AsanaWork & Project Management for Human-Agent Teams

GitHubThe home of software development

Comparison · Project Management · weekly run Nov 3

Asana vs GitHub

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 10.2 for GitHub, and ranks ahead in 63% of the answers that name both.

Choose Asana if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (60.9 vs 10.2)
You need FedRAMP Moderate (Asana Gov) coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (1,001–5,000 employees)
Strong for cross-functional structured execution and milestone tracking

Choose GitHub if…

You want a lower entry price ($4 vs $10.99)
AI answers describe it more positively (48% vs 42% positive)
You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
You need SOC 1 Type 2 or ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA STAR Level 2 or PCI DSS or FedRAMP Tailored ATO coverage

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Asana	GitHub
Visibility score	60.9%	10.2%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Project Management	#1	#10
Share of voice	11.7%	2.6%
Mentions this run	64	13
Positive in AI answers	42%	48%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

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

Engine by engine

Asana leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

64.8%

4.1%

AI Mode

54.8%

20.7%

Perplexity

63%

5.9%

AsanaGitHub

Head to head in AI answers

8 engine answers name both brands

5Asana ranked higher

3GitHub ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Asana	GitHub
What should a project management tool integrate with?	ChatGPT	#10	#2
What should a project management tool integrate with?	Perplexity	#7	#1
How long does it take to roll out a project management tool?	AI Mode	#1	#4
Top project management tool options for B2B SaaS companies	ChatGPT	#3	#9
Top project management tool options for B2B SaaS companies	AI Mode	#5	#3
Top project management tool options for B2B SaaS companies	Perplexity	#1	#11
Best project management tool for startups	AI Mode	#6	#7
Compare the leading Project Management platforms	AI Mode	#2	#6

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Asana	GitHub
Pricing model	Per seat	Per seat
Entry price	Free; paid from $10.99 per seat / mo	Free; paid from $4 per seat / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud service (GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Cloud) and self-hosted GitHub Enterprise Server
Integrations	100+	—
Compliance	SOC 2 Type 2, FedRAMP Moderate (Asana Gov)	SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001, CSA STAR Level 2, PCI DSS, FedRAMP Tailored ATO
Support	Help Center, Community, Asana Academy, Customer Success	Community support (Free plan), Web-based support (Team plan), Premium support with 24/7 web and phone support and a 30-minute SLA on urgent tickets (Enterprise)
Founded	2008	2008
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, United States	San Francisco, California
Employees	1,001–5,000	501–1,000
Funding	Series E	Round led by Sequoia Capital · $350M raised
Best for	Individuals and teams from small groups up to large organizations scaling cross-functional work across departments.	Development teams, from individuals to enterprises, that build, review, and ship software on one platform.

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

GitHub

Free$0month

Team$4user / month

Enterprise$21user / month

GitHub 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