Asana vs Wrike

Asana

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

Wrike

• Marketing and creative teams that review and approve assets
• Departments handling a steady flow of incoming work requests
• Larger organizations that need resource and budget planning

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.

Wrike

• Seats are sold in groups: fives up to 30 seats, tens from 30 to 100 seats and 25s above 100.
• Team is limited to 2 to 15 users and Business to 5 to 200; Business and higher plans are annual only.
• Request forms, time tracking and file proofing are not included below the Business plan.
• SAML single sign-on is only on Pinnacle and Apex, and Wrike Whiteboard is a $15 per user / month add-on below Apex.

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.

Wrike

Gantt charts and boards

An interactive timeline shows dependencies and milestones and lets tasks be dragged to new dates. Board and table views are on every plan; Gantt charts start on Team.

Request forms

Request forms gather incoming work from internal and external requesters into one place. Included from the Business plan.

Proofing and approvals

Reviewers mark up and compare visual assets, with approval chains for internal and external reviewers. Included from the Business plan.

Automation

Rule-based automation with a monthly action allowance per seat: 50 on Team, 200 on Business, 1,500 on Pinnacle and 3,000 on Apex.

Dashboards and reporting

Customizable dashboards built from widgets start on the Team plan. Advanced reporting and BI are reserved for Pinnacle and Apex.

AI Essentials and AI Elite

AI Essentials on Team covers content drafting, comment summaries and automation rules written in plain language. Business and above add AI Elite actions, Wrike Copilot and AI agents.

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.

Wrike

• Free$0

  Unlimited users with project and task management, board and table views, and 2 GB of storage per account.

• Team$10

  per user / month, billed annually

  For 2 to 15 users. Adds Gantt charts, calendars, dashboards, custom fields and workflows, AI Essentials and 2 GB per user.

• Business$25

  per user / month, billed annually

  For 5 to 200 users. Adds request forms, time tracking, file proofing and approvals, AI Elite features and 5 GB per user.

• PinnacleCustom

  Adds advanced resource and capacity planning, budgeting, advanced reporting and BI, SAML single sign-on and 15 GB per user.

• ApexCustom

  Adds unlimited whiteboards, Wrike Integrate, two-way integrations through Wrike Sync and 50 GB per user.

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.

Wrike

No public discounts listed.