ManageYourProject vs Asana: an honest comparison (2026)
Asana is polished but expensive, and time tracking is still not native. Here is a feature-by-feature comparison, with the parts Asana does better called out too.
Where Asana frustrates teams
- No native time tracking — you need Harvest, Everhour or Toggl on top.
- Timeline and Portfolios are locked behind the $24.99 Advanced tier.
- No built-in invoicing, so agencies bolt on a second tool.
- Guests count toward your seat count on some plans.
- Automations ("Rules") are limited on lower tiers.
What you get with ManageYourProject
- Time tracking with a timer, timesheets and approvals is built in and free.
- Gantt, Timeline, Workload and Portfolios are on every plan — including Free.
- Native invoicing turns approved billable hours into an invoice in one click.
- Guests and clients are unlimited and always free.
- AI task breakdown, risk prediction and auto-assign at no extra cost.
Feature and price comparison
List prices and plan availability as published at the time of writing.
| Capability | ManageYourProject | Asana |
|---|---|---|
| Entry paid price per user / month | $4 (annual) | From $8–$11 |
| Native time tracking | Yes | No |
| Timesheet approvals | Yes | No |
| Invoicing from tracked time | Yes | No |
| Client portal (unlimited viewers) | Yes | No |
| Gantt / Timeline on free plan | Yes | No |
| Workload & capacity view | All plans | Top tiers |
| AI included (no per-seat add-on) | Yes | No |
| Automation runs | Unlimited from Pro | Metered per month |
| Custom fields | Unlimited on paid | Capped by tier |
| Guests & clients count as seats | Never | Often |
| Seat minimums | None | Sometimes 3+ |
| Flat-rate team plan | $39/mo up to 25 | No |
| Sprints, points, burndown | Yes | Varies |
| Public REST API + webhooks | All plans | Paid plans |
| Offline-capable PWA | Yes | Partial |
| SSO / SAML | Business | Enterprise |
| Data export without lock-in | JSON + CSV, one click | Varies |
Why teams move from Asana
- No native time tracking — you need Harvest, Everhour or Toggl on top.
- Timeline and Portfolios are locked behind the $24.99 Advanced tier.
- No built-in invoicing, so agencies bolt on a second tool.
- Guests count toward your seat count on some plans.
- Automations ("Rules") are limited on lower tiers.
What you get instead
- Time tracking with a timer, timesheets and approvals is built in and free.
- Gantt, Timeline, Workload and Portfolios are on every plan — including Free.
- Native invoicing turns approved billable hours into an invoice in one click.
- Guests and clients are unlimited and always free.
- AI task breakdown, risk prediction and auto-assign at no extra cost.
Where Asana is still the better pick
A calm, familiar task list and strong mobile apps. If that is the core of your workflow, stay where you are — we would rather you kept a tool that fits.
The price difference on a 15-person team
Asana lists at $10.99–$24.99/user/mo. At the top of that range, 15 people costs $4,498/year. The same team on our Pro plan billed annually costs $720/year — a saving of $3,778 per year (84%). Add the time tracker and invoicing tool most teams buy alongside Asana and the gap widens further.
Migrating from Asana
Export your Asana CSV, drop it into our importer, and we map sections to statuses, custom fields to custom fields and subtasks to subtasks. Switch from Asana and we credit your first three months of Pro.
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Switching from Asana?
Export your Asana CSV, drop it into our importer, and we map sections to statuses, custom fields to custom fields and subtasks to subtasks. And we credit your first three months of Pro.