awork vs Asana
Last updated June 2026
Looking for a European alternative to Asana? Here's how awork compares, on EU hosting, GDPR and what it does.
Our pick for a European buyer: awork. We weight data residency, GDPR and EU jurisdiction above everything else — that is the constraint this directory exists to solve.
What it is
German project management for agencies with Kanban, Gantt and EU-only hosting
not established
Headquarters
🇩🇪 DE
🇺🇸 US
EU data residency
Yes, for all customers
not established
DSGVO / GDPR
Yes
not established
Certifications
ISO 27001
not established
Price from
€6/user/mo
not established
Free plan
No
not established
Open Source
No
not established
Integrations
QuoJob, Troi, poool, Teambox, easyJOB +39
not established
We have not yet completed our own research on Asana; rows above show only what we can evidence. Check the vendor for specifics.
Where each one wins
awork
Strengths
- +Clean, modern, and intuitive interface enabling quick onboarding with minimal technical expertise
- +Strong project and task management with templates, recurring tasks, subtasks, and automation for streamlined workflows
- +Integrated time tracking and capacity planning tools valued by agencies for profitability and resource management
- +Effective collaboration features, including file sharing and team communication, alongside calendar and third-party app integrations
- +Guided onboarding process with a 6-week completion guarantee and responsive, well-regarded customer support
- +GDPR-compliant and secure, hosted on ISO 27001-certified Microsoft servers in Germany
Limitations
- −Limited offline functionality, making work without internet connectivity difficult
- −Mobile app lacks intuitiveness and key features compared to the desktop version
- −Occasional performance slowdowns or glitches reported by users
Asana
Review sentiment not yet compiled.
Data residency & compliance
awork
Asana
EU data residency
Yes, for all customers
not established
Transfer mechanism
Not required — data stays in the EU
not established
Certifications
ISO 27001
No
Pricing
awork
- Basic €6 per user / month (billed annually)For 1–5 users · Unlimited projects, time tracking, personal planner · 1 project/task template, 1 custom field
- Standard €15 per user / month (billed annually)For 2–20 users · Project-level docs, workload view for capacity planning · 6 project/task templates, 3 custom fields
- Professional €23 per user / month (billed annually)For 5–100 users · Unlimited docs with version restore, custom subdomain · Unlimited project/task templates, custom fields, automations
- Enterprise On request For 100+ users · SSO & SCIM integration, premium SLAs · Data migration, customer success support
Monthly billing available at higher rates (e.g., Basic: €10/user/month). All prices exclude VAT. Free trial available for all plans (no credit card required).
Asana
No published pricing we could verify.
Features
awork
- Project Management
- Unlimited projects in all plans, Project and task templates (1 in Basic, 6 in Standard, unlimited in Professional/Enterprise), Custom fields (1 in Basic, 3 in Standard, unlimited in Professional/Enterprise), Automations (1 per project in Standard, unlimited in Professional/Enterprise)
- Time Tracking & Reporting
- Time tracking included in all plans, Time tracking settings (Professional and Enterprise only), Project-wise time reports (Basic and Standard), Global time reports (Professional and Enterprise only)
- Capacity & Resource Planning
- Timeline view for capacity planning (Basic and above), Workload view for capacity planning (Standard and above)
- Documentation
- Global docs (Basic and above), Project-level docs (Standard and above), Unlimited docs with version restore (Professional and Enterprise only)
- Security & Compliance
- ISO 27001 certified, GDPR-compliant, Custom subdomain (Professional and Enterprise only), Single Sign-On (SSO) and SCIM (Enterprise only)
Asana
Feature breakdown not yet compiled.