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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
(12,937)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
(37,807)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
10,989
9.2
30,947
Ease of Use
8.6
11,095
9.1
31,841
Ease of Setup
8.6
4,706
9.1
8,240
Ease of Admin
8.7
3,400
8.9
4,989
Quality of Support
8.5
7,571
8.8
21,506
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
2,988
9.0
4,468
Product Direction (% positive)
8.6
10,716
8.7
30,265
Features by Category
Tasks
9.3
3223
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
3176
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
3149
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
3135
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
3002
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
2868
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
3075
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
2983
|
Verified
Not enough data
Projects
8.8
2985
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
2856
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
2645
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
2911
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
2872
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.3
1195
Not enough data
8.0
2718
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
2866
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
1189
Not enough data
8.0
2595
|
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
279
Not enough data
6.7
272
Not enough data
6.5
271
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
13862
Not enough data
9.0
14404
Not enough data
8.6
13719
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
8.5
10179
Not enough data
8.1
9513
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.1
13610
Not enough data
9.2
13246
Not enough data
9.0
11753
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.5
1478
AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.5
1464
Not enough data
7.9
1471
Not enough data
7.4
1448
Not enough data
7.4
1449
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
7.6
873
Not enough data
7.6
864
Setup
8.6
1835
9.0
667
8.6
1842
8.9
658
8.4
1800
8.6
645
8.6
1881
8.9
668
Management
8.5
1796
9.0
651
8.2
1692
8.6
637
8.0
1646
8.9
649
Generative AI
6.8
698
7.7
555
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
6.4
194
7.6
273
6.6
194
7.9
269
6.4
191
8.0
276
Feature Not Available
7.8
274
Feature Not Available
7.9
273
Feature Not Available
7.8
273
Feature Not Available
8.0
273
Account Options
Not enough data
9.2
269
Not enough data
8.3
268
Not enough data
8.6
260
Not enough data
8.6
264
Not enough data
8.9
269
Not enough data
8.8
266
Q&A Tools
Not enough data
9.0
269
Not enough data
9.0
266
Not enough data
9.1
270
Not enough data
8.6
260
Not enough data
9.0
265
Not enough data
8.8
262
Not enough data
8.5
257
Not enough data
8.8
258
Not enough data
8.4
256
Knowledge Pages
Not enough data
8.4
326
Not enough data
8.3
329
Not enough data
8.0
318
Not enough data
8.0
315
Not enough data
7.9
312
Not enough data
8.3
313
Knowledge Dissemination
Not enough data
8.2
307
Not enough data
8.7
312
Not enough data
8.9
314
Not enough data
8.9
315
Not enough data
8.3
311
Not enough data
8.2
304
Not enough data
8.6
317
Not enough data
8.6
305
Not enough data
8.5
302
Agentic AI - Knowledge Base
Not enough data
7.8
185
Not enough data
7.8
187
Not enough data
7.7
184
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
741
Not enough data
8.5
723
Productivity
Not enough data
8.0
705
Not enough data
8.3
710
Not enough data
8.6
715
Not enough data
7.8
692
Not enough data
7.9
689
Customization
8.7
1168
8.5
708
Not enough data
9.0
722
Not enough data
8.6
697
Agentic AI - Unified Workspaces
Not enough data
7.4
389
Not enough data
7.5
387
Task Creation
9.2
2642
Not enough data
9.2
2632
Not enough data
8.8
2509
Not enough data
8.0
2325
Not enough data
Task Management
8.8
2539
Not enough data
9.1
2582
Not enough data
8.4
2385
Not enough data
8.6
2414
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.8
986
Not enough data
6.9
983
Not enough data
Compatibility
Not enough data
8.9
81
Not enough data
8.9
84
Not enough data
8.8
79
Agentic AI - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
8.3
50
Not enough data
8.2
47
Not enough data
8.8
48
Not enough data
8.4
48
Not enough data
8.4
48
Not enough data
8.5
46
Search Queries
Not enough data
8.6
80
Not enough data
9.1
79
Not enough data
8.6
79
Not enough data
9.0
80
Not enough data
8.9
77
AI powered search - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
8.6
14
Not enough data
8.7
14
Not enough data
8.6
14
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
79
Not enough data
8.9
78
Not enough data
9.0
81
Compatibility - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
9.0
16
Not enough data
8.9
14
Not enough data
9.0
15
Functionality - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
8.9
15
Not enough data
9.2
14
Not enough data
9.1
15
Search Queries - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
9.0
14
Not enough data
8.8
14
Not enough data
8.6
15
Not enough data
9.0
15
Automation
8.6
1725
8.8
1184
8.5
1712
8.8
1147
8.1
1583
8.5
1127
Administration
8.4
1684
8.8
1146
8.3
1606
8.6
1110
9.1
1715
9.4
1176
Project management
9.0
1804
8.7
1130
8.6
1708
8.5
1100
8.9
1751
8.5
1116
8.7
1691
8.5
1105
8.8
1680
8.5
1100
8.2
1539
8.3
1075
8.5
1688
8.2
1095
Workload
8.3
1590
8.4
1065
8.6
1646
8.8
1103
8.5
1596
8.6
1066
8.3
1555
8.4
1059
Communication & Collaboration
8.5
1633
9.3
1251
8.4
1664
9.0
1135
8.9
1730
9.3
1200
Cost Management
7.9
1457
8.0
1048
7.9
1495
8.2
1048
7.8
1429
8.1
1043
Integration
7.8
1418
8.6
1067
7.8
1422
8.4
1047
7.7
1408
8.4
1039
Generative AI
6.9
637
7.5
994
6.9
632
7.6
991
Agentic AI - Work Management
6.4
183
7.6
498
6.7
182
7.7
494
6.6
181
8.0
495
6.7
180
7.7
495
Communication
7.7
2114
9.4
1123
8.2
2262
9.3
1114
7.7
2046
8.8
1030
8.0
2118
8.9
1019
7.8
2066
9.1
1022
Content & Documents
8.6
2359
9.1
1063
8.7
2359
8.9
1021
8.4
2351
8.7
1035
7.9
2072
8.1
984
Controls
8.4
2216
8.3
973
8.2
2124
8.1
969
8.5
2246
8.6
977
8.4
2232
8.4
978
7.9
2054
8.2
957
Project Management
9.2
2460
8.4
974
9.0
2383
8.3
958
8.9
2399
8.5
970
8.4
2173
8.6
965
Remote Collaboration
8.7
2271
9.0
981
8.9
2337
8.7
954
8.8
2255
8.9
970
7.8
1926
7.8
946
Generative AI
7.0
877
7.2
908
7.0
880
7.3
904
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
6.7
302
7.4
421
6.7
302
7.6
423
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
268
Not enough data
7.5
268
Action Item Detection - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
9.0
10
Automatic Transcription - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.4
11
Collaboration & Sharing - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.2
10
Language & Accent Support - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
9.1
11
Multi-Platform Integration - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.8
11
Privacy & Security Controls - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.8
12
Searchable Note Archives - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.5
10
Speaker Identification - AI Note-taking Software
Not enough data
8.9
11
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
708
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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