoing use. Reviewers mention that both platforms have their strengths, but Asana's interface is often described as more engaging.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
ActiveCollab
Plus
$12.50
Great for small teams of up to 3 members looking to manage projects and clients.
Billed per month or year (a flat rate of $15 or $12.5 respectively).
- Up to 3 Members
- Unlimited Clients for Free
- Unlimited Projects and Tasks
Asana
Personal
Free
2 Users
For one to two people managing personal projects.
- Unlimited tasks
- Unlimited projects
- Unlimited messages
Free Trial
ActiveCollab
Free Trial is available
Asana
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.6
76
8.7
10,920
Ease of Use
8.9
76
8.6
11,024
Ease of Setup
8.6
28
8.6
4,639
Ease of Admin
8.9
30
8.7
3,380
Quality of Support
8.3
68
8.5
7,513
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
29
8.7
2,968
Product Direction (% positive)
8.4
73
8.6
10,647
Features by Category
Tasks
8.6
23
|
Verified
9.3
3181
|
Verified
8.6
23
|
Verified
9.1
3152
|
Verified
8.4
22
|
Verified
8.8
3127
|
Verified
8.5
19
|
Verified
9.0
3110
|
Verified
7.6
20
|
Verified
8.3
2989
|
Verified
8.3
13
7.9
2852
|
Verified
8.2
20
|
Verified
8.6
3058
|
Verified
8.3
18
|
Verified
8.5
2968
|
Verified
Projects
8.6
19
|
Verified
8.8
2964
|
Verified
8.4
19
|
Verified
8.4
2839
|
Verified
7.7
14
|
Verified
7.9
2630
|
Verified
8.2
21
|
Verified
8.5
2899
|
Verified
8.4
18
|
Verified
8.5
2856
|
Verified
8.6
12
7.2
1183
Feature Not Available
8.0
2705
|
Verified
8.3
16
|
Verified
8.3
2853
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.4
20
|
Verified
7.5
1176
7.9
16
|
Verified
8.0
2585
|
Verified
Resource Management
8.0
18
|
Verified
7.9
2569
|
Verified
8.7
14
8.0
2651
|
Verified
8.2
18
|
Verified
8.3
2694
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.1
15
|
Verified
8.1
2549
|
Verified
8.4
18
|
Verified
8.0
2564
|
Verified
8.7
17
|
Verified
8.4
2740
|
Verified
Generative AI
8.7
5
6.7
945
8.7
5
6.8
936
Agentic AI - Project Management
Not enough data
6.4
269
Not enough data
6.7
263
Not enough data
6.4
262
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Setup
Not enough data
8.6
1820
Not enough data
8.6
1827
Not enough data
8.4
1787
Not enough data
8.6
1862
Management
Not enough data
8.5
1782
Not enough data
8.2
1677
Not enough data
7.9
1628
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.8
687
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
Not enough data
6.2
183
Not enough data
6.4
183
Not enough data
6.2
182
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Invoice Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Invoice Processing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Invoice Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
Not enough data
8.7
566
Not enough data
8.5
550
Not enough data
8.2
564
Not enough data
8.5
550
Goal Creation
Not enough data
8.6
547
Not enough data
8.6
546
Not enough data
7.6
518
Not enough data
8.8
548
Agentic AI - Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
Not enough data
6.9
47
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Tasks
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Kanban Project Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Kanban Boards
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.7
1016
Not enough data
9.1
1060
Not enough data
8.7
1030
Not enough data
7.7
881
Not enough data
8.7
1002
Not enough data
8.6
1046
Content Planning
Not enough data
8.8
1044
Not enough data
9.3
1072
Not enough data
8.8
1014
Marketing Campaign Performance
Not enough data
7.8
724
Not enough data
8.5
797
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
Not enough data
6.0
52
Not enough data
6.2
50
Not enough data
6.2
50
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Other Features
Not enough data
8.3
966
Not enough data
8.0
803
Task Creation
Not enough data
9.2
2623
Not enough data
9.2
2615
Not enough data
8.8
2497
Not enough data
8.0
2313
Task Management
Not enough data
8.8
2523
Not enough data
9.1
2566
Not enough data
8.4
2372
Not enough data
8.6
2402
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.8
976
Not enough data
6.9
973
Automation
Not enough data
8.6
1713
Not enough data
8.5
1699
Not enough data
8.1
1571
Administration
Not enough data
8.4
1675
Not enough data
8.3
1597
Not enough data
