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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (56.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (43.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 2 Users
$7.95 Per Month
Asana
Star Rating
(12,884)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 plansSmartDraw
Star Rating
(334)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (43.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$7.95 Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansAsana vs SmartDraw
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found SmartDraw easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with SmartDraw overall.
- Reviewers felt that SmartDraw meets the needs of their business better than Asana.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that SmartDraw is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of SmartDraw 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
SmartDraw
Individual
$7.95
Per Month
Paid annually.
- Best in class diagramming
- Whiteboarding
- Data visualization
Free Trial
Asana
Free Trial is available
SmartDraw
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
10,962
8.8
255
Ease of Use
8.6
11,066
8.7
260
Ease of Setup
8.6
4,678
9.4
130
Ease of Admin
8.7
3,392
9.4
93
Quality of Support
8.5
7,549
9.1
217
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
2,980
9.5
88
Product Direction (% positive)
8.6
10,688
8.7
243
Features by Category
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content 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
Productivity Tools
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
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Tasks
9.3
3207
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
3171
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
3143
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
3128
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
3002
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
2865
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
3072
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
2982
|
Verified
Not enough data
Projects
8.8
2980
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
2854
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
2642
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
2910
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
2869
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.3
1194
Not enough data
8.0
2716
|
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
2596
|
Verified
Not enough data
Resource Management
7.9
2580
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
2662
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
2705
|
Verified
Not enough data
Project Monitoring
8.1
2561
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
2575
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
2752
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.8
952
Not enough data
6.8
943
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project Management
6.5
276
Not enough data
6.7
270
Not enough data
6.5
269
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
Logistics
Not enough data
8.0
72
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
85
Not enough data
8.4
80
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Editing & Design
Not enough data
8.9
86
Not enough data
8.8
77
Not enough data
8.7
81
Not enough data
9.1
85
Not enough data
8.9
74
Agentic AI - Org Chart
Not enough data
6.9
15
Not enough data
7.1
15
Setup
8.6
1833
Not enough data
8.6
1841
Not enough data
8.4
1799
Not enough data
8.6
1876
Not enough data
Management
8.5
1794
Not enough data
8.2
1690
Not enough data
8.0
1643
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.8
696
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
6.3
192
Not enough data
6.5
192
Not enough data
6.4
189
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
Communication
8.7
572
Not enough data
8.5
556
Not enough data
8.2
570
Not enough data
8.5
557
Not enough data
Goal Creation
8.6
553
Not enough data
8.6
552
Not enough data
7.7
524
Not enough data
8.8
554
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
7.1
51
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Platform Basics
8.7
1018
Not enough data
9.1
1064
Not enough data
8.7
1032
Not enough data
7.7
883
Not enough data
8.7
1005
Not enough data
8.6
1049
Not enough data
Content Planning
8.8
1047
Not enough data
9.2
1075
Not enough data
8.8
1016
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
969
Not enough data
8.0
805
Not enough data
Collaboration
Not enough data
8.5
43
Not enough data
8.4
43
Not enough data
8.6
48
Not enough data
8.3
40
Hardware
Not enough data
8.2
51
Not enough data
9.2
47
Security
Not enough data
8.7
50
Not enough data
8.9
48
Agentic AI - Visual Collaboration Platforms
Not enough data
7.2
13
Not enough data
7.1
13
Task Creation
9.2
2637
Not enough data
9.2
2629
Not enough data
8.8
2508
Not enough data
8.0
2324
Not enough data
Task Management
8.8
2536
Not enough data
9.1
2580
Not enough data
8.4
2384
Not enough data
8.6
2413
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.8
983
Not enough data
6.9
980
Not enough data
Automation
8.6
1725
Not enough data
8.5
1712
Not enough data
8.1
1583
Not enough data
Administration
8.4
1685
Not enough data
8.3
1607
Not enough data
9.1
1715
Not enough data
Project management
9.0
1805
Not enough data
8.6
1709
Not enough data
8.9
1752
Not enough data
8.7
1691
Not enough data
8.7
1679
Not enough data
8.2
1540
Not enough data
8.5
1688
Not enough data
Workload
8.3
1590
Not enough data
8.6
1647
Not enough data
8.5
1596
Not enough data
8.3
1555
Not enough data
Communication & Collaboration
8.5
1634
Not enough data
8.4
1665
Not enough data
8.9
1729
Not enough data
Cost Management
7.9
1457
Not enough data
7.9
1495
Not enough data
7.8
1429
Not enough data
Integration
7.8
1418
Not enough data
7.8
1422
Not enough data
7.7
1406
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.9
635
Not enough data
6.9
630
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Work Management
6.4
181
Not enough data
6.6
180
Not enough data
6.5
179
Not enough data
6.6
178
Not enough data
Communication
7.7
2112
Not enough data
8.2
2258
Not enough data
7.7
2043
Not enough data
8.0
2115
Not enough data
7.8
2063
Not enough data
Content & Documents
8.6
2352
Not enough data
8.7
2355
Not enough data
8.4
2345
Not enough data
7.9
2069
Not enough data
Controls
8.4
2210
Not enough data
8.2
2121
Not enough data
8.5
2243
Not enough data
8.4
2228
Not enough data
7.9
2051
Not enough data
Project Management
9.2
2439
Not enough data
9.0
2378
Not enough data
8.9
2388
Not enough data
8.4
2165
Not enough data
Remote Collaboration
8.7
2265
Not enough data
8.9
2331
Not enough data
8.8
2250
Not enough data
7.8
1922
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.9
873
Not enough data
7.0
876
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
6.7
297
Not enough data
6.6
298
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
9.2
17
Not enough data
9.3
17
Not enough data
8.8
17
Not enough data
9.2
17
Not enough data
8.9
17
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
9.4
18
Not enough data
9.4
17
Not enough data
Customization - AI Agent Builders
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
Functionality - AI Agent Builders
9.0
8
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Data and Analytics - AI Agent Builders
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
Integration - AI Agent Builders
9.2
8
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
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
Communication
8.0
1101
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
1119
Not enough data
Planning
8.6
1197
Not enough data
8.9
1221
Not enough data
8.5
1131
Not enough data
8.7
1166
Not enough data
8.2
1082
Not enough data
Workflow Management
8.4
1149
Not enough data
8.8
1209
Not enough data
8.0
1070
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
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 SmartDraw share no categories
Unique Categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Asana
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
SmartDraw
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%
Information Technology and Services
7.5%
Construction
7.5%
Non-Profit Organization Management
4.7%
Veterinary
3.7%
Computer Software
3.7%
Other
73.0%
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You can sign up for the trial at https://cloud.smartdraw.comRead more
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1 Comment
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1 Comment
Official Response from SmartDraw
Hi Ralph,
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