Asana vs monday.com vs monday AI Work Platform: Features, Pricing and Reviews Compared
- Starting price
- $10.99/user/mo · free plan
- Ease of use
- 8.8
- Functionality
- 8.7
- Value for money
- 7.6
- Customer support
- 8.0
Best for
- Marketing, operations and product teams juggling dozens of projects with shared people
- Managers who need portfolio and goal roll-ups, not just a task list
- Teams that want a polished mobile and desktop experience
- Starting price
- $9/user/mo · free plan
- Ease of use
- 8.7
- Functionality
- 8.9
- Value for money
- 7.5
- Customer support
- 8.1
Best for
- Teams that want to design their own workflow rather than adopt someone else's
- Operations and marketing teams that need dashboards leadership will actually look at
- Companies replacing spreadsheets with something shareable and automated
- Starting price
- $9/user/mo · free plan
- Ease of use
- 7.3
- Functionality
- 7.8
- Value for money
- 7.6
- Customer support
- 7.6
Best for
- Project and operations teams tracking tasks on shared boards
- Small businesses starting with a free plan and adding seats over time
- Organizations that want AI agents to act on existing work data
Our verdict
Asana and monday.com tie at 83/100. Flexible views of the same work: list, board, timeline, calendar. Asana is the better fit for cross-functional teams that need clear ownership. monday.com makes more sense if you need highly visual boards that are easy to customize or you want to start cheaper ($9/user/mo vs $10.99/user/mo).
On Asana: Asana is the project tool we recommend for teams that run many concurrent projects and need to see how they roll up into goals and portfolios. Task management is fast and keyboard-friendly, views are flexible, and the automation builder is approachable. The weakness is cost: the useful views live on Starter, the planning features live on Advanced, and per-user pricing adds up for large teams who could get by on monday.com or ClickUp.
Features comparison
The 8 project management capabilities we check on every product, ordered by importance to buyers.
| Feature | Importance | Asana | monday.com | monday AI Work Platform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanban boards | 88% | Included | Included | Included |
| Mobile app | 71% | Included | Included | Included |
| Automations | 67% | Included | Included | Included |
| Gantt charts | 64% | Included | Included | Included |
| Time tracking | 59% | Included | Included | Included |
| Guest access | 55% | Included | Included | Included |
| Docs & wikis | 48% | Not included | Included | Included |
| API access | 33% | Included | Included | Included |
What stands out in each
Tasks, subtasks and views
Every task has an assignee, due date, custom fields and subtasks, and the same project can be viewed as a list, board, timeline, calendar or Gantt chart. The interface is quick and the keyboard shortcuts make bulk editing fast.
Workflow builder and rules
Starter includes a visual builder for intake-to-done workflows with triggers and actions (assign, move section, set field, notify Slack). Automation counts are capped per month by plan.
Goals, portfolios and workload
Advanced adds portfolios that roll projects up with status, owner and progress, goals linked to the work that drives them, and a workload view that shows who is over capacity. This is the layer that justifies Asana over cheaper tools.
Reporting
Project dashboards with charts of tasks by status, assignee and custom field; Advanced extends to cross-project reporting. Exports to Tableau and Power BI exist for deeper analysis.
Boards and column types
Boards are tables with typed columns (status, people, date, timeline, numbers, formula, files, dependencies). Groups, subitems and multiple views (kanban, calendar, Gantt, chart, map) make one board serve several audiences.
Automations
A recipe-style builder ("when status changes to Done, notify owner and move to group") covers most needs without code. Standard allows 250 actions a month, Pro 25,000; heavy teams hit the Standard cap quickly.
Dashboards
Widgets for charts, numbers, timelines, workload and battery (progress) pull from one or many boards. Dashboards are the most presentable in the category, which is why leadership teams tend to like monday.com.
Work management products
monday work management is the core; monday CRM, monday dev and monday service are packaged variants with the same engine. Buying the right product avoids rebuilding a CRM from a blank board.
monday AI Work PlatformBoards, views, and docs
Work is organized into boards of items and columns, viewed as tables, timelines, Gantt charts, calendars, or dashboards. Docs and forms sit alongside boards, so briefs and intake requests live next to the work they create.
Automations and workflows
Automations handle repetitive steps inside boards, with action limits that rise by tier. Workflows connect boards together so work moves between teams without manual handoffs.
