Alternatives to Asana

The best Asana alternatives in 2026

Asana is priced per person and has no chat rooms, so most teams pay for Slack beside it. Here are the tools teams move to, what each costs ten people and what each is good at.

We make Tuff, so it comes first. The others are here on their merits, and some do things Tuff does not.

At a glance.

ToolFor 10 peopleGood for
Tuff$25 a month on Team, for the whole workspaceTeams that pay for Asana and Slack side by side and want the work and the talk in one place, at one price.
ClickUp$120 a month on Core, billed yearly, at its regular priceTeams that want to shape the tool to their own process.
monday.com€120 a month on Standard, billed yearly — before chatOperations teams running the same processes again and again, at scale.
Basecamp$79 a month on Pro, which runs up to 8 projectsTeams that want a calm, settled tool, and to let clients in.
Trello$60 a month on Standard — $147.50 with Slack Pro for chatSmall teams that want the simplest board there is.
Linear$100 a month on Basic, billed yearly — $187.50 with Slack Pro for chatEngineering teams that live in their issue tracker.

Prices for ten people a month, from each tool’s own pricing page, read on 26 October 2026. Tuff’s are per workspace, in US dollars, plus tax where it applies. All of Tuff’s plans

Each one.

  1. 1.Tuff

    Projects that hold their tasks, chat, docs and announcements together, with AI agents that work in them through MCP.

    Good for
    Teams that pay for Asana and Slack side by side and want the work and the talk in one place, at one price.
    Falls short
    No calls, timelines or automations yet, and AI agents only on the paid plans.
    For 10 people
    $25 a month on Team, for the whole workspace
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  2. 2.ClickUp

    Tasks, docs, chat and dashboards, nearly all of it configurable.

    Good for
    Teams that want to shape the tool to their own process.
    Falls short
    A lot to set up before the work starts, and priced per person.
    For 10 people
    $120 a month on Core, billed yearly, at its regular price
    Tuff vs ClickUp

  3. 3.monday.com

    Boards with many column types, automations and dashboards.

    Good for
    Operations teams running the same processes again and again, at scale.
    Falls short
    Seats are sold in blocks, and the talk lives in updates on each item.
    For 10 people
    €120 a month on Standard, billed yearly — before chat
    Tuff vs monday.com

  4. 4.Basecamp

    Projects with to-dos, a message board, Campfire chat and a schedule, at a flat price.

    Good for
    Teams that want a calm, settled tool, and to let clients in.
    Falls short
    The smaller plans cap how many projects you can run.
    For 10 people
    $79 a month on Pro, which runs up to 8 projects
    Tuff vs Basecamp

  5. 5.Trello

    Boards of cards, with Power-Ups for everything else.

    Good for
    Small teams that want the simplest board there is.
    Falls short
    No chat or documents of its own: comments live on the cards.
    For 10 people
    $60 a month on Standard — $147.50 with Slack Pro for chat
    Tuff vs Trello

  6. 6.Linear

    Issue tracking built for software teams: cycles, triage and roadmaps.

    Good for
    Engineering teams that live in their issue tracker.
    Falls short
    No chat or time tracking, and made for engineers more than for a whole company.
    For 10 people
    $100 a month on Basic, billed yearly — $187.50 with Slack Pro for chat
    Tuff vs Linear

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