Compare ActiveCollab and Asana 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (70.0% of reviews)
Small-Business (56.7% 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
(13,406)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (56.7% 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.
- G2 reviewers report that Asana excels in providing a flexible and customizable interface, making it easy to manage tasks and timelines. Users appreciate the various project views, such as list, board, and timeline, which help in visualizing progress effectively.
- Users say that ActiveCollab is straightforward to implement and integrates well with tools like Hubstaff for time tracking. This ease of use is highlighted by reviewers who mention that the platform is user-friendly and simplifies project management without requiring extensive training.
- Reviewers mention that Asana's ability to break down work into smaller, manageable tasks is a significant advantage. Users find it easy to move tasks around and group them, which enhances their ability to monitor progress without unnecessary complexity.
- According to verified reviews, ActiveCollab shines in its cloud-based implementation, which eliminates the need for hardware infrastructure. This feature allows teams to access the platform from anywhere, providing additional functionalities that support remote work.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while Asana has a higher overall satisfaction score, ActiveCollab offers competitive features in areas like project budgeting and time tracking, which some users find beneficial for their specific needs.
- Users report that Asana's support quality is generally high, with many praising the responsive customer service. In contrast, ActiveCollab's support is seen as adequate but not as robust, which may impact users who require more assistance during their project management journey.
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
11,254
Ease of Use
8.9
76
8.6
11,378
Ease of Setup
8.6
28
8.6
4,972
Ease of Admin
8.9
30
8.7
3,549
Quality of Support
8.3
68
8.5
7,783
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
29
8.7
3,129
Product Direction (% positive)
8.4
73
8.6
10,975
Features by Category
Tasks
8.6
23
|
Verified
9.3
3266
|
Verified
8.6
23
|
Verified
9.1
3221
|
Verified
8.4
22
|
Verified
8.9
3180
|
Verified
8.5
19
|
Verified
9.0
3165
|
Verified
7.6
20
|
Verified
8.3
3021
|
Verified
8.3
13
7.9
2878
|
Verified
8.2
20
|
Verified
8.6
3097
|
Verified
8.3
18
|
Verified
8.5
3010
|
Verified
Projects
8.6
19
|
Verified
8.8
3001
|
Verified
8.4
19
|
Verified
8.4
2869
|
Verified
7.7
14
|
Verified
8.0
2657
|
Verified
8.2
21
|
Verified
8.5
2931
|
Verified
8.4
18
|
Verified
8.5
2888
|
Verified
8.6
12
7.3
1204
Feature Not Available
8.1
2730
|
Verified
8.3
16
|
Verified
8.3
2873
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.4
20
|
Verified
7.5
1204
7.9
16
|
Verified
8.0
2599
|
Verified
Resource Management
8.0
18
|
Verified
7.9
2583
|
Verified
8.7
14
8.1
2666
|
Verified
8.2
18
|
Verified
8.3
2714
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.1
15
|
Verified
8.1
2565
|
Verified
8.4
18
|
Verified
8.0
2578
|
Verified
8.7
17
|
Verified
8.4
2767
|
Verified
Generative AI
8.7
5
6.8
954
8.7
5
6.8
947
Agentic AI - Project Management
Not enough data
6.5
280
Not enough data
6.8
274
Not enough data
6.6
274
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
1841
Not enough data
8.6
1845
Not enough data
8.4
1802
Not enough data
8.6
1894
Management
Not enough data
8.5
1799
Not enough data
8.2
1695
Not enough data
8.0
1655
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.8
699
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
Not enough data
6.4
197
Not enough data
6.6
199
Not enough data
6.5
196
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
576
Not enough data
8.5
560
Not enough data
8.2
575
Not enough data
8.5
564
Goal Creation
Not enough data
8.6
557
Not enough data
8.6
557
Not enough data
7.7
528
Not enough data
8.8
558
Agentic AI - Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
Not enough data
7.3
55
