Asana is a work management platform for planning, organizing, and tracking projects.
Asana is one of the most well-rounded PM tools for SMBs. The $10.99 Starter packs AI features and a workflow builder competitors charge double for. Main downside: per-user pricing climbs fast.
Plan and track projects using list, board, timeline, Gantt, and calendar views
Connect daily tasks to company-level goals
Automate workflows like approvals and task assignments — no code needed
Use Asana AI to summarize projects, draft content, and identify risks
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Asana for Zoom — create, manage, search Asana tasks in Zoom Team Chat.
Asana widget for Figma/FigJam — turn ideas into tasks, share designs with live Figma embeds in Asana.
Create Asana tasks from Slack messages. Get Slack notifications when tasks are assigned, completed, or commented on. Native integration built by Asana.
Synced databases — two-way sync between Notion databases and Asana tasks/projects
Official Asana-GitHub integration links PRs and branches to Asana tasks. Auto-updates task status when PRs merge.
Add new Jira issues to Asana as tasks, sync status updates between platforms via Zapier.
Create Asana tasks from new Trello cards, sync card movements with task status via Zapier.
n8n's Asana node creates tasks, updates statuses, assigns users, and reads project data. Small teams use it to auto-create an Asana task when a support ticket is opened or a form is submitted, removing the manual step of copy-pasting work items across tools. You can also close tasks automatically when upstream events resolve.
Install the free Clockify browser extension (Chrome or Firefox) and a 'Start timer' button appears inside every Asana task automatically — no manual linking needed. When you click it, Clockify picks up the Asana task name and project as the time entry description, so you never re-type anything. You can stop the timer from any Clockify surface — browser, desktop app, or mobile — not just from inside Asana. Clockify also tracks subtasks, not just top-level tasks, so teams doing detailed work breakdown get accurate numbers. If a project in Clockify has the same name as the Asana project, the extension auto-selects it; you can also let the extension create matching projects and tags in Clockify on the fly. After work is done, jump to Clockify's web dashboard to edit entries, see a breakdown by project or client, export timesheets, and calculate billable amounts if you're on a paid plan. Data flows: Asana task name and project → Clockify time entry description and project (one-way, on timer start). Time totals stay in Clockify only; nothing writes back to Asana. Pain points: The integration relies entirely on the browser extension, so time tracked in the Clockify desktop or mobile app won't show a button inside Asana. If Asana updates its UI, the extension may temporarily break until Clockify ships an update. The extension is open-source, so fixes can lag. Clockify's paid-plan rate and billing features are not surfaced inside Asana itself.
Via Zapier, you can create Asana tasks from new Airtable records (or vice versa), turning Airtable into a data intake layer and Asana into the execution layer. A common small-business setup: your Airtable base holds client records, content items, or order entries — when a new record is added, Zapier creates an Asana task in the right project so your team knows to act on it. You can also run the flow in reverse: when an Asana task is completed, Zapier updates the corresponding Airtable record, giving you a running log of finished work in your database. Setup involves connecting both accounts in Zapier, choosing a trigger (new record in Airtable or new/completed task in Asana), mapping fields like record name to task name and notes to description, and activating the Zap. Multiple pre-built Zap templates are available for common patterns including subtask creation and due date syncing. Data flows: Airtable record fields (name, notes, due date) → Asana task fields (name, description, due date), and optionally Asana task completion status → Airtable record update. Bidirectional via two separate Zaps. Pain points: There is no true real-time two-way sync — each direction requires a separate Zap, and updates in one tool do not automatically update the other unless you have both Zaps active. Zapier polling means changes take up to 15 minutes to appear on free plans. Field mapping is manual and must be re-configured if you add new fields to your Airtable base. Airtable's native automations can now do some of this without Zapier, but they lack the same depth of Asana action options.
HubSpot workflows auto-create Asana tasks from CRM triggers. Deal info and campaigns appear as widgets in Asana tasks.
Canva for Asana — drag-and-drop design creation and embedding within Asana tasks.
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Asana AI summarizes projects, generates task descriptions, identifies blockers, and suggests next steps. AI Studio builds custom AI-powered workflows.
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Real workflows that use Asana to save time.
Cut project setup time from 25 minutes to under 2 minutes for every new client, saving 2 hours a week across a 5-person team.
Cut new client project setup from 45 minutes to 5 minutes and save 4 hours/week across your team.
Get paid 4 days faster and save 2 hours/week by automating invoice delivery at project close.
Cut project setup time from 20 minutes to zero and start new client work same day, every time.
Last researched: March 2026