Why people look for a Asana alternative
These are the limits teams run into most often. None of them make Asana a bad tool — they just aren't a good fit for everyone.
Personal plan is two users
Timeline and reporting cost extra
Goals and portfolios live higher still
Per-user pricing compounds
Akievo vs Asana, feature by feature
"Paid" means the feature exists but needs a higher tier. Data checked September 2026.
| Feature | Akievo | Asana |
|---|---|---|
| Views and planning | ||
| Kanban board | ||
| List view | ||
| Calendar view | ||
| Timeline / Gantt | Paid | |
| Reporting dashboards | Paid | |
| Dependencies graph | Paid | |
| Eisenhower decision matrix | ||
| Critical path | Paid | |
| AI and automation | ||
| AI builds the whole plan for you | Paid | |
| AI assistant inside the project | Paid | |
| Manage tasks from ChatGPT | ||
| Connect your own AI agents (MCP) | ||
| Pricing and platform | ||
| Flat price, not per seat | ||
| PDF board reports | Paid | |
| REST API | Paid | |
| Webhooks | Paid | |
| Import from Trello | ||
Pricing side by side
Akievo
1 board, 1 workspace, 2 members, 1 AI credit a month
4 boards, 2 workspaces, 2 members, 25 AI credits a month
Unlimited boards, unlimited workspaces, 5 members, 500 AI credits a month
Unlimited boards, unlimited workspaces, unlimited members, 2,000 AI credits a month
Asana
2 users, unlimited tasks, list / board / calendar views
Timeline and Gantt, dashboards, forms, custom fields
Goals, portfolios, resource management, approvals
SAML, SCIM provisioning, admin controls
Asana publishes Starter and Advanced as per-user monthly prices that vary by billing term and region — check asana.com/pricing for today's figure. Akievo Pro is $12 a month for the account. Prices checked September 2026 from Asana's pricing page. Always confirm current pricing with them.
Where Asana is still the better choice
We'd rather you picked the right tool than switched and regretted it.
Moving from Asana
Akievo imports CSV exports, so your task names, assignees, due dates and notes come across. Attachments need to be re-uploaded.
- 1Export each Asana project to CSV from the project menu
- 2Create an Akievo account and start a board
- 3Import the CSV, mapping sections to lists and assignees to members
- 4Or hand the project brief to the AI planner and rebuild it in one step