Custom AI agents
The agent builder lets teams define a goal, set rules, and create agents for specific jobs. Ready-made agents include a Status Reporter for progress updates and a Meeting Scheduler that finds open calendar slots.
Sidekick AI assistant
Sidekick is an AI assistant that works inside the workspace, so users can ask for updates or changes without switching tools. It draws on the boards and context the user already has access to.
Pricing comparison
Asana starts at $10.99/user/mo with a free plan (30-day trial); monday.com starts at $9/user/mo with a free plan (14-day trial); monday AI Work Platform starts at $9/user/mo with a free plan (Free trial). Plans are shown as the vendors publish them; the BSR Value subscore reflects what you get for the money.
Personal
Up to 10 users. Tasks, lists, boards and calendar.
- Up to 10 teammates
- Unlimited tasks and projects
- List, board and calendar views
- Basic integrations
Starter
Timeline, Gantt, workflow builder, dashboards and 250 automations a month.
- Timeline and Gantt views
- Workflow builder
- Project dashboards
- Custom fields and forms
Advanced
Goals, portfolios, workload, approvals and 25,000 automations.
- Goals and portfolios
- Workload management
- Time tracking
- Approvals and proofing
Enterprise
SAML, admin controls, audit logs and data residency.
- SAML SSO and SCIM
- Admin console
- Audit log API
- Data residency
Paid plans are billed per user with a minimum of two seats, and seats come in bundles at some sizes. The free Personal plan caps collaborators at ten. Monthly billing costs about 20% more than annual. Asana AI features are included on paid plans but some advanced AI capabilities are limited by tier.
Value for money: 7.6/10 · Monthly, Annual, Minimum 2 seats · Vendor pricing page ↗
Free
Up to 2 seats, 3 boards, 200 items.
- 2 seats
- 3 boards
- Unlimited docs
- 200+ templates
Basic
Unlimited boards and items, 5GB storage, one dashboard per board.
- Unlimited items
- Unlimited free viewers
- 5GB storage
- Prioritised support
Standard
Timeline, Gantt, guest access, 250 automation and integration actions.
- Timeline and Gantt
- Calendar view
- Guest access
- 250 automations/mo
Pro
Private boards, time tracking, formulas, 25,000 automations.
- Private boards
- Time tracking
- Formula column
- 25,000 automations/mo
Seats are sold in minimum packs (3 on paid plans, in bundles above that), so a two-person team pays for three. Prices shown are annual; monthly billing is roughly 18% more. Automation and integration actions are capped per plan. Guest access starts at Standard; free viewers are unlimited.
Value for money: 7.5/10 · Monthly, Annual, Minimum 3 seats · Vendor pricing page ↗
monday AI Work PlatformFree
For individuals or very small teams testing boards and docs before committing to a paid plan.
- Up to 2 seats
- Up to 3 boards
- Up to 3 Docs
- 200+ templates
Basic
For small teams that need unlimited items on boards and a starting allotment of AI credits.
- Unlimited items
- Unlimited free viewers
- 1,000 AI credits per month
- Limited AI agent workforce
Standard
For growing teams that need automations, timeline and Gantt views, and API access.
- 3 workflows
- 250 automation actions per month
- Timeline & Gantt and calendar views
- Guest access
Pro
For teams that need private boards, time tracking, and higher automation and API volume.
- 20 workflows (25,000 actions per month)
- Private boards and docs
- Time tracking
- Advanced columns for dependencies and calculations
Annual billing is the default and saves 18% on the seat selector, with monthly billing also offered. AI credits are included in each plan and more can be added at any time, and prices exclude tax. monday CRM, monday service, and other products are priced separately from work management plans.
Value for money: 7.6/10
Integrations comparison
6 integrations in common · 5 only in Asana · 4 only in monday.com · 24 only in monday AI Work Platform. Logos link to our review when we cover the tool.
Both connect to
Only monday AI Work Platform24
ShopifyWhich one is best for my use case?
Who each product is built for, who should look elsewhere, and the jobs it gets bought for, from our editorial review and the vendor's own customer profile.
Ideal for
- Marketing, operations and product teams juggling dozens of projects with shared people
- Managers who need portfolio and goal roll-ups, not just a task list
- Teams that want a polished mobile and desktop experience
Not for
- Very small teams who need Gantt or timeline views; the free plan lacks them
- Budget-conscious teams that need Advanced features (workload, time tracking) at scale
- Teams that want a database-style tool with heavy customisation (consider monday.com or Notion)
Common use cases
Sells to: Small businesses, Mid-size companies, Enterprises, Nonprofits. Common industries: Marketing and creative, SaaS and technology, Operations, Education, Healthcare, Financial services.
