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Sean C.
Property Specialist
Real Estate, 51-200 employees
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Leighton F.
CEO
Entertainment, 11-50 employees
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Abraham C.
Mining & Metals, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Asana is very easy to use, fast, reliable, and powerful. Just with their free version, I've got nothing else to ask for. It got all I need to run my business and work with my clients. It's the best free project management for me.
When we switched to Asana years ago, I didn't appreciate it right away because it's a new environment to me had to make a lot of adjustments. But as I use it every day, I got familiar with the app very quickly. It is very easy to use and might have a little learning curve. Navigating the app is all common sense though, and their help docs are very handy if you got any problems. Even though I'm familiar...
Asana is a beast. There's nothing to dislike from this app.
Siokas G.
Research, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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The tool helped the teams organize their tasks in a comprehensive manner that allowed them to be more efficient and effective.
The features available and theability to integrate external tools.
The interface is something I amnot used to and had to make some adjustments in the way I work in order to comply to the needs of the tool.
Betty A.
Higher Education, 201-500 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Asana may be a extend administration program that truly permitted us to completely coordinated our work group and make strides the stream of every day exercises. With its straightforward framework and capacities, we were able to carry out the exercises within the stipulated time, we were able to meet our clients on time. You'll way better organize and get ready yourself and your group with this apparatus, Asana makes us more profitable and makes a difference us center on the critical assignments that are basic to our commerce. Asana has made it a every day propensity for me to keep my claim individual extend running so I can continuously appear what, when, how and where I'm working and how much information my bosses may have approximately me.
This instrument makes a difference you organize, arrange and oversee your team's work, from begin to wrap up, group individuals can communicate their assignments so they know who is doing what, they can too share comments, records and status overhauls. One of the highlights that I just like the most is that it turns an e-mail into a assignment inside project management. Drag and drop may be a modern highlight that I appreciate and it permits us to move speedier with the advance of the assignments. I truly adore how I can have numerous ventures, it's exceptionally natural, I cherish the robotization usefulness and their portable UI is astonishing as well.
Asana isn't accessible when the web is down, I miss the offline mode that permits clients to work at their work areas absent from the web until benefit is reestablished. Your reports can be moved forward a part, we require reports with more points of interest of each activity, the program isn't exceptionally natural at to begin with, which took us a whereas to adjust to it, it has a few covered up functions that don't permit us to induce the complete potential of the program. I would adore to have get to to the reporting/goals highlights as well as being able to have more custom computerization.
Greg W.
Chemicals, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Disappointing
It is good for task management but not so good for larger projects, particularly where Gant charts are required.
With a single click I accidentally upgraded my plan. Unlike anything else I have purchased over the net there is no confirmation screen if one wants to proceed with the purchase with the result that money was taken out of my credit card account immediately.All Asana will offer is a credit until the next payment is due but we are thinking of using a different software package so the credit will be waste.This is extremely unethical behaviour.
Bipin A.
Computer Software, 51-200 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Overall, Asana is a great option for individuals or teams looking for a powerful project management tool that allows for collaboration, task prioritization, and multiple views. However, it may not be the best choice for users who need a highly customized or cost-effective solution, or who are looking for a tool with fewer notifications
User-friendly interface: Asana has a user-friendly interface that makes it easy to use for individuals or teams.Collaboration: Asana is designed for collaboration and allows teams to work together on tasks, projects, and deadlines.Multiple views: Asana offers multiple views, such as list, board, and calendar views, which help users to organize and visualize their tasks and projects.Task prioritization:...
Steep learning curve: Asana can be overwhelming for first-time users, and it may take some time to learn how to use all the features.Limited customization: Asana does not offer a lot of customization options, and users cannot customize the app's color or layout.Pricing: While Asana offers a free version, many features are limited, and users need to pay for premium features, which can be costly for teams with multiple members.Performance issues: Some users have reported performance issues with the app, such as slow loading times and occasional crashes.Notifications: Asana sends a lot of notifications, which can be overwhelming for some users.Limited integrations: While Asana does integrate with some popular tools, it may not integrate with all the tools that some teams use.
