Anakin vs Asana (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Anakin if

• Fits if you run a small team and want to hand tasks to coding agents
• Works for groups of up to 5 who want a free planning board

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a tool that builds an app from a prompt, as this is a planning workspace
• Not for you if you have no coding agent, as it sells no model usage
• Watch out: the docs are marked coming soon and no monthly price for Team is shown
• Too light on phones, as only Mac, Windows and Linux apps are named

Pick Asana if

• Fits if your projects cross several departments and everyone needs the same picture
• Works for nonprofits and schools, who can apply for 50% off paid plans

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if your team is an awkward size, since seats come in blocks of 5 once you pass 5 users
• Tight if you're staying free and there are more than 2 of you
• Not for you if you need approvals, goals or built-in time tracking on a budget, as they're on Advanced at $24.99 a user
• Watch out: the pricing page doesn't give the trial length, and timeline, forms and custom fields start on Starter
• Skip it if you work on Linux, as the download page lists no Linux app

Anakin

• Anakin does not sell model usage; agent runs use your own coding plans or API accounts.
• It is a planning and delegation workspace, not a prompt-to-app builder like most of this category.
• The site's docs are marked as coming soon, and the pricing page does not show a monthly-billing price for Team.
• The download dialog lists macOS, Windows and Linux desktop apps; no iOS or Android app is named.

Asana

• The free Personal plan is limited to 2 users; timeline and Gantt views, forms and custom fields start on Starter.
• Seats are sold in fixed steps: one at a time from 2 to 5 users, then blocks of 5 up to 30 and blocks of 10 up to 100.
• Portfolios, goals, approvals and built-in time tracking need the Advanced plan at $24.99 per user / month.
• The download page lists Mac, Windows, iOS and Android apps but no Linux app.

Anakin

Agents as teammates

Work can be assigned to a person, an agent or a crew, and agents and skills are shared across the team.

Agile planning

Issues, projects, sprints, backlog and triage, with board, list, table, dashboard and Gantt views.

Parallel agent runs

Each agent can work in its own isolated worktree so parallel changes stay separate until reviewed.

Import and sync

The site lists migration or two-way sync with Jira, Linear, Asana, GitHub Issues, GitLab Issues and Shortcut.

Bring your own agents

Runs go through a connected computer and the Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or other plan the team already pays for.

Asana

Project views

Show a project as a list, board, calendar, timeline or Gantt chart. Timeline and Gantt views start on the Starter plan.

Rules and forms

Rules automate routine steps and forms turn incoming requests into tasks. Both start on Starter; form branching needs Advanced.

Goals and portfolios

Goals link projects and tasks to company-level objectives, and portfolios track groups of related projects in one place. Both are part of the Advanced plan.

Workload and resource management

Shows how much work each person has so tasks can be rebalanced. Capacity planning across the organization is an Enterprise feature.

Reporting dashboards

Charts built from live project data to show the state of a team's work, included from the Starter plan.

AI Teammates and AI Studio

AI Studio builds AI-driven workflows from a monthly credit pool: 50K credits on Starter, 75K on Advanced and 200K on Enterprise. Extra AI requests are billed per request.

Anakin

• Free$0

  for up to 5 people

  The full product for organizations of up to 5 people; guests, agents and computers do not count as people.

• Team$7

  per user / month, billed yearly

  The same product for organizations larger than 5 people, with unlimited people.

• Self-hostedCustom

  A private deployment on your own infrastructure; priced through a demo call.

Asana

• Personal$0

  For one or two people: unlimited tasks and projects, list, board and calendar views, and 100+ integrations.

• Starter$10.99

  per user / month, billed annually ($13.49 billed monthly)

  No seat limit. Adds timeline and Gantt views, reporting dashboards, forms, custom fields, automations and free guests.

• Advanced$24.99

  per user / month, billed annually ($30.49 billed monthly)

  Adds portfolios, goals, resource management, approvals and proofing, time tracking and form branching.

• EnterpriseCustom

  SAML authentication, SCIM provisioning, capacity planning and service accounts. An Enterprise+ tier adds further compliance controls.

Anakin

No public discounts listed.

Asana

• Annual discount

  Save up to 18% with annual billing

  Asana's pricing page lists Starter at $10.99 per user / month billed annually against $13.49 monthly, and Advanced at $24.99 against $30.49.

• Nonprofit

  50% off for eligible nonprofits

  Qualifying 501(c)(3) nonprofits, public libraries and international equivalents can apply for 50% off a Starter or Advanced annual plan.

• Education

  50% off for education customers

  Approved schools and universities get 50% off paid plans after an eligibility check. The page still names the older Premium and Business plans.