Compare Asana and Workfront
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (56.8% of reviews)
Enterprise (50.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 2 Users
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Asana
Star Rating
(13,600)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
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Workfront
Star Rating
(1,220)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (50.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
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Summary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Asana excels in user experience, with many praising its intuitive interface and flexibility. Users appreciate how it allows them to visualize tasks and timelines in various formats, such as list, board, and timeline views, making project management straightforward and adaptable.
- According to verified reviews, Workfront provides strong visibility across projects, which users find beneficial for tracking tasks, deadlines, and approvals. However, some users feel that while it offers comprehensive oversight, it can feel overwhelming when managing multiple teams or projects simultaneously.
- Users say that Asana's implementation process is quick and user-friendly, with many highlighting the intuitive onboarding wizard that helps new users get started without a steep learning curve. In contrast, Workfront's setup has been noted as more complex, which may require additional time and resources for effective onboarding.
- Reviewers mention that Asana's task management features, such as the ability to easily move tasks and group them for better monitoring, significantly enhance productivity. On the other hand, while Workfront offers robust task management capabilities, some users feel it lacks the same level of ease in task manipulation.
- G2 reviewers highlight Asana's strong support quality, with many users reporting responsive and helpful customer service. In comparison, Workfront's support is generally rated positively, but some users have expressed a desire for quicker response times and more proactive assistance.
- According to recent feedback, Asana is particularly favored by small businesses for its free entry-level pricing and overall value, while Workfront is more commonly used by enterprise-level organizations, which may limit its accessibility for smaller teams looking for budget-friendly options.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Asana
Personal
Free
2 Users
For one to two people managing personal projects.
- Unlimited tasks
- Unlimited projects
- Unlimited messages
Workfront
Select
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Essential work management capabilities to collaborate, execute, and accelerate work.
- Work management
- Demand management
- Resource management
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Asana
Free Trial is available
Workfront
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.7
11,384
8.4
924
Ease of Use
8.6
11,512
7.8
976
Ease of Setup
8.6
5,087
7.1
416
Ease of Admin
8.7
3,665
7.9
344
Quality of Support
8.5
7,871
8.2
783
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
3,240
8.4
323
Product Direction (% positive)
8.6
11,085
8.1
917
Features by Category
Tasks
9.3
3297
|
Verified
8.8
219
|
Verified
9.1
3258
|
Verified
8.9
219
|
Verified
8.9
3204
|
Verified
8.8
216
|
Verified
9.0
3192
|
Verified
8.5
206
|
Verified
8.3
3038
|
Verified
8.4
204
|
Verified
7.9
2886
|
Verified
8.3
197
|
Verified
8.6
3108
|
Verified
8.4
197
|
Verified
8.5
3024
|
Verified
8.5
194
|
Verified
Projects
8.8
3017
|
Verified
8.9
205
|
Verified
8.4
2877
|
Verified
8.6
196
|
Verified
8.0
2662
|
Verified
8.2
181
|
Verified
8.5
2946
|
Verified
8.4
197
|
Verified
8.5
2894
|
Verified
8.4
198
|
Verified
7.3
1207
8.3
178
|
Verified
8.1
2734
|
Verified
8.5
191
|
Verified
8.3
2884
|
Verified
8.6
194
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.3
177
|
Verified
7.5
1207
8.5
186
|
Verified
8.0
2599
|
Verified
8.3
176
|
Verified
Resource Management
7.9
2584
|
Verified
8.3
180
|
Verified
8.1
2667
|
Verified
8.5
191
|
Verified
8.3
2717
|
Verified
8.5
191
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.1
2567
|
Verified
8.4
174
|
Verified
8.0
2579
|
Verified
8.6
185
|
Verified
8.4
2775
|
Verified
8.6
193
|
Verified
Generative AI
6.8
955
6.0
63
6.8
947
6.1
63
Agentic AI - Project Management
6.5
278
5.7
27
6.8
272
6.1
28
6.6
274
6.5
31
Feature Not Available
5.3
27
Feature Not Available
5.4
27
Feature Not Available
5.8
27
Feature Not Available
6.0
27
Setup
8.6
1860
8.5
32
8.6
1850
7.9
32
8.4
1807
8.2
31
8.6
1904
7.8
32
Management
8.5
1802
7.4
32
8.2
1698
8.4
32
8.0
1669
7.7
31
Generative AI
6.8
704
5.9
29
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
6.4
198
5.7
18
6.7
203
5.8
17
6.5
199
5.8
18
Feature Not Available
6.2
18
Feature Not Available
5.5
18
Feature Not Available
6.0
18
Feature Not Available
6.1
18
Planning
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
8.1
13
Not enough data
7.9
14
Optimization
Not enough data
8.1
14
Not enough data
7.4
13
Not enough data
6.7
13
Bug Reporting
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Bug Monitoring
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Bug Tracking
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Prepare
Not enough data
8.4
18
Not enough data
8.1
18
Not enough data
7.9
18
Not enough data
8.0
18
Plan
Not enough data
8.4
18
Not enough data
8.1
19
Not enough data
9.3
20
Not enough data
8.5
18
Optimize
Not enough data
8.8
19
Not enough data
8.5
18
Not enough data
7.9
18
Execute
Not enough data
8.6
18
Not enough data
8.6
18
Not enough data
8.5
18
Not enough data
8.5
19
Communication
8.7
576
Not enough data
8.5
561
Not enough data
8.2
576
Not enough data
8.5
