Wrike vs Asana vs Smartsheet

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

Compared on	Wrike Free plan · from $10/user/mo VisitRemove	Asana Free plan · from $10.99/user/mo VisitRemove	Smartsheet Free trial · from $9/member/mo VisitRemove
What it is	Work management with request forms, proofing and AI agents, billed annually per user from $10	Work management with prebuilt AI Teammates, an AI chief of staff, and unlimited automations from Starter	Spreadsheet-style work management for projects, programs and processes
Free plan	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	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.	No
Cheapest paid plan	$10/user/mo billed annually (Team)Wrike pricing	$10.99/user/mo billed annually (Starter)Asana pricing	$9/member/mo billed annually (Pro)Smartsheet pricing
What it covers	$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.	$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.	1 to 10 members with unlimited free contributors; 250 automations per month.
Free trial	14-day free trial, no credit card required	None stated	30-day free trial
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, API	Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, API	Web
Integrations (vendor's figure)	400+ integrations	100+ free integrations, including Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Slack	Not stated
Open source	No	No	No
Good for	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	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	Planning a project on a Gantt timeline shared with clients as contributors Collecting requests through forms into a tracked sheet Reporting on several projects in dashboards
Watch out for	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	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	No free plan; a 30-day free trial only Pro is limited to 10 members and 250 automations per month SAML SSO, portfolios and scenario planning require Enterprise
Made by	Wrike, Inc.	Asana, Inc.	Smartsheet Inc.

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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