Biswajit S.
Information Technology and Services, self-employed
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Many users of the platform, both individuals and teams, express satisfaction with it overall. Customers value the intuitive design, user-friendly interface, and customised processes because they help them stay organised and handle duties well. The ability to assign tasks and comment on projects, as well as other collaborative capabilities, are highly regarded. Asana has been praised by users for helping them stay on top of deadlines, monitor project progress, and communicate with teammates. The majority of users have a favourable opinion of Asana, despite a few users reporting minor technical flaws such a lack of customization choices for reports or sporadic glitches.
Asana's features include a user-friendly interface, adaptable workflows, teamwork tools, and tool integration. People laud Asana's ability to keep them organised, prioritise activities, and monitor project progress. The mobile app for Asana is also praised by many users for being convenient and simple to use. In general, Asana is a well-liked option for people and teams searching for a flexible and successful task management application.
Asana's drawbacks include its few options for report customization and absence of a timer or time-tracking function. In addition, some customers think Asana's pricing is a bit high, especially for bigger teams or businesses. Others have spoken about the software occasionally having faults or difficulties. It's important to keep in mind that these problems may differ based on user preferences and use scenarios and are not always encountered. Despite a few small flaws, Asana is still a well-liked and respected task management programme among its users.
Jermaine H.
Legal Services, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for 6-12 months
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Overall, my experience with Asana has been great. It has allowed me to manage my team's projects efficiently and stay on top of our tasks. It has made communication between team members much easier and has helped us to stay organized and on track. Asana has helped us to solve several business problems, including staying organized and on top of projects, collaborating on tasks and documents, and managing deadlines. I have also realized several benefits from using Asana, including improved productivity, better communication and collaboration, and improved task tracking. Asana has also allowed me to easily assign and manage tasks and resources, making project management much simpler.
I have been using Asana software for several years now, and I absolutely love it. It is incredibly user-friendly and makes managing projects on a team level incredibly efficient. Asana allows me to create tasks, assign them to team members, set due dates, and attach documents and other helpful resources. It even allows me to color code tasks so that I can easily differentiate between tasks of different importance.The reporting feature is especially helpful as it allows me to track the progress of each project and quickly adjust tasks and resources as needed. Asana also has a chat feature which is great for quick conversations and discussions between team members.
One of the things I least like about Asana is that it can be difficult to navigate between different projects and task lists. I also wish there was an easier way to set up recurring tasks, as it is currently a bit of a manual task to do this. The integration with my existing business processes was also not as smooth as I would have liked. It took me a while to figure out the best way to set up the integration and it still isn't quite as seamless as I would like it to be. Finally, I wish Asana had a better mobile app. The current app is not very intuitive or user-friendly, and I find myself relying more on the desktop version than the mobile app.
Vaibhav W.
Computer Software, 501-1,000 employees
Used weekly for 6-12 months
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My overall experience with Asana has been positive. The platform has helped me streamline project management and communication with clients, and has significantly improved my productivity and organization. While there is a bit of a learning curve to using Asana's many features, the platform's helpful training resources and customer support have made the transition relatively smooth. Overall, I would highly recommend Asana to anyone looking for an effective and user-friendly project management solution.
As a freelancer, I appreciate how Asana simplifies project management and communication with clients. The platform's intuitive and user-friendly interface allows me to easily create and assign tasks, track progress, and break down larger projects into manageable subtasks. I also appreciate the various views Asana offers, including board, list, calendar, workflow, and timeline, which provide flexibility in organizing and visualizing projects. Overall, Asana has significantly improved my productivity and communication with clients.
One area where Asana could improve is in providing more flexible pricing options for freelancers and small businesses. The premium plan can be a bit steep compared to other software, and it would be helpful if Asana offered more affordable options for those with smaller budgets. Additionally, the platform can sometimes feel overwhelming and overly complicated, although this is likely due to the wealth of features it offers.
