AsanaWork & Project Management for Human-Agent Teams

ObsidianSharpen your thinking. The free and flexible app for your private thoughts.

Comparison · Knowledge Management · weekly run Nov 3

Asana vs Obsidian

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

Track both brands

The short answer

Asana is the stronger AI pick in Knowledge Management: it has a visibility score of 6.3 versus 5.2 for Obsidian.

Choose Asana if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (6.3 vs 5.2)
You need SOC 2 Type 2 or 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 Obsidian if…

You want a lower entry price ($4 vs $10.99)
AI answers describe it more positively (50% vs 42% positive)
Strong for personal knowledge management
Maximum ownership of your files

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Asana	Obsidian
Visibility score	6.3%	5.2%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Knowledge Management	#16	#17
Share of voice	1.4%	1.1%
Mentions this run	7	6
Positive in AI answers	42%	50%

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

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

Engine by engine

Asana leads on 2 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

3.7%

8.2%

AI Mode

9.4%

3.1%

Perplexity

5.7%

4.3%

AsanaObsidian

Head to head in AI answers

0 engine answers name both brands

0Asana ranked higher

0Obsidian ranked higher

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Asana	Obsidian
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	Local desktop and mobile apps, with optional cloud Sync and Publish add-ons
Integrations	100+	—
Compliance	SOC 2 Type 2, FedRAMP Moderate (Asana Gov)	—
Support	Help Center, Community, Asana Academy, Customer Success	Discord community, Discussion forum, Help site, Priority support with paid Sync and Publish plans
Founded	2008	2020
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, United States	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Employees	1,001–5,000	1–10
Funding	Series E	Bootstrapped
Best for	Individuals and teams from small groups up to large organizations scaling cross-functional work across departments.	Individuals and small teams who want private notes stored locally as plain text files they can keep long term

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

Obsidian

Free$0forever

Sync$4per user per month, billed annually ($5 billed monthly)

Publish$8per site per month, billed annually ($10 billed monthly)

Obsidian 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