Notion vs Asana: Flexible Workspace or Structured Work Tracking
Asana comes with firm ideas about how work is tracked: projects hold tasks with owners and dates, rules move tasks when triggers fire, goals tie projects to objectives, and Workload shows who is overcommitted across a portfolio. Notion leaves the structure to the team. A task database needs status, assignee and due date, then can add sprints, relations to docs and Notion Calendar overlays. Notion lists Asana among its integrations and can import Asana projects, though the import is one-time and drops rules and dependencies. The choice depends on whether the team wants its structure supplied or designs it.
Notion
Best for: Teams that want documentation, project tracking and intake forms in one shared workspace, with the full AI feature set available on the Business plan.
Asana
Best for: Cross-functional teams, such as marketing and operations groups, that want projects, objectives and capacity tracked in one shared workspace.
| At a glance | Notion | Asana |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $10 per user/mo | $10.99 per user/mo (annual billing) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Not verified | Yes |
| Market Signal | 73 / 100 | 72 / 100 |
| Built for | Freelancer, Small Business, Mid-Market, Enterprise | Small Business, Mid-Market, Enterprise |
| Platforms | Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, API | Web, iOS, Android, API |
| Founded | Not listed | 2008 |
Choose Notion if...
the team wants to design its own task system in the same workspace as its wiki, specs and meeting notes.
Choose Asana if...
leaders need goals, portfolios and workload views reporting across many projects without the team building that structure itself.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Dimension | Notion | Asana |
|---|---|---|
| Goals and portfolios | Stronger here | |
| Workload balancing | Stronger here | |
| Knowledge base | Stronger here | |
| Rule-based automation | Comparable | Comparable |
We name a winner for each dimension and never one overall winner. The right pick depends on which of these matters most for your use case.
Plans and Pricing Side by Side
Notion
From $10 per user/mo · Free plan
| Plan | Monthly | Annual (mo) | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plus | $10 | Not listed |
|
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom |
Checked October 4, 2026 on Notion's pricing page.
Asana
From $10.99 per user/mo (annual billing) · Free plan · Free trial
| Plan | Monthly | Annual (mo) | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Free | Free |
|
| Starter | $13.49 | $10.99 |
|
| Advanced | $30.49 | $24.99 |
|
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom |
Checked October 12, 2026 on Asana's pricing page.
Annual columns show the monthly cost when billed yearly. Vendors change prices often, so confirm on their site before you buy.
Market Signal Compared
| Score (0 to 100) | Notion | Asana |
|---|---|---|
| Market Signal | 73 | 72 |
| Market strength | 77 | 79 |
| Momentum | 58 | 45 |
| Traffic strength | 83 | 78 |
| Search visibility | 73 | 83 |
| Authority | 80 | 79 |
| Brand and market presence | 66 | 76 |
| Data confidence | Medium | Medium |
Market Signal measures each product's online footprint and momentum from Ahrefs and Semrush data, scored against other tools in its category (Project & Productivity (20 tracked)). It shows market presence, which is not the same as product quality. Data through September 2026. How the score works
Integrations and Support
Both connect with: Slack, GitHub, Jira, Google Drive
| Notion | Asana | |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations only one lists | Figma, Asana, Trello, OneDrive | Microsoft Teams, Salesforce, Zoom, Adobe Creative Cloud |
| Support | Help center, Community forum | Help center, Community forum, Live chat |
| Languages | English, Korean, Japanese, French, German, Spanish and 3 more | English |
| Headquarters | Not listed | San Francisco, United States |
From each vendor's integrations and support pages. Lists show notable integrations, not every connector.
Other Tools to Consider
If neither Notion nor Asana fits, these are the closest alternatives we list, ordered by Overall Score.
ClickUp
Work management app combining tasks, Docs, Chat and whiteboards, with separately sold AI.
monday.com
Configurable work platform for project management, CRM and development workflows.
Airtable
Relational app-building platform combining flexible databases, interfaces and automations.
Wrike
Enterprise work management platform for projects, requests and proofing.
Frequently Asked Questions
What carries over when importing Asana into Notion?⌄
Notion's importer brings projects, tasks, subtasks, sections, assignees, due dates, descriptions, comments and attachments. Rules, automations, dependencies, reporting, permissions and some custom fields stay behind. The import is a one-time copy of up to about 14,000 tasks, so changes made in Asana afterward won't sync.
Does Asana's free plan include goals or rules?⌄
No. Asana's free Personal plan leaves out timeline, rules, custom fields, forms, goals, portfolios and workload. Starter brings timeline, custom fields, forms and rules, and Advanced adds goals, portfolios and workload. Asana also runs a free trial for teams evaluating the paid tiers.
Can Notion track goals the way Asana does?⌄
A Notion team can build a goals database, relate projects to it and use rollups to count or sum the linked items. That produces a custom roll-up that someone has to design and maintain, whereas Asana's goals update from connected projects and support sub-goals without that setup.
Written by SEM Solutions Editorial Team
Last updated October 12, 2026
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