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Asana Alternative

Great for enterprises.
Overkill for your team.

Asana is a powerful platform built for large organizations with portfolios, goals, and workload management. If your team just wants to track tasks and ship fast, you're paying for complexity you'll never use. is.team is the simpler alternative — flat-rate pricing, infinite canvas, AI features, and voice rooms. No per-seat fees.

Flat-rate pricing
No per-seat fees
AI built-in
Who it's for

Two tools built for different scales

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is.team is for you if…

  • You're a team of 1-50 people who value simplicity
  • Per-seat pricing makes you cringe as your team grows
  • You want AI, voice rooms, and time tracking without add-ons
  • You need a visual canvas, not just lists and boards
  • You want to start working in minutes, not spend hours configuring
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Stay with Asana if…

  • You have 50+ people across multiple cross-functional teams
  • You need OKR/Goal hierarchies rolling up from tasks to company goals
  • You require SAML SSO, SCIM, data residency, or HIPAA compliance
  • Portfolio-level visibility across dozens of projects is critical
  • You depend on 200+ native integrations (Salesforce, Tableau, Power BI)
Side by side

Feature comparison

Direct and honest — based on publicly available product documentation.

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is.team

Built for teams who ship fast

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Asana

Built for enterprise organizations

Setup time
Minutes — create workspace, add board, start working
Moderate — projects, custom fields, rules, and permissions need configuration
Infinite canvas workspace
Spatial canvas — drag, zoom, connect boards like a whiteboard
No canvas view — list, board, calendar, timeline, and Gantt only
Flat-rate pricing
$8-$39/mo for the whole team — one bill regardless of headcount
Per-user pricing at all tiers — $10.99-$24.99/user/mo, costs scale with every hire
Built-in voice rooms
Native voice rooms with screen sharing — no external tool needed
No voice or video features — requires Zoom, Meet, or Teams
Developer-callable AI API
IS.AI API — callable by your apps and agents with ist_ tokens
Asana Intelligence is a product feature — MCP server gives data access, but no AI inference API
MCP Server for AI agents
Native MCP server — 13 tools for AI agents + live chat
Official MCP V2 server — 30+ tools for project and task management
AI meeting notes to tasks
Voice room, Google Meet, Zoom & Teams transcripts become tasks in seconds
No native meeting notes — relies on third-party integrations
Live cursor presence
See teammates' cursors moving across the canvas in real-time
No live cursor tracking — shows who is online but not where they are
Gantt / Timeline view
Built-in timeline — drag to reschedule, resize to adjust, day/week/month zoom
Timeline view available on Starter+ ($10.99/user/mo) — not on the free plan
Time tracking & timesheets
Built-in Pomodoro, desktop timer, weekly timesheets on all plans
Native time tracking only on Advanced ($24.99/user/mo) — not on free or Starter
Goals / OKRs
Not available — focused on task execution, not goal hierarchies
Goals available on Advanced+ ($24.99/user/mo) — not on free or Starter
Multi-assignee per task
Assign multiple people to a single task
Single assignee only — a 10+ year feature request still unresolved
Card automation rules
Auto-complete, auto-assign, max WIP, apply-on-drop — zero setup
Rules on Starter (250 actions/mo cap) — unlimited only on Advanced ($24.99/user)
Subtasks
Subtasks with progress tracking
Subtasks with multi-homing (task can live in multiple projects)
Outgoing webhooks
HMAC-SHA256 signed outgoing webhooks
Webhooks available via API
Embeddable forms
Public forms that create tasks — embed anywhere
Forms on Starter+ — branching logic only on Advanced ($24.99/user)
Free plan limits
Free forever — up to 3 members, 2 boards, all core features
Free plan limited to 2 users (new accounts) — no timeline, no custom fields, no automation

asana.com

Pricing

Flat-rate vs. per-seat — the math speaks

is.team charges per workspace, not per seat. Asana charges per user — every new hire increases your bill.

