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Adobe Workfront vs Asana comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.1
Adobe Workfront enhances efficiency, collaboration, and productivity, offering ROI through reduced costs, real-time updates, and improved user satisfaction.
Sentiment score
6.9
Asana improved productivity, organized tasks reducing meetings, led to business growth, time savings, and was valued despite cost.
However, due to its pricing, I need to be careful about adding each user and feature.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.7
Adobe Workfront customer service is praised for responsiveness and expertise, despite occasional delays or costly advanced support.
Sentiment score
5.8
Users find Asana's support responsive and helpful, though some experience slower responses and community engagement limitations.
The technical support is of high quality.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Adobe Workfront scales well for various organizations, managing users and projects smoothly with high performance and adaptable scalability.
Sentiment score
7.1
Asana is scalable for small to medium businesses, but some find it costly and challenging for larger, complex projects.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
Adobe Workfront is generally stable, with minimal downtime, quick issue resolutions, and requires modern browsers for optimal performance.
Sentiment score
8.2
Asana is stable and reliable with minimal downtime, rated highly for performance, despite occasional maintenance interruptions.
Asana is quite stable; it is a tool I can trust.
 

Room For Improvement

Adobe Workfront needs faster updates, user-friendly design, improved integrations, flexible customization, and better documentation for enhanced usability.
Asana needs UI simplification, enhanced integrations, improved workflows, customizable dashboards, and better training resources for effective onboarding.
Integration with Azure DevOps could be improved to facilitate better communication between the two systems.
It would be easier if I could assign tasks directly from my email without needing to open Asana.
 

Setup Cost

Adobe Workfront pricing varies by license type, with significant subscription fees but potential discounts for existing Adobe customers.
Asana offers accessible pricing, with some concerns about user and feature costs, considered fair with no hidden charges.
To add one user is expensive, which makes me cautious about upgrading or adding more users.
 

Valuable Features

Adobe Workfront enhances collaboration and decision-making with customizable templates, workflow management, and strong integration supporting agile and waterfall methodologies.
Asana enhances team productivity with task management, real-time updates, customization, and user-friendly features adaptable for various skill levels.
The system aids in supporting demand management and producing high-level status reports.
Asana's automation allows me to automate deadlines and send notifications to the right people about approaching deadlines.
 

Categories and Ranking

Adobe Workfront
Ranking in Project Management Software
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
34
Ranking in other categories
Digital Asset Management (1st)
Asana
Ranking in Project Management Software
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
47
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Project Management Software category, the mindshare of Adobe Workfront is 3.6%, down from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Asana is 6.0%, down from 11.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Project Management Software
 

Featured Reviews

Graham Sprague - PeerSpot reviewer
Centralized task management and simplified creative collaboration but interface is inconsistent
Adobe Workfront could improve its interface, which may benefit from an overhaul for better consistency between the web interface and the API. The current setup was not originally designed API-first, leading to some confusion and differences in available functions. Additionally, the low-code environment in Workfront Fusion is beneficial yet sometimes limiting, and it might be more powerful with enhancements.
Ian Herzing - PeerSpot reviewer
Stands out with portfolios, easy setup, and real-time information, but needs big improvement when it comes to workflows, automation, and dashboards
Their workflows and automation could use a big improvement. I don't even know if they have anything in that regard right now. I would really love to see a way where you can send custom alerts based on a task's completion or status change or an approval coming through. I would love to see a way to get some low-code functionality into Asana because right now, that is a big miss. On top of that, their dashboards are incredibly lacking. The way the widgets connect to the projects, they don't pull the data in the way that I really want them to. When I build a dashboard in Asana versus Smartsheet, I can't pull in data via a custom text field in Asana, but in Smartsheet, I can. That's a huge advantage because sometimes, you just want to report on really niche tasks or a launch date in a specific project or a collection of projects, and Smartsheet's dashboard features will let you do that, but Asana won't. So, their dashboards are lacking, and the workflows are pretty below where the market is right now. I would love to see a complete revamp of how they do dashboards right now. Dashboards are really poor. They don't display information well, and they don't look good. They don't pull in data in an advanced search kind of way. They are very simplistic. If you're a traditional project manager and you're PMP certified and you understand project management, you're going to be very frustrated with Asana's dashboards because they do not speak the language of project management. That's because of the way they are set up. So, I would like to see that completely revamped. It's just not an industry standard.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
59%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Computer Software Company
5%
Healthcare Company
4%
Educational Organization
54%
Computer Software Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
4%
Manufacturing Company
3%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Workfront?
I can say it is a powerful tool. We have everything in-house in that tool, like, creating reports, dashboards, creating various workflows, and everything we have inside one application.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Workfront?
Workfront incurs around a hundred thousand plus dollars per year. Licensing is strict, particularly with free accounts, however, it offers flexibility in project access, which could be enhanced fur...
What needs improvement with Workfront?
Integration with Azure DevOps could be improved to facilitate better communication between the two systems. The current report is not providing the expected side-by-side comparison of capabilities,...
What do you like most about Asana?
The solution's user interface is very good.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Asana?
The pricing of Asana is slightly high. To add one user is expensive, which makes me cautious about upgrading or adding more users.
What needs improvement with Asana?
The integration with email should be more seamless. When I'm writing an email and want to tag someone in Asana for a task, the process should be smoother. It would be easier if I could assign tasks...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

AtTask, Workfront DAM
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

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