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Alternatives to Asana
Linear if you are a product or engineering team, Vikunja or Plane if you want to self-host, OpenProject if you need Gantt charts and budgets. Notion is the move if what you actually want is docs and tasks together. Asana's strength is coordinating non-engineering teams, and if that is your use, most of these are a downgrade rather than a saving.
Pricing verified 2026-07-28 · we re-check quarterly · how we compare
Best for: Fast, opinionated issue tracking for product teams
Pricing: Free tier for small teams, then per-user pricing. source
Verdict: The best tool here if you build software. A poor fit for anyone who does not.
Best for: Lists, boards and Gantt in one self-hosted app
Pricing: Free and open source, with an inexpensive hosted option. source
Verdict: The value option: most of what teams use Asana for, without the per-seat bill.
Best for: Issue tracking with a modern feel
Pricing: Open-source community edition, plus paid cloud tiers. source
Verdict: A credible open-source middle ground between Linear's opinions and Asana's breadth.
Best for: Classic project management with Gantt and budgets
Pricing: Free self-hosted community edition; paid enterprise tiers add features and support. source
Verdict: The right pick when you have actual project managers who need actual project management.
Best for: Teams that want docs and tasks in one place
Pricing: Free personal tier, then per-member pricing. source
Verdict: Good if the project tool was always partly standing in for a wiki.
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Monday.com, ClickUp, Wrike and Smartsheet in the general market; Jira and Linear where the users are engineers; Trello and Notion at the simpler end.
Microsoft Planner for simple task boards and Microsoft Project for full project management. Both are included with, or add-ons to, Microsoft 365 — so if you already pay for it, you may already have this.
Asana is better at tracking work across a team — dependencies, workload, approvals. Notion is better at holding the surrounding context, docs and flexible databases. Teams often end up using both, which is worth pricing before you choose.
Linear for software teams, Vikunja or Plane if you want to self-host, OpenProject if you need Gantt and budgets, Notion if you want docs alongside tasks. There is no single best — it depends on what kind of team you are.
Cost per seat as a team grows, useful features gated to higher tiers, and a level of structure that can feel heavier than the work being tracked. It also has no built-in time tracking.