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Financial Services, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
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Asana allows me to easily and quickly structure and prioritise all my tasks. I can create different projects, add more project participants and easily measure the progress of the project.
the very user-friendly interface makes it easy to structure the daily tasks and the longer-term tasks well
The design is not as modern and fancy as other project management tools, but this is a matter of taste and has no impact on usability.
Gokulnath S.
Computer Software, 201-500 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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Featuring of task in the navigation bar is looking best. Colorful screens and highlighting the task groups are in best way.
Approval features, task control on editing the descriptions.
Michael C.
Internet, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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I use this as a quick way to jot down ideas, suggestions and tasks when communicating with clients and then I can come back and expand on the tasks with more details when I have more time. Adding in sections to distinguish priority and time-frames is nice as well.
It's so easy to setup a project and add in tasks when in a rush. It's extremely easy to invite people to join your organisation and being able to have up to 15 for free is amazing. I find the option of being able to view tasks in both a list and board view very useful.
I use it in a very simple manner just to manage ideas and tasks on different projects so currently there are no cons. A few years ago I did find it to load slowly but they have fixed it and increased the speed.
Britt S.
Commercial Real Estate, 51-200 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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We tracks projects/Deals over 5 teams with lots of timescales and deliverables. We are trying to cut down on tools because we are spread across too many of them. In the beginning, there was order and decorum, right now, it's hard to find things, and silo'ed departments are doing better than cross-functionals.
We spent about 4 months talking about the move from Trello to Asana, and about 2 months implementing it. Asana has a great project tracking abilities, and for us, the ability to put the same projects in different portfolios (think folders) was key as many different departments need vision into the same projects, but don't want to organize/think like a different department. I like the integration with slack.
Right now we are in list overload. I literally have over 200 tasks overdue in Asana right now, and it can stress you out so much, you just want to avoid the whole thing all together. Also, if you company likes to iterate a lot, it can be hard to find what you're looking for, because rules keep changing. Right now it's a mess, and I'm sure that has more to do with us than Asana. We're 80 people, we're on the way to be 200, and I'm worried about how much crazier it will get. Also, I don't like that everyone has full view into all my tasks. Somethings would be nice to be private.
Tom C.
Design, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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the overall experience of asana is very goo, its a well built and well designed system that I can imagine I will be using for a long time to come.
one of the things that stands out to me as a designer, is intact the UI. love the colours and the features of the system. also its a nice touch adding in the little animations when tasks are completed
the only think I would say I sometimes have an issue with is the emails that I receive from the system. every now and then I will get an email that has a title but has no information about the overarching task, it would be very helpful if you could add in a parent task description or even an excerpt to just to give you some relevance to what the ticket is about
Bethany M.
Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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We love Asana and tell people about all of the functions within it that allow us to streamline most of our work and communication.
Asana is so diverse in it's functions that it meets all kinds of organizational and communication needs. We use it at our church for simple tasks lists, meeting follow-up tasks, small to large team projects as well as having long-term groups distinctions within Asana to create projects within. There's even a great feature that allows you to keep ongoing conversations and document links within specific tasks or project teams. I even have a separate folder within my Asana username for personal tasks and projects for my family, so all the distinctions are helpful.
Asana is getting easier and easier to use with time and the developers have been making it more intuitive, but it was harder to figure out than a couple other project managers we tried.
Marcelo V.
Financial Services, 201-500 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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I am happy with it overall, but then i am a heavy user. I see that other team members take sometime to assimilate its potential and value
Once you know where to go, it's show great use on promoting transparency and team collaboration
Lack of reports Scrum/Kanban likes. A Query engine would be superb. I use these at Jira and helps a lot. Also some constraints vallidation, configuration/confirmation os necessary fields, things like that
Monica D.
