Asana vs Trello – Which Is Best for Your Business?

Asana is a better product than Trello, but it wins by a very slim margin. Asana has a couple more features than Trello, mainly focusing on data visualization. However, Trello is a bit cheaper than Asana, so a small business that doesn't rely on data visualization may be able to look past it for a lower price.

Project management software is software that allows users to get an overview of what they or their team are working on. Asana and Trello are two of the biggest names in project management software, so rather than one being substantially better than the other, it comes down to the more minor differences. The best choice for you will depend on your business needs and preferences. Let's take a closer look.

In this guide:

• Asana vs Trello Head-to-Head
• Asana Core Features and Benefits
• Trello Core Features and Benefits
• Trello Pricing vs Asana Pricing
• Trello vs Asana – Which Has the Best Free Plan?
• Trello vs Asana – Which Is Easier to Use?
• Trello vs Asana – Which Has Better Features?
• Frequently Asked Questions

Asana vs Trello Head-to-Head

As mentioned, Asana and Trello are two of the best project management software platforms on the market, so they're both great options for any small business.

Here are the main reasons you'd want to invest in either Asana or Trello.

Asana Core Features and Benefits

Key features (on lowest paid tier):

• Unlimited projects, users, storage, and automations
• Two-factor authentication, guest access, and user permissions
• Gantt, Kanban, and Spreadsheet views
• Sub-tasks, milestones, and task dependencies
• Preset and custom project templates
• Data visualization dashboard, chart and widget builders

Asana has solid features across the board, not really missing out on any crucial tools that come with other platforms. If we have to name a weakness, its collaboration features could be improved, as there is no team instant messenger or an online whiteboard, but these are small gripes.

Overall, Asana's powerful data visualization tools and its task management features are  great. You'd have to be after some particularly niche services in order for Asana not to fit what you're looking for.

Trello Core Features and Benefits

Key features (on lowest paid tier):

• Unlimited projects, users, and storage
• 6,000 automated actions per month
• Two-factor authentication, guest access, and user permissions
• Gantt, Kanban, and Spreadsheet views
• Preset and custom project templates and automations

At a glance, you can tell that Trello has fewer features and tools than Asana, but this isn't necessarily a fatal blow for Trello. Trello does have a couple things over Asana, namely a larger maximum file size (250 mb over Asana's 100 mb) and Agile Project Templates.

That's pretty much everything Trello has over Asana feature-wise. But at a significantly lower price, and with a more streamlined interface, some might decide that Trello fits their needs better than Asana.

Trello Pricing vs Asana Pricing

Here's how Asana and Trello match up when it comes to the ever important issue of price:

Asana Pricing

Asana has one free tier (discussed below), two paid tiers, and a bespoke option, where pricing varies based on what features you decide to include. The two Asana paid plans are the Premium plan, which costs $13.49 per user per month, and the Business plan, which costs $30.49 per user per month.

As the Premium plan already has no limits, the difference between the two paid plans comes down to features. The main features showcased in the Business plan are custom automations and resource management collaboration.

Trello Pricing

Trello has four tiers. The first is a free plan, discussed below. Then we have the Standard plan ($5 per user per month), the Premium plan ($10 per month per user), and the Enterprise plan ($17.50 per month per user).

Each of these plans offers something for a different sized business. The Standard plan is for small business that need core functionality without too many custom needs or business feature requirements. The Premium plan is great for growing businesses, adding a wide range of board views and improved support. And the Enterprise plan is exclusively for larger companies that need a lot of organization and reporting.

Trello vs Asana – Which Has the Best Free Plan?

Trello's free plan is decent, but nothing outstanding in the realm of project management free tiers. You can only have ten projects on the go at any given time, so it's suited for personal use, or very small businesses.

However, looking at features, Trello's free plan is pretty well stocked. It includes all of the workflow features that higher tiers offer, like project templates and automations. The only elements from higher tiers that it's missing are a collaboration calendar, guest access and any of the data visualization features.

Asana's free plan is quite similar, as it also doesn't include Asana's data visualization options, form builder, pre-built automations, or task management features, like milestones and task dependencies.

However, it comes with unlimited projects, integrations, and storage, so could potentially be a good fit for a business that's a bit too big for Trello's 15 project limit.

Both Asana and Trello Are Easy to Use

Ease of use is always going to be a subjective issue, but these two products are both so smooth and quick that saying one was easier to use than the other wouldn't feel fair.

Both Trello's and Asana's interfaces are very clean and easy to navigate, and while both have the same minimal level of customer service – offering only an email support line and a knowledge base – we found that we didn't have to rely on any of these to use either platform.

The best part about Trello is the fact that most actions can be performed with the click of a mouse, and not a busy dashboard loaded with icons. Asana is similar, with an easy layout and intuitive flow of actions.

Both also fall short in a similar way, as neither have much when it comes to workarounds. For example, Asana can't track budgets, and its spreadsheet functionality was too rudimentary to cover this. However, both software are extremely easy to use, so these limitations shouldn't be too concerning.

Asana Has Better Features than Trello

As Asana is slightly pricier than Trello, you'd hope it would come loaded with a few more features to tinker with. Luckily, this hope is not unfounded, as Asana definitely beats Trello when it comes to the amount of stuff there is to do.

In the interest of fairness, let's look at what Trello has over Asana. There are two features where Trello undeniably beats Asana – these are the larger storage file size, and its Agile Project Templates. That's about it, though, so let's look at Asana.

The biggest area where Asana shines over Trello is in its data visualization features. Trello offers dashboards and preset charts, but Asana offers both of those, as well as preset widgets, a custom widget builder, and a custom chart builder.

While data visualization is the main area where Asana defeats Trello, it does have some other features here and there that push it ahead. These include task dependencies, a project message board, and budget management.

Frequently Asked Questions