Asana vs monday.com
Structured projects against configurable boards. Two ways to run many teams' work.
Asana and monday.com are the two work management platforms that come up in most company shortlists. Asana is built around projects, goals and portfolios, with a fixed structure that keeps cross-team work consistent. monday.com is built around boards you configure for any process, with dashboards and automations on top. Both have their own AI agents, both run an official MCP server, and both have a free plan for two people, but they price and limit things differently.
| Feature | Asana | monday.com |
|---|---|---|
| Assign a task to an AI agent that does the work | AI Teammates (paid plans, metered per request) | monday agents (AI credits); external agents can be assigned items |
| Agent work waits for your approval before it counts as done | Checkpoints for team feedback | Approvals Agent routes items to human approvers |
| Official MCP server for your AI agents | Official hosted MCP server | Official hosted MCP server (beta) |
| Recurring tasks | Yes | Through automations |
| Task dependencies (blocked-by) | Yes | Yes |
| Goals that show whether you're on pace | Goals (paid plans) | Dashboards |
| Price | Free for 2 people; Starter $10.99, Advanced $24.99/user/mo yearly | Free (2 seats, 3 boards); Basic $9, Standard $12/seat/mo yearly |
| Free plan | Up to 2 people | Up to 2 seats |
| Minimum seats on paid plans | Not documented | 3 seats |
| Timeline and Gantt view | Starter and up | Standard and up |
| Automations | Unlimited from Starter | 250 actions/mo on Standard, 25,000 on Pro |
| Built-in time tracking | Through integrations; estimated vs actual on Advanced | Pro and up |
Weighted scorecard
Each product gets a score from 0 to 5 on eight criteria, with a one-line reason. The weights say how much each criterion counts, and the total is the weighted average, out of 5.
The default weights reflect a buyer handing work to AI agents, the person Done is built for, so they favour Done. Pick another buyer and the weights change: for a team running sprints, or for a personal list without AI, other apps often come out ahead.
Weights for
For someone who delegates tasks to Claude, ChatGPT or other agents and wants to approve what comes back.
Scores are our judgment from each vendor's public docs and pricing, checked on the date at the foot of this page. Anything a vendor doesn't document scores 0.
Choose Asana if…
- You coordinate projects across teams with goals, portfolios and workload
- You want unlimited automations without counting actions
- You'd rather work in a consistent structure than design boards
Choose monday.com if…
- Each team has its own process and wants a board shaped to it
- Managers live in dashboards that combine boards
- You want built-in time tracking without an integration
The verdict
Pick Asana if your organization runs structured projects with dependencies, goals and portfolios, and you want automations without a monthly action count. Pick monday.com if every team works differently and you want configurable boards and dashboards, and you're fine buying at least three seats. On agents, both have built-in ones and official MCP servers, and both route some work to people for approval, but neither holds an outside agent's finished work for your sign-off.
Where Done fits
Done is far smaller than either: a task list where you assign work to Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP agent, and its result waits on the task for your approval. Plenty of teams keep Asana or monday.com for company projects and use Done for the tasks they delegate to agents; Done imports Asana's CSV export directly.
Compare each with Done:Done vs AsanaDone vs monday.com
Frequently asked questions
Is Asana or monday.com better?
Asana is the better fit for structured, cross-team projects with goals and portfolios. monday.com is the better fit when each team wants its own configurable board and managers want dashboards across them. Both are capable; the difference is structure versus configurability.
Which is cheaper, Asana or monday.com?
monday.com's entry price is lower, but it sells in bundles of at least three seats: Basic is $9, Standard $12 and Pro $19 a seat a month billed yearly. Asana Starter is $10.99 and Advanced $24.99 a user a month billed yearly. Both are free for two people.
Do Asana and monday.com have AI agents?
Yes. Asana's AI Teammates come with 5 requests per user a month, capped at 50 per account on Starter and Advanced. monday.com's agents run on a monthly AI credit allowance (1,000 on Basic, 2,000 on Standard, 3,000 on Pro). Both also run an official MCP server for outside assistants.
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Comparison based on publicly available information last verified in October 2026. Asana, monday.com and other names are trademarks of their respective owners; features change — check their sites for the latest.