AsanaWork & Project Management for Human-Agent Teams

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Comparison · Project Management · weekly run Nov 3

Asana vs SmartSuite

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 0.9 for SmartSuite, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Asana if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (60.9 vs 0.9)
You want a free plan to start
You need SOC 2 Type 2 or FedRAMP Moderate (Asana Gov) coverage
You prefer a larger, established vendor (1,001–5,000 employees)

Choose SmartSuite if…

Lets operational founders build customized CRM, inventory, or workflow trackers

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Asana	SmartSuite
Visibility score	60.9%	0.9%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in Project Management	#1	#37
Share of voice	11.7%	0.5%
Mentions this run	64	3
Positive in AI answers	42%	—

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

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

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

Engine by engine

Asana leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

64.8%

AI Mode

54.8%

0.9%

Perplexity

63%

1.9%

AsanaSmartSuite

Head to head in AI answers

3 engine answers name both brands

3Asana ranked higher

0SmartSuite ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Asana	SmartSuite
Best project management tool for startups	AI Mode	#6	#10
Best project management tool for startups	Perplexity	#1	#8
Which Project Management tools offer annual discounts?	Perplexity	#3	#12

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Asana	SmartSuite
Pricing model	Per seat	Per seat
Entry price	Free; paid from $10.99 per seat / mo	$15 per seat / mo
Free plan	Yes	No · 14-day trial
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud-based
Integrations	100+	—
Compliance	SOC 2 Type 2, FedRAMP Moderate (Asana Gov)	—
Support	Help Center, Community, Asana Academy, Customer Success	Help Center, On Demand Webinars, Premium Support
Founded	2008	2019
Headquarters	San Francisco, California, United States	Newport Beach, CA, United States
Employees	1,001–5,000	51–200
Funding	Series E	Seed (founder-led) · $38M raised
Best for	Individuals and teams from small groups up to large organizations scaling cross-functional work across departments.	Organizations that want to standardize risk, compliance, IT service, project and business workflows on one platform, starting with one area and expanding.

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

SmartSuite

Team$15seat/month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly)

Professional$32seat/month, billed annually ($36 billed monthly)

EnterpriseCustomcustom, contact sales

SmartSuite 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