Ideal for
- Teams that want to design their own workflow rather than adopt someone else's
- Operations and marketing teams that need dashboards leadership will actually look at
- Companies replacing spreadsheets with something shareable and automated
Not for
- Teams that need only simple task lists; the Basic plan is thin and Standard is the real floor
- Organisations with strict seat budgets; minimum seat packs raise the effective price
- Teams who want opinionated project structure out of the box (Asana does this better)
Common use cases
Sells to: Small businesses, Mid-size companies, Enterprises. Common industries: Marketing and creative, Operations, Construction, SaaS and technology, Real estate, Nonprofits.
monday AI Work PlatformIdeal for
- Project and operations teams tracking tasks on shared boards
- Small businesses starting with a free plan and adding seats over time
- Organizations that want AI agents to act on existing work data
Not for
- Individuals who only need a simple to-do list
- Teams that need advanced views or time tracking without moving to a higher tier
- Buyers who need fixed, published pricing for Enterprise plans
Common use cases
Sells to: Freelancers, Small businesses, Mid size businesses, Enterprises.
Support, training and setup
How you get help, how you learn the product, and how fast you can be running.
- Support score
- 8.0/10
- Ease of use
- 8.8/10Leads
- Support channels
- Email and chat (paid plans)
- Help center
- Community forum
- Priority support (Enterprise)
- Training
- Asana Academy
- Documentation
- Live webinars
- Customer success (Enterprise)
- Deployment
- Cloud / SaaS
- iOS app
- Android app
- Mac app
- Windows app
- Typical setup
- Same day
- Languages
- English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese +7
- Support score
- 8.1/10Leads
- Ease of use
- 8.7/10
- Support channels
- 24/7 support (all plans)
- Help center
- Community
- Dedicated customer success (Enterprise)
- Training
- monday.com Academy
- Documentation
- Webinars
- Template center
- Tailored onboarding (Enterprise)
- Deployment
- Cloud / SaaS
- iOS app
- Android app
- Mac app
- Windows app
- Typical setup
- Same day
- Languages
- English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian +8
monday AI Work Platform- Support score
- 7.6/10
- Ease of use
- 7.3/10
- Support channels
- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat
- Training
- In Person
- Live Online
- Webinars
- Documentation
- Videos
- Deployment
- Web
- Typical setup
- Not published
- Languages
- Not published
Security and reliability
Certifications and controls as published by each vendor. We list them; we don't audit them.
- Security
- SOC 2 Type II
- ISO 27001
- GDPR
- HIPAA (Enterprise)
- SSO (SAML)
- Two-factor authentication
- Data residency (Enterprise)
- Public API
- Yes
- Mobile apps
- iOS · Android
- Company
- San Francisco, CA · 1,800+ employees · founded 2008
- Security
- SOC 2 Type II
- ISO 27001
- GDPR
- HIPAA (Enterprise)
- SSO (Pro+)
- Two-factor authentication
- Audit log (Enterprise)
- Public API
- Yes
- Mobile apps
- iOS · Android
- Company
- Tel Aviv, Israel · 2,500+ employees · founded 2012
monday AI Work Platform- Security
- TLS 1.3 encryption in transit
- AES-256 encryption at rest
- Zero retention LLM API through Microsoft Azure and AWS Bedrock
- No use of customer inputs or outputs to train AI models
- AI follows existing account permissions
- Regional data residency policies applied to AI processing
- Multi-level permissions and enterprise-grade security and governance on Enterpri
- HIPAA compliance for monday CRM Ultimate
- Public API
- Yes
- Mobile apps
- None published
- Company
- Not published
Pros and cons
Our editors' pros and cons for each product. No user reviews have been published for these products yet.
Pros
- Flexible views of the same work: list, board, timeline, calendar
- Clear task ownership and dependency tracking
- Large integration library and a mature API
Cons
- Free plan caps collaborators and lacks timeline view
- Pricing climbs quickly for larger teams
- No built-in wiki or long-form documents
Pros
- Highly visual boards that are easy to customize
- No-code automations and dashboards
- Broad use beyond project management: CRM, HR, marketing
Cons
- Three-seat minimum and seat bundles on paid plans
- Time tracking and advanced features need Pro or above
- Can become cluttered on large, complex projects
monday AI Work PlatformPros
- The Free plan has no time limit and no credit card requirement, with up to 2 seats and 3 boards to try the core tools.
