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Asana vs Azure DevOps: What are the differences?

Asana and Azure DevOps are project management tools commonly used in software development. Let's explore the key differences between them.

  1. Pricing: Asana offers a freemium pricing model, where users can access basic features for free but have to pay for additional premium features. On the other hand, Azure DevOps follows a tiered pricing structure based on the number of users and project complexity, offering both free and paid options.

  2. Integration with Development Tools: Asana is a standalone project management platform that focuses on task management and collaboration. It integrates well with popular development tools like JIRA, GitHub, and Bitbucket. Azure DevOps, on the other hand, is a comprehensive suite of development tools that includes version control, CI/CD pipelines, and project management functionalities. It provides native integration with Microsoft's development ecosystem, including Visual Studio, Azure services, and GitHub.

  3. Scalability and Customization: Asana is designed to be a flexible and user-friendly tool suitable for small to medium-sized projects. It offers a range of customizable features but may require some workarounds for complex workflows. Azure DevOps, being a comprehensive toolset, is more scalable and can cater to large enterprise-level projects. It allows extensive customization options through its REST APIs and extensions marketplace.

  4. Issue Tracking and Bug Management: Asana primarily focuses on task management and collaboration, providing basic issue tracking functionalities. It lacks advanced bug management features like traceability, severity levels, and test case management. Azure DevOps, being a complete ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) solution, offers robust issue tracking and bug management capabilities with features such as backlog management, advanced query options, and integration with testing tools.

  5. DevOps and Continuous Delivery: Azure DevOps stands out in terms of its integration with the DevOps lifecycle. It offers seamless CI/CD pipelines, release management, and automated testing capabilities. Asana, on the other hand, doesn't provide native CI/CD capabilities and relies on third-party integrations for similar functionalities.

  6. Reporting and Analytics: Azure DevOps provides comprehensive built-in reporting and analytics features that allow users to track project progress, monitor performance, and gain valuable insights. It offers a variety of pre-built reports and dashboards, as well as the ability to create custom reports. Asana also provides basic reporting features but lacks the extensive reporting capabilities offered by Azure DevOps.

In summary, Asana is a project management tool emphasizing collaboration and task tracking, whereas Azure DevOps offers a suite of tools for software development lifecycle management, including version control, continuous integration, and project planning.

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I'm comparing Aha!, Trello and Asana. We are looking for it as a Product Management Team. Jira handles all our development and storyboard etc. This is for Product Management for Roadmaps, Backlogs, future stories, etc. Cost is a factor, as well. Does anyone have a comparison chart of Pros and Cons? Thank you.

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Max Stuart
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Ivan Begtin
Director - NGO "Informational Culture" / Ambassador - OKFN Russia at Infoculture · | 5 upvotes · 211.5K views

Both Asana and Trello support Kanban style project tracking. Trello is Kanban-only project management, knowledge management, actually card-management tools. Asana is much more complex, supports different project management approaches, well integrated and helpful for any style/type project.

We choose Asana finally, but still some projects kept in Trello

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Abhay Vashishtha

Procezo is an excellent free-for-life task managing tool with several benefits. Its clear, user-friendly interface is perfect for small businesses and startups as well as enterprise-level use. It makes it a seamless transition from any other project management tools. Its simple but effective layout allows new users to quickly adapt to its ever-expanding set of features. Procezo allows users to create boards and provide access to users or teams as required, set priority and precedence of the task and allowing for subtasks and discussions to be created. With unlimited tasks, users, projects and free support, Procezo is quickly making its way into businesses from across the world and the ultimate growth hack tool.

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Ram Kumar
CTO, Architect at Sarvasv.in · | 2 upvotes · 164.5K views

trello has a much simpler interface and easy to learn for any team member. asana might have more features and configuration options but do you really need a complex system for developers to manage tasks?

After Microsoft took over trello, it has become more restricted these days but still good for startups.

Keep it simple! Focus on your product, not tools.

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Pros of Asana
Pros of Azure DevOps
  • 160
    Super fast task creation
  • 150
    Flexible project management
  • 101
    Free up to 15
  • 99
    Followers and commenting on tasks
  • 57
    Integration with external services
  • 25
    Email-based task creation
  • 17
    Plays nice with Google Apps
  • 14
    Clear usage
  • 14
    Plays nice with Harvest Time Tracking
  • 6
    Supports nice keyboard shortcuts
  • 4
    Integration with GitHub
  • 2
    Slack supported
  • 2
    Integration with Instagantt for Gantt Charts
  • 1
    Integration with Alfred
  • 1
    Both Card View & Task View
  • 1
    Easy to use
  • 1
    Friendly API
  • 0
    Slick and fast interface
  • 56
    Complete and powerful
  • 32
    Huge extension ecosystem
  • 27
    Azure integration
  • 26
    Flexible and powerful
  • 26
    One Stop Shop For Build server, Project Mgt, CDCI
  • 15
    Everything I need. Simple and intuitive UI
  • 13
    Support Open Source
  • 8
    Integrations
  • 7
    GitHub Integration
  • 6
    One 4 all
  • 6
    Cost free for Stakeholders
  • 6
    Project Mgmt Features
  • 5
    Crap
  • 5
    Runs in the cloud
  • 3
    Agent On-Premise(Linux - Windows)
  • 2
    Aws integration
  • 2
    Link Test Cases to Stories
  • 2
    Jenkins Integration
  • 1
    GCP Integration

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Cons of Asana
Cons of Azure DevOps
  • 0
    Not Cross Platform
  • 8
    Still dependant on C# for agents
  • 5
    Many in devops disregard MS altogether
  • 4
    Capacity across cross functional teams not visibile
  • 4
    Not a requirements management tool
  • 4
    Half Baked
  • 3
    Jack of all trades, master of none
  • 3
    Poor Jenkins integration
  • 2
    Tedious for test plan/case creation

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What is Asana?

Asana is the easiest way for teams to track their work. From tasks and projects to conversations and dashboards, Asana enables teams to move work from start to finish--and get results. Available at asana.com and on iOS & Android.

What is Azure DevOps?

Azure DevOps provides unlimited private Git hosting, cloud build for continuous integration, agile planning, and release management for continuous delivery to the cloud and on-premises. Includes broad IDE support.

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