Our pick for most teams
90.7/ 100
- Price
- From $4/user/mo · $36/user/yr
- Free plan
- Up to 5 users, 5GB storage, 50 workflow executions/month (project count stated inconsistently: 3 vs 2)
Asana vs Zoho Projects: Zoho Projects fits most teams of 5
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Small to medium businesses and startups wanting a low-cost full-featured tool
69.1/ 100
- Price
- From $13.49/user/mo · $131.88/user/yr
- Free plan
- Personal plan, free forever: 2 users collaborate, unlimited tasks and projects, unlimited storage (100MB per file)
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Which one fits your team
- Checked 2026-10-14
- 2 sources
The score is worked out from the facts below. How we score tools. What we earn is not part of it.
Zoho Projects: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- Small to medium businesses and startups wanting a low-cost full-featured tool
- Teams of roughly 5-50 people
- Businesses already using Zoho products or Zoho One
- Not for
- Large enterprises with complex, high-budget projects
- Teams wanting a modern, highly intuitive interface
- Industries needing niche features such as crew management
- The catch
- Affordable and strong inside the Zoho ecosystem, but the interface feels dated and has a learning curve.
Data last verified: 2026-10-14
Asana: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- Medium-to-large teams running multiple cross-functional projects
- Complex, long-term projects with many owners and timelines
- Product, design, marketing and ops teams (not just developers)
- Not for
- Solo users and small teams with simple projects
- Budget-conscious buyers
- Teams that want phone or live-chat support on lower tiers
- The catch
- Handles work across many teams, but it's pricey, key features (like the workflow builder) sit on higher plans, and the screen is busy for a small team.
Data last verified: 2026-10-14
What each one costs over five years
Same team size, cheapest plan of each, paid monthly or yearly.
Zoho Projects
Five years for a team of 5, paid yearly: $900
On the Premium plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- $240
- Paid yearly, one year
- $180
Paying yearly saves $60 a year (25%).
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-18Asana
Five years for a team of 5, paid yearly: $3,297
On the Starter plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- $809.40
- Paid yearly, one year
- $659.40
Paying yearly saves $150 a year (19%).
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-18The four facts that decide it
| Zoho Projects | Asana | |
|---|---|---|
| Score out of 100 | 90.7 | 69.1 |
| Cheapest plan | Premium | Starter |
| Free plan | Up to 5 users, 5GB storage, 50 workflow executions/month (project count stated inconsistently: 3 vs 2) | Personal plan, free forever: 2 users collaborate, unlimited tasks and projects, unlimited storage (100MB per file) |
| Works with (apps) | 5 | 9 |
Every figure comes from the vendor's own pages, listed under Sources.
Zoho Projects
- Score out of 100
- 90.7
- Cheapest plan
- Premium
- Free plan
- Up to 5 users, 5GB storage, 50 workflow executions/month (project count stated inconsistently: 3 vs 2)
- Works with (apps)
- 5
Asana
- Score out of 100
- 69.1
- Cheapest plan
- Starter
- Free plan
- Personal plan, free forever: 2 users collaborate, unlimited tasks and projects, unlimited storage (100MB per file)
- Works with (apps)
- 9
Feature by feature, on the same list
Open a row for the vendor's own wording and the page we read it on.
Task managementZoho Projects: YesAsana: Yes
Board view (Kanban)Zoho Projects: YesAsana: Not verified
- Asana
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
Timeline view (Gantt)Zoho Projects: YesAsana: Yes
Time trackingZoho Projects: YesAsana: Yes
- Zoho Projects
- Time tracking with integrations on Personal; Timesheets & Budgets is a paid add-on Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
- Asana
- Time logs and timesheets on Premium; multi-user timesheets on Ultimate Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Recurring tasksZoho Projects: YesAsana: Yes
File sharingZoho Projects: YesAsana: Yes
Invite clients or guestsZoho Projects: YesAsana: Yes
- Asana
- 10 read-only users on Enterprise; 100 on Ultimate; none on Free/Premium Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Does routine steps for youZoho Projects: YesAsana: Yes
- Asana
- Workflow actions: 50/month (Free), 5,000 (Premium), 50,000 (Enterprise) Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
ReportingZoho Projects: YesAsana: Yes
- Zoho Projects
- Reporting dashboards on Starter; portfolio dashboards on Advanced Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
- Asana
- Basic reports on Free; portfolio dashboard on Enterprise; unlimited custom dashboards on Ultimate Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Mobile appZoho Projects: YesAsana: Yes
What you risk by starting
Zoho Projects
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of Zoho Projects.
Asana
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of Asana.
- Getting your data out
- Organization JSON export via the Compliance management add-on
- Vendor page · checked 2026-10-18
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Data last verified: 2026-10-14