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Asana vs Camunda comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

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
7.0
Asana boosts productivity and efficiency with time savings but its impact varies with company maturity and pricing considerations.
Sentiment score
7.8
Camunda optimizes processes, boosting productivity and reducing costs, though substantial returns require careful planning and time.
However, due to its pricing, I need to be careful about adding each user and feature.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.0
Asana's customer service is generally praised for responsiveness and reliability despite occasional delays in response times.
Sentiment score
6.2
Camunda's support is generally helpful, though some users seek improved integration assistance and a better knowledge center.
The technical support is of high quality.
AWS provides the best support, followed by Microsoft, and then Google.
They provide better support for the enterprise edition.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Asana is ideal for small to medium businesses, offering smooth scalability and ease of use, despite costs for larger enterprises.
Sentiment score
6.9
Camunda excels in scalability with modern tools like Docker and Kubernetes, though some face database dependency challenges.
Camunda offers a high level of scalability, especially when using its SaaS model, which manages and scales implementations automatically.
It allows for easy scaling, especially with ECS service configurations.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Users find Asana stable and reliable, with high ratings and real-time updates despite infrequent minor downtimes.
Sentiment score
7.8
Camunda is praised for stability and reliability, performing well under load with minimal bugs, earning high ratings.
Asana is quite stable; it is a tool I can trust.
There haven't been any significant outages in my experience with Camunda.
 

Room For Improvement

Asana users seek improvements in interface, integration, task management, and support, desiring enhanced features and mobile app refinement.
Camunda needs UI enhancements, improved integration, scalability, security, better support, flexible deployment, and a revised pricing model.
It would be easier if I could assign tasks directly from my email without needing to open Asana.
It would be beneficial to have a native option for Asana to create tickets so we could move away from our main ticketing tool.
More open documentation would be beneficial to understand the deployment process better and facilitate easier setup.
There is an issue where, in some situations, I need to scale up by observing both CPU and memory usage of containers, yet under the current options available at Amazon, this is not possible.
 

Setup Cost

Asana offers accessible pricing with reasonable business plans and flexible licensing, though some features may be costly.
Camunda provides free open-source and costly enterprise versions, offering enhanced features and support, with enterprise fees escalating by usage.
To add one user is expensive, which makes me cautious about upgrading or adding more users.
AWS pricing is very competitive compared to Azure and cheap compared to Google.
There is a licensing cost for using the SaaS model and Enterprise edition of Camunda.
 

Valuable Features

Asana offers robust project management with visual tools, seamless integration, customizable templates, and excellent collaboration features enhancing productivity.
Camunda excels in scalable, flexible process automation with wide standards coverage, integration options, and user-friendly graphical interface.
Asana's automation allows me to automate deadlines and send notifications to the right people about approaching deadlines.
Asana provides automation because we receive these updates the moment they happen without anyone needing to tell us they completed tasks or moved on to others.
ECS also allows for horizontal scalability with thresholds that can be configured for CPU or memory.
The biggest difference between Camunda and Bonita might be that Camunda is simpler and more flexible for setting.
 

Categories and Ranking

Asana
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
48
Ranking in other categories
Project Management Software (2nd)
Camunda
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
77
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (2nd), Business Process Management (BPM) (1st), Process Automation (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

Asana and Camunda aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Asana is designed for Project Management Software and holds a mindshare of 5.3%, down 10.4% compared to last year.
Camunda, on the other hand, focuses on Business Process Design, holds 12.3% mindshare, up 10.8% since last year.
Project Management Software
Business Process Design
 

Featured Reviews

Carlos Alas - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficient workflows and real-time updates boost productivity
What I appreciate about Asana is the easy way to get the data we need for the reports because we are moving all our tickets. We are making a copy from our main ticket system to Asana because our main ticket system is not giving us what we are looking for, so we need to process everything in Asana. We get the dashboard and analytical reports, so we can have a summary of what has been done in which department we are working with or helping. We can see how many requests for each department we are having. The easy way to get all the analytics at the end of the month or year is the most important feature, and that's why we are still with Asana. The benefits I see with Asana are the main tools because of the integration this tool has. For example, we are making tickets but receiving requests through email, and we have the integration with Outlook and Google. We have the add-ins, so we are making the ticket on our main system while replying to the mail, and simultaneously taking this mail to complete our ticket for our Asana project. The time we are investing through departments with Asana is valuable because we are receiving requests or updates for projects without investing time in meetings or writing emails. Because of the integration we have, we just create a project and everyone with specific tasks moves on their tasks, and we receive the updates. We created a bot that gives us updates automatically. Asana provides automation because we receive these updates the moment they happen without anyone needing to tell us they completed tasks or moved on to others. Asana's cloud deployment has been beneficial for our remote or hybrid team operations. If someone is onsite and someone is working from home, everyone can work on the same project through automation. The person from home doesn't need to be on an infinite call with management or coworkers. They can work in real time, and once someone completes a prerequisite task from home, the people onsite will know it and get the green flag to continue their assigned tasks. It has benefits for anyone, including personal uses.
FABIO NAGAO - PeerSpot reviewer
Reduces costs with hardware abstraction and simplifies scaling
There is an issue where, in some situations, I need to scale up by observing both CPU and memory usage of containers, yet under the current options available at Amazon, this is not possible. I have to choose between monitoring CPU or memory to scale my solution. Not every software is built for deployment as a container service, although the current architecture trend is changing this.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
15%
Computer Software Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
26%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
6%
Manufacturing Company
5%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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?
It would be beneficial to have a native option for Asana to create tickets so we could move away from our main ticketing tool. If that could be integrated into Asana, that would be advantageous for...
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Which would you choose - Camunda Platform or Apache Airflow?
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