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Asana vs Bracket

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. Asana publishes a starting price ($10.99); Bracket does not. Only Asana has a free tier. Only Asana ships a public API.

AsanaWork management for tasks, projects and portfolios with credit-metered AI agentsBracketCreates and tracks tasks from mentions in Slack and email.

Side by side

FactAsanaBracket
CategoryTask & Project ManagementTask & Project Management
Pricing modelFreemiumContact
Starts at$10.99 month—
Public APIYesNo
PlatformsWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, API, Slack AppWeb, Slack App
CompanyAsana, Inc.Bracket
Launched2008—
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 1, 2026

What our research says

Asana

Asana is a mature work-management system whose AI story is unusually concrete: agents are built from the same rules engine teams already use, and billed from an account-level credit pool instead of a per-seat AI surcharge. The catch is that the free tier is now effectively a two-person demo, so any real team lands on a paid plan immediately.

Pros

  • AI credits pool across the account rather than being sold per seat
  • No seat cap on paid plans, so adding collaborators does not force a tier jump
  • Well-documented public API plus native desktop, mobile and Slack clients
  • Portfolios, goals and reporting cover the layer above day-to-day tasks

Cons

  • Free plan is limited to two collaborating users
  • Portfolios, goals and advanced reporting sit behind the $24.99 tier
  • AI credit consumption per automation is not published, so budgeting is guesswork

Bracket

Bracket's idea - turn an at-mention into a tracked task instead of a separate to-do app - is a reasonable pitch for teams that already live in Slack and email. We have very little independently verified detail here: the vendor's site is largely unreadable to standard fetching, and we found no pricing or company information anywhere.

Pros

  • Task creation from a Slack mention removes a context switch to a separate app
  • Can reassign work or move deadlines from within the conversation, per a third-party description
  • Works across both Slack and email rather than one channel only

Cons

  • Vendor's own site would not render readable content for us across repeated attempts
  • No pricing, company name, or location confirmed anywhere
  • Feature description relies on a third-party summary rather than the vendor's own documentation

Which one fits

Choose Asana if you need

  • Cross-functional teams coordinating work across many projects and owners
  • Ops people who want automations and intake agents without writing code
  • Organisations that need portfolios, goals and reporting above project level

Choose Bracket if you need

  • Teams that create tasks mostly through Slack mentions and email threads already

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