9.1
1704
Project management
Not enough data
9.0
1795
Not enough data
8.6
1699
Not enough data
8.9
1742
Not enough data
8.6
1681
Not enough data
8.7
1669
Not enough data
8.2
1530
Not enough data
8.5
1678
Workload
Not enough data
8.3
1581
Not enough data
8.6
1637
Not enough data
8.5
1587
Not enough data
8.3
1546
Communication & Collaboration
Not enough data
8.5
1625
Not enough data
8.4
1656
Not enough data
8.9
1717
Cost Management
Not enough data
7.9
1449
Not enough data
7.9
1487
Not enough data
7.7
1421
Integration
Not enough data
7.8
1410
Not enough data
7.8
1414
Not enough data
7.7
1398
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.8
629
Not enough data
6.8
624
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
6.3
175
Not enough data
6.5
174
Not enough data
6.4
173
Not enough data
6.5
172
Communication
Not enough data
7.7
2102
Not enough data
8.2
2247
Not enough data
7.7
2033
Not enough data
8.0
2106
Not enough data
7.8
2051
Content & Documents
Not enough data
8.6
2341
Not enough data
8.7
2346
Not enough data
8.4
2337
Not enough data
7.9
2061
Controls
Not enough data
8.4
2199
Not enough data
8.2
2112
Not enough data
8.5
2232
Not enough data
8.4
2219
Not enough data
7.9
2040
Project Management
Not enough data
9.2
2420
Not enough data
9.0
2364
Not enough data
8.9
2372
Not enough data
8.4
2152
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
8.7
2256
Not enough data
8.9
2315
Not enough data
8.8
2240
Not enough data
7.8
1911
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.9
861
Not enough data
7.0
865
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
6.6
287
Not enough data
6.6
286
Responses
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Automation - AI Agents
Not enough data
9.0
13
Not enough data
9.1
13
Not enough data
8.5
13
Not enough data
9.0
13
Not enough data
8.7
13
Platform
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Autonomy - AI Agents
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
9.3
14
Not enough data
9.2
13
Calendar View
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Shared Calendar
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Accessibility
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Notifications
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Calendar
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customization - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Functionality - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Data and Analytics - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Integration - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Agentic AI - Marketing Resource Management
Not enough data
6.7
35
Not enough data
6.8
35
Not enough data
6.8
35
Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
Not enough data
8.0
1092
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
1110
Planning
Not enough data
8.6
1188
Not enough data
8.8
1212
Not enough data
8.5
1121
Not enough data
8.7
1157
Not enough data
8.2
1073
Workflow Management
Not enough data
8.4
1140
Not enough data
8.8
1200
Not enough data
8.0
1061
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Time Tracking
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Client Invoicing
7.8
6
Not enough data
6.7
5
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Mobile Time Tracking
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
Platform
8.5
8
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.1
6
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Agents
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
ActiveCollab and Asana are categorized as Project Management and Task Management
Unique Categories
ActiveCollab is categorized as Resource Management, Kanban Project Management, Time Tracking, Calendar, and Invoice Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
ActiveCollab
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Asana
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
41.1%
Computer Software
14.4%
Information Technology and Services
7.8%
Graphic Design
4.4%
Media Production
3.3%
Other
28.9%
Marketing and Advertising
13.4%
Information Technology and Services
9.3%
Computer Software
9.2%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.9%
Internet
3.1%
Other
59.1%
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