Publishing, self-employed
Used other for 2+ years
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I have a lot of plans for my business and have had people come in and out to help me with those plans, mainly virtual assistants. Those VA's have been in the country and out, and Asana has been easy for everyone to work with and communicate via. I have had people suggest other things like Trello, which I have used and have no problems with, but I like the depth and continued simplicity of Asana and have not plans to switch.
It'a tough to pick one thing that I love, but I think if I had to, it's the fact that when I have an annoying to-do list in my head that I know I am going to want to share with a team member or some other contractor I will bring on to help me with something in my business, I can go to Asana to create a list, do a brain dump and add dates and other info as I come up with them. No need to look for paper (as much as I like to write things by hand) and no need to worry about leaving that written list at home the one time I am away from it and want to add to it. Asana is easy to use and has lots of stuff that gets me by as a free user. When I am ready to take on the expense, it will open up even more great features.
The expense. It's not bad for one person, but I have a little team that I intend to expand. The fee for Asana is per user. It's worth it. I am sure of that, but as a semi-solopreneur who has a few people to help me from time to time and who wants to solidify things so those team members are a definite fixture, I won't look to take on the expense until I know my business can pay for it.
Wil S.
Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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With Asana, I'm able to easily track projects my team is working and on and where they are with completion. We live off of board view as that gives us a visual idea on what needs to be handled next and by whom. Clicking a box on the board and seeing what tasks have been completed gives me simple access to see who's accountable for things during a project and address any errors in the process. Asana has done an exceptional job also, with making things customizable so that it functions to our company standards and needs.
The only downfall is that I wish Asana had more options to integrate time tracking as we depend on that to bill our clients. So separating billable from non-billable hours is a must for my company.
Filipe F.
Information Technology and Services, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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Asana is the best way to organize my work and share project status with clients Easy to use on desktop and mobile
Asana is a great application to organize my tasks I can organize it by projet or client or software version, .... we can define tags to organize task and projects With Asana I can have a overview of my projects where I want, work great of mobile as too Asana can share task with others, to great overview of project Asana is easy to use for all people
At moment Asana have a lot of functionalities that is enough for organize my work I use it every day with out any problem
Arslan U.
Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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Overall experience with asana is quite satisfactory as it delivers what it promises. I use it alongside other tools to manage daily tasks and project-related works. Its to-do list-like approach gives an easier way to create tasks and manage them easily. You just keep a tab open for it and keep on marking complete the tasks you have accomplished. It's that simple.
The most beautiful and user-friendly thing in asana is its to-do list-like approach for managing tasks in each project. the whole project or a particular task out of it can be assigned to other users and team members. Another incredible thing is that you can divide a task into further sub-tasks to make it easier to use and track task progress.
It goes toe to toe with Trello's similar set of tools. Trello card-like approach comes in handy in viewing all the tasks at hand in a glimpse as well as giving the ability to manage task queues. You can transfer tasks from one card to another. It also doesn't have enough tools for cost and time tracking for wages etc calculation.
Meredith M.
Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Overall, we've been very pleased with Asana for our agency. While working remotely during the pandemic, it's been an invaluable resource to make sure our team is all on the same page across clients and projects. Custom fields, statuses, and comments have kept us all connected and allowed us to continue work just as if we were in the office together.
I love Asana because of the easy to navigate interface, visual organization, and ability to create custom fields that allow my agency to get the most out of our project setups. The ability to perform advanced searches is invaluable to our team. We create reports based on those searches to allow us to better track progress on certain projects and initiatives.
One major pitfall of Asana is the "Template" feature. With their templates, you have to create an entirely new project within a team in order to use a template you've created, drag the tasks to an existing project, and delete the new project you just made. It's essentially rendered this feature more of a hassle than a help. We would love to have the ability to choose a template and insert it into an existing project with ease. Also, a simple task template would be helpful, so that for routine tasks you perform for different clients, you could go to templates, tasks, and apply just ONE task to an existing project.
