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Asana vs It's a Plan
Short answer: Pick Asana if you want AI-augmented work management; pick It's a Plan if you want issue tracking with AI agents. Asana has a free plan; It's a Plan has a free plan, paid from $24/month.
AsanaWork and project management for teams
It's a PlanThe open source, self-hosted alternative to Linear and Jira.Which to pick
Pick Asana if you want…
- AI-augmented work management
- Cross-team work management
- Integrations with Google Workspace, Microsoft or Salesforce (on Asana's list, not It's a Plan's)
Pick It's a Plan if you want…
- Issue tracking with AI agents
- Open-source code (croffasia/itsaplan on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license)
- Integrations with Claude Code, Codex or Cursor (on It's a Plan's list, not Asana's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Asana:Asana is a work management platform that lets teams and AI agents plan, automate, and execute workflows together.
- It's a Plan:An open-source issue tracker you host yourself. Assign an issue to an AI agent the way you would to a teammate.
- Best for
- Asana:AI-augmented work management
- It's a Plan:Issue tracking with AI agents
- Who it’s for
- Asana:Teams of any size that need collaborative project and service management.
- It's a Plan:Software teams, solo founders, agencies and support desks
- Pricing
- Asana:Freemium
- It's a Plan:Freemium
- Starting price
- Asana:—
- It's a Plan:$24/month (Pro monthly)
- Free plan or trial
- Asana:Free plan (Personal)
- It's a Plan:Free plan (Community)
- Plans
- Asana:Personal $0 · Starter $10.99 per user per month billed annu · Advanced $24.99 per user per month billed annu
- It's a Plan:Community $0 forever · Pro yearly $240 per year · Pro monthly $24 per month
- Open source
- Asana:—
- It's a Plan:Yes, 2,293 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Asana:Google Workspace, Microsoft, Salesforce, Tableau, Power BI, Jira Cloud, Slack, Microsoft 365
- It's a Plan:Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
Asana features
- AI Teammates. Pre-built agents that surface tasks, route intake, and provide early risk warnings within shared workflows.
- AI Studio. No-code builder for anyone to create AI-driven automations and agentic workflows.
- Shared Work Graph. Unified view of tasks, projects, goals and dependencies connecting humans and agents.
- Unlimited Automations. Rule-based automation engine with 100+ free integrations to reduce manual handoffs.
- Portfolio & Goals. Track progress across multiple projects and align daily work with strategic objectives.
- Enterprise Governance. Scoped permissions, audit trails, SAML/SCIM, and compliance controls for secure large-scale use.
- Custom Templates & Fields. Standardize project setup and capture key data like budgets, priorities, and status.
- Multi-view UI. List, board, calendar, timeline and Gantt views for flexible project visualization.
It's a Plan features
- Give issues to AI agents. Delegate an issue to an agent like you would to a teammate. It comments, moves the issue and hands it back for review.
- Board, table, timeline, calendar. Save any layout and filters as a view, for yourself or the whole team.
- Agents on a schedule. Run an agent every morning, every Friday, or when an issue changes state.
- Any model or your own CLI. Hosted agents use your API key. Local ones run Claude Code or Codex on your machine.
- Dashboards. 11 widgets, from burnup to agent health. The numbers update by themselves.
- Roles per project. Build a role by ticking what it can read, create, edit and delete.
- API, MCP and Git. REST API, an MCP server with 200+ tools, and pull requests from GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket.
- Runs on your server. One click on Railway, or docker compose up -d on your own server. Coolify and Kubernetes work too. With Pro, Fast Deploy sets up a server on your Hetzner, Vultr or DigitalOcean acc
Asana vs It's a Plan FAQ
What is the difference between Asana and It's a Plan?+
Asana runs only in its cloud and charges per seat. It's a Plan is an issue tracker on your server, with AI agents.
Should I use Asana or It's a Plan?+
Pick Asana if you want AI-augmented work management, cross-team work management or integrations with Google Workspace, Microsoft or Salesforce (on Asana's list, not It's a Plan's). Pick It's a Plan if you want issue tracking with AI agents, open-source code (croffasia/itsaplan on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license) or integrations with Claude Code, Codex or Cursor (on It's a Plan's list, not Asana's).
Is Asana or It's a Plan free?+
Asana has a free plan (Personal) and paid plans. It's a Plan has a free plan (Community); paid plans start at $24/month (Pro monthly).
Is Asana or It's a Plan open source?+
It's a Plan is open source (croffasia/itsaplan on GitHub, AGPL-3.0 license). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for Asana.
Do Asana and It's a Plan integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Asana lists Google Workspace, Microsoft, Salesforce, Tableau and 4 more; It's a Plan lists Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub and 2 more.
On DevHunt
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.