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Compare Asana and Paymo 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (56.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (82.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 2 Users
Free
Asana
Star Rating
(12,926)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (56.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 2 Users
Free Trial is available
Browse all 5 pricing plansPaymo
Star Rating
(594)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (82.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 4 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Asana excels in overall user satisfaction, boasting a significantly higher G2 Score compared to Paymo. Users appreciate its intuitive interface, stating it is "super easy" to use and offers "so many options to customize based on our project needs."
- According to verified reviews, Paymo shines in time tracking and invoicing features, making it a favorite for small businesses. Users highlight its "precise time tracking" that links every minute to specific tasks, simplifying billing and productivity tracking.
- Users say that Asana's implementation process is quick and straightforward, with many praising its ability to organize projects effectively. One user noted the benefit of having everything in "one organized place by team, list, and priority," which enhances day-to-day usability.
- Reviewers mention that Paymo's ease of use is commendable, particularly for small teams. The platform's "colour-coding for different clients" and the ability to create invoices based on time spent are frequently highlighted as valuable features.
- G2 reviewers indicate that while both platforms have similar scores for meeting requirements, Asana's higher total number of reviews suggests a more robust user base and feedback, reinforcing its reputation as a reliable project management tool.
- Users report that while Paymo offers strong support and quality features, Asana's extensive feature set and higher satisfaction ratings make it a more favorable choice for teams looking for comprehensive project management solutions.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Asana
Personal
Free
2 Users
For one to two people managing personal projects.
- Unlimited tasks
- Unlimited projects
- Unlimited messages
Paymo
Free
Free
Basic tools for personal use.
- Unlimited Users
- Unlimited Time Tracking
- Unlimited Invoices
Free Trial
Asana
Free Trial is available
Paymo
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
10,984
8.7
527
Ease of Use
8.6
11,089
9.0
528
Ease of Setup
8.6
4,699
9.0
263
Ease of Admin
8.7
3,399
8.9
258
Quality of Support
8.5
7,565
9.1
462
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
2,987
9.1
239
Product Direction (% positive)
8.6
10,711
9.0
512
Features by Category
Tasks
9.3
3220
|
Verified
9.2
75
|
Verified
9.1
3174
|
Verified
8.7
69
|
Verified
8.8
3146
|
Verified
8.9
67
|
Verified
9.0
3133
|
Verified
8.8
68
|
Verified
8.3
3003
|
Verified
8.0
52
|
Verified
7.9
2867
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.6
3073
|
Verified
8.6
61
|
Verified
8.5
2982
|
Verified
8.2
58
|
Verified
Projects
8.8
2985
|
Verified
8.7
61
|
Verified
8.4
2855
|
Verified
8.3
56
|
Verified
8.0
2644
|
Verified
8.0
41
|
Verified
8.5
2911
|
Verified
8.6
49
8.5
2873
|
Verified
8.4
63
|
Verified
7.3
1194
8.4
61
|
Verified
8.0
2716
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.3
2866
|
Verified
8.2
63
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.7
34
|
Verified
7.5
1189
9.1
73
|
Verified
8.0
2596
|
Verified
7.8
36
Resource Management
7.9
2580
|
Verified
8.2
39
|
Verified
8.1
2662
|
Verified
7.9
41
|
Verified
8.3
2705
|
Verified
8.1
50
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.1
2562
|
Verified
8.0
44
|
Verified
8.0
2576
|
Verified
7.8
40
|
Verified
8.4
2752
|
Verified
8.7
67
|
Verified
Generative AI
6.8
954
Not enough data
6.8
945
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project Management
6.5
278
Not enough data
6.7
272
Not enough data
6.5
271
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Setup
8.6
1835
Not enough data
8.6
1842
Not enough data
8.4
1800
Not enough data
8.6
1880
Not enough data
Management
8.5
1795
Not enough data
8.2
1692
Not enough data
8.0
1645
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.8
698
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
6.4
194
Not enough data
6.6
194
Not enough data
6.4
191
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Planning
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.4
9
Optimization
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
8.5
9
Communication
8.7
576
Not enough data
8.5
560
Not enough data
8.2
574
Not enough data
8.5
563
Not enough data
Goal Creation
8.6
557
Not enough data
8.6
556
Not enough data
7.7
528
Not enough data
8.8
558
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
7.3
54
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Tasks
Not enough data
9.2
14
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
9.2
13
Agentic AI - Kanban Project Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Kanban Boards
Not enough data
9.3
12
Not enough data
9.4
13
Not enough data
9.4
13
Planning
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
9.1
13
Not enough data
8.8
14
Platform Basics
8.7
1019
Not enough data
9.1
1065
Not enough data
8.7
1033
Not enough data
7.7
884
Not enough data
8.7
1006
Not enough data
8.6
1050
Not enough data
Content Planning
8.8
1048
Not enough data
9.3
1077
Not enough data
8.8
1017
Not enough data
Marketing Campaign Performance
7.8
726
Not enough data
8.5
799
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
6.0
54
Not enough data
