by AsanaIssue tracking and project management
Work and project management with unlimited automation rules and free guests from $10.99 per user, billed annually.
Unlimited automation rules, free guests and timelines on the entry paid plan, at $274.75 a month for 25 people billed annually.
Asana’s Starter plan includes what the other two tools here meter or keep for higher plans: unlimited automation rules and unlimited free guests, alongside timeline and Gantt views, forms and custom fields. It costs $10.99 per user billed annually, $274.75 a month for 25 seats. Every plan lists 100+ free integrations, including Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Slack, and SOC 2 Type II.
Against 3 other products we reviewed in Issue tracking and project management: what you pay for with each, the five access facts, the plan limits we recorded and each review's bottom line. The note under the table says how each one was checked.
| Metric | Asana | Jira | ClickUp | Linear |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Worth the priceUnlimited automation rules, free guests and timelines on the entry paid plan, at $274.75 a month for 25 people billed annually. | Compliance includedIssue tracking with data residency, a self-serve HIPAA BAA and site audit logs on its entry paid plan, at $204.17 a month for 25 people billed annually. | Worth the priceTasks, docs, chat and sprints in one workspace, free for unlimited members and $175 a month for 25 people on Unlimited, billed yearly. | Worth the priceAn issue tracker built for software teams, free for any number of members up to 250 issues, with SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and EU hosting. |
| Overall score | 7.4 | 8.7Best | 8.2 | 6.8 |
| Free option | Free plan | Free plan | Free plan | Free plan |
| Card to start | –Not measured | No card needed | –Not measured | –Not measured |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $10.99/user/mo | $9.70/user/mo | $7/user/mo | $10/user/mo |
| Pricing model | Per seat | Per seat | Per seat | Per seat |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices |
| Free plan | 2 users, unlimited tasks and projects | Up to 10 users, unlimited work items | Unlimited members and tasks, 60 MB storage | Unlimited members, 2 teams, 250 issues |
| 25 people, billed annually | $274.75/mo (Starter, 25 × $10.99) | $204.17/mo (Standard, $2,450 a year) | $175/mo (Unlimited, 25 × $7) | $250/mo (Basic, 25 × $10) |
| 25 people, billed monthly | $337.25/mo (25 × $13.49) | $242.50/mo (25 × $9.70) | $250/mo (25 × $10) | Not listed on the pricing page |
| Automation on the entry paid plan | Unlimited rules | 400 steps per user a month | 500 active rules, 1,000 automation executions | Triage rules from Business |
| Guests on the entry paid plan | Unlimited, free | Free, no paid seat | Guest seats included (5, plus 2 per paid user); read-only guests unlimited | From Business ($16) |
| SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 | Both | Both | Both | Both |
| HIPAA BAA | Enterprise+ (opt-in) | Self-serve on Standard and Premium | Enterprise (contact sales) | On request; HIPAA listed on Enterprise |
| Data residency | Enterprise add-on or Enterprise+ (Europe, Australia, Japan) | Standard and up, 11 locations incl. EU | Enterprise (US, EU, Singapore or Australia), no extra charge | EU or US, chosen at workspace creation |
| SAML SSO | Enterprise | Atlassian Guard Standard ($1,100 a year for 16–25 users) or Enterprise | Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Audit log | Enterprise add-on or Enterprise+ | Site changes on Standard; user activity on Enterprise | Enterprise (60 days of history) | Enterprise (last 3 months of events) |
| Data export | CSV and PDF; full JSON export on Enterprise+ | Site backup with attachments | Task data as CSV with attachment links | CSV (no attachment files) and API |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, Asana’s Starter plan includes the most for day-to-day work: unlimited rules, free guests and timelines. Security controls, data residency and HIPAA start on Enterprise or Enterprise+. | From its public pages, Jira gives the most here on its entry paid plan: compliance controls, free guests and the lowest listed price for 25 people. Budget for Atlassian Guard if you need SAML SSO. | From its public pages, ClickUp lists the lowest price for 25 people here and the most open free plan, with guests on Unlimited. Security and admin controls sit on Enterprise, which keeps its team-control score lower. | From its public pages, Linear has the most open free plan here and the simplest seat billing. Its lower score reflects guests, automation rules and team controls that start on Business or Enterprise. |
Evidence: Asana: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Jira: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; ClickUp: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Linear: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
Review from public pages
Written from Asana's public pages (pricing, security or privacy, and docs) as read on Oct 15, 2026. We did not sign up, and no hands-on run is published yet.