567
Not enough data
Goal Creation
8.6
559
Not enough data
8.6
558
Not enough data
7.7
528
Not enough data
8.8
559
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
7.4
56
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Tasks
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
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
9.0
7
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Planning
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Platform Basics
8.7
1020
Not enough data
9.1
1064
Not enough data
8.7
1032
Not enough data
7.7
884
Not enough data
8.7
1009
Not enough data
8.7
1052
Not enough data
Content Planning
8.8
1048
Not enough data
9.3
1081
Not enough data
8.8
1016
Not enough data
Marketing Campaign Performance
7.8
723
Not enough data
8.5
798
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
6.0
54
Not enough data
6.4
53
Not enough data
6.3
53
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Other Features
8.3
972
Not enough data
8.0
805
Not enough data
Task Creation
9.2
2658
8.9
32
9.2
2657
9.0
32
8.8
2517
8.0
32
8.0
2324
7.7
32
Task Management
8.9
2548
8.5
32
9.1
2597
8.2
31
8.4
2387
7.9
31
8.6
2417
7.7
31
Generative AI
6.8
985
5.6
29
6.9
984
6.0
30
Automation
8.6
1731
8.8
136
8.5
1716
8.7
139
8.1
1585
8.5
133
Administration
8.4
1689
8.5
135
8.3
1606
8.7
130
9.1
1722
9.0
134
Project management
9.0
1813
8.9
140
8.6
1709
8.7
134
8.9
1754
9.0
134
8.7
1696
8.7
133
8.8
1681
8.7
135
8.2
1538
8.6
124
8.5
1695
8.8
134
Workload
8.3
1592
8.8
128
8.6
1644
8.8
131
8.5
1595
8.6
127
8.3
1554
8.6
127
Communication & Collaboration
8.5
1639
Feature Not Available
8.4
1665
8.7
137
9.0
1754
8.9
141
Cost Management
7.9
1456
8.7
119
7.9
1497
8.7
128
7.8
1429
Feature Not Available
Integration
7.8
1419
8.7
116
7.8
1421
8.6
115
7.7
1408
8.7
115
Generative AI
6.9
638
6.2
23
6.9
635
6.5
28
Agentic AI - Work Management
6.5
184
5.0
10
6.7
184
5.5
10
6.6
184
5.0
10
6.7
181
5.0
10
Communication
7.7
2114
7.1
32
8.2
2304
7.7
32
7.7
2044
7.1
32
8.0
2112
Feature Not Available
7.8
2065
6.6
32
Content & Documents
8.6
2375
8.5
32
8.7
2357
8.6
32
8.4
2359
7.7
32
7.9
2066
8.6
32
Controls
8.4
2275
8.2
32
8.2
2120
8.1
32
8.5
2258
8.4
32
8.4
2250
7.7
32
7.9
2052
7.3
31
Project Management
9.3
2696
9.0
32
9.0
2446
8.8
32
9.0
2546
8.3
33
8.4
2223
7.9
32
Remote Collaboration
8.7
2291
7.9
32
8.9
2428
8.0
32
8.8
2270
7.6
32
7.8
1920
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
7.0
885
5.6
31
7.1
885
5.8
30
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
6.8
309
5.8
14
6.7
309
6.0
14
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
8.8
20
Not enough data
9.3
19
Not enough data
9.1
20
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
22
Not enough data
9.4
23
Not enough data
Annotation Tools - Markup Software
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
5.0
6
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.4
6
Collaboration - Markup Software
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Not enough data
7.8
6
Security - Markup Software
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.8
6
Customization - AI Agent Builders
8.0
9
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
8.3
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
9.0
10
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Marketing Resource Management
6.8
37
Not enough data
6.9
37
Not enough data
6.9
36
Not enough data
Communication
8.0
1102
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
1121
Not enough data
Planning
8.6
1198
Not enough data
8.9
1225
Not enough data
8.5
1136
Not enough data
8.7
1171
Not enough data
8.2
1083
Not enough data
Workflow Management
8.4
1152
Not enough data
8.8
1211
Not enough data
8.0
1072
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 Workfront are categorized as Work Management, Workflow Management, Project Collaboration, Task Management, and Project Management
Unique Categories
Asana is categorized as AI Agent Builders, AI Agents For Business Operations, Marketing Calendar, Marketing Resource Management, Objectives and Key Results (OKR), and Product Management
Workfront is categorized as Bug Tracking, Kanban Project Management, Strategic Planning and Execution, Resource Management, and Markup Software
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Asana
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Workfront
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
9.3%
Non-Profit Organization Management
6.0%
Internet
3.0%
Other
59.0%
Marketing and Advertising
14.2%
Information Technology and Services
8.2%
Computer Software
6.5%
Financial Services
6.2%
Hospital & Health Care
4.4%
Other
60.5%
Alternatives
Discussions
Is Asana worth it?
10 Comments
ES
<p>It's definitely worth it. I use it every day</p>Read more
Can you use asana for free?
9 Comments
RV
Here is Asana's answer on their website:
Asana is free to use for up to 15 people. If you want Premium features in a Workspace or team, or you want to gain...Read more
What software did you find useful outside of work?
7 Comments
DG
<p>I'll start first. For me it was Asana. I started using it l think 7 years ago at a company I was working for back then. Since then, I'm using it daily -...Read more
Are there any built-in training articles/videos or anything?
8 Comments
SJ
Yes there is built in help with in the Workfront app. There are also online user group for specific regions and numerous communities that address different...Read more
How Important Is Diversity To You, And What Value Does It Bring?
2 Comments
AE
To me diversity is a mixture of different people with different backgrounds, ethnicities and customs working together to achieve a common goal.Read more
What is Workfront used for?
1 Comment
JF
Project management at it's finest. Lots of bell and whistles.Read more
