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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (56.7% of reviews)
Small-Business (37.4% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 2 Users
No pricing available
Asana
Star Rating
(12,781)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
Browse all 5 pricing plansGitLab
Star Rating
(864)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (37.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free Trial is available
Learn more about GitLabAsana vs GitLab
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found GitLab easier to use, and do business with overall. However, reviewers preferred the ease of administration with Asana. Reviewers felt that the products are equally easy to set up.
- Reviewers felt that GitLab meets the needs of their business better than Asana.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, Asana and GitLab provide similar levels of assistance.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of GitLab over Asana.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Asana
Personal
Free
2 Users
For one to two people managing personal projects.
- Unlimited tasks
- Unlimited projects
- Unlimited messages
GitLab
No pricing availableFree Trial
Asana
Free Trial is available
GitLab
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
10,899
9.1
654
Ease of Use
8.6
11,003
8.7
656
Ease of Setup
8.6
4,621
8.6
217
Ease of Admin
8.7
3,375
8.6
172
Quality of Support
8.5
7,497
8.5
518
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
2,964
8.8
147
Product Direction (% positive)
8.6
10,627
8.7
621
Features by Category
Tasks
9.3
3175
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
3145
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
3122
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
3103
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
2983
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
2848
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
3053
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
2965
|
Verified
Not enough data
Projects
8.8
2958
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
2835
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
2627
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
2894
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
2852
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.2
1180
Not enough data
8.0
2702
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
2848
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
1172
Not enough data
8.0
2582
|
Verified
Not enough data
Resource Management
7.9
2566
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
2648
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
2690
|
Verified
Not enough data
Project Monitoring
8.1
2546
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
2561
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
2736
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.7
940
Not enough data
6.8
932
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project Management
6.3
265
Not enough data
6.6
259
Not enough data
6.4
258
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
8.7
123
Not enough data
8.9
131
Not enough data
8.6
123
Functionality
Not enough data
9.0
129
Not enough data
8.5
115
Not enough data
8.5
109
Not enough data
8.7
114
Not enough data
8.6
103
Processes
Not enough data
9.1
132
Not enough data
9.0
121
Not enough data
8.7
121
Administration
Not enough data
9.2
28
Not enough data
9.0
27
Analysis
Not enough data
8.7
26
Not enough data
9.0
27
Not enough data
9.1
27
Not enough data
8.9
25
Testing
Not enough data
8.8
27
Not enough data
8.7
26
Not enough data
9.1
26
Not enough data
8.8
26
Not enough data
8.8
24
Not enough data
8.5
24
Not enough data
8.8
24
Agentic AI - Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
9.2
25
Not enough data
8.9
24
Analysis
Not enough data
8.5
24
Not enough data
9.2
24
Not enough data
8.8
24
Not enough data
8.9
24
Not enough data
9.0
24
Testing
Not enough data
8.6
23
Not enough data
9.1
23
Not enough data
8.9
22
Not enough data
9.0
21
Not enough data
9.0
20
Not enough data
9.1
21
Administration
Not enough data
8.7
77
Not enough data
8.7
78
Not enough data
8.7
75
Not enough data
8.8
80
Automation
Not enough data
8.9
79
Not enough data
8.4
72
Not enough data
9.0
79
Not enough data
8.7
73
IT Management
Not enough data
8.7
74
Not enough data
8.9
74
Not enough data
8.6
71
Setup
8.6
1816
Not enough data
8.6
1824
Not enough data
8.4
1784
Not enough data
8.6
1856
Not enough data
Management
8.5
1779
Not enough data
8.2
1674
Not enough data
7.9
1625
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.8
683
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
6.1
179
Not enough data
6.3
179
Not enough data
6.2
178
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
213
Not enough data
9.0
215
Not enough data
8.7
205
Management
Not enough data
8.8
199
Not enough data
8.4
191
Not enough data
8.9
207
Agentic AI - Continuous Delivery
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
8.2
10
Not enough data
7.5
10
Not enough data
7.5
10
Not enough data
7.2
9
Bug Reporting
Not enough data
8.6
139
Not enough data
8.5
133
Not enough data
8.6
140
Bug Monitoring
Not enough data
8.4
136
Not enough data
8.8
145
Not enough data
8.8
135
Agentic AI - Bug Tracking
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
7.9
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Functionality - Software Composition Analysis
Not enough data
8.7
65
Not enough data
8.8
70
Not enough data
8.7
67
Effectiveness - Software Composition Analysis
Not enough data
8.8
64
Not enough data
9.0
64
Not enough data
9.0
61
Communication
8.7
564
Not enough data
8.5
548
Not enough data
8.2
562
Not enough data
8.5
547
Not enough data
Goal Creation
8.6
545
Not enough data
8.6
544
Not enough data
7.6
516
Not enough data
8.8
546
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
6.7
44
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Platform Basics
8.7
1015
Not enough data
9.1
1059
Not enough data
8.7
1029
Not enough data
7.7
880
Not enough data
8.7
1001
Not enough data
8.6
1045
Not enough data
Content Planning
8.8
1042
Not enough data
9.2
1071
Not enough data
8.8
1013
Not enough data
Marketing Campaign Performance
7.8
723
Not enough data
8.5
796
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
6.0
50
Not enough data
