Asana vs Slack

In today’s world, communication is very necessary. There are various communication tools available in the market which helps people to communicate with each other whether they are in an organization or as individual. Both Asana and Slack are communication tools. Where Asana serves many ways to communicate, Slack is mostly used to coordinate with the team. Basically, they are business tools to manage the project and the productivity of team members. Slack gained more users as compared to Asana over the years. They are also different in various aspects. 

What is Asana?

The platform which helps to manage projects, focus on what’s important, and organize work in one place for seamless collaboration is known as Asana. It was developed by the company of the same name, Asana in 2008 by Dustin Moskovitz and Justin Rosenstein. Its web and mobile applications help the user stay on track, keep projects organized, and hit deadlines. It also visualizes the progress of projects.

Key Features

1. Work, project, and task management.
2. Communication, views, and reporting.
3. Team management- From creating teams to having data security.
4. Integrations- File creation and sharing, Communication, and many more.

Advantages

1. It lets users automate tedious manual tasks.
2. It provides real-time reporting and insights through several tools.
3. It enables users to visualize high-level data with zoom-in capability, it has dashboards, charts, and graphs.
4. Multiple forms can be created by the user in a project to support all kinds of work requests.

Disadvantages

1. Non-technical users might find it difficult to start with Asana.
2. It has no time-tracking software.
3. Users cannot export their project data directly into Excel or in PDF because of its limited exported functionality.

What is Slack?

An instant messaging application for businesses that connects people is known as Slack. It was designed by Slack Technologies in 2013 and owned by Salesforce. It helps you to work in a more connected and flexible environment. It makes it easy to contact other colleagues in an organization for work-related talks. Slack is a magnificent tool for team communication. Also, it can be used as an alternative option for e-mail.

Key Features

1. It pins the messages and reference links to channels.
2. It manages and tracks documents.
3. It has advanced search modifiers.
4. To keep track of a standard workday, setting reminders is a great option.

Advantages

1. It provides great security as data within the platform is always protected.
2. It is easy to share and collaborate with someone in real-time.
3. It is quite flexible.
4. It supports pre-existing platforms with integration that allows users to access critical features directly.

Disadvantages

1. It has minimum file storage.
2. Messages of only 14 days are visible. Rest all messages are deleted automatically.
3. User has to pay to use slack’s features.

Difference between Asana and Slack

	Asana	Slack
Members	It gives the probability to accumulate fifteen members in the team.	It has the probability to accumulate ten thousand users of the team.
Terms of login	Asana is simple in terms of login.	It has more processes for signing up than Asana.
Services	Asana is not developed for communication purposes.	It is a communication tool mainly developed for chatting purposes.
Voice and video calls	Voice and video call options are not available in it.	Users who paid for the platform are enabled to make a one-to-one call.
Integrations	It can only claim 100 integrations.	800+ integrations are provided in slack.
Application of Software	It is used by Venture, Target, Oracle, Los Angles Times, and Airbnb for their business management.	Vodafone, Uber, Deloitte, Santander, and NASA use Slack for communication and project management.
File Sharing	Only 100 MB of file sharing can be uploaded in Asana.	One can upload files to 1 GB in Slack.
Feature	Its features include the addition of tasks, and projects, and inviting others to join the team.	It has all the features of communication. It has features such as a slack bot, and innumerable integrations.
Support	It provides live chat support in all working applications.	It doesn’t offer any live chat support.
Pricing	For teams or individuals who are just getting started with project management can opt for Asana’s basic plan which is free of cost. Its premium plan is $10.99 or Rs. 909.59 annually. Its Business plan costs $24.99 or Rs. 2068.31 annually.	Its Pro plan costs $2.63 or Rs. 218 per month. It Business+ plans cost $4.53 or Rs. 375 per month.

Conclusion

Both Asana and Slack are the two tools used by organizations for communication purposes. Though both provide solutions to manage complex tasks to manage communication, in the Asana platform, there is no use in integrating the tools. Asana depends on Slack for internal communication, but if installed separately still it can work great as a communication application. Slack has many advanced features which Asana lacks. Both platforms have their own pros and cons and it is all up to the choice of users to select the platform according to their requirements.