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Asana vs monday.com

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 starts at $10.99, monday.com at $9. Both have a free tier. Both ship a public API.

AsanaWork management for tasks, projects and portfolios with credit-metered AI agentsmonday.comWork platform of boards, automations and dashboards, with AI agents metered by a separate credit pool.

Side by side

FactAsanamonday.com
CategoryTask & Project ManagementTask & Project Management
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$10.99 month$9 seat_month
Public APIYesYes
PlatformsWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, API, Slack AppWeb, iOS, Android, API
CompanyAsana, Inc.monday.com Ltd.
Launched20082012
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 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

monday.com

The most visual of the big work platforms, and the easiest to get a non-technical team onto. The AI layer is broad — agents, notetaker, triage, workflow builder — but metered by credits, which makes it hard to predict what heavy use costs. Splitting CRM, service and dev into separately priced products means the real bill is usually higher than the headline seat price.

Pros

  • Boards, automations, forms, docs and dashboards without writing code
  • Four product lines share one platform: work management, CRM, service, dev
  • AI notetaker, ticket triage, workflow builder and agent workforce built in
  • Public company with a long track record, founded 2012 and listed

Cons

  • Free plan is capped at two seats, effectively a trial
  • AI features consume a separate credit pool on top of seat cost
  • CRM and Service lines are priced well above the work-management tiers
  • Pricing is billing-country dependent, so quoted currency and figures shift by region

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 monday.com if you need

  • Non-technical teams who need visual boards and no-code automations
  • Organisations that want CRM, service desk and project work on one underlying platform
  • Teams willing to trade per-seat cost for fast adoption

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