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Asana vs ClickUp: What are the differences?

## Key differences between Asana and ClickUp

Asana and ClickUp are two popular project management tools that offer different features and functionalities to help teams stay organized and productive. Here are the key differences between Asana and ClickUp:

1. **Integrations**: Asana offers fewer integrations compared to ClickUp, making it less versatile in terms of connecting with third-party applications and services. ClickUp offers a wide range of integrations, including popular tools like Slack, Google Drive, and GitHub, providing users with more flexibility and customization options.

2. **Customization**: ClickUp allows for more customization in terms of views, fields, and dashboards, giving users the ability to tailor the platform to their specific needs and preferences. Asana, on the other hand, is more limited in terms of customization options, offering a more streamlined and simplified interface that may be more user-friendly for some users.

3. **Pricing**: Asana offers a free version with limited features and paid plans starting at $10.99 per user per month. ClickUp also offers a free plan but with more robust features compared to Asana's free version, and its paid plans start at $5 per user per month, making it a more cost-effective option for teams on a budget.

4. **Hierarchy Structure**: ClickUp allows for a more flexible hierarchy structure with Spaces, Folders, Lists, and Tasks, giving users the ability to organize their projects in a more detailed and hierarchical manner. Asana, on the other hand, has a simpler project structure with Projects, Tasks, and Subtasks, which may be sufficient for smaller teams with less complex projects.

5. **Time Tracking**: ClickUp includes built-in time tracking features, allowing users to track time spent on tasks and projects directly within the platform. Asana, on the other hand, does not have built-in time tracking capabilities and requires integration with third-party time tracking tools to track time effectively.

6. **User Interface**: ClickUp has a more modern and visually appealing user interface compared to Asana, with customizable themes, dark mode, and a more intuitive design that may appeal to users looking for a more aesthetically pleasing and user-friendly experience.

In Summary, Asana and ClickUp differ in terms of integrations, customization, pricing, hierarchy structure, time tracking capabilities, and user interface design, offering users a variety of options to choose from based on their specific needs and preferences. 
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Max Stuart
Technical Project Manager at ShelterTech · | 6 upvotes · 212K views
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I just switched to ClickUp for my development agency - I am the product team, and I relay everything there betwixt designers, devs, and clients.

Clickup = Jira + Confluence but better - more ways to slice and dice your data & documents, make custom views, mind map relationships, and track people's work, plan goals... I even use it to manage project finances and household to-dos.

They have a very comprehensive free tier that never expires, and on top of that they're extremely generous with trials of their paid features, have more-than-fair pricing, and top-notch customer support.

https://clickup.com?fp_ref=max30

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Basecamp is a great product for remote teams. It is a mindset. If you're looking for a standard project management tool with lots of features, ClickUp is a great choice. It's a bit slow (especially mobile), but in terms of features, it's unbeatable.

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A good collaboration tool was always a big challene in the most team I've met. The main challenge is there are many tools with tons of features. They'r all great in the paper. But in practice, the team usually doesn't enjoy collaborating using them. This is the challenging part. The project management tools should be well designed to keep simplicity in combination with well-chosen features to bring the most productivity and activity among the team. I'm thinking about many of my stacks, ClickUp is one of the few choices which I've never thought about migrating about. I can't describe it in text, I just advise you to try it once and you'll understand. The team behind ClickUp is really active. They really care about delivering new features.

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You are describing something close to issue tracker like redmine, jira+confluence, youtrack and etc. Redmine is absolutely free, for jira you should pay, youtrack has different licenses.

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I have been using this for a while and recommended to my last 15 clients who were amazed by the flexibility of the platform. It has everything You need!

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Ivan Begtin
Director - NGO "Informational Culture" / Ambassador - OKFN Russia at Infoculture · | 5 upvotes · 210.3K views

Both Asana and Trello support Kanban style project tracking. Trello is Kanban-only project management, knowledge management, actually card-management tools. Asana is much more complex, supports different project management approaches, well integrated and helpful for any style/type project.

We choose Asana finally, but still some projects kept in Trello

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Abhay Vashishtha

Procezo is an excellent free-for-life task managing tool with several benefits. Its clear, user-friendly interface is perfect for small businesses and startups as well as enterprise-level use. It makes it a seamless transition from any other project management tools. Its simple but effective layout allows new users to quickly adapt to its ever-expanding set of features. Procezo allows users to create boards and provide access to users or teams as required, set priority and precedence of the task and allowing for subtasks and discussions to be created. With unlimited tasks, users, projects and free support, Procezo is quickly making its way into businesses from across the world and the ultimate growth hack tool.

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Ram Kumar
CTO, Architect at Sarvasv.in · | 2 upvotes · 163.4K views

trello has a much simpler interface and easy to learn for any team member. asana might have more features and configuration options but do you really need a complex system for developers to manage tasks?

After Microsoft took over trello, it has become more restricted these days but still good for startups.

Keep it simple! Focus on your product, not tools.

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Pros of Asana
Pros of ClickUp
  • 160
    Super fast task creation
  • 150
    Flexible project management
  • 101
    Free up to 15
  • 99
    Followers and commenting on tasks
  • 57
    Integration with external services
  • 25
    Email-based task creation
  • 17
    Plays nice with Google Apps
  • 14
    Clear usage
  • 14
    Plays nice with Harvest Time Tracking
  • 6
    Supports nice keyboard shortcuts
  • 4
    Integration with GitHub
  • 2
    Slack supported
  • 2
    Integration with Instagantt for Gantt Charts
  • 1
    Integration with Alfred
  • 1
    Both Card View & Task View
  • 1
    Easy to use
  • 1
    Friendly API
  • 0
    Slick and fast interface
  • 8
    Overview of several project in one status by folder & L
  • 6
    Best PM for a Startup - Hands Down
  • 5
    Easily customizable by Business type

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Cons of Asana
Cons of ClickUp
  • 0
    Not Cross Platform
  • 4
    Not friendly to use
  • 4
    Privacy and Authorities
  • 3
    Reporting Issues
  • 1
    Useless automation

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What is Asana?

Asana is the easiest way for teams to track their work. From tasks and projects to conversations and dashboards, Asana enables teams to move work from start to finish--and get results. Available at asana.com and on iOS & Android.

What is ClickUp?

Users can assign comments and tasks to specific team members or groups of team members. Comments and tasks can be marked as resolved or in progress, or users can create custom statuses.

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