Comparison — from the record, 2026-08-30
monday.com vs Asana: two real free plans, and a paid gap the banners don't show
OUR PICK
Our pick: monday.com — its paid ladder starts at €9 per user against Asana's €13.49, and the gap repeats at the next rung: €12 against nothing, €20 against €30.49.
Rung for rung the money runs monday.com's way: entry is €9 against €13.49 per user, and the top tiers we read are €20 against €30.49. Asana's ladder has fewer, dearer steps — its second paid tier costs more than monday.com's third. Both free plans are real, so the cheapest way in is free at either vendor; the question is what the second seat and the second year cost, and on both counts the smaller numbers are monday.com's.
The other way: Asana is the better answer if the free tier is where you intend to stay — its Personal plan is free for individuals and small teams without a seat-pair cap — or if the tier you actually need sits between the two vendors' rungs and Asana's Starter carries the features your work depends on. Ladder shape matters more than ladder price once a specific feature gates your workflow.
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The two pricing pages, side by side
monday.com — USD, read 2026-08-30
Prices as this vendor showed them to a visitor in the United States — USD. A reader elsewhere may be quoted a different figure — we publish what we were served, never a conversion.
| Plan | Price | Contacts | What the page says |
|---|
| Basic | $9/mo | | |
| Standard | $12/mo | | |
| Pro | $20/mo | | |
Source: https://monday.com/pricing · read 2026-08-30 (UTC)
What this vendor quotes in each market, as its own page printed it — not one price converted three ways.
| Plan | United States
USD · 2026-08-30 | United Kingdom
GBP · 2026-08-30 | EU
EUR · 2026-08-30 |
|---|
| Basic | $9 | £7.8 | €9 |
| Standard | $12 | £10.5 | €12 |
| Pro | $20 | £17 | €20 |
Asana — USD, read 2026-08-30
Prices as this vendor showed them to a visitor in the United States — USD. A reader elsewhere may be quoted a different figure — we publish what we were served, never a conversion.
| Plan | Price | Contacts | What the page says |
|---|
| Personal | Custom | | |
| Starter | Custom | | |
| Advanced | Custom | | |
Source: https://asana.com/pricing · read 2026-08-30 (UTC)
What this vendor quotes in each market, as its own page printed it — not one price converted three ways.
| Plan | United States
USD · 2026-08-30 | United Kingdom
GBP · 2026-08-30 | EU
EUR · 2026-08-30 |
|---|
| Personal | — | — | — |
| Starter | — | — | €13.49 |
| Advanced | — | — | €30.49 |
What the record says
Project-management pricing is per user, per month, which makes small differences compound: a gap of a few euros per seat is a real budget line once a team passes ten people. It also makes the free tiers unusually important, because both of these vendors — again, unusually for the category — publish one that is genuinely free rather than a trial in disguise.
monday.com advertises a free-forever plan capped at two seats, then a paid ladder of Basic at €9, Standard at €12 and Pro at €20, each per user and per month. Asana's Personal plan is free, and its paid ladder has two rungs where monday.com has three: Starter at €13.49 and Advanced at €30.49 per user.
Line the ladders up and the shape is the story. Asana's entry rung costs more than monday.com's (€13.49 against €9), and its second rung (€30.49) costs more than monday.com's third (€20). A buyer stepping up because one feature is gated pays a steeper increment at Asana each time.
One honest caution about what these figures are: both vendors bill per user and price their annual commitment below their monthly one, so the figure you compare should be the one for the billing term you will actually choose. And because per-seat maths multiplies everything, the cheapest plan that carries the feature you need beats the cheapest plan outright — check the feature gates on the two pricing pages against your own workflow before the price decides.
Beyond the price tag
Entry price, per user
monday.com Basic is €9 per user per month against Asana Starter at €13.49. Both figures were read from the vendors' own pricing pages the same day.
The top of the ladder we read
monday.com Pro is €20 per user; Asana Advanced is €30.49. Asana's second paid rung costs more than monday.com's third.
The free plans
Both are real. monday.com's free-forever plan is capped at two seats; Asana's Personal plan is free for individuals and small teams. Neither is a time-limited trial.
Ladder shape
monday.com sells three paid rungs, Asana two. Fewer rungs mean steeper steps: whichever feature forces your upgrade, the increment is larger at Asana.
Per-seat arithmetic
Every figure here is per user per month, so a ten-person team multiplies each gap tenfold — and both vendors price annual billing below monthly, so compare the term you will actually pay for.
Questions people actually search
Which is cheaper, monday.com or Asana?
monday.com, on every paid rung we read: €9 against €13.49 at entry, and even monday.com's top rung (€20) sits below Asana's second (€30.49). Both prices are per user per month.
Does either have a free plan?
Both do, and both are genuine. monday.com's free-forever plan is capped at two seats; Asana's Personal plan is free for individuals and small teams. For one or two people the honest answer to this comparison may be to pay neither vendor.
Why does this page not show US or UK figures?
Because our same-day reads there did not return a complete paid ladder for both vendors, and we do not fill gaps with converted or remembered numbers. This page publishes only in the editions where both ladders were read in full.
Are these monthly or annual prices?
Each figure is the per-user monthly rate the vendor's page showed on the capture date. Both vendors price annual billing below monthly billing, so the number for your budget is the one for the term you choose at checkout.
THE VERDICT, ONE MORE TIME
Our pick: monday.com — its paid ladder starts at €9 per user against Asana's €13.49, and the gap repeats at the next rung: €12 against nothing, €20 against €30.49.
Rung for rung the money runs monday.com's way: entry is €9 against €13.49 per user, and the top tiers we read are €20 against €30.49. Asana's ladder has fewer, dearer steps — its second paid tier costs more than monday.com's third. Both free plans are real, so the cheapest way in is free at either vendor; the question is what the second seat and the second year cost, and on both counts the smaller numbers are monday.com's.
Both ladders were read from monday.com's and Asana's own pricing pages on the dates shown beside the tables, in the market this edition covers. All figures are per user per month; nothing is converted. Free-plan details are as the vendors' own pages describe them. The method →
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