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Asana vs JIRA Portfolio comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 23, 2025

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
6.9
Asana improved productivity, organized tasks reducing meetings, led to business growth, time savings, and was valued despite cost.
Sentiment score
7.3
JIRA Portfolio offers quick ROI with easy setup and effective project management features, enhancing execution and delivery times.
However, due to its pricing, I need to be careful about adding each user and feature.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.8
Users find Asana's support responsive and helpful, though some experience slower responses and community engagement limitations.
Sentiment score
6.4
Users often find JIRA Portfolio support helpful but slow, preferring online forums for quicker, effective solutions.
The technical support is of high quality.
The support was good with no challenges.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.1
Asana is scalable for small to medium businesses, but some find it costly and challenging for larger, complex projects.
Sentiment score
7.5
JIRA Portfolio is highly scalable, integrates well with tools, but pricing and admin features may limit its potential.
In terms of scalability, I would give JIRA Portfolio a ten out of ten.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.2
Asana is stable and reliable with minimal downtime, rated highly for performance, despite occasional maintenance interruptions.
Sentiment score
8.1
JIRA Portfolio is highly reliable, praised for stability, efficient functionality, and smooth integration, with minimal issues reported.
Asana is quite stable; it is a tool I can trust.
In comparison to Planisware, it is very stable.
 

Room For Improvement

Asana needs UI simplification, enhanced integrations, improved workflows, customizable dashboards, and better training resources for effective onboarding.
JIRA Portfolio users request better integration, intuitive UI, faster performance, reduced pricing, customizable reports, automation, and improved documentation.
It would be easier if I could assign tasks directly from my email without needing to open Asana.
Making the report creation process faster and easier with drag-and-drop features would be beneficial.
 

Setup Cost

Asana offers accessible pricing, with some concerns about user and feature costs, considered fair with no hidden charges.
JIRA Portfolio's pricing starts competitively but can increase with scale, add-ons, and infrastructure, impacting mid-sized firms' budgets.
To add one user is expensive, which makes me cautious about upgrading or adding more users.
It is not considered expensive in the market.
 

Valuable Features

Asana enhances team productivity with task management, real-time updates, customization, and user-friendly features adaptable for various skill levels.
JIRA Portfolio offers integration, customizable workflows, and agile alignment with user-friendly features like scalability and collaboration for effective management.
Asana's automation allows me to automate deadlines and send notifications to the right people about approaching deadlines.
The reporting feature is comprehensive and easy to use, which aids in planning and forecasting.
 

Categories and Ranking

Asana
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
47
Ranking in other categories
Project Management Software (4th)
JIRA Portfolio
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
58
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Agile Planning Tools (4th)
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Gary Craven - PeerSpot reviewer
Powerful, flexible solution with a bit of a learning curve
The weakness of the solution is that the interface is a little nonstandard, meaning it's very flexible. It's got a lot of power and gives the user the ability to combine different projects into the portfolio and move user stories between projects and link them. What I have found in a couple of organizations that I've used it with, is that the uptake tends to be a little slow because it's got a bit of a learning curve. It can dump data out to Excel and those programs, but it also has a big ecosystem of plugins and add-ons that you can get. I guess it has some strength in that regard, but if you're going to run it on-prem, you have to have people that are pretty well-versed in the program and have the time and capabilities to handle integration and make sure they're adding those modules correctly. Their interface is a little unique and I think that's partly because the core of the product has morphed into several sub-products, but the underlying architecture has stayed the same on all of them in that it was originally a help desk ticketing system. Now they are moving into these new use cases, including systems development, business projects, business processes, and redevelopment projects, but there is a problem with the nomenclature that they use, and some of the documentation is a little techy for moving it into those more business-focused use cases. It's a very tech-focused product and that's fair given its origins, but if they really want to expand their community of users, then they're going to have to move beyond that a little bit and polish it up.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
56%
Computer Software Company
6%
Financial Services Firm
4%
Manufacturing Company
3%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Government
8%
 

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?
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...
What do you like most about JIRA Portfolio?
The solution's tracking capabilities helped ensure we had full visibility into planned work and scheduled work.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for JIRA Portfolio?
I am part of the delivery team and am not exposed to the commercial information. However, from what I understand, JIRA is competitively priced. It is not considered expensive in the market.
What needs improvement with JIRA Portfolio?
User experience should be more intuitive. Currently, it's not that intuitive. Additionally, a lot of querying and customization is needed for reporting. If there could be some templates out of the ...
 

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