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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (56.7% of reviews)
Small-Business (82.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 2 Users
Free
Asana
Star Rating
(12,809)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 plansPaymo
Star Rating
(594)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (82.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 4 pricing plansSummary
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 Paymo follows closely with 9.2. Reviewers mention that Asana's intuitive interface makes it easy to create and assign tasks quickly.
- Reviewers mention that Paymo shines in ease of setup, scoring 9.0 compared to Asana's 8.7. Users on G2 appreciate Paymo's straightforward onboarding process, which allows teams to get started without extensive training.
- G2 users highlight that Paymo offers superior quality of support, with a score of 9.2, while Asana scores 8.5. Users report that Paymo's customer service is responsive and helpful, making it easier to resolve issues promptly.
- Users say that Asana's task prioritization feature is highly rated at 9.0, compared to Paymo's 8.5. Reviewers mention that Asana's ability to prioritize tasks effectively helps teams focus on what matters most.
- Reviewers mention that Paymo's time tracking capabilities are robust, scoring 9.1, while Asana does not focus as heavily on this feature. Users report that Paymo's time tracking integrates seamlessly with project management, making it easier to monitor billable hours.
- Users on G2 report that Asana's project management features, particularly its Kanban boards, are highly effective, scoring 8.6, while Paymo's score is slightly lower at 8.5. Reviewers say that Asana's visual project management tools enhance team collaboration and visibility.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Asana
Personal
Free
2 Users
For one to two people managing personal projects.
- Unlimited tasks
- Unlimited projects
- Unlimited messages
Paymo
Free
Free
Basic tools for personal use.
- Unlimited Users
- Unlimited Time Tracking
- Unlimited Invoices
Free Trial
Asana
Free Trial is available
Paymo
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
10,913
8.7
527
Ease of Use
8.6
11,017
9.0
528
Ease of Setup
8.6
4,632
9.0
263
Ease of Admin
8.7
3,378
8.9
258
Quality of Support
8.5
7,508
9.1
462
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
2,966
9.1
239
Product Direction (% positive)
8.6
10,641
9.0
512
Features by Category
Tasks
9.3
3177
|
Verified
9.2
75
|
Verified
9.1
3148
|
Verified
8.7
69
|
Verified
8.8
3125
|
Verified
8.9
67
|
Verified
9.0
3107
|
Verified
8.8
68
|
Verified
8.3
2986
|
Verified
8.0
52
|
Verified
7.9
2850
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.6
3055
|
Verified
8.6
61
|
Verified
8.5
2966
|
Verified
8.2
58
|
Verified
Projects
8.8
2961
|
Verified
8.7
61
|
Verified
8.4
2837
|
Verified
8.3
56
|
Verified
7.9
2629
|
Verified
8.0
41
|
Verified
8.5
2897
|
Verified
8.6
49
8.5
2854
|
Verified
8.4
63
|
Verified
7.2
1182
8.4
61
|
Verified
8.0
2704
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.3
2850
|
Verified
8.2
63
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.7
34
|
Verified
7.5
1174
9.1
73
|
Verified
8.0
2584
|
Verified
7.8
36
Resource Management
7.9
2568
|
Verified
8.2
39
|
Verified
8.0
2650
|
Verified
7.9
41
|
Verified
8.3
2693
|
Verified
8.1
50
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.1
2548
|
Verified
8.0
44
|
Verified
8.0
2563
|
Verified
7.8
40
|
Verified
8.4
2738
|
Verified
8.7
67
|
Verified
Generative AI
6.7
944
Not enough data
6.8
935
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project Management
6.4
268
Not enough data
6.6
262
Not enough data
6.4
261
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
Setup
8.6
1819
Not enough data
8.6
1826
Not enough data
8.4
1786
Not enough data
8.6
1861
Not enough data
Management
8.5
1781
Not enough data
8.2
1676
Not enough data
7.9
1627
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.8
686
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
6.2
182
Not enough data
6.4
182
Not enough data
6.2
181
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
Planning
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.4
9
Optimization
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.5
9
Communication
8.7
565
Not enough data
8.5
549
Not enough data
8.2
563
Not enough data
8.5
548
Not enough data
Goal Creation
8.6
546
Not enough data
8.6
545
Not enough data
7.6
517
Not enough data
8.8
547
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
6.8
46
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Tasks
Not enough data
9.2
14
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
9.2
13
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
9.3
12
Not enough data
9.4
13
Not enough data
9.4
13
Planning
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
9.1
13
Not enough data
8.8
14
Platform Basics
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
Not enough data
Content Planning
8.8
1044
