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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (56.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (41.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 2 Users
$0.00
Asana
Star Rating
(12,960)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
Browse all 5 pricing plansSlack
Star Rating
(37,852)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (41.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Slack excels in facilitating team communication, with many users highlighting its seamless workflow and effective channel organization. One user mentioned, "This is a great platform for connecting with my team," emphasizing how it enhances daily communication.
- Users say Asana stands out for its user-friendly interface and customization options. Reviewers appreciate its ability to organize projects efficiently, with one noting, "I really like Asana's interface because it's simple and easy to use," making it ideal for managing multiple projects.
- According to verified reviews, Slack's ease of setup is a significant advantage, with users praising the quick onboarding process. One user remarked, "The initial setup was super easy," which contributes to its high satisfaction ratings.
- Reviewers mention that Asana offers robust task management features, with users noting its effectiveness in prioritizing tasks. A user highlighted, "So many options to customize based on our project needs," showcasing its flexibility in adapting to various workflows.
- G2 reviewers indicate that while both platforms provide good support, Slack has a slight edge in quality, with users rating it higher for responsiveness and helpfulness. One user stated, "Excellent collaboration tool," reflecting its strong support for cross-departmental communication.
- Users report that Asana's project organization capabilities are particularly beneficial for small businesses, with a majority of its reviews coming from this segment. Reviewers appreciate the ability to keep everything in one organized place, which is crucial for smaller teams managing multiple projects.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Asana
Personal
Free
2 Users
For one to two people managing personal projects.
- Unlimited tasks
- Unlimited projects
- Unlimited messages
Slack
Free
$0.00
For teams wanting to try out Slack for an unlimited period of time
- Searchable message archives, up to 10k of your team’s most recent messages
- 10 apps or service integrations
- Native apps for iOS, Android, Mac & Windows Desktop
Free Trial
Asana
Free Trial is available
Slack
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
11,000
9.2
30,967
Ease of Use
8.6
11,107
9.2
31,873
Ease of Setup
8.6
4,718
9.1
8,271
Ease of Admin
8.7
3,402
8.9
4,994
Quality of Support
8.5
7,581
8.8
21,524
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
2,990
9.0
4,473
Product Direction (% positive)
8.6
10,727
8.7
30,284
Features by Category
Tasks
9.3
3226
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
3181
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
3151
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
3137
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
3004
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
2869
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
3077
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
2985
|
Verified
Not enough data
Projects
8.8
2986
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
2856
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
2647
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
2911
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
2873
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.3
1196
Not enough data
8.0
2720
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
2867
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
1190
Not enough data
8.0
2596
|
Verified
Not enough data
Resource Management
7.9
2579
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
2661
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
2706
|
Verified
Not enough data
Project Monitoring
8.1
2561
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
2575
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
2754
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.8
953
Not enough data
6.8
945
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project Management
6.5
278
Not enough data