6.3
52
Not enough data
6.3
52
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Other Features
8.3
971
Not enough data
8.0
805
Not enough data
Task Creation
9.2
2640
9.1
80
9.2
2630
8.8
75
8.8
2508
8.4
67
8.0
2324
Feature Not Available
Task Management
8.8
2536
8.5
68
9.1
2581
8.8
71
8.4
2385
8.2
47
8.6
2413
8.2
51
Generative AI
6.8
986
Not enough data
6.9
983
Not enough data
Automation
8.6
1725
Not enough data
8.5
1712
Not enough data
8.1
1583
Not enough data
Administration
8.4
1684
Not enough data
8.3
1606
Not enough data
9.1
1715
Not enough data
Project management
9.0
1804
Not enough data
8.6
1708
Not enough data
8.9
1751
Not enough data
8.7
1691
Not enough data
8.8
1678
Not enough data
8.2
1539
Not enough data
8.5
1687
Not enough data
Workload
8.3
1590
Not enough data
8.6
1646
Not enough data
8.5
1596
Not enough data
8.3
1555
Not enough data
Communication & Collaboration
8.5
1633
Not enough data
8.4
1664
Not enough data
8.9
1729
Not enough data
Cost Management
7.9
1457
Not enough data
7.9
1495
Not enough data
7.8
1429
Not enough data
Integration
7.8
1418
Not enough data
7.8
1422
Not enough data
7.7
1407
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.9
637
Not enough data
6.9
632
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Work Management
6.4
183
Not enough data
6.7
182
Not enough data
6.6
181
Not enough data
6.7
180
Not enough data
Communication
7.7
2114
Not enough data
8.2
2261
Not enough data
7.7
2046
Not enough data
8.0
2118
Not enough data
7.8
2066
Not enough data
Content & Documents
8.6
2357
Not enough data
8.7
2358
Not enough data
8.4
2349
Not enough data
7.9
2072
Not enough data
Controls
8.4
2215
Not enough data
8.2
2124
Not enough data
8.5
2246
Not enough data
8.4
2231
Not enough data
7.9
2054
Not enough data
Project Management
9.2
2456
Not enough data
9.0
2383
Not enough data
8.9
2397
Not enough data
8.4
2172
Not enough data
Remote Collaboration
8.7
2270
Not enough data
8.9
2335
Not enough data
8.8
2254
Not enough data
7.8
1925
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.0
877
Not enough data
7.0
880
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
6.7
301
Not enough data
6.7
302
Not enough data
Responses
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Automation - AI Agents
9.3
19
Not enough data
9.4
19
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
9.3
19
Not enough data
9.0
19
Not enough data
Platform
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Autonomy - AI Agents
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.5
20
Not enough data
9.5
19
Not enough data
Bill Generation
Not enough data
8.7
31
Not enough data
9.1
30
Not enough data
8.8
20
Bill Processing
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Integration
Not enough data
7.8
13
Not enough data
8.7
17
Not enough data
8.5
10
Agentic AI - Billing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customization - AI Agent Builders
8.6
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
Functionality - AI Agent Builders
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
8.9
6
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Data and Analytics - AI Agent Builders
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.8
7
Not enough data
Integration - AI Agent Builders
9.0
7
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Marketing Resource Management
6.8
37
Not enough data
6.9
37
Not enough data
6.9
37
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
8.0
1103
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
1121
Not enough data
Planning
8.6
1199
Not enough data
8.9
1223
Not enough data
8.5
1133
Not enough data
8.7
1168
Not enough data
8.2
1084
Not enough data
Workflow Management
8.4
1151
Not enough data
8.8
1211
Not enough data
8.0
1072
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Time Tracking
Not enough data
9.2
403
Not enough data
9.2
399
Not enough data
8.9
334
Client Invoicing
Not enough data
8.7
253
Not enough data
8.6
130
Not enough data
8.4
185
Mobile Time Tracking
Not enough data
9.2
365
Administration
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
231
Platform
Not enough data
8.6
241
Not enough data
8.2
113
Not enough data
8.3
114
Not enough data
9.1
254
Not enough data
8.0
174
Not enough data
7.3
98
Agentic AI - AI Agents
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Asana and Paymo are categorized as Task Management and Project Management
Unique Categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Asana
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Paymo
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
13.3%
Information Technology and Services
9.4%
Computer Software
9.2%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.9%
Internet
3.1%
Other
59.1%
Marketing and Advertising
13.4%
Information Technology and Services
8.9%
Computer Software
8.9%
Design
7.4%
Graphic Design
6.7%
Other
54.8%
Alternatives
Discussions
Can you use asana for free?
9 Comments
EU
Yes. But with limited feature for only 3 projects.Read more
What software did you find useful outside of work?
7 Comments
FB
<p>I've found password managers to be really helpful in personal and work life. For example: 1password</p>Read more
Is paymo free?
3 Comments
SZ
There's a Free tier for paymo but for most professional users the limits like max. 3 clients / 3 invoices isn't very practical.Read more
How much does Paymo cost?
1 Comment
A
Free (limited to 1 user)
Small Office - $11.95/user/month
Business - $18.95/user/month
20% discount for annual subscriptions
You only pay for the...Read more
Does Paymo offer integrations with other apps?
1 Comment
A
https://www.paymoapp.com/downloads-and-integrations/Read more
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