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

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

Pick Kantree if

• Fits if you want boards, chat and docs in one EU-hosted workspace
• Works for teams of 2 to 50 on the Team plan

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you need Gantt, portfolios or SSO: Business is €20 a user a month yearly
• Watch out: AI is an add-on at €3 a user on top of the plan and uses credits
• Watch out: prices are in euros and exclude VAT
• Not for you if you want a free plan, as only a 15-day trial is on the page

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.

Kantree

• Prices are in euros and exclude VAT.
• Gantt, portfolios, multiple teams and SSO need the Business plan at €20 per user / month billed annually.
• The AI features are a separate add-on at +€3 per user / month on top of the plan and use additional credits.
• There is no free plan, only a 15-day trial.

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.

Kantree

Multiple views of the same cards

Cards can be shown as a to-do list, kanban board, spreadsheet, calendar or timeline, with Gantt on the Business plan.

Chat, documents and whiteboards

The v11 release added workspace channels, card-based threads, collaborative documents and whiteboards beside the project views.

No-code automations

Rules, buttons and conditional action chains, with a monthly action allowance that differs by plan.

Forms and dashboards

Forms collect requests from people outside the team, and dashboards and reports follow progress across projects.

Portfolios

The Business plan groups workspaces into portfolios for cross-project follow-up.

AI assistant add-on

An assistant that can act in Kantree and AI actions inside automations, sold as an add-on to any 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.

Kantree

• Team€12

  per user / month, billed annually (€16 billed monthly)

  For teams of 2 to 50 people. All views except Gantt, unlimited forms and reports, 300 automation actions a month and 50 GB of storage.

• Business€20

  per user / month, billed annually (€25 billed monthly)

  Adds Gantt, portfolios, multiple teams, SSO login, a customizable homepage, priority support, 30,000 automation actions a month, 500 GB of storage and hosting options.

• EnterpriseCustom

  On-premise or private cloud deployment with unlimited organizations, directory services integration, phone and online support, and coaching and training services.

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.

Kantree

• Education

  Special pricing for education and cooperatives

  The pricing page says education organizations and cooperatives can contact Kantree for special pricing.