Crewdesk vs Asana
Asana is a full work-management platform built to run projects across a whole organisation. Crewdesk is smaller on purpose: tasks, chat, forms and calls for a team that wants to be set up in an afternoon.
Side by side
| Crewdesk | Asana | |
|---|---|---|
| Task views | Board, list and calendar views of the same tasks, plus My Tasks across every project | List, board and calendar views; timeline on paid plans |
| Team chat | Built in: a channel for every project, group chats and direct messages, with threads | Task comments and project messages; real-time chat usually comes from a separate app |
| Website forms to tasks | Built in: website forms whose submissions become tasks on your board | Asana forms create tasks, on paid plans |
| Calls and meetings | Built in: audio calls and video meetings from any channel, with screen sharing | Not built in; video calls come from other tools |
| Mobile | iPhone and Android apps in development; the web app works in any phone browser | Apps for iPhone and Android |
| Price | Free during early access | See Asana's pricing page |
Based on public information about Asana, last checked November 2026. Products change — check Asana's own site for current features and prices.
When to choose each
Choose Crewdesk if
- You are a small team and want tasks, conversation and leads together, not a platform to configure.
- You want real chat channels and direct messages next to the work, not only comments on tasks.
- You want to start a call from the conversation a task is discussed in.
Choose Asana if
- You need timelines, portfolios, goals or automations across many teams.
- Your process depends on a long list of integrations.
What Crewdesk doesn't do yet
So you can decide with the whole picture.
- Gantt charts or timeline views
- Custom fields
- Automations, webhooks or a public API
- Time tracking
- Single sign-on (SAML)