Asana vs Notion
Teams shortlist Asana and Notion together when they are trying to replace a mess of docs and task lists with one tool. They can both do some of that, but they start from opposite ends: Asana is a project manager that added documents, and Notion is a document workspace that added databases. The question worth asking is which half of your mess is bigger.
Which should you choose?
Choose Asana if
- Marketing, operations and cross-functional teams at mid-sized companies
- Leaders who need portfolio-level visibility across many projects
- Organizations that prioritize ease of adoption over deep customization
Choose Notion if
- Startups and small teams that want docs, wiki and light project tracking in one place
- Individuals building a personal knowledge system
- Teams that value templates and a large ecosystem
Cheapest to start
Notion · From $12/mo
Free plan
Asana, Notion
Highest editor rating
Notion · 4.7
| Compare | Asana |
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| Free plan | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes |
| Starting price | From $13.49/mo |
| Editor rating | 4.4 |
| Ease of use | Easy (4/5) |
| Category | Project Management |
| Pricing model | Free Personal plan for up to 10 users; Starter approximately $13.49 and Advanced approximately $30.49 per user per month billed monthly (about $10.99 and $24.99 annually), with Enterprise on custom pricing and seats sold in bundles. |
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| Platforms | Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Browser extension, API |
| Integrations | Figma, GitHub, Gmail, Google Workspace, Jira, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Salesforce, Slack, Zoom |
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| Cons |
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| AI assistant | Yes |
| API access | Yes |
| Calendar view | Yes |
| Comments & mentions | No |
| Custom fields | Yes |
| Databases & tables | No |
| Forms & surveys | Yes |
| Gantt & timeline | Yes |
| Goals & OKRs | Yes |
| Guest & client access | No |
| Kanban boards | Yes |
| Mobile app | Yes |
| Real-time collaboration | No |
| Reporting & dashboards | Yes |
| Roles & permissions | No |
| Templates | No |
| Time tracking | Yes |
| Workflow automation | Yes |
Common questions
- Is Asana cheaper than Notion?
- Notion starts lower, at $12 a month against $13.49 for Asana. Both figures are the entry paid plan billed monthly, checked against each vendor's own pricing page. Higher tiers and add-ons can change the comparison, so price the plan you actually need.
- Does Asana or Notion have a free plan?
- Both do. Asana and Notion each offer a free tier, so you can try either without paying.
- How long is the Asana and Notion free trial?
- Asana offers a 30-day free trial. Notion does not offer one.
Our verdict
Choose Asana if work moves through stages and somebody has to see whether it is on track. Portfolios, goals and rules-based automation are built for that, and non-technical teams adopt the interface quickly. Starter is $13.49 per user per month billed monthly and Advanced $30.49, which is among the highest per-seat pricing in the category — and seats are sold in bundles, so a team of seven may pay for ten. Native time tracking and workload management need Advanced. Choose Notion if the problem is that your knowledge lives in twelve places. Its databases with relations, rollups and multiple views can model a project tracker convincingly, and the same workspace holds specs, notes and wikis. Plus is $12 per member per month and Business $24, both below Asana. The free plan is genuinely usable solo but multi-member workspaces hit a block limit quickly. The honest limitation on each side: Notion has no real notion of workload, dependencies across projects or portfolio reporting, so a delivery manager will find it thin. Asana is a poor wiki and its documents are an afterthought. Plenty of teams run both — Notion for what is known and Asana for what is happening — and if that sounds like duplication, pick based on which failure would hurt more: losing track of documents, or losing track of deadlines.