AsanaWork & Project Management for Human-Agent Teams

BacklogOnline project management for business and software development teams

Comparison · Project Management · weekly run Nov 3

Asana vs Backlog

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Asana is the stronger AI pick in Project Management: it has a visibility score of 60.9 versus 4.1 for Backlog, and ranks ahead in 89% of the answers that name both.

Choose Asana if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (60.9 vs 4.1)
You want a lower entry price ($10.99 vs $35)
AI answers describe it more positively (42% vs 0% positive)
You need SOC 2 Type 2 or FedRAMP Moderate (Asana Gov) coverage

Choose Backlog if…

You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
Flat tiers pricing suits your budget better than per seat
Strong backlog management for complex, scaled engineering
Free tier with Scrum and Kanban boards and basic backlog management

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Asana	Backlog
Visibility score	60.9%	4.1%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Project Management	#1	#18
Share of voice	11.7%	1.6%
Mentions this run	64	9
Positive in AI answers	42%	0%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Asana 0pp · Backlog 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Asana leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

64.8%

AI Mode

54.8%

2.6%

Perplexity

63%

7.6%

AsanaBacklog

Head to head in AI answers

9 engine answers name both brands

8Asana ranked higher

1Backlog ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Asana	Backlog
How do companies plan and track team work without a dedicated tool?	Perplexity	#3	#2
Top project management tool options for B2B SaaS companies	ChatGPT	#3	#10
Top project management tool options for B2B SaaS companies	Perplexity	#1	#10
Best project management tool for startups	AI Mode	#6	#9
Best project management tool for enterprise	ChatGPT	#2	#7
Best project management tool for enterprise	Perplexity	#4	#5
Compare the leading Project Management platforms	Perplexity	#1	#13
Best project management tool with AI features	Perplexity	#2	#8
Is there a free project management tool for small teams?	AI Mode	#3	#5

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Asana	Backlog
Pricing model	Per seat	Flat tiers
Entry price	Free; paid from $10.99 per seat / mo	Free; paid from $35 / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud-hosted by Nulab, with an on-premises self-hosted option on the customer's private servers
Integrations	100+	—
Compliance	SOC 2 Type 2, FedRAMP Moderate (Asana Gov)	—
Support	Help Center, Community, Asana Academy, Customer Success	Email support from the customer team, 1:1 online training session, Dedicated customer success associate, Enterprise customer success manager
Founded	2008	2004
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, United States	Fukuoka, Japan
Employees	1,001–5,000	—
Funding	Series E	IPO · $6M raised
Best for	Individuals and teams from small groups up to large organizations scaling cross-functional work across departments.	Business and software development teams that need task tracking, issue management and Git repositories with simple pricing

Plans side by side

Asana

Personal$0free forever

Starter$10.99per user per month, billed annually

Advanced$24.99per user per month, billed annually

EnterpriseCustomcontact sales

Asana pricing

Backlog

Free$0forever

Starter$35per month, billed monthly

Standard$100per month, billed monthly

Premium$175per month, billed monthly

EnterpriseCustomcustom

Backlog pricing

Pros and cons

Themes from the AI answers that mention each brand

Asana

Strong for cross-functional structured execution and milestone tracking
Easy to adopt and use, with clean design
Goal tracking and cross-team accountability
Strongest general-purpose project management choice
Asana Intelligence summarises status and spots bottlenecks; AI agents for coordination