Asana
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Work management software for planning and tracking team projects.
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Pain points 84
| Item | Area | Severity | Support | Last seen |
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| Asana's interface uses excessive memory The author criticizes Asana as an example of a large JavaScript application with high memory use, forcing the tab to remain open and imposing a constant system-resource cost. |
Performance | Blocks work | 5 sources | 2023-01 |
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| Asana is unusably slow on older hardware The user reports that Asana performs too slowly on an older computer to be usable, prompting an attempt to switch browsers and services. |
Performance | Blocks work | 3 sources | 2026-05 |
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| Missing Markdown and usable GitHub integration Developers find Asana inadequate because it lacks Markdown support and a usable GitHub integration, making it harder to connect planning work with code activity. Affects: Developers |
Integrations | Blocks work | 2 sources | 2023-10 |
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| Asana can be slow The user likes Asana for project organization but says it can be slow. |
Performance | Blocks work | 2 sources | 2017-12 |
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| Text fields lagged several seconds behind typing The author reports that Asana text areas sometimes took about three seconds to display each keystroke, even on a MacBook Pro. They stopped using the product and did not know whether the issue was fixed. |
Performance | Causes churn | 1 source | 2024-05 |
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| Asana unavailable for offline work on the author's phone Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Mobile | Causes churn | 1 source | 2012-05 |
| Asana is geared toward teams rather than personal projects Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Blocks work | 1 source | 2025-10 |
| Asana tasks accumulate instead of resetting each day Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Blocks work | 1 source | 2024-08 |
| Asana bugs and quality issues go unresolved Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Reliability & bugs | Blocks work | 1 source | 2024-03 |
| Sorting options and columns are paywalled Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Pricing & plans | Blocks work | 1 source | 2024-03 |
| Asana cannot adapt to a specific workflow Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Customization | Blocks work | 1 source | 2023-07 |
| Asana consumed excessive memory and CPU Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Blocks work | 1 source | 2023-01 |
| Task dates fail to save and sorting is unreliable Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Reliability & bugs | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-08 |
| Different team structures make cross-team projects hard to reason about Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Collaboration | Blocks work | 1 source | 2021-09 |
| Asana's board interface feels inefficient to use Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Blocks work | 1 source | 2021-06 |
| Asana lacks deep GitHub and GitLab integrations Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Integrations | Blocks work | 1 source | 2021-03 |
| Slow performance, inconsistent UX, and limited shortcuts Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Blocks work | 1 source | 2020-12 |
| Asana takes too long to configure Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Blocks work | 1 source | 2020-10 |
| Asana became slow and buggy with no downgrade option Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Blocks work | 1 source | 2020-10 |
| Asana lacks structure for organizing tasks Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Customization | Blocks work | 1 source | 2020-08 |
| Keeping Org-mode tasks synchronized with Asana is tedious Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Integrations | Blocks work | 1 source | 2020-06 |
| Limited Bitbucket and GitHub integration Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Integrations | Blocks work | 1 source | 2020-05 |
| Task descriptions cannot place images inline with related text Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Blocks work | 1 source | 2020-04 |
| Asana feels slow for personal use Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Blocks work | 1 source | 2020-02 |
| Slow web interface Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Blocks work | 1 source | 2020-02 |
| Editing and moving cards causes severe lag Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Blocks work | 1 source | 2019-04 |
| Asana loads slowly and consumes substantial memory Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Blocks work | 1 source | 2019-01 |
| Asana feels slow compared with other issue trackers Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Blocks work | 1 source | 2018-07 |
| Asana boards feel disconnected Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Blocks work | 1 source | 2018-07 |
| Board interactions feel slow Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Blocks work | 1 source | 2018-07 |
| Asana slowed down as features were added Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Blocks work | 1 source | 2018-07 |
| Asana can drive Firefox CPU usage to 100% Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Blocks work | 1 source | 2018-06 |
| Okta SAML requires Asana's most expensive tier Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Pricing & plans | Blocks work | 1 source | 2018-03 |
| Asana lacks process controls for developer workflows Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Customization | Blocks work | 1 source | 2018-03 |
| Frequent project outages undermine reliability Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Reliability & bugs | Blocks work | 1 source | 2018-03 |
| Asana feels overwhelming despite its richer feature set Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Blocks work | 1 source | 2018-02 |
| Asana is weak for tracking issues through a multi-step process Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Other | Blocks work | 1 source | 2017-03 |
| Asana lacks persistent, human-readable issue IDs Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
API & developer experience | Blocks work | 1 source | 2017-03 |
| Asana starts up extremely slowly Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Blocks work | 1 source | 2016-12 |
| Tasks cannot be assigned to multiple people Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Collaboration | Blocks work | 1 source | 2016-12 |
| Cannot see tasks from all projects on one page Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Reporting & analytics | Blocks work | 1 source | 2016-11 |
