Asana Vs Monday, which one should you choose in 2021?

In the face of rapid change, there is one thing that is certain - people are loyal to their project management software of choice. That’s why it’s time for us to set our differences aside and have a reasonable discussion about the merits of two of the biggest project management tools in the market: Asana and Monday.

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Asana

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Asana is a task tracker for project management. It can be used to manage multiple projects with different file sharing, cloud integration, and time tracking.

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Pros:

• Asana's free plan does not limit the number of users or projects that you can create. This makes it a suitable option for small project teams.
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• Variety of integrations
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• Asana is focused on ensuring that your team can be productive. This is why even the most basic of projects in Asana are given a deadline and a name. It also lets you add files from your computer or from Dropbox or Google Drive.
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• Asana has been audited by third parties, and enjoys top-tier security certifications.
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• One of our dashboard's strengths is its customizability. Team leaders can use this to view different aspects of our product individually. That's not all, we've also built dashboards for other audiences such as job applicants and customers.
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• With Asana, you're able to invite people into a workspace to coordinate on projects. Workers can see what they need to be working on in a workspace, and managers can assign tasks to certain workers.

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Cons:

• A lot of users have found Asana challenging to use. This is because the software is bulky and complex. New users will have to fastidiously learn how to use the platform. How are they supposed to learn? By going through some onboarding modules. This can be time-consuming and costly.
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• It is not meant for small teams and single projects. Many users were complaining that it became too overwhelming and they received decision fatigue because of it.
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• Tasks can only be assigned to one person. That's because Asana believes that it should only be assigned to one person to avoid confusion as to who is responsible. However, if the assigned person becomes unavailable, it will cause a problem.
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• It doesn't have time tracking capabilities, so you'll need to use a third party tool for this.
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• The data you generate is not easy to use outside of the platform. Asana's file can be exported in PDF and Excel formats, but not in JSON and CSV formats.

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Quick Conclusion:

Asana has been used by a number of businesses for many years. The number of pros and cons hasn't differed much in the above, and it is up to the user to decide their value based on their experience.

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Monday
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Monday provides teams a central hub for the management and tracking of work, projects, and tasks. It offers an intuitive and highly visual interface to manage all work and teams can work together to overcome challenges by managing all aspects of their projects and tasks, from a central view.

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Pros:

• We've designed our product so that multiple users can share and edit lists at the same time. This is a feature that many of our customers have told us they benefit from, especially companies who have a distributed workforce.
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• Monday has great visual tracking, allowing you to see at a glance the status of your tasks and issues. Colours help you the user hone in on tasks or issues that require immediate attention.
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• There are lots of alternative views. Although there isn't a Gantt chart, there is a timeline view which is more appropriate for a lot of people. It still provides the same amount of information but in a different way. Other views include kanban boards and calendars
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• They allow teams to easily invite guests to view boards and timelines. This feature helps centralise communication and keeps information from falling into cracks.
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• They offer project management features that help teams stay organised. Notifications and automation help teams work quickly and efficiently.
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Cons:

• Monday has a tiered, per-user pricing model. Although you can obtain a basic plan for a business with so many users, adding additional users with complete collaboration permission will result in additional costs. Also, the more useful features are in higher plans, which makes it unattractive to some SMBs.
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• The product does not track time against tasks, which can make it challenging for some users to manage their time and costs.
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• Some users have found the platform's UI a bit too cluttered. Additionally, some UI aspects can be improved, like the Kanban board. Users find some of the terms and functions a bit confusing so they need to spend more time getting used to the platform.
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• Limited mobility. Some users claim that the native app is limited. The Dashboards do not have an equivalent view on the mobile app, and users are unanimous that the mobile app needs to be a lot better.
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• Integration issues. A few users have raised issues with Monday’s current API integration.

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Quick Conclusion:

There are several project management solutions out there, so it is important to find the right one for your needs. We think that Monday is a good solution for most people, who want to collaborate with their team on a project and see the progress easily. However, everybody is different, so if you think you would benefit from trialling a new tool, then you should try to figure out which approach is best for your project.

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