monday.com vs Asana
Updated August 6, 2026· every figure checked against the vendor’s own pricing page
Which is cheaper depends on the size of the team, and the crossover is around three people. At 2, Asana is cheaper: $26.98 a month against $36, because monday.com states “Plans start from 3 users.” and bills 3 seats to Asana's 2. At 5, monday.com is cheaper: $60 against $67.45, because Asana's per-seat rate is higher once the floor stops applying. All verified on each vendor's own pricing page on August 6, 2026. The feature difference that matters at the entry price is the timeline view: Asana's cheapest paid tier lists “Timeline and Gantt views”, monday.com's does not, and its timeline arrives one tier up at $14 a seat.
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Side by side at two team sizes
| Tool | A team of 2, month to month | Same team billed annually | Per-seat sticker | Seats actually billed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| monday.com | $36/mo on Basic | $27/mo on Basic | $12/seat/mo | 3 (1 more than the team has people) |
| Asana | $26.98/mo on Starter | $21.98/mo on Starter | $13.49/seat/mo | 2 |
| Tool | A team of 5, month to month | Same team billed annually | Per-seat sticker | Seats actually billed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| monday.com | $60/mo on Basic | $45/mo on Basic | $12/seat/mo | 5 |
| Asana | $67.45/mo on Starter | $54.95/mo on Starter | $13.49/seat/mo | 5 |
The two vendors constrain seats in different ways, and neither one hides it. monday.com sets a floor: “Plans start from 3 users.” Asana sets a step: “Between 2 and 5 total users: add seats in increments of 1”, then “Up to 30 total users: add seats in increments of 5”. Below six people Asana's step is one seat and costs nothing; at six people it rounds up to ten, which is where its own floor starts to bite.
monday.com’s tiers
| Tier | Month to month | Billed annually | What the tier adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/seat/mo | $0/seat/mo | Up to 2 seats · Up to 3 boards · Up to 3 Docs · 200+ templates · 8 column types · iOS and Android apps |
| Basic | $12/seat/mo | $9/seat/mo | Unlimited free viewers · Unlimited items · Basic AI: 3 tools · 1,000 AI credits / month |
| Standard | $14/seat/mo | $12/seat/mo | Automations (250 actions / month) · Integrations (250 actions / month) · Timeline & Gantt views · Calendar view · Guest access · API calls (1,000 / day) · AI essentials: 5 tools · 2,000 AI credits / month |
| Pro | $24/seat/mo | $19/seat/mo | Automations (25,000 actions / month) · Integrations (25,000 actions / month) · Private boards and docs · Advanced board views · Time tracking · Advanced columns · API calls (10,000 / day) · Premium AI: 6 tools · 3,000 AI credits / month |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | Priced on request | Enterprise-grade security & governance · Portfolio management · Resource management · API calls (25,000 / day) |
Asana’s tiers
| Tier | Month to month | Billed annually | What the tier adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | $0/seat/mo | $0/seat/mo | 2 users · Unlimited tasks and projects · List, board, and calendar views · Unlimited storage, 100MB max per file · Status updates · 100+ free integrations |
| Starter | $13.49/seat/mo | $10.99/seat/mo | No user seat limits · Timeline and Gantt views · Unlimited automations · AI Studio Basic w/50K credits per billing account per month |
| Advanced | $30.49/seat/mo | $24.99/seat/mo | Unlimited portfolios · Goals · Workload · Approvals and proofing · Time tracking · Formulas · AI Studio Basic w/75K credits per billing account per month |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | Priced on request | SAML authentication · User provisioning (SCIM) · Capacity planning · AI Studio Basic w/200K credits per billing account per month |
Asana prints both figures in one sentence on every card, so nothing is behind a toggle: “$10.99 Per user, per month billed annually. $13.49 billed monthly” monday.com's page loads on its yearly option instead, which is why its lower number is the one most people remember.
What each one gates behind which tier
| Tool | Automations start on | Timeline or Gantt starts on | That tier per seat |
|---|---|---|---|
| monday.com | Standard “Automations (250 actions / month)” | Standard “Timeline & Gantt views” | $14 month to month, $12 annually |
| Asana | Starter “Unlimited automations” | Starter “Timeline and Gantt views” | $13.49 month to month, $10.99 annually |
On automations the gap is about volume, not availability. Asana's entry tier says “Unlimited automations”; monday.com's Standard says “Automations (250 actions / month)” and its Pro raises that to 25,000 actions a month. An unlimited claim and a numeric allowance are not the same kind of statement, and we publish both as each vendor words them rather than resolving them into a single scale.
This page compares what each vendor publishes about price, seat rules and which tier carries which capability. It makes no claim about which tool is easier to use, faster to set up, better supported or nicer to look at, because those are not things a pricing page can establish and we have not tested them.
Free tiers, both capped at two
Both publish a free tier and both cap it at the same headcount. monday.com's reads “Up to 2 seats”; Asana's reads “Up to 2 users can collaborate for free.”. So neither is an option for a third person, and at that point monday.com's three-seat minimum and Asana's per-seat rate are the two numbers to compare, which the tables above do.
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Frequently asked questions
Is monday.com cheaper than Asana?
At a team of 5, yes: $60 a month against $67.45 month-to-month, verified August 6, 2026. At a team of 2, no: $36 against $26.98, because monday.com bills a minimum of 3 seats. The per-seat sticker prices are $12 and $13.49.
Does Asana have a minimum number of users?
Not a minimum, but it does publish a purchase increment: "Between 2 and 5 total users: add seats in increments of 1", then "Up to 30 total users: add seats in increments of 5". A team of six therefore buys ten seats and a team of eleven buys fifteen. Below six people the increment is one and costs nothing extra.
Which has a timeline or Gantt view at the cheaper price?
Asana. Its entry tier's card lists "Timeline and Gantt views" at $13.49 per seat month-to-month. monday.com's timeline is on Standard, one tier above its cheapest paid plan, at $14 per seat. Both figures verified August 6, 2026.
Do monday.com and Asana both have free plans?
Yes, and both cap them at two people. monday.com's card reads "Up to 2 seats" and Asana's reads "Up to 2 users can collaborate for free." Neither free tier will hold a third person.
Which is cheaper on annual billing?
At a team of 5, monday.com at $45 a month against Asana at $54.95. At a team of 2, Asana at $21.98 against monday.com at $27. Committing to a year saves 25% on monday.com's entry tier and 19% on Asana's. Those are our arithmetic on each vendor's own two published figures; monday.com's own headline claim is a flat "Yes, by choosing a yearly plan, you will receive an 18% discount.", which answers a slightly different question because the gap differs by tier.
How we verify this
Every figure on this page was read from the vendor’s own pricing page and is stored with that page’s URL, a verbatim quote, and the date it was checked (most recent: August 6, 2026). 4 of these 8pages render their prices in the browser rather than in the served HTML, so they were read in a browser with each billing option selected in turn. Where a vendor publishes no number, we say so instead of repeating a figure from elsewhere. A blank in the automations or timeline column means the vendor’s pricing page names no such capability, which is a statement about the page and not a claim about the product. Seat floors are applied only where the vendor states one, and only as widely as the vendor states it: a minimum written on a single tier’s card is applied to that tier alone. Totals and percentages are arithmetic on published figures only. See our editorial standards and how we verify.
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