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
1021
Not enough data
9.1
1064
Not enough data
8.7
1033
Not enough data
7.7
885
Not enough data
8.7
1008
Not enough data
8.6
1051
Content Planning
Not enough data
8.8
1048
Not enough data
9.3
1079
Not enough data
8.8
1017
Marketing Campaign Performance
Not enough data
7.8
724
Not enough data
8.5
799
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
Not enough data
6.0
54
Not enough data
6.4
53
Not enough data
6.3
53
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Other Features
Not enough data
8.3
973
Not enough data
8.0
806
Task Creation
Not enough data
9.2
2656
Not enough data
9.2
2649
Not enough data
8.8
2517
Not enough data
8.0
2324
Task Management
Not enough data
8.8
2547
Not enough data
9.1
2593
Not enough data
8.4
2389
Not enough data
8.6
2417
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.8
986
Not enough data
6.9
985
Automation
Not enough data
8.6
1732
Not enough data
8.5
1717
Not enough data
8.1
1584
Administration
Not enough data
8.4
1690
Not enough data
8.3
1608
Not enough data
9.1
1723
Project management
Not enough data
9.0
1812
Not enough data
8.6
1710
Not enough data
8.9
1753
Not enough data
8.7
1694
Not enough data
8.8
1682
Not enough data
8.2
1540
Not enough data
8.5
1695
Workload
Not enough data
8.3
1593
Not enough data
8.6
1646
Not enough data
8.5
1597
Not enough data
8.3
1556
Communication & Collaboration
Not enough data
8.5
1639
Not enough data
8.4
1665
Not enough data
8.9
1747
Cost Management
Not enough data
7.9
1458
Not enough data
7.9
1499
Not enough data
7.8
1431
Integration
Not enough data
7.8
1420
Not enough data
7.8
1423
Not enough data
7.7
1409
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.9
638
Not enough data
6.9
635
Agentic AI - Work Management
Not enough data
6.5
185
Not enough data
6.7
185
Not enough data
6.6
186
Not enough data
6.7
183
Communication
Not enough data
7.7
2115
Not enough data
8.2
2293
Not enough data
7.7
2044
Not enough data
8.0
2115
Not enough data
7.8
2067
Content & Documents
Not enough data
8.6
2369
Not enough data
8.7
2359
Not enough data
8.4
2356
Not enough data
7.9
2069
Controls
Not enough data
8.4
2268
Not enough data
8.2
2122
Not enough data
8.5
2257
Not enough data
8.4
2246
Not enough data
7.9
2053
Project Management
Not enough data
9.3
2645
Not enough data
9.0
2437
Not enough data
9.0
2522
Not enough data
8.4
2208
Remote Collaboration
Not enough data
8.7
2281
Not enough data
8.9
2410
Not enough data
8.8
2266
Not enough data
7.8
1923
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.0
881
Not enough data
7.1
885
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
Not enough data
6.8
308
Not enough data
6.8
312
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
9.3
20
Not enough data
9.4
20
Not enough data
9.0
20
Not enough data
9.3
20
Not enough data
9.1
20
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
9.5
21
Not enough data
9.5
21
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
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Functionality - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Data and Analytics - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
9.0
8
Integration - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
9.3
9
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Agentic AI - Marketing Resource Management
Not enough data
6.8
37
Not enough data
6.9
37
Not enough data
6.9
36
Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
Not enough data
8.0
1104
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
1123
Planning
Not enough data
8.6
1200
Not enough data
8.9
1224
Not enough data
8.5
1136
Not enough data
8.7
1171
Not enough data
8.2
1085
Workflow Management
Not enough data
8.4
1153
Not enough data
8.8
1212
Not enough data
8.0
1074
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%
Automotive
3.3%
Other
28.9%
Marketing and Advertising
13.4%
Information Technology and Services
9.4%
Computer Software
9.3%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.9%
Internet
3.1%
Other
59.0%
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