6.8
271
Not enough data
6.5
270
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
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.1
13869
Not enough data
9.0
14412
Not enough data
8.6
13725
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
8.5
10186
Not enough data
8.1
9519
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.1
13616
Not enough data
9.2
13251
Not enough data
9.0
11762
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.5
1482
AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.5
1468
Not enough data
7.9
1476
Not enough data
7.4
1452
Not enough data
7.4
1453
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.7
877
Not enough data
7.6
868
Setup
8.6
1835
9.0
670
8.6
1841
8.9
661
8.4
1799
8.6
648
8.6
1881
8.9
674
Management
8.5
1795
9.0
654
8.2
1692
8.6
640
8.0
1647
8.9
654
Generative AI
6.8
697
7.7
557
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
6.4
193
7.7
276
6.6
193
7.9
272
6.4
190
8.1
279
Feature Not Available
7.9
277
Feature Not Available
7.9
276
Feature Not Available
7.8
276
Feature Not Available
8.0
276
Account Options
Not enough data
9.2
272
Not enough data
8.3
270
Not enough data
8.6
263
Not enough data
8.6
267
Not enough data
8.9
272
Not enough data
8.8
269
Q&A Tools
Not enough data
9.0
272
Not enough data
9.0
268
Not enough data
9.1
273
Not enough data
8.6
262
Not enough data
9.0
268
Not enough data
8.8
265
Not enough data
8.5
259
Not enough data
8.8
261
Not enough data
8.4
259
Knowledge Pages
Not enough data
8.4
328
Not enough data
8.3
331
Not enough data
8.1
320
Not enough data
8.1
318
Not enough data
7.9
315
Not enough data
8.3
315
Knowledge Dissemination
Not enough data
8.2
309
Not enough data
8.7
315
Not enough data
8.9
316
Not enough data
8.9
318
Not enough data
8.3
313
Not enough data
8.2
307
Not enough data
8.7
320
Not enough data
8.6
309
Not enough data
8.6
304
Agentic AI - Knowledge Base
Not enough data
7.8
187
Not enough data
7.8
189
Not enough data
7.7
186
Communication
8.7
576
Not enough data
8.5
560
Not enough data
8.2
574
Not enough data
8.5
563
Not enough data
Goal Creation
8.6
557
Not enough data
8.6
556
Not enough data
7.7
528
Not enough data
8.8
558
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
7.3
54
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Platform Basics
8.7
1019
Not enough data
9.1
1065
Not enough data
8.7
1033
Not enough data
7.7
885
Not enough data
8.7
1006
Not enough data
8.6
1050
Not enough data
Content Planning
8.8
1048
Not enough data
9.3
1077
Not enough data
8.8
1017
Not enough data
Marketing Campaign Performance
7.8
726
Not enough data
8.5
799
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
6.0
54
Not enough data
6.3
52
Not enough data
6.3
52
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Other Features
8.3
972
Not enough data
8.0
805
Not enough data
Login Options
Not enough data
9.0
745
Not enough data
8.5
726
Productivity
Not enough data
8.0
709
Not enough data
8.3
714
Not enough data
8.6
718
Not enough data
7.8
696
Not enough data
7.9
693
Customization
8.7
1168
8.5
712
Not enough data
9.0
726
Not enough data
8.6
701
Agentic AI - Unified Workspaces
Not enough data
7.4
392
Not enough data
7.5
390
Task Creation
9.2
2643
Not enough data
9.2
2633
Not enough data
8.8
2508
Not enough data
8.0
2324
Not enough data
Task Management
8.8
2538
Not enough data
9.1
2581
Not enough data
8.4
2385
Not enough data
8.6
2414
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.8
985
Not enough data
6.9
982
Not enough data
Compatibility
Not enough data
8.9
83
Not enough data
9.0
86
Not enough data
8.9
81
Agentic AI - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
8.4
52
Not enough data
8.2
49
Not enough data
8.8
50
Not enough data
8.4
50
Not enough data
8.5
50
Not enough data
8.5
48
Search Queries
Not enough data
8.7
82
Not enough data
9.1
81
Not enough data
8.7
81
Not enough data
9.0
82
Not enough data
8.9
79
AI powered search - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
8.8
16
Not enough data
8.8
15
Not enough data
8.7
15
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
81
Not enough data
8.9
80
Not enough data
9.0
84
Compatibility - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
9.1
18
Not enough data
9.1
16
Not enough data
9.0
16
Functionality - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
9.0
17
Not enough data
9.3
16
Not enough data
9.3
18
Search Queries - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
