Weft vs Asana
Asana is a project manager for cross-functional teams with timelines and goals.
Asana shines for marketing, operations, and cross-functional teams that run many concurrent projects with timelines, dependencies, and executive reporting. For product and engineering teams that ship from a Kanban board with an AI co-pilot, it is heavier than you need.
Side by side
| Weft | Asana | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest paid plan | $60/user/yr (solo) | ~$132/user/yr (Starter, billed yearly) |
| Built around MCP | Core product — OAuth 2.1, 32 tools | Asana Intelligence, no public MCP |
| Method | Scrumban (kanban + sprints) | Lists + timelines + boards + workflows |
| Offline mobile apps (iOS & Android) | Yes | Partial |
| Time to first task | Under 1 min | ~10 min |
| Best for | Small teams, AI-first shipping | Marketing and ops cross-functional teams |
Pricing is based on each vendor’s public pricing page and may change. Not affiliated with Asana. Check Asana’s site ↗ for the latest.
When Asana is the right choice
- You coordinate many concurrent projects with cross-team dependencies.
- You report up to execs on goals, timelines, and status.
- You already have an Asana admin tuning the workspace.
When Weft is the right choice
- You are product or engineering, not PM ops.
- Sprints and WIP limits are how you think about work, not Gantt timelines.
- Per-seat cost — $5/seat/month billed yearly — matters more than goal-tracking dashboards.
How to switch
Asana exports projects as CSV or JSON. The clean path is to move only the active project; archive the rest in Asana.
Need help porting data? Contact support — we do hands-on migrations for teams while we are early.
The honest bottom line
Pick Asana if "project manager" is a real job on your team. Pick Weft if the word "sprint" is the only ceremony you want to keep.
Try Weft for 50 tasks, free.
No credit card. Upgrade to Pro when you hit the limit — starting at $5/seat/month.
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