| Asana’s interface is confusing Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Blocks work | 1 source | 2016-03 |
| Search is clunky and hard to trust Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Blocks work | 1 source | 2016-01 |
| Task loading requires many API requests Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
API & developer experience | Blocks work | 1 source | 2016-01 |
| Blank tasks appear across projects and are hard to move Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Blocks work | 1 source | 2015-12 |
| Asana feels brittle and unintuitive Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Blocks work | 1 source | 2015-12 |
| List editing creates stray characters and empty tasks Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Blocks work | 1 source | 2015-11 |
| List-only views make task context difficult to follow Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Blocks work | 1 source | 2015-11 |
| Editor has unreliable paste and undo behavior Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Blocks work | 1 source | 2015-11 |
| Asana is flawed for backlog tracking Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Other | Blocks work | 1 source | 2015-11 |
| Scrum metrics shift Asana toward management reporting Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Reporting & analytics | Blocks work | 1 source | 2015-11 |
| Small comment boxes discourage discussion Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Blocks work | 1 source | 2015-08 |
| Asana web app takes too long to load Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Blocks work | 1 source | 2015-07 |
| Asana uses substantial resources when left open Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Blocks work | 1 source | 2015-07 |
| Asana communication is limited to other Asana users Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Integrations | Blocks work | 1 source | 2014-09 |
| Asana memory use overwhelmed Firefox Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Blocks work | 1 source | 2013-12 |
| Limited integrations and API block bug-tracker workflow Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Integrations | Blocks work | 1 source | 2013-06 |
| Support dismisses reported problems Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Support | Blocks work | 1 source | 2013-06 |
| Cheapest paid plan feels too expensive Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Pricing & plans | Blocks work | 1 source | 2013-04 |
| Deleting an Asana account requires contacting support Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Blocks work | 1 source | 2012-05 |
| Task hierarchy stops at project and task Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Customization | Blocks work | 1 source | 2012-05 |
| Asana private beta limited access to larger companies Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Setup & onboarding | Blocks work | 1 source | 2011-09 |
| Asana API project selection trips up LLM integrations Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
API & developer experience | Annoyance | 1 source | 2025-07 |
| Asana reports were difficult to hand-produce for a manager Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Reporting & analytics | Annoyance | 1 source | 2025-01 |
| Asana keyboard shortcuts cannot be remapped Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Annoyance | 1 source | 2024-03 |
| Asana lacks software-project-specific workflow objects Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Other | Annoyance | 1 source | 2022-06 |
| Asana interface feels unintuitive Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Annoyance | 1 source | 2020-12 |
| Asana feels slower and less usable than Jira Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Annoyance | 1 source | 2020-10 |
| Typing in Asana feels painful Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Annoyance | 1 source | 2020-07 |
| Slow page transitions Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Annoyance | 1 source | 2020-04 |
| Asana feels clunky and slow Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Performance | Annoyance | 1 source | 2020-02 |
| High price Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Pricing & plans | Annoyance | 1 source | 2020-02 |
| Clicking blank areas creates empty tasks Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Annoyance | 1 source | 2018-11 |
| New cards are added to the top of a column Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Annoyance | 1 source | 2018-07 |
| Teams need weeks to establish Asana conventions Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Setup & onboarding | Annoyance | 1 source | 2018-01 |
| Using Asana sections for personal project types is not great Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Annoyance | 1 source | 2016-09 |
| Unspecified Asana holes and pain points Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Other | Annoyance | 1 source | 2016-02 |
| Asana’s project and subtask organization has poor usability Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Annoyance | 1 source | 2016-01 |
| Asana Android app is not very good Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Mobile | Annoyance | 1 source | 2016-01 |
| Outdated UI made Asana harder to recommend Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Annoyance | 1 source | 2015-10 |
| Formatting options and Markdown support feel limited Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Annoyance | 1 source | 2015-09 |
| Keyboard shortcut alternatives are hard to find Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Annoyance | 1 source | 2015-09 |
| List-based workflow does not suit Kanban users Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Annoyance | 1 source | 2012-02 |
| Asana is too generic for specialized tracking Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Customization | Annoyance | 1 source | 2011-11 |
Feature requests 16
| Item | Area | Severity | Support | Last seen |
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| Allow multiple assignees per task The user asks to assign a task to more than one person when shared ownership makes sense. |
Collaboration | Blocks work | 2 sources | 2023-12 |
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| Connect planning with pull requests, CI/CD, and multiple repositories The user wants an Asana-like tool that integrates planning with pull requests and CI/CD, and supports work distributed across multiple repositories and teams without relying on ticket-sync tools. Affects: Product managers and developers |
Integrations | Blocks work | 1 source | 2023-10 |
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| Migration tool for client task requests The commenter wants an Asana option for moving issues or requests from clients' task-management tools into their team's workflow, avoiding the friction of asking clients to use GitLab. Affects: Agencies working with clients using different task-management tools |
