Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management vs Asana comparison

Software AG and Asana are both solutions in the Project Portfolio Management category. Additionally, 66% of Software AG users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 87% of Asana users who would recommend it.

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87% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management and Asana based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management vs. Asana

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Alfabet IT Planning & Portf...

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

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Project Portfolio Management (15th)

Asana

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

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Project Management Software (4th)

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Mohammad Shalan

Head of Business Agility and Development at Aqarat Real Estate Development Company

Helps us to implement and understand the status of our projects

The initial setup is straightforward. The solution's deployment takes around two months time. We have to set up the solution. We have to put in the data to ensure that the solution is working. We need to fill out our process, our tools, and our data. Two developers were involved in the deployment process. It is a self-maintained solution that requires updates from time to time. I rate the setup an eight out of ten.

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Carlos Alas

NOC Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

Efficient workflows and real-time updates boost productivity

What I appreciate about Asana is the easy way to get the data we need for the reports because we are moving all our tickets. We are making a copy from our main ticket system to Asana because our main ticket system is not giving us what we are looking for, so we need to process everything in Asana. We get the dashboard and analytical reports, so we can have a summary of what has been done in which department we are working with or helping. We can see how many requests for each department we are having. The easy way to get all the analytics at the end of the month or year is the most important feature, and that's why we are still with Asana. The benefits I see with Asana are the main tools because of the integration this tool has. For example, we are making tickets but receiving requests through email, and we have the integration with Outlook and Google. We have the add-ins, so we are making the ticket on our main system while replying to the mail, and simultaneously taking this mail to complete our ticket for our Asana project. The time we are investing through departments with Asana is valuable because we are receiving requests or updates for projects without investing time in meetings or writing emails. Because of the integration we have, we just create a project and everyone with specific tasks moves on their tasks, and we receive the updates. We created a bot that gives us updates automatically. Asana provides automation because we receive these updates the moment they happen without anyone needing to tell us they completed tasks or moved on to others. Asana's cloud deployment has been beneficial for our remote or hybrid team operations. If someone is onsite and someone is working from home, everyone can work on the same project through automation. The person from home doesn't need to be on an infinite call with management or coworkers. They can work in real time, and once someone completes a prerequisite task from home, the people onsite will know it and get the green flag to continue their assigned tasks. It has benefits for anyone, including personal uses.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The dashboard is the most valuable feature."

"What I like the most about Asana is its API integrations because we use a lot of cluttered toolsets in our company since we need to cater to different clients, for which its integration gives us a lot of flexibility."

"The initial setup was straightforward."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its project management tracking systems."

"I like how easy it is to use the rules within Asana."

"The ability to build subtasks and break things down off of our major tasks has been very valuable. It is very stable and extremely scalable. The initial setup is very simple."

"The solution's user interface is very good."

"The dashboards are really insightful and easy to use."

"Asana, despite its compact size, proves to be incredibly valuable. When initiating a project, it offers the ability to generate a personalized form for clients. In this particular context, my clients include the customer success team and solution architects. This feature allows me to provide them with a convenient means to submit their requests, resembling a ticketing system geared towards internal operations. Moreover, it enables efficient allocation within my team. For instance, if a question pertains to customer success, I can assign it to the CSOps manager and the team. Similarly, if it relates to a specific channel, it can be allocated accordingly."

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Cons

"The user-experience, enhanced performance, and in-hand governance can be improved."

"It's hard to integrate Asana into other parts of the company workflow, so integration is an area for improvement."

"The integration with email should be more seamless. When I'm writing an email and want to tag someone in Asana for a task, the process should be smoother."

"We have not used Asana on our private server. We have been using the cloud solution. We need an on premise solution for government agencies."

"The main dashboard, where there is a list, needs improvement."

"We'd like the capability to be able to set up weekly reminders."

"This solution has a learning curve, where it is initially difficult to use."

"Auto-shift is an essential feature for planning, but it's currently not there. It should have this feature so that when you move a task that depends on another task, the dates should be auto-shifted. For example, you have two tasks dependent on each other. When the parent task is moved or delayed, the child task should also be delayed, and the date should be shifted. When we have a very long timeline, it's very complex to go task by task and shift the dates on the task. Auto-shift is a fantastic and basic feature of project management, and having such a feature in Asana would make our lives much easier. If Asana added this feature, it would complete the suit and close the project management cycle because currently, there is a gap."

"It would be beneficial to have a native option for Asana to create tickets so we could move away from our main ticketing tool."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is expensive. There is a yearly licensing cost. There are no additional costs, only the standard license, and the cloud license."

"I can describe Asana's pricing as a sweet spot since it is neither very high nor very low, especially regarding the value Asana adds to its products...In our company, we use 50 percent of the features provided by Asana, because of which we only pay 50 percent of Asana's total cost."

"We're on the business tier, which is $25 a month if you're on an annual contract. It's $31 if you're on a month-to-month contract. In my experience, there are no hidden costs with Asana. I know Smartsheet has these add-ons that you can buy, which is an additional cost, but Asana doesn't have any add-ons that I know of. When you're trying to scale the product and want to add users, you have to do it in buckets of five. This is also something to consider."

"Its price is fair. Its licensing cost is cheaper than Microsoft Project. I would rate it a two out of five in terms of pricing."

"Price-wise, I think it's an affordable option for mid to large-sized companies."

"Asana has two different types of structures: company vs workspace. Company is really best if all the users you plan to assign work to are all internal (have the same corporate domain in their user ID email address). Once one person signs up (even for a free account) with a corporate email address, Asana will automatically relate that person to that company, if it already exists. If you plan to use it for external collaboration as well as internal, then creating a workspace is a better approach."

"The price of this solution makes it quite accessible, and the plans fit my budget."

"We paid a monthly licensing fee for the product."

"The price of the solution is reasonable."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

18%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Government

12%

Computer Software Company

10%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Financial Services Firm

Healthcare Company

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Small Business	38
Midsize Enterprise	7
Large Enterprise	6

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What do you like most about Asana?

The solution's user interface is very good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Asana?

The pricing of Asana is slightly high. To add one user is expensive, which makes me cautious about upgrading or adding more users.

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What needs improvement with Asana?

The capacity planning in Asana is working pretty decently, but there are some opportunities there for sorting, such as determining which project has the highest resources, as their sorting doesn't ...

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Overview

Software AG's Alfabet IT Planning & Portfolio Management Platform provides decision-makers with insight into the IT portfolio to make the right IT investment decisions and to plan how IT will support the business in the future.

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Asana is web-based software-as-a-service that helps teams coordinate and manage their work. It helps companies move faster by making sure everyone knows the team’s plan and process and who is doing what by when.

Each user can create projects using a list, board, calendar, or timeline view. Within each project, users can add tasks, subtasks, sections, comments, attachments, start and due dates, and custom fields. Project and task followers get notifications on changes or comments on the project and/or task in their Inbox. Individual users can see all of the tasks they're responsible for across all of their projects in a view called My Tasks.

Asana is available in English, French, Spanish, German, and Portuguese.

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Sample Customers

FUJITSU, Coca Cola, ING, CreditSuisse, CosmosDirekt, GTA, Echo Entertainment Group, Electrolux, Cern

Uber, Vodaphone, NASA, Spotify, Lyft, Baggu, Udacity, Patreon, Flipboard, Dropbox, Intel, Samsung, Airbnb, SFMoma, Hubspot, Trivago

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