Head to head
Asana vs Smartsheet
Both platforms are scored with the same methodology and the same category rubric. Nothing on this page is influenced by advertising.
62/100Higher score | 52/100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Category rank | #1 | #2 |
| Confidence | High confidence | High confidence |
| External Reputation | 88 | 88 |
| AI Authority | 65 | 29 |
| Web Authority | 11 | 21 |
| Expert Assessment | 73 | 61 |
| TOP10 User Score | — | — |
| Pricing | Starter — $10.99 per user/month billed annually ($13.49 monthly) · free tier: Personal — $0 forever: 2 users, unlimited tasks and projects, list/board/calendar views, unlimited storage with 100MB per-file cap, 100+ integrations | Pro: $9/user/month billed annually ($108/year) per G2 and tech.co — UNCONFIRMED against the vendor pricing page · free tier: None currently evidenced — tech.co (Dec 2025) reports the limited free plan was discontinued in 2025, leaving only a 30-day free trial |
| Pricing model | Subscription (per-seat) with metered AI credits | Subscription (per-editor seat licensing) |
| Best for | A 20–200 person cross-functional marketing, operations or agency delivery team running many concurrent projects with external collaborators, wanting strong automation and multiple views on an annual commitment. | Mid-market and enterprise organisations with 10+ paid editors and a dedicated PM/PMO function running process-heavy portfolios that need dashboards, cross-project reporting, SSO and enterprise controls — and that will budget separately for training and premium support. |
| Avoid if | You are a 1–2 person operation, have a hard SSO/SCIM requirement on a fixed published budget, have fluctuating headcount given the no-refund policy, need native sprint/issue tooling for engineering, or plan to exceed ~500 seats without resolving the seat-cap discrepancy. | You are a small team, freelancer or budget-constrained nonprofit, need zero-training adoption, rely on included responsive human support and flexible cancellation, or have an unusual workflow that will fight the grid model. |
| Markets | SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise, Agencies, Nonprofits | Mid-Market, Enterprise, PMO / programme management teams |
| Founded | — | — |
| Headquarters | — | — |
A higher TOP SCORE means more of the evidence favours that platform on this methodology — it is not a recommendation, and it does not account for your specific requirements. Advertisers are never declared the winner of a comparison.