# Asana

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Asana and 10 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for structured work tracking and sprint planning. Critics say per-seat costs and setup overhead are the main drawbacks.

## What people warn about

- Per-seat cost and onboarding burden (2 comments): "it's not actually in our budget and the process of onboarding and familiarizing with those large enterprise softwares was an absolute pain" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48669667)) "But won't pay for Asana seats, so every user in your 100-person startup is a guest" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46806900))
- Takes more time than the work (2 comments): "we were spending more time managing the tool than doing the work." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46123716)) "force you to configure a database before you can draw a timeline" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47132116))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Basecamp](https://hackerapproved.com/p/basecamp.md): 8 recommend
- [OpenProject](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openproject.md): 7 recommend
- [ClickUp](https://hackerapproved.com/p/clickup.md): 7 recommend
- [Pivotal Tracker](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pivotal-tracker.md): 5 recommend
- [Plane](https://hackerapproved.com/p/plane.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://asana.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Asana", https://hackerapproved.com/p/asana/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).