Is Asana or Clerk better?

Neither clearly leads. Asana starts at Free and Clerk at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Asana or Clerk?

Asana starts at Free and Clerk at Free.

Does Asana or Clerk run on more platforms?

Asana runs on Web, iOS, Android. Clerk runs on web, ios, android, api.

Can I use Asana for free?

Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.

What is Asana best used for?

Asana is most often used for project planning & tracking, campaign management, product launches, event planning. Of those, project planning & tracking and campaign management are not what Clerk is typically brought in for.

What can Asana do that Clerk cannot?

Asana covers Multiple project views, Task dependencies, Milestones, Portfolios. Clerk covers Prebuilt UI components, Organization management, Multi-factor authentication, Social sign-on.

Technology · head to head

Asana vs Clerk

Asana

Technology

Manage your team's work, projects, & tasks online

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

Clerk

Identity & Access Management

Drop-in user authentication and management for developers

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Asana the free Personal tier is capped at 2 users, so it does not cover a small team; Clerk pricing scales with monthly retained users, which can grow expensive quickly for consumer apps with large user bases.
They diverge on capability: Asana covers Multiple project views, Clerk covers Prebuilt UI components.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Asana and Clerk actually diverge.

Attributes where Asana and Clerk differ
Attribute	Asana	Clerk
Pricing model	Unknown	freemium
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android	web, ios, android, api
Category	Technology	Identity & Access Management
Founded	2008	Unknown

Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Asana

Multiple project views
Task dependencies
Milestones
Portfolios
Goals & OKRs
Workflow automation
Resource management
Reporting dashboards

Only in Clerk

Prebuilt UI components
Organization management
Multi-factor authentication
Social sign-on
Billing
Enterprise connections

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Asana

Project planning & trackingnot Clerk
Campaign managementnot Clerk
Product launchesnot Clerk
Event planningnot Clerk
Agile & Scrum managementnot Clerk

Clerk

Adding sign-in and user profiles to a web or mobile app quicklynot Asana
B2B SaaS apps needing organizations and role-based accessnot Asana
Startups wanting prebuilt UI instead of building auth in-housenot Asana
Apps needing MFA and fraud detection out of the boxnot Asana

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Asana

The free Personal tier is capped at 2 users, so it does not cover a small team
Timeline and Gantt views, reporting dashboards and time tracking all require Starter at $10.99 per user per month
Portfolios, goals, workload management and approvals need Advanced at $24.99 per user per month
Salesforce, Tableau and Power BI integrations are Advanced or above
Monthly billing costs more, at $13.49 and $30.49 against the annual rates

Clerk

Pricing scales with monthly retained users, which can grow expensive quickly for consumer apps with large user bases.
Enterprise SSO connections beyond the first are billed as add-ons, adding cost for larger organizations.
The Business tier's extra dashboard seats cost $20/month each, which adds up for larger teams.
Enterprise-tier features like the 99.99% uptime SLA require annual contracts rather than flexible monthly billing.

Pricing, plan by plan

Asana

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the Asana review.

Clerk

Free

HobbyFree
- 50,000 MRU limit per app
- Up to 3 dashboard seats
- Unlimited applications
Pro$25/month
- 50,000 MRUs included, $0.02/MRU overage
- Up to 3 dashboard seats
- 1 Enterprise Connection included
Business$300/month
- 50,000 MRUs included with volume pricing
- 10 dashboard seats included
- SOC2 report and priority support
Enterprise$undefined/month
- Custom pricing, annual billing
- 99.99% uptime SLA
- HIPAA available, dedicated Slack channel

Which should you pick?

Choose Asana if

You need multiple project views.
You want to start without paying.
You work on Web, iOS, Android.
You also want task dependencies.

Asana review

Choose Clerk if

You need prebuilt ui components.
You want to start without paying.
You work on web, ios, android, api.
You also want organization management.

Clerk review

Questions people ask

Is Asana or Clerk better?: Neither clearly leads. Asana starts at Free and Clerk at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Asana or Clerk?: Asana starts at Free and Clerk at Free.
Does Asana or Clerk run on more platforms?: Asana runs on Web, iOS, Android. Clerk runs on web, ios, android, api.
Can I use Asana for free?: Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
What is Asana best used for?: Asana is most often used for project planning & tracking, campaign management, product launches, event planning. Of those, project planning & tracking and campaign management are not what Clerk is typically brought in for.
What can Asana do that Clerk cannot?: Asana covers Multiple project views, Task dependencies, Milestones, Portfolios. Clerk covers Prebuilt UI components, Organization management, Multi-factor authentication, Social sign-on.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Asana: Does Asana have a free tier?

Yes. Asana offers a free Personal plan for up to 2 users, plus free trial access to paid plans.

Source

Clerk: What does Clerk cost?

Clerk's Hobby plan is free with a 50,000 MRU limit; Pro is $25/month ($20/month billed annually), Business is $300/month ($250 annually), and Enterprise uses custom annual pricing.

Source

Asana: What is the starting price for Asana paid plans?

Asana Starter plan begins at $10.99 per user per month when billed annually, or $13.49 per user when billed monthly.

Source

Clerk: Is there a free plan and what are its limits?

Yes, the Hobby plan is free with a 50,000 monthly retained user (MRU) limit per app, up to 3 dashboard seats, and unlimited applications, with no credit card required.

Source

Asana: Does Asana integrate with other work tools?

Yes. Asana offers 200+ integrations including Slack, Google Workspace, Microsoft Teams, Salesforce, Jira, and Zoom.

Source

Clerk: How is usage metered?

Clerk meters by monthly retained users (MRUs) — users who return to the app at least a day after signing up — with overage billed at $0.02 per MRU beyond the included 50,000 on paid plans.

Source

Asana vs Clerk

Asana

Clerk

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Asana

Only in Clerk

What people use each for

Asana

Clerk

Where each one falls short

Asana

Clerk

Pricing, plan by plan

Asana

Clerk

Which should you pick?

Choose Asana if

Choose Clerk if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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