Asana vs monday.com vs Wrike

Written head to head: Asana vs monday.com · Asana vs Wrike, with when to choose each side.

Compared on	Asana Free plan · from $10.99/user/mo VisitRemove	monday.com Free plan · from $9/seat/mo VisitRemove	Wrike Free plan · from $10/user/mo VisitRemove
What it is	Work management with prebuilt AI Teammates, an AI chief of staff, and unlimited automations from Starter	Board-based work management with AI agents and credits on every paid plan, sold in seat buckets from 3 seats	Work management with request forms, proofing and AI agents, billed annually per user from $10
Free plan	Personal plan: free forever for 2 users, unlimited tasks and projects, list, board and calendar views, unlimited storage (100MB per file), status updates and 100+ free integrations. No AI features.	Up to 2 seats, up to 3 boards, up to 3 Docs, 200+ templates, 8 column types, iOS and Android apps; the help centre adds a 200-item limit and 500 MB storage. No AI features.	Free plan: project and task management, board and table views, web, desktop and mobile apps, 2 GB storage per account; no automations, dashboards or Gantt chart
Cheapest paid plan	$10.99/user/mo billed annually (Starter)Asana pricing	$9/seat/mo billed annually (Basic)monday.com pricing	$10/user/mo billed annually (Team)Wrike pricing
What it covers	$10.99 per user a month billed annually, or $13.49 billed monthly. No seat limit. Seats are added in increments: 1 at a time from 2 to 5 users, 5 at a time up to 30, 10 up to 100, 25 up to 500 and 50 above 500. Includes AI Teammates and Asana Dash (5 AI requests per user a month, up to 50 per account) and 50K AI Studio credits a month.	$9 per seat a month billed yearly, $12 billed monthly. Sold in seat buckets (3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 100, 200+) with a 3-seat minimum, so the lowest Basic bill is $27 a month billed yearly or $36 monthly. Includes 1,000 AI credits a month, unlimited items and free viewers; no automation or integration actions.	$10 per user a month, billed annually. For 2 to 15 users. Includes AI Essentials, dashboards, Gantt charts, 2 GB storage per user and 50 automation actions per seat a month. Seats are sold in groups of 5 up to 30 seats.
Free trial	None stated	14-day free trial of the Pro plan; trials cannot be extended	14-day free trial, no credit card required
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, API	Web, iOS, Android, API	Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, API
Integrations (vendor's figure)	100+ free integrations, including Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Slack	850+ integrations and apps	400+ integrations
Open source	No	No	No
Good for	Cross-functional teams tracking projects with timelines and dependencies Teams that want built-in AI agents to plan, triage and report on work Linking daily tasks to company goals and portfolios	Teams that want to build their own boards and workflows without code Running projects with AI agents and an AI assistant on the same boards Departments such as marketing, operations or a PMO standardising work across teams	Marketing and creative teams running request intake, proofing and approvals PMOs managing portfolios, resources and budgets Larger organisations that want AI agents inside governed workflows
Watch out for	The free Personal plan allows 2 users and has no timeline, Gantt, dashboards or AI features AI Teammates and Dash include 5 requests per user a month, capped at 50 per account on Starter and Advanced; more costs $0.50 to $0.60 per request Goals, portfolios, approvals and time tracking need Advanced; SAML and SCIM need Enterprise	Seats are sold in buckets (3, 5, 10, 15, 20 and up) with a 3-seat minimum, so a team of 4 pays for 5 The free plan allows 2 seats, 3 boards and 3 docs, with no AI features Basic includes no automation or integration actions, and Standard is capped at 250 of each a month	Team is limited to 2 to 15 users and Business to 5 to 200 users Prices are billed annually, and Business and above are only sold as annual subscriptions The free plan has 2 GB of storage per account and no automations, dashboards or Gantt chart
Made by	Asana, Inc.	monday.com	Wrike, Inc.

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