Asana vs Clockwise: which one fits your team?
One of these answers when, for one person, automatically. The other answers how is it all going, for the organisation. They are on different floors of the same building.
It turns on whether the problem you are solving belongs to a person or to a management layer.
Pick Asana if
your company runs many teams and somebody above them needs the view from above. Where it stops: it tracks status, it does not lay out your hours.
Pick Clockwise if
nothing any more, because it closed on 27 March 2026 after the team joined Salesforce. Where it stops: it is no longer available, so this is a landing spot rather than a comparison.
What it costs
For a team of 5, billed yearly: Asana is about $659.40 a year, Clockwise does not publish a per seat price we can put in this sum, and UnaTask is €480 plus VAT.
Asana: Free up to 2 users. $10.99 Starter and $24.99 Advanced per user per month billed annually. Clockwise: No longer offered. Clockwise shut down on 27 March 2026.
Where they part company
Asana does more on 14 of them
- being the place the tasks actually live
- portfolio and agile reporting
- rules that fire on their own
- dependencies and a timeline
- showing who has room
- turning email and chat into tasks
- having a free plan
- having a plan for today
- two way calendar sync
- turning meetings into tasks
- linking pull requests to the work
- docs and a wiki inside
- AI that does the work rather than the scheduling
- being useful before you configure it
Side by side
| What it does | Asana | Clockwise | UnaTask |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time blocking on a calendar | No | Gone | Core |
| A plan for today and this week | Partly. A My Tasks list sorted by due date, not a day against real hours. | Gone | Core |
| Two way calendar sync | Partly. A calendar view of due dates, and one way feeds out. | Gone | Yes |
| It is the task manager itself | Core | No. It was a calendar optimiser, never a task manager. | Core |
| Dependencies and a timeline | Yes | No | Yes. Dependencies with a timeline that shows what is waiting on what. |
| See who has room | Yes | Gone | Core |
| Booking links | No | Gone | Yes |
| Meetings become tasks | Partly | No | Yes |
| Email and chat become tasks | Yes | No | Yes |
| Pull requests linked to work | Partly | No | Yes |
| Docs and wiki inside | Partly | No | Partly. Docs live on a project, they are not a wiki you would run a company from. |
| Portfolio or agile reporting | Core. Portfolios and goals that roll up, which is the reason people buy it. | Gone | Partly. Team workload and project progress, not portfolios that roll up to a board. |
| Rules that fire on their own | Core | Gone | Yes |
| AI that does the work, not just the scheduling | Partly | No | Yes. AI teammates you assign a task to. The work comes back on the task for review. |
| Useful before you configure it | Partly | Gone | Core |
| A free plan | Yes | Gone | Yes |
What should not decide it
They answer the same on 2: time blocking on a calendar and booking links.
And where UnaTask sits
UnaTask solves the person’s problem in a way the team can see, without the rollout a platform asks for.
It does more than both of them on time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today, two way calendar sync, showing who has room, booking links, turning meetings into tasks, linking pull requests to the work, AI that does the work rather than the scheduling and being useful before you configure it.
Common questions
Asana vs Clockwise: which should I pick?
Pick Asana if your company runs many teams and somebody above them needs the view from above. Pick Clockwise if nothing any more, because it closed on 27 March 2026 after the team joined Salesforce.
What is the biggest difference between Asana and Clockwise?
The clearest gap is being the place the tasks actually live, where Asana does more than Clockwise. Underneath that, Asana is a configurable platform several departments can shape to their own process, and Clockwise is software that arranges your calendar for you and defends what it put there.
Is Asana or Clockwise cheaper?
For a team of 5, billed yearly: Asana is about $659.40 a year, Clockwise does not publish a per seat price we can put in this sum, and UnaTask is €480 plus VAT.
What do Asana and Clockwise have in common?
They answer the same on 2 of our 16 axes: time blocking on a calendar and booking links. Those are the things that should not decide it for you.
Where does UnaTask fit against Asana and Clockwise?
UnaTask does more than both on time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today and two way calendar sync. It is free on your own and €10 per seat for a team, with every feature included. Where it does less: it is not an issue tracker with sprints and burndown, and it is not a documentation workspace.
Details checked 2 August 2026 and June 2026.