Head to head
Productive vs Asana
Both platforms are scored with the same methodology and the same category rubric. Nothing on this page is influenced by advertising.
42/100 | 62/100Higher score | |
|---|---|---|
| Category rank | #4 | #1 |
| Confidence | High confidence | High confidence |
| External Reputation | 70 | 88 |
| AI Authority | 22 | 65 |
| Web Authority | 11 | 11 |
| Expert Assessment | 63 | 73 |
| TOP10 User Score | — | — |
| Pricing | Essential $9 per user/month billed yearly (monthly card on the same page showed $10) · free tier: Free 14-day trial, no credit card required, cancel any time. No permanent free plan published. | 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 |
| Pricing model | Subscription (per-seat) | Subscription (per-seat) with metered AI credits |
| Best for | A 10–200 person agency, consultancy or IT services firm that bills time and wants utilisation, delivery and per-project profitability in one system, with an operations owner willing to invest in configuration. | 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. |
| Avoid if | You want a lightweight task tracker, run non-billable internal teams, are a pure-retainer or PR shop, need out-of-hours support, or must fix total cost of ownership before speaking to sales. | 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. |
| Markets | SMB, Mid-Market, Agencies, Consultancies, IT services firms | SMB, Mid-Market, Enterprise, Agencies, Nonprofits |
| 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.