PlanMonthly cost (10 users)Notes
is.team Freeis.team
$0Up to 3 members, 2 boards. Free forever.
is.team Starteris.team
$8/mo flatUp to 5 members. Flat rate.
is.team Prois.team
$16/mo flatUp to 15 members. All AI features. Voice rooms.
is.team Maxis.team
$39/mo flatUp to 50 members. Unlimited boards. Everything.
Asana Personal
$0Limited to 2 users (new accounts). No timeline, no custom fields, no automation.
Asana Starter †
~$110/mo$10.99/user/mo × 10. Timeline + forms + rules (250 actions/mo cap).
Asana Advanced †
~$250/mo$24.99/user/mo × 10. Goals, portfolios, time tracking, unlimited rules.

† Asana per-user rates are based on annual billing as of March 2026. Monthly billing is ~20% more ($13.49 and $30.49/user/mo respectively). Visit asana.com for current pricing.

The real cost

What you actually pay as you grow

is.team Max — 10 people

Monthly cost$39/mo
Add 5 more peopleStill $39/mo

Flat rate. Hire freely. Your bill doesn't change until you exceed 50 members.

Asana Advanced — 10 people

Monthly cost~$250/mo
Add 5 more people~$375/mo

Every new team member adds $24.99/mo. A 20-person team costs ~$500/mo.

Honest comparison

Where Asana genuinely wins

We believe in honest comparisons. Here's where Asana is the better choice — and we'll say it directly.

Goals & OKR tracking

Asana has a dedicated Goals feature with automatic progress roll-up from sub-goals and projects. If your organization runs on OKRs and needs goal hierarchies from company-level down to individual tasks, Asana has this built-in.

Large cross-functional organizations (50+ people)

Portfolios, workload management, and resource planning are built for coordinating work across many teams. Asana excels at giving leadership visibility across dozens of projects simultaneously.

Enterprise compliance (SAML, SCIM, data residency)

Asana Enterprise+ offers HIPAA compliance, data residency (US, EU, Japan, Australia), Enterprise Key Management, and audit log streaming. If your legal team has hard compliance requirements, Asana delivers them.

Mature ecosystem & integrations

With 200+ native integrations including Salesforce, Tableau, and Power BI, plus a mature API, Asana connects to more enterprise tools out of the box. is.team covers the most common workflows (GitHub, Slack, Figma, Drive) but has a smaller integration catalog.

If any of the above describes your situation, Asana is the right tool and we'd rather you use the right tool than struggle with the wrong one. If none of those describe you — you're a team that values simplicity over enterprise features — is.team will serve you better.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is is.team a good alternative to Asana?+

Yes, for teams of 1–50 people who want kanban boards, an infinite canvas, AI features, and voice rooms without Asana's per-seat pricing and complexity. is.team charges a flat rate per workspace, not per user.

How does is.team pricing compare to Asana?+

is.team uses flat-rate workspace pricing ($8–39/mo for the whole team). Asana charges per user: Starter is $10.99/user/mo and Advanced is $24.99/user/mo. A 10-person team on Asana Advanced costs ~$250/mo; on is.team Max it's $39/mo.

Does Asana have a free plan?+

Yes, but it's very limited. New Asana accounts are capped at 2 users on the free plan (reduced from 10–15 in November 2025). It also lacks timeline view, custom fields, automation, and forms. is.team's free plan supports 3 members with 2 boards and all core features.

Can I migrate from Asana to is.team?+

is.team doesn't require migration — you start fresh with a clean canvas. Most teams find starting fresh faster than importing existing data from Asana.

Does is.team have automation like Asana?+

Yes. is.team includes card automation rules (auto-complete, auto-assign, max WIP limits) on all plans with no action limits. Asana's Starter plan caps automation at 250 actions/month — unlimited rules require the Advanced plan at $24.99/user/mo.

Does is.team support time tracking like Asana?+

Yes, and on all plans. is.team includes a built-in Pomodoro timer, desktop timer app, and weekly timesheets. Asana only offers native time tracking on Advanced ($24.99/user/mo) — it's not available on free or Starter plans.

Ready to simplify?
No per-seat fees. Ever.

Start fresh with a canvas that fits the way your team actually works. Free forever for up to 3 people. From $8/mo for larger teams. No credit card required.

Feature comparisons are based on publicly available product documentation as of March 2026 and may not reflect recent updates. Pricing is approximate; rates vary by billing cycle and team size — visit each product's website for current details. Asana is a trademark of Asana, Inc. is.team is not affiliated with or endorsed by Asana, Inc.

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