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Asana vs Vaiz

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.

The short answer

Entry price
Asana from $10.99/mo, Vaiz from $5/seat/mo — different billing units, so no direct winner
Free plan
Only Asana (Vaiz has paid plans only)
Public API
Asana has one; not confirmed by us for Vaiz
Best fit
Asana: Cross-functional teams coordinating work across many projects and owners · Vaiz: Small teams replacing a Jira plus Notion pair
Platforms
Asana: Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Slack app · Vaiz: Web

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

Side by side

FactAsanaVaiz
CategoryTask & Project ManagementTask & Project Management
Pricing modelFreemiumPaid
Starts at$10.99/mo$5/seat/mo
Public APIYesNot confirmed
Trust score92 / 10091 / 100
PlatformsWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, API, Slack appWeb
CompanyAsana, Inc.Vaiz Ltd
Launched2008—
Last verifiedOct 16, 2026Oct 16, 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

Vaiz

Vaiz covers the Jira and Confluence or Notion overlap at a price well under either, and importers from several competitors make a trial cheap to run. The free tier is gone, so after 14 days the workspace goes read-only unless you pay $5 per user a month on a yearly plan; the AI agent sits on the $9 Premium tier. The company publishes no country, address or team page, which is a fair reason to hesitate before moving a whole organisation onto it.

Pros

  • Boards, docs, Gantt and dashboards in one product rather than three
  • Importers for Jira, Asana, Trello, YouTrack and Linear, with a tasks-only Notion import
  • $5 per user a month on yearly billing, with unlimited members, automations and history, and MCP access on Pro
  • Guests do not count as paid seats

Cons

  • No free plan: after the 14-day trial an unpaid workspace becomes read-only
  • The AI agent is gated behind the $9 Premium tier
  • No company country, address or founding date published

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 Vaiz if you need

  • Small teams replacing a Jira plus Notion pair
  • Agencies tracking client projects on a budget
  • Anyone migrating off Trello or Asana who wants boards and docs together

Asana vs Vaiz: the questions people ask

Is Asana cheaper than Vaiz?

They charge in different units, so there is no like-for-like answer: Asana starts at $10.99/mo, Vaiz at $5/seat/mo. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it.

Does Asana or Vaiz have a free tier?

Asana has a free tier; Vaiz has paid plans only.

Which has a public API, Asana or Vaiz?

Asana ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for Vaiz is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.

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