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Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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A very useful - maybe even invaluable - tool for busy workplaces. Decent looking UI and colour scheme, clear lists but not so clear Project Views - not very good for visual people. Annoying notifications - but maybe I should just try and reduce the number of concurrent tasks!
There is something very satisfying about having a digital to do list, saved in the cloud, updated automatically and reminding you of key dates, comments and edits. There is something even more satisfying about being able to finally click a little tick button and have an animated unicorn fly across the screen as a reward. It is very useful to be able to keep ALL correspondence relating to a particular...
So, we have to talk about emails. I, as I'm sure many others do too, have a huge number of tasks assigned to me on Asana. Many of these involve other people - clients, team members, project managers, etc. They all have different deadlines and start dates. Every single action involving you, by default, generates an email. Even after turning many of these notifications off, the Updates folder in my inbox is still so full or notifications, it's very common to miss more important ones. Also, the very fact that there is an Inbox IN Asana itself, means that you are notified of everything twice. This aspect doesn't quite feel right or logical. It also quite frequently logs me out, forcing me to log back in again.
Oussama R.
Import and Export, 11-50 employees
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From my personal experience, I managed the marketing and sales team at Indaxia for three years across the Asana platform including social media and the company website. Asana allowed me to save a lot of time and cost since our eight sub-centers are hundreds of miles apart, and I was able to juggle different tasks such as supervising contract graphic designers, reviewing sales reports for sales staff...
In fact, the most distinctive thing about Asana is its integration as an application, which allows it to have complete control over all aspects of your projects and even your personal life, arranging your priorities and organizing your time and work team as you see fit. The interface of the application is very beautiful and distinctive, easy to use, whether from the phone or the computer, a very consistent...
In such applications, I really like that there is flexibility in controlling the background and modifying it to suit the tastes of users, and the point here is that the application allows the user to add pictures of his company or his work team or anything related to the user as a background to the application, this really enhances the sense of belonging to users I really hope that in the future Asana...
Odette S.
Nonprofit Organization Management, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Asana has allowed our office to both keep extremely flexible and extremely specific project to-do lists. It also allows us to keep our conversations about an issue or project in one place, archived for all time. Additionally, we are able to keep reference information about each project in Asana, creating one central place to check for details, status, and tasks on each project.
Asana is extremely easy to implement in an office. The design is clean and intuitive and feels very familiar and easy to use from Day 1. Love the ability to create tracking boards or lists, depending on what my need is; and the ability to switch between both of these views is a huge plus. The animations are a delight. Love the Chrome and Gmail plug-ins, I use those multiple times a day. I liked Asana so much that I implemented it at home to keep our family on track and organized.
I wish there was the ability to personalize the skin of the app more -- different backgrounds for the desktop, stickers. I also wish that Asana could integrate with electronic planners to replace their to-do list function.
Michelle M.
Nonprofit Organization Management, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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I've been using Asana for years- I think starting in 2010 or 11. I've used it so long that many of my accounts started as the free version and I've watched them slowly and effectively roll out added, useful, functionality without hassle or interruption. I've introduced over 10 nonprofit organizations to using Asana, and everyone has loved it.
Easy to learn, attractive and simple interfaces, easy to make it your daily home base. Great for both new and experienced computer users. I love that you can have task/project-related convos and attachments. This is excellent if you are like me and frequently need to show people where they made decisions in the past in an easy way. I love that events can be recurring on almost every pattern I've ever...
I love their free version with a firey passion, but once downside is as they have grown, the free version has lost some searching/reporting capability. However, using their paid product gets you everything you could want. So if you are piloting the free version to get a sense, there is a lot more out there.
Brad M.
1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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A lot of asana is neat. But I have so many pain points. To illustrate this, look how many help videos you have. I don't think a product like this should require someone to sit down and watch 15 videos. Difficult to grasp. I've had collaborators I've invited in persevere with it then tell me "I'm sorry, I hate asana". Eg the 'inbox'. They can see parts of a conversation, so it looks just like the task's...
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