Data export & migration | Blocks work | 1 source | 2022-05 |
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| Automatic task numbers for referencing in Git messages The user wants Asana to assign task numbers automatically, such as TE-01, so they can reference tasks in Git messages. Affects: Software developers |
Customization | Blocks work | 1 source | 2020-08 |
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| More powerful reporting tools The user wishes Asana had more powerful reporting tools. |
Reporting & analytics | Blocks work | 1 source | 2018-01 |
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| Better support for sprint cycles Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Customization | Blocks work | 1 source | 2017-08 |
| Keep tasks synchronized across Asana and other tools Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Integrations | Blocks work | 1 source | 2016-07 |
| Integrate Asana with Jira and Trello Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Integrations | Blocks work | 1 source | 2016-03 |
| Add dependent tasks and goal hierarchies Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Customization | Blocks work | 1 source | 2011-11 |
| Add SSO or LDAP integration Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Permissions & security | Blocks work | 1 source | 2011-11 |
| Add easy-to-reference task IDs Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Annoyance | 1 source | 2021-07 |
| Show Git commit messages in task notifications Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Integrations | Annoyance | 1 source | 2021-07 |
| Add advanced markup to comments and conversations Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Customization | Annoyance | 1 source | 2018-07 |
| Switch between list and board views in one project Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Annoyance | 1 source | 2016-11 |
| Simplify creating tasks in the iPhone app Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Mobile | Annoyance | 1 source | 2015-09 |
| Show error incidents with dates and page context Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Reliability & bugs | Annoyance | 1 source | 2011-09 |
Workarounds 3
| Item | Area | Severity | Support | Last seen |
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| Manually copy information between Asana and engineering tools The commenter describes manually copying information between project-management software and tools used by non-engineers, such as Asana, to keep the groups aligned. Affects: Engineers and non-engineers |
Integrations | Annoyance | 1 source | 2021-09 |
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| Third-party integration adds automatic task numbers To get automatically numbered tasks that can be referenced in Git messages, the user built a third-party integration for Asana. Affects: Software developers |
Integrations | Annoyance | 1 source | 2020-08 |
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| Use one project to reduce places to check The team found Asana had too many projects and places to look, so it consolidated work into a single Kanban project and used sections, project labels, and tags to organize tasks. Affects: Product development team |
UI & usability | Annoyance | 1 source | 2013-10 |
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Switching reasons 16
| Item | Area | Severity | Support | Last seen |
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| Asana felt slow and overloaded for simple checklists The user found Asana too slow and burdened with team features they did not need, and wanted a fast checklist tool with keyboard shortcuts. They used Sublime Text plugins, then switched to Workflowy. |
Performance | Causes churn | 1 source | 2022-07 |
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| Code snippets and references are awkward in Asana A development team struggled to format code snippets and cross-reference code or commits in Asana, and persuaded management to let them use GitHub Issues instead. Affects: Software developers |
API & developer experience | Causes churn | 1 source | 2022-03 |
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| Linear is preferred over Asana for speed and simpler navigation The user says Linear is much faster and easier to understand than Asana, with simpler task structure and easier switching between board and list views. |
Performance | Causes churn | 1 source | 2020-12 |
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| Team moved to Phabricator to avoid Asana slowness The small team moved to Phabricator after using Asana and GitHub; the user says Phabricator's projects feature feels as good as Asana without the slowness. Affects: Small team |
Performance | Causes churn | 1 source | 2020-07 |
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| Asana feels too complicated for personal task management The user found Asana overly complicated for personal use and moved to Quire, where they focus on list view and deadline reminders. Affects: Personal users |
UI & usability | Causes churn | 1 source | 2019-04 |
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| Quick task entry requires too many steps on the website Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Causes churn | 1 source | 2018-11 |
| Left Asana after growing frustrated with project tools Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Causes churn | 1 source | 2018-01 |
| Team moved from Asana after finding it lacking Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Other | Causes churn | 1 source | 2016-02 |
| Cannot shuffle tasks to fit a changing workflow Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Causes churn | 1 source | 2015-12 |
| User stopped wanting to use Asana Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Other | Blocks work | 1 source | 2018-07 |
| No suitable alternative found for migrating from Asana Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Other | Blocks work | 1 source | 2015-11 |
| Moved from Asana to dapulse for customizable status boards Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Blocks work | 1 source | 2015-10 |
| Team stopped using Asana and returned to email Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Collaboration | Blocks work | 1 source | 2013-03 |
| Switched from Asana to self-hosted Redmine Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Customization | Blocks work | 1 source | 2013-02 |
| Moved from Asana to WorkFlowy for simplicity Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
UI & usability | Blocks work | 1 source | 2013-01 |
| Team moved from Asana to Jira as needs grew Locked: summary and evidence are part of Sprint Pass and Pro |
Other | Annoyance | 1 source | 2017-09 |