Asana vs Worksection

Asana

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

Worksection

• Agencies and service teams that bill clients by the hour
• Teams of up to 5 that can work within two projects for free
• Teams that want task discussion and chat in one tool

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.

Worksection

• The Free plan is capped at 5 users, 2 projects and 1 GB, and leaves out the Gantt chart, reports and time tracking.
• The Gantt chart, time and cost tracking, guest access, 2FA and the API all start on Business, at $7.5 per seat / month billed annually.
• No desktop app is listed, and the help center says Worksection cannot be installed on your own server.
• The plan comparison marks several items as coming soon, including project templates, custom fields and the Zoom integration.

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.

Worksection

Task views

Project tasks can be shown as a table, a kanban board, a calendar or a Gantt chart, with two levels of subtasks, checklists, priorities and saved filter views.

Gantt chart and dependencies

Projects, tasks and subtasks each get a draggable time bar, tasks can be linked as dependencies, and a per-person view shows workload. Needs Business or Premium.

Time and cost tracking

A task timer, hourly rates and planned-versus-actual cost reports support hourly billing. These tools start on the Business plan.

Built-in messenger

Private, group and project chats sit beside task comments, with mentions, scheduled messages and file sharing. Chat is included on every plan.

Dashboards and reports

Each member gets a widget dashboard. Paid plans add project dashboards and reports by task, project and team member, with export to Excel and CSV.

Roles, guests and privacy

Teams and read-only users come with Basic. Guest access, departments, and private tasks and comments need Business or Premium.

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.

Worksection

• Free$0

  Up to 5 users, 2 projects and 1 GB of storage. Task lists, checklists, kanban boards, calendar view, chat and the mobile apps.

• Basic$3.75

  per seat / month, billed annually; $5 billed monthly

  Unlimited projects and 2 GB per seat. Adds teams, read-only access, advanced filters, project dashboards, reports, recurring tasks and Slack.

• Business$7.5

  per seat / month, billed annually; $10 billed monthly

  5 GB per seat. Adds the Gantt chart, time and cost tracking, guest access, private tasks, status-based automations, AI search, 2FA and the API.

• Premium$11.25

  per seat / month, billed annually; $15 billed monthly

  10 GB per seat. Adds Project Kanban, enforced 2FA, IP restrictions, external file storage on S3 or FTP, and on-premise backups.

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.

Worksection

• Annual discount

  25% off with annual billing

  The pricing page shows a 25% discount for paying annually: Basic is $3.75 per seat a month instead of $5, Business $7.5 instead of $10 and Premium $11.25 instead of $15.