Not enough data
9.3
1072
Not enough data
8.8
1014
Not enough data
Marketing Campaign Performance
7.8
724
Not enough data
8.5
797
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
6.0
52
Not enough data
6.2
50
Not enough data
6.2
50
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Other Features
8.3
966
Not enough data
8.0
803
Not enough data
Task Creation
9.2
2622
9.1
80
9.2
2614
8.8
75
8.8
2496
8.4
67
8.0
2312
Feature Not Available
Task Management
8.8
2522
8.5
68
9.1
2565
8.8
71
8.4
2371
8.2
47
8.6
2401
8.2
51
Generative AI
6.8
975
Not enough data
6.9
972
Not enough data
Automation
8.5
1712
Not enough data
8.5
1698
Not enough data
8.1
1570
Not enough data
Administration
8.4
1674
Not enough data
8.3
1596
Not enough data
9.1
1703
Not enough data
Project management
9.0
1794
Not enough data
8.6
1698
Not enough data
8.9
1741
Not enough data
8.6
1680
Not enough data
8.7
1668
Not enough data
8.2
1529
Not enough data
8.5
1677
Not enough data
Workload
8.3
1580
Not enough data
8.6
1636
Not enough data
8.5
1586
Not enough data
8.3
1545
Not enough data
Communication & Collaboration
8.5
1624
Not enough data
8.4
1655
Not enough data
8.9
1715
Not enough data
Cost Management
7.9
1448
Not enough data
7.9
1486
Not enough data
7.7
1420
Not enough data
Integration
7.8
1409
Not enough data
7.8
1413
Not enough data
7.7
1397
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.8
628
Not enough data
6.8
623
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Work Management
6.3
174
Not enough data
6.5
173
Not enough data
6.4
172
Not enough data
6.5
171
Not enough data
Communication
7.7
2101
Not enough data
8.2
2246
Not enough data
7.7
2032
Not enough data
8.0
2105
Not enough data
7.8
2050
Not enough data
Content & Documents
8.6
2340
Not enough data
8.7
2345
Not enough data
8.4
2336
Not enough data
7.9
2060
Not enough data
Controls
8.4
2197
Not enough data
8.2
2111
Not enough data
8.5
2231
Not enough data
8.4
2217
Not enough data
7.9
2039
Not enough data
Project Management
9.2
2419
Not enough data
9.0
2363
Not enough data
8.9
2370
Not enough data
8.4
2150
Not enough data
Remote Collaboration
8.7
2255
Not enough data
8.9
2312
Not enough data
8.8
2238
Not enough data
7.8
1910
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.9
860
Not enough data
7.0
864
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
6.6
286
Not enough data
6.5
285
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
8.9
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
8.5
12
Not enough data
8.9
12
Not enough data
8.6
12
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
9.2
13
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
Bill Generation
Not enough data
8.7
31
Not enough data
9.1
30
Not enough data
8.8
20
Bill Processing
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Integration
Not enough data
7.8
13
Not enough data
8.7
17
Not enough data
8.5
10
Agentic AI - Billing
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
6.7
35
Not enough data
6.8
35
Not enough data
6.8
35
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
8.0
1091
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
1109
Not enough data
Planning
8.6
1187
Not enough data
8.8
1211
Not enough data
8.5
1120
Not enough data
8.7
1156
Not enough data
8.2
1072
Not enough data
Workflow Management
8.4
1139
Not enough data
8.8
1199
Not enough data
8.0
1060
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Time Tracking
Not enough data
9.2
403
Not enough data
9.2
399
Not enough data
8.9
334
Client Invoicing
Not enough data
8.7
253
Not enough data
8.6
130
Not enough data
8.4
185
Mobile Time Tracking
Not enough data
9.2
365
Administration
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
8.7
231
Platform
Not enough data
8.6
241
Not enough data
8.2
113
Not enough data
8.3
114
Not enough data
9.1
254
Not enough data
8.0
174
Not enough data
7.3
98
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 Paymo are categorized as Task Management and Project Management
Unique Categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Asana
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Paymo
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%
Marketing and Advertising
13.4%
Information Technology and Services
8.9%
Computer Software
8.9%
Design
7.4%
Graphic Design
6.7%
Other
54.8%
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8 Comments
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Yes. But with limited feature for only 3 projects.Read more
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Is paymo free?
3 Comments
SZ
There's a Free tier for paymo but for most professional users the limits like max. 3 clients / 3 invoices isn't very practical.Read more
How much does Paymo cost?
1 Comment
A
Free (limited to 1 user)
Small Office - $11.95/user/month
Business - $18.95/user/month
20% discount for annual subscriptions
You only pay for the...Read more
Does Paymo offer integrations with other apps?
1 Comment
A
https://www.paymoapp.com/downloads-and-integrations/Read more
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