Asana vs monday.com: which one fits your team?
These two are the same argument in different clothes: one configurable platform that several departments bend to their own process, with dashboards for whoever is above them.
It turns on which one your organisation will actually finish rolling out, and what the per seat bill looks like once everyone is on it.
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 monday.com if
you want one platform several departments can shape differently, with dashboards for the people above them. Where it stops: seats are sold in tiers, and it plans in due dates, not hours.
What it costs
For a team of 5, billed yearly: Asana is about $659.40 a year, monday.com is about €540 a year, and UnaTask is €480 plus VAT. The two are quoted in different currencies, so we have not subtracted one from the other.
Asana: Free up to 2 users. $10.99 Starter and $24.99 Advanced per user per month billed annually. monday.com: Free up to 2 seats. €9 Basic, €12 Standard and €19 Pro per seat per month, and seats are sold in blocks.
Where they part company
monday.com does more on 1 of them
- docs and a wiki inside
Side by side
| What it does | Asana | monday.com | UnaTask |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time blocking on a calendar | No | No | Core |
| A plan for today and this week | Partly. A My Tasks list sorted by due date, not a day against real hours. | Partly | Core |
| Two way calendar sync | Partly. A calendar view of due dates, and one way feeds out. | Partly | Yes |
| It is the task manager itself | Core | Core | Core |
| Dependencies and a timeline | Yes | Yes | Yes. Dependencies with a timeline that shows what is waiting on what. |
| See who has room | Yes | Yes | Core |
| Booking links | No | No | Yes |
| Meetings become tasks | Partly | Partly | Yes |
| Email and chat become tasks | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pull requests linked to work | Partly | Partly | Yes |
| Docs and wiki inside | Partly | Yes | 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. | Core | Partly. Team workload and project progress, not portfolios that roll up to a board. |
| Rules that fire on their own | Core | Core | Yes |
| AI that does the work, not just the scheduling | Partly | Partly | Yes. AI teammates you assign a task to. The work comes back on the task for review. |
| Useful before you configure it | Partly | Partly. The templates get you moving fast, the real fit takes a build. | Core |
| A free plan | Yes | Yes. Two seats, which is a demo rather than a plan a team works on. | Yes |
What should not decide it
They answer the same on 15: time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today, two way calendar sync, being the place the tasks actually live, dependencies and a timeline, showing who has room, booking links, turning meetings into tasks, turning email and chat into tasks, linking pull requests to the work, portfolio and agile reporting, rules that fire on their own, AI that does the work rather than the scheduling, being useful before you configure it and having a free plan.
And where UnaTask sits
UnaTask is the small surface underneath all that. It does not roll up to a board, it tells one team what this week looks like, and it costs one flat seat price.
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 monday.com: which should I pick?
Pick Asana if your company runs many teams and somebody above them needs the view from above. Pick monday.com if you want one platform several departments can shape differently, with dashboards for the people above them.
What is the biggest difference between Asana and monday.com?
The clearest gap is docs and a wiki inside, where monday.com does more than Asana. Underneath that, Asana is a configurable platform several departments can shape to their own process, and monday.com is a configurable platform several departments can shape to their own process.
Is Asana or monday.com cheaper?
For a team of 5, billed yearly: Asana is about $659.40 a year, monday.com is about €540 a year, and UnaTask is €480 plus VAT. The two are quoted in different currencies, so we have not subtracted one from the other.
What do Asana and monday.com have in common?
They answer the same on 15 of our 16 axes, among them time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today and two way calendar sync. Those are the things that should not decide it for you.
Where does UnaTask fit against Asana and monday.com?
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.