6.2
49
Not enough data
6.2
49
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Other Features
8.3
964
Not enough data
8.0
802
Not enough data
Task Creation
9.2
2618
Not enough data
9.2
2611
Not enough data
8.8
2494
Not enough data
8.0
2310
Not enough data
Task Management
8.8
2519
Not enough data
9.1
2561
Not enough data
8.4
2369
Not enough data
8.6
2398
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.8
972
Not enough data
6.9
969
Not enough data
Automation
8.5
1709
Not enough data
8.5
1696
Not enough data
8.1
1567
Not enough data
Administration
8.4
1672
Not enough data
8.3
1594
Not enough data
9.1
1701
Not enough data
Project management
9.0
1793
Not enough data
8.6
1696
Not enough data
8.9
1739
Not enough data
8.6
1678
Not enough data
8.7
1666
Not enough data
8.2
1527
Not enough data
8.5
1675
Not enough data
Workload
8.3
1578
Not enough data
8.6
1634
Not enough data
8.5
1584
Not enough data
8.3
1543
Not enough data
Communication & Collaboration
8.5
1622
Not enough data
8.4
1653
Not enough data
8.9
1712
Not enough data
Cost Management
7.9
1446
Not enough data
7.9
1484
Not enough data
7.7
1418
Not enough data
Integration
7.8
1407
Not enough data
7.8
1411
Not enough data
7.7
1395
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.8
625
Not enough data
6.8
620
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Work Management
6.2
171
Not enough data
6.4
170
Not enough data
6.3
169
Not enough data
6.4
168
Not enough data
Communication
7.7
2096
Not enough data
8.2
2242
Not enough data
7.7
2028
Not enough data
8.0
2100
Not enough data
7.8
2047
Not enough data
Content & Documents
8.6
2335
Not enough data
8.7
2340
Not enough data
8.4
2331
Not enough data
7.9
2056
Not enough data
Controls
8.4
2191
Not enough data
8.1
2107
Not enough data
8.5
2228
Not enough data
8.4
2213
Not enough data
7.9
2036
Not enough data
Project Management
9.2
2410
Not enough data
9.0
2358
Not enough data
8.9
2363
Not enough data
8.4
2146
Not enough data
Remote Collaboration
8.7
2250
Not enough data
8.9
2308
Not enough data
8.8
2235
Not enough data
7.8
1907
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.9
857
Not enough data
7.0
862
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
6.5
284
Not enough data
6.5
283
Not enough data
Responses
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Automation - AI Agents
8.8
10
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
8.2
10
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
Platform
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Autonomy - AI Agents
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.0
10
Not enough data
9.0
10
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
8.8
142
Not enough data
8.8
147
Not enough data
8.5
135
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
148
Not enough data
8.8
148
Not enough data
8.7
139
Processes
Not enough data
9.0
152
Not enough data
8.5
140
Not enough data
9.0
155
Functionality
Not enough data
8.9
226
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
210
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
204
|
Verified
Management
Not enough data
8.9
214
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
215
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
197
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Continuous Integration
Not enough data
7.3
11
Not enough data
7.6
13
Not enough data
7.4
12
Not enough data
7.1
11
Not enough data
7.6
11
Documentation
Not enough data
8.8
116
Not enough data
8.6
112
Not enough data
8.4
112
Security
Not enough data
8.0
101
Not enough data
8.4
100
Not enough data
9.0
109
Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AI Code Generation
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
Customization - AI Agent Builders
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Functionality - AI Agent Builders
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Data and Analytics - AI Agent Builders
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
Integration - AI Agent Builders
9.0
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Marketing Resource Management
6.6
34
Not enough data
6.7
34
Not enough data
6.7
34
Not enough data
Communication
8.0
1090
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
1108
Not enough data
Planning
8.6
1186
Not enough data
8.8
1210
Not enough data
8.5
1119
Not enough data
8.7
1155
Not enough data
8.2
1071
Not enough data
Workflow Management
8.4
1138
Not enough data
8.8
1198
Not enough data
8.0
1059
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Value Analysis
Not enough data
8.9
39
Not enough data
8.7
40
Not enough data
8.6
36
Not enough data
8.9
37
Value Management
Not enough data
9.0
39
Not enough data
8.7
41
Not enough data
8.9
40
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
Asana and GitLab share no categories
Unique Categories
GitLab is categorized as Secure Code Review, DevOps Platforms, Value Stream Management, Software Composition Analysis, Cloud Infrastructure Automation, Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Application Release Orchestration, Version Control Hosting, Peer Code Review, Continuous Delivery, Bug Tracking, Continuous Integration, and AI Code Generation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Asana
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
GitLab
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
13.4%
Information Technology and Services
9.3%
Computer Software
9.2%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.9%
Internet
3.1%
Other
59.1%
Computer Software
33.6%
Information Technology and Services
24.1%
Internet
3.9%
Financial Services
3.4%
Telecommunications
2.2%
Other
32.7%
Alternatives
Discussions
Can you use asana for free?
8 Comments
EU
Yes. But with limited feature for only 3 projects.Read more
What software did you find useful outside of work?
7 Comments
FB
<p>I've found password managers to be really helpful in personal and work life. For example: 1password</p>Read more
Is GitLab paid?
5 Comments
PG
Yes, Gitlab is paid as it provides the flexibility to use all the features of the GitHub and Git as well as the freedom to use your own DataBase so that you...Read more
Is GitLab free software?
4 Comments
RB
Yes, in that for non-commercial users, payment is unnecessary. Additionally, its source is publicly available.Read more
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