Asana vs Kanbanchi

Asana

• Teams coordinating projects across several departments
• Organizations that tie project work to company goals
• Nonprofits and schools that qualify for the 50% discount

Kanbanchi

• Organizations that run on Google Workspace
• Schools and non-profits, which get 25% off yearly plans
• Teams that want Gantt charts and time tracking tied to Google Calendar

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.

Kanbanchi

• The free plan limits each board to 36 cards, and a board over the limit becomes read-only.
• The Gantt chart, time tracker, swimlanes and team workload view are only on Professional and Enterprise.
• Per-seat prices depend on team size: Premium is listed from $6.47, but the calculator shows $11.97 per seat for 2 seats on annual billing.
• There is no App Store app. iPhone and iPad users add the web app to their home screen; Android has a Google Play app.

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.

Kanbanchi

Kanban boards stored in Google Drive

Boards are kept as files in Google Drive and shared with the same access permissions as other Drive files. Changes appear for collaborators in real time.

Gantt chart

A board can be switched to a Gantt chart, where dragging the edge of a bar changes the schedule on the board as well. It comes with the Professional plan, as do task dependencies.

Time tracker

The Professional plan tracks time spent on cards and can export time tracker data to Google Sheets.

Google Workspace integration

Cards can be created from Gmail and Google Forms, dates pushed to Google Calendar, and files attached from Drive. Shared Drives and Vault integration need Enterprise.

Reports

Built-in reports drawn from board data include burn-up and burn-down charts, a cumulative flow diagram and a performance chart.

Microsoft 365 version

With a Microsoft account, data is kept in OneDrive and tasks can be created from Outlook emails. Creating boards in SharePoint is limited to the Enterprise plan.

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.

Kanbanchi

• Free$0

  All features with a limit of 36 cards per board; a board over the limit becomes read-only. Accounts move here when the trial ends.

• Essential$3.97

  per seat / month, billed annually ($5.99 billed monthly)

  Fixed price. Unlimited kanban boards, cards and collaborators, board templates and Drive attachments, with caps such as 1 checklist per card.

• Premium$11.97

  per seat / month, billed annually, for 2 seats

  Listed as from $6.47; the per-seat price falls as seats are added. Adds multiple board views, subcards, card templates, roles, saved filters and backups.

• Professional$30.97

  per seat / month, billed annually, for 2 seats

  Listed as from $24.47; the per-seat price falls as seats are added. Adds the Gantt chart, task dependencies, swimlanes, time tracker and team workload view.

• Enterprisefrom $9.95

  per seat / month, billed annually, from 100 seats

  Custom price from 100 seats; the calculator shows $79.95 per seat for 2 seats. Adds multi-level admin, Google groups sharing and Google Vault integration.

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.

Kanbanchi

• Annual discount

  Lower per-seat price with annual billing

  Essential is $3.97 per seat / month billed annually against $5.99 billed monthly. The listed minimums are $6.47 against $9.49 for Premium and $24.47 against $32.49 for Professional.

• Education

  25% off for educational institutions

  Educational institutions are eligible for a 25% discount on the Premium, Professional or Enterprise plan with yearly billing, arranged by contacting Kanbanchi.

• Nonprofit

  25% off for non-profit organizations

  Non-profit organizations are eligible for a 25% discount on the Premium, Professional or Enterprise plan with annual billing. An application form is required.