- Paid plans are priced per seat with clear annual rates of $9, $12, and $19, so costs scale predictably as the team grows.
- Agents follow the user's existing permissions, and customer data is not used to train AI models.
- Admins can track every agent action in a real-time log and test agents in simulation mode before they go live.
- The platform connects to more than 850 integrations, including Slack, Microsoft Teams, GitHub, and Salesforce.
Cons
- Free accounts are limited to 2 seats and 3 boards, so teams beyond that size need a paid plan from the start.
- AI credits are capped each month by plan, with 1,000 on Basic, 2,000 on Standard, and 3,000 on Pro, and extra credits are purchased separately.
- Timeline and Gantt views start at Standard, and time tracking and private boards start at Pro.
- Enterprise pricing is custom and requires a quote, so buyers cannot see the cost of the top tier upfront.
Full side-by-side table
monday.com leads in 6 of 8 rows where they differ. Green marks the leader in each row.
monday AI Work Platform 76Leads 4 of 8 rows · Best for teams that want boards, automations, and AI agents in one workspace with a free starting tier| Feature | Asana Best for cross-functional teams that need clear ownership | monday.com Best for teams that want a highly visual, customizable board | monday AI Work Platform Best for teams that want boards, automations, and AI agents in one workspace with a free starting tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scores | |||
| BSR score | 83 | 83 | 76 |
| Ease | 8.8 | 8.7 | 7.3 |
| Features | 8.7 | 8.9 | 7.8 |
| Value | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
| Support | 8.0 | 8.1 | 7.6 |
| Pricing | |||
| Starting price | $10.99/user/mo | $9/user/mo | $9/user/mo |
| Free plan | Included | Included | Included |
| Free trial | 30-day trial | 14-day trial | Free trial |
| Features | |||
| Features included | 7 / 8 | 8 / 8 | 8 / 8 |
| Kanban boards | Included | Included | Included |
| Gantt charts | Included | Included | Included |
| Time tracking | Included | Included | Included |
| Guest access | Included | Included | Included |
| Automations | Included | Included | Included |
| Docs & wikis | Not included | Included | Included |
| API access | Included | Included | Included |
| Mobile app | Included | Included | Included |
| Details | |||
| Biggest strength | Flexible views of the same work: list, board, timeline, calendar | Highly visual boards that are easy to customize | The Free plan has no time limit and no credit card requirement, with up to 2 seats and 3 boards to try the core tools. |
| Biggest weakness | Free plan caps collaborators and lacks timeline view | Three-seat minimum and seat bundles on paid plans | Free accounts are limited to 2 seats and 3 boards, so teams beyond that size need a paid plan from the start. |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac | Web, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac | Web |
| Best fit | 2–5,000 users | 3–2,000 users | Freelancers, Small businesses, Mid size businesses, Enterprises |
Asana vs monday.com vs monday AI Work Platform: FAQs
Is Asana better than monday.com?
Asana and monday.com tie on BSR score at 83. Asana is stronger on ease of use, while monday.com wins on support. The right choice depends on which of those matters more to your team.
Which is cheaper, Asana or monday.com or monday AI Work Platform?
monday.com has the lowest starting price at $9/user/mo and offers a free plan. Asana starts at $10.99/user/mo; monday AI Work Platform starts at $9/user/mo. Per-user pricing, annual discounts and add-ons change the real total, so price out your actual seat count.
Which has more features?
monday.com covers 8 of the 8 project management features we track, including Docs & wikis which not every product here offers.
Do Asana and monday.com integrate with the same tools?
Both connect to Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira, GitHub, Dropbox and 1 more. Only Asana lists Microsoft 365, Canva, Harvest; Only monday.com lists Google Drive, Mailchimp, Stripe; Only monday AI Work Platform lists Bitbucket, Asana, Stripe Payments.
How this comparison was made
Each product was scored on the same four subscores (Ease, Features, Value, Support) from the vendor's published pricing and documentation, our editorial review, then combined into a 100-point BSR score. Hands-on tested: Asana, monday.com. Feature checks use one list per category; plans, integrations, support and security come from what each vendor publishes and are refreshed when listings change. Green marks the leader in a row. Sponsored placements are labeled elsewhere on the site and never touch a comparison. Full methodology →