9.2
16
Not enough data
9.0
16
Not enough data
8.7
17
Not enough data
9.1
17
Automation
8.6
1725
8.8
1192
8.5
1711
8.8
1152
8.1
1582
8.5
1132
Administration
8.4
1684
8.8
1151
8.3
1606
8.6
1113
9.1
1714
9.4
1184
Project management
9.0
1804
8.7
1134
8.6
1707
8.5
1103
8.9
1750
8.6
1120
8.7
1691
8.5
1109
8.8
1679
8.5
1104
8.2
1538
8.3
1078
8.5
1687
8.2
1099
Workload
8.3
1590
8.4
1068
8.6
1645
8.8
1108
8.5
1595
8.6
1071
8.3
1554
8.4
1063
Communication & Collaboration
8.5
1632
9.3
1279
8.4
1663
9.0
1147
8.9
1732
9.3
1210
Cost Management
7.9
1456
8.0
1051
7.9
1494
8.2
1052
7.8
1428
8.1
1046
Integration
7.8
1417
8.6
1074
7.8
1421
8.4
1050
7.7
1407
8.4
1042
Generative AI
6.9
636
7.5
997
6.9
631
7.6
994
Agentic AI - Work Management
6.5
182
7.6
501
6.7
181
7.7
497
6.6
180
8.0
498
6.7
179
7.7
498
Communication
7.7
2114
9.4
1134
8.2
2262
9.3
1130
7.7
2046
8.8
1036
8.0
2118
8.9
1024
7.8
2066
9.1
1027
Content & Documents
8.6
2360
9.1
1073
8.7
2359
8.9
1025
8.4
2351
8.7
1041
7.9
2072
8.1
990
Controls
8.4
2217
8.3
977
8.2
2124
8.1
972
8.5
2246
8.6
981
8.4
2232
8.4
981
7.9
2054
8.2
960
Project Management
9.2
2462
8.4
978
9.0
2384
8.3
962
8.9
2404
8.5
976
8.4
2173
8.6
968
Remote Collaboration
8.7
2272
9.0
985
8.9
2338
8.7
957
8.8
2255
8.9
974
7.8
1926
7.8
949
Generative AI
7.0
877
7.2
911
7.1
880
7.3
907
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
6.7
302
7.4
425
6.7
302
7.6
427
Responses
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Automation - AI Agents
9.3
19
Not enough data
9.4
19
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
9.3
19
Not enough data
9.0
19
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
9.5
20
Not enough data
9.5
19
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
6.8
37
Not enough data
6.9
37
Not enough data
6.9
37
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Audio Conferencing
Not enough data
7.4
271
Not enough data
7.5
271
Action Item Detection - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.9
12
Not enough data
9.2
12
Automatic Transcription - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.5
13
Collaboration & Sharing - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.3
12
Language & Accent Support - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.2
13
Multi-Platform Integration - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.0
13
Privacy & Security Controls - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.9
14
Searchable Note Archives - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.8
12
Speaker Identification - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.1
13
Communication
8.0
1103
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
1122
Not enough data
Planning
8.6
1199
Not enough data
8.9
1223
Not enough data
8.5
1133
Not enough data
8.7
1168
8.5
712
8.2
1084
Not enough data
Workflow Management
8.4
1151
Not enough data
8.8
1211
Not enough data
8.0
1072
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Knowledge Base
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
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 - 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 Slack are categorized as Work Management, Workflow Management, and Project Collaboration
Unique Categories
Slack is categorized as Knowledge Base, Unified Workspaces, Enterprise Search Software, Q&A Platforms, AI Note-Taking Software, Business Instant Messaging, and Audio Conferencing
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Asana
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Slack
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
13.3%
Information Technology and Services
9.4%
Computer Software
9.2%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.9%
Internet
3.1%
Other
59.1%
Computer Software
15.3%
Information Technology and Services
13.1%
Marketing and Advertising
8.7%
Internet
4.7%
Education Management
3.3%
Other
54.9%
Alternatives
Discussions
Can you use asana for free?
9 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
How do I delete a channel in slack?
47 Comments
CH
Since this has already been answered, my $0.02 is that you should always archive channels rather than delete them for posterity and/or auditing purposes.Read more
What does slack software do?
28 Comments
RR
Slack is messaging and communication platform which allow an individual for video and audio calls and many more.Read more
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