Asana alternatives, 2026

Asana is one of four tools in StackScope's project management report. The table below shows the other three, Monday.com, ClickUp and Notion, using the same verified figures as the full report, last verified October 2026. Prices, free-plan limits and catches are shown as reported, with sources on each vendor's pricing page.

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Tool	Free plan	Entry tier	Mid tier	Highest public price	Aggregated sentiment
Monday.com	Free, up to 2 seats3 boards only — usable for a trial, not real team work	$9/seatBasic · $12/mo billed monthly	$12/seatStandard · $14/mo billed monthly	$19/seatPro · $24/mo billed monthly	Catch: every paid plan has a 3-seat minimum. Praised for its highly visual, customizable boards — consistently the top-cited reason teams pick it over a plainer task list. Even a solo user must buy 3 seats on any paid tier, putting the real minimum bill at $27/mo (Basic, annual) before anyone actually needs seat 2 or 3. The pricing page currently shows a limited-time annual-billing discount on top of these list prices (no public expiration date found — treat it as promotional, not the standing rate), and each tier includes a fixed monthly AI-credit allowance (1,000 Basic / 2,000 Standard / 3,000 Pro) with no published price for buying more.
ClickUp Best value (paid)	Free, unlimited members60MB total shared storage across the whole team — the real constraint	$7/memberUnlimited · $10/mo billed monthly	$12/memberBusiness · $19/mo billed monthly	Not publicly listedBusiness Plus exists but isn't on ClickUp's pricing page — visible only after upgrading from inside a workspace	Catch: "Unlimited" doesn't mean unlimited. Praised for deep customization and genuinely all-in-one functionality — docs, goals, and time tracking without leaving the app. Despite the plan name, Goals, time tracking, and workload management are gated behind Business, and per ClickUp's own 2026 changelog, the Brain AI add-on is $9/member/month (1,500 AI Super Credits/month included; additional credits run $10 per 10,000), while the Everything AI tier with full agent access runs $28/member/month.
Notion	Free — unlimited for individual useCollaborative (2+ member) workspaces cap at 1,000 blocks; 5MB file uploads; 7-day page history; 10 guest invites	$10/memberPlus · $12/mo billed monthly	$20/memberBusiness · $24/mo billed monthly	Contact salesEnterprise — no published price	Catch: real AI now requires the Business plan — and third-party listings don't agree on the price. Praised for extreme flexibility as an all-in-one workspace — docs, wikis, and relational databases in one tool. Full Notion AI is exclusive to Business ($20/member); Free and Plus users get only a limited complimentary AI trial. Independent pricing sources currently disagree with each other and with the vendor's own figures — see footnote.

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What are the main alternatives to Asana?

In StackScope's project management report, the other tools compared are Monday.com, ClickUp and Notion.

Where do these prices come from?

From each vendor's own pricing pages, cross-checked against independent sources and last verified October 2026. See the project management report and each vendor's pricing page for the full source list.