Asana vs Plane

Thinking of swapping Asana for the open-source Plane? Here’s the honest trade-off.

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What you give up vs Asana

  • Some advanced features (e.g. certain enterprise workflows, intake, advanced analytics) are gated behind the paid Pro/Enterprise tiers
  • Self-hosted community edition lags behind the cloud version on newer features
  • Automation rules are far less mature than Jira's
  • Mobile apps are less polished than Linear's

What you gain

  • • Full data ownership — self-host Plane on your own infrastructure.
  • • No per-seat SaaS bill (Asana: per-seat pricing for teams).
  • • Open-source code you can audit and extend (AGPL-3.0).