Asana vs monday.com
Both start free.
Asana price read 11 OCT 2026 · monday.com price read 11 OCT 2026
The contenders
Prices are compared only when both are on the same VAT footing.
All prices are in rand. Where a vendor lists in dollars, pounds or euros we convert at R16.53 per US dollar, R21.86 per pound and R18.53 per euro (European Central Bank reference rates, via Frankfurter, 9 OCT 2026).
Side by side
| Measure | AsanaAsana, Inc. | monday.commonday.com Ltd |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Starting price | Free | Free |
| Basis | /user /mo | /user /mo |
| Price read | 11 OCT 2026 | 11 OCT 2026 |
| South Africa | ||
| Availability | Available online | Available online |
| Features | ||
| Tasks and projects with list, board and calendar views | Yes | No |
| Timeline and Gantt views from Starter | Yes | No |
| Reporting dashboards and forms | Yes | No |
| Unlimited free guests on paid plans | Yes | No |
| Portfolios, goals and resource management on Advanced | Yes | No |
| More than 100 free integrations | Yes | No |
| Boards with configurable columns | No | Yes |
| More than 200 templates | No | Yes |
| Timeline, Gantt and calendar views on Standard | No | Yes |
| Automations and integrations | No | Yes |
| Unlimited free viewers on Basic | No | Yes |
| iOS and Android apps | No | Yes |
| Plans | ||
| Free trial | Not listed | Yes |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
In each row the stronger cell is dark and the weaker is grey. A row of ticks appears only where a vendor's page lists the item.
Our detailed comparison
Researched 11 October 2026 from both vendors' own pages
Asana is the task first tool with unlimited automations from Starter. monday.com is the configurable board platform.
Asana's free plan covers two users and its Starter is about R184 per user per month on annual billing, with timeline and Gantt views, unlimited automations and unlimited free guests. monday.com's free plan covers two seats and three boards, and its Basic is about R151 per seat per month, with Gantt arriving on Standard at about R201 and automations capped at 250 a month there. monday.com shows its prices for ten seats.
Choose Asana if
- You want a task centric tool with timeline views and unlimited automations from the first paid plan
- You want unlimited free guests on paid plans
- You want goals and portfolios on a higher plan
Choose monday.com if
- You want to design your own boards, columns and workflows
- You want unlimited free viewers on Basic and a lower entry price per seat
- You may want CRM or service products from the same vendor
| At a glance | Asana | monday.com |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 2 users, unlimited tasks and projects | 2 seats, 3 boards, 3 Docs |
| Entry paid | Starter, about R184 per user a month, billed annually | Basic, about R151 per seat a month, billed annually |
| Middle | Advanced, about R418 | Standard about R201, Pro about R318 |
| Timeline and Gantt | From Starter | From Standard |
| Automations | Unlimited from Starter | 250 a month on Standard, 25,000 on Pro |
| Seat minimum shown | None stated | Prices shown for 10 seats |
| Guests and viewers | Unlimited free guests from Starter | Unlimited free viewers from Basic |
| Founded | 2008 | 2012 |
Pricing compared
At the entry level monday.com is cheaper per seat, at about R151 against Asana's R184, but it shows prices for a ten seat example and gates Gantt and calendar views to Standard at about R201. Asana includes timeline and Gantt views, reporting dashboards, forms and unlimited automations in Starter. A team of ten needing Gantt pays about R2 000 a month on monday.com Standard, against about R1 840 on Asana Starter.
Features compared
Asana Advanced adds unlimited portfolios, goals, resource management, approvals and proofing, time tracking and integrations with Salesforce, Tableau and Power BI. monday.com Pro adds 20 workflows, private boards, advanced columns and 10,000 API calls a day, and Enterprise adds portfolio and resource management with 250,000 automations a month and a 99.9 percent uptime commitment.
South African fit
Neither makes South African claims. Asana lists data residency only on Enterprise plus. monday.com lists round the clock support only on Enterprise. Confirm support hours with both.
Support and getting started
Both offer a free plan to try. monday.com also offers a free trial of its paid plans, and its free plan lets two people explore three boards.
Where each falls short
Asana's free plan is small and its higher features sit on Advanced. monday.com's seat framing and tier gating can lead a small team to overpay.
The verdict
Choose Asana for a clean task centred tool with generous automation from Starter. Choose monday.com for configurability and a lower entry price per seat. Price your actual seats and the views you need.
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