We read Asana's pricing page, its FAQ and its trust page on Oct 15, 2026; we did not sign up for this review. The US pricing page lists Personal (free, for one or two people), Starter at $10.99 per user a month billed annually ($13.49 monthly), Advanced at $24.99 ($30.49 monthly), and Enterprise and Enterprise+ through sales. The same page viewed from another region showed a limited-time discount for new customers; the prices here are the US list prices without it.
The FAQ explains how seats are sold: one at a time up to 5 users, then in steps of 5 up to 30, 10 up to 100, 25 up to 500 and 50 above that. The plan table is long and clear about gating: unlimited rules, forms, custom fields, timelines and free guests on Starter; portfolios, goals and approvals on Advanced; SAML, SCIM and view-only licences on Enterprise. Audit logs, organization-wide JSON exports and IP allowlisting are part of a Compliance management add-on on Enterprise and included on Enterprise+.
The trust page lists SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3 and ISO/IEC 27001, 27017, 27018 and 27701, and data residency in Europe, Australia and Japan. The plan table marks HIPAA as opt-in on Enterprise+ only. The FAQ says Asana does not offer refunds and has no on-premises version.
Starter lists unlimited rules and the workflow builder.
vs Linear: Jira Standard includes 400 automation steps per user a month; Linear lists triage rules from Business.
Unlimited guests on Starter, outside the seat count.
vs Linear: Linear’s guests start on Business.
The trust page lists SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3 and four ISO/IEC standards (27001, 27017, 27018, 27701).
Every self-serve plan shows its annual and monthly rate.
Personal allows 2 users; a team needs Starter.
Workaround: Starter has no user seat limit.
Between 5 and 30 users, seats are added in steps of 5: 25 people fit exactly, 26 need 30 seats.
SAML and SCIM are on Enterprise; audit logs and data residency are add-ons there or part of Enterprise+, and HIPAA is Enterprise+ only.
The FAQ says Asana does not offer refunds; a cancelled plan keeps paid features to the end of the period.
Asana sells seats per user: Starter $10.99 a month billed annually or $13.49 monthly, Advanced $24.99 or $30.49. Seats are added in steps, so the bill follows the seat count you buy, not the exact number of people. Enterprise and Enterprise+ are priced by sales.
For 25 people on Starter, 25 × $10.99 = $274.75 a month billed annually, or 25 × $13.49 = $337.25 monthly. At 26 people the next step is 30 seats, $329.70 a month on annual rates. Guests are free. AI is included with limits: 5 AI requests per user a month up to 50 per account on Starter, with extra requests at $0.50 prepaid or $0.60 pay as you go. Timesheets and budgets are a separate add-on.
Every plan can export project data and reports as CSV or PDF. A complete JSON export of the organization (projects, tasks, comments, custom fields) is part of the Compliance management add-on on Enterprise and included on Enterprise+.
From its public pages, Asana’s Starter plan includes the most for day-to-day work: unlimited rules, free guests and timelines. Security controls, data residency and HIPAA start on Enterprise or Enterprise+.
| Limit | As recorded |
|---|---|
| Free plan | 2 users, unlimited tasks and projects |
| 25 people, billed annually | $274.75/mo (Starter, 25 × $10.99) |
| 25 people, billed monthly | $337.25/mo (25 × $13.49) |
| Automation on the entry paid plan | Unlimited rules |
| Guests on the entry paid plan | Unlimited, free |
| SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 | Both |
| HIPAA BAA | Enterprise+ (opt-in) |
| Data residency | Enterprise add-on or Enterprise+ (Europe, Australia, Japan) |
| SAML SSO | Enterprise |
| Audit log | Enterprise add-on or Enterprise+ |
| Data export | CSV and PDF; full JSON export on Enterprise+ |
Read from the vendor's public pages on Oct 15, 2026. No hands-on run is published yet. How we check
We have not published a sign-up run for Asana yet. The access facts above were read from its sign-up and pricing pages on Oct 15, 2026.
We have not published API calls for Asana yet.
Asana lists 4 plans. The cheapest paid plan, Starter (billed annually), costs $10.99/user/mo.
Prices as listed, USD, excluding tax; observed 2026-10-15.
Source: asana.com pricing page. Prices change; the observed date above is when our agent read them.
We read the pricing, security and docs pages of three issue tracking and project management tools on the same day and scored them on the same six indicators. How each one sells seats, what 25 people cost, and who should pick which.
