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Asana vs Camunda comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.6
Organizations improved productivity and saved time with Asana, but ROI varied when combined with other tools.
Sentiment score
7.1
Camunda delivers cost-effective, stable solutions enhancing productivity, reducing operational expenses, and offering comprehensive process coverage for large enterprises.
However, due to its pricing, I need to be careful about adding each user and feature.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.1
Asana's support is generally praised but receives mixed reviews for responsiveness, community resources, and technical support effectiveness.
Sentiment score
6.3
Camunda's customer service is praised for helpfulness and expertise, though some mention challenges with complexity and regional support.
The technical support is of high quality.
On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate them a 10 for support.
AWS provides the best support, followed by Microsoft, and then Google.
They provide better support for the enterprise edition.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.9
Asana is scalable for small to medium teams, but challenges and costs arise with larger implementations and complex projects.
Sentiment score
7.0
Camunda excels in scalability using modern tools but faces database challenges; improvements are noted in documentation and setup.
Camunda offers a high level of scalability, especially when using its SaaS model, which manages and scales implementations automatically.
They have that REST layer, REST APIs layer that makes it easy to integrate and make it part of a microservices ecosystem and APIs.
It allows for easy scaling, especially with ECS service configurations.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Asana is considered reliable with few issues, though occasional outages occur; users appreciate its real-time status updates.
Sentiment score
7.8
Camunda is highly rated for stability, with minimal bugs, and performs efficiently in various production environments even under load.
Asana is quite stable; it is a tool I can trust.
There haven't been any significant outages in my experience with Camunda.
We were not really concerned about the performance on the process itself because it was super simple, super straightforward, and it did not present itself as a bottleneck, nor did we feel it was adding additional time in the execution.
 

Room For Improvement

Asana users seek improved usability, better integration, enhanced features, and scalability to address interface and workflow challenges.
Camunda needs better customization, programming language integration, scalability, and AWS support, with enhanced documentation and performance improvements.
It would be easier if I could assign tasks directly from my email without needing to open Asana.
It would be beneficial to have a native option for Asana to create tickets so we could move away from our main ticketing tool.
Since they made the move to cloud deployment in a more SaaS-oriented way, they do not invest too much in the community version.
There is an issue where, in some situations, I need to scale up by observing both CPU and memory usage of containers, yet under the current options available at Amazon, this is not possible.
More open documentation would be beneficial to understand the deployment process better and facilitate easier setup.
 

Setup Cost

Asana's pricing offers free and paid tiers with enhanced features, perceived as competitively priced against rivals like Microsoft Project.
Camunda's pricing is competitive, but costly for small businesses; enterprise edition offers advanced features and support options.
To add one user is expensive, which makes me cautious about upgrading or adding more users.
For some services, such as hosting databases, Google is really expensive.
There is a licensing cost for using the SaaS model and Enterprise edition of Camunda.
 

Valuable Features

Asana offers intuitive task tracking, customizable templates, and multiple views for efficient project management with robust collaboration and integrations.
Camunda is valued for its flexibility, open-source customization, user-friendly interface, and effective management of complex processes.
Asana's automation allows me to automate deadlines and send notifications to the right people about approaching deadlines.
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.
There was no need to deploy and run heavy and large tools and frameworks and middlewares, allowing us to embed the process engine inside our Java applications.
ECS also allows for horizontal scalability with thresholds that can be configured for CPU or memory.
The biggest difference between Camunda and Bonita might be that Camunda is simpler and more flexible for setting.
 

Categories and Ranking

Asana
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
49
Ranking in other categories
Project Management Software (4th)
Camunda
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
78
Ranking in other categories
Business Process Design (2nd), Business Process Management (BPM) (1st), Process Automation (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

Asana and Camunda aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Asana is designed for Project Management Software and holds a mindshare of 4.9%, down 8.3% compared to last year.
Camunda, on the other hand, focuses on Business Process Design, holds 11.3% mindshare, up 11.4% since last year.
Project Management Software Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Asana4.9%
monday.com for Enterprise7.9%
Jira7.5%
Other79.7%
Project Management Software
Business Process Design Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Camunda11.3%
Visio12.5%
Bizagi10.8%
Other65.4%
Business Process Design
 

Featured Reviews

Carlos Alas - PeerSpot reviewer
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.
CristianoGomes - PeerSpot reviewer
Supports long-running asynchronous processes effectively but has not evolved much in recent years
I think Camunda is focusing too much on the SaaS offering right now and not much on improving and developing the product itself. I did not see any innovations on that aspect, especially for the open-source version. I was making some tests recently and the tool seemed pretty much the same as it was three or four years ago. Since they made the move to cloud deployment in a more SaaS-oriented way, they do not invest too much in the community version. To be honest, it did not change much from the Activiti initial version. Activiti was pretty much what Camunda is today. They invested a lot on Zeebe and made it the engine for their SaaS cloud version. Camunda itself, the embedded engine, did not evolve too much. They could invest more on that.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Healthcare Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
26%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
6%
Insurance Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business38
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise29
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Asana?
The solution's user interface is very good.
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.
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 ...
How does Bonita compare with Camunda Platform?
One of the things we like best about Bonita is that you can create without coding - it is a low-code platform. With Bonita, you can build the entire mechanism using the GUI, it’s that simple. You c...
Which do you prefer - Appian or Camunda Platform?
Appian is fast when building simple to medium solutions. This solution offers simple drag-and-drop functionality with easy plug-and-play options. The initial setup was seamless and very easy to imp...
Which would you choose - Camunda Platform or Apache Airflow?
Camunda Platform allows for visual demonstration and presentation of business process flows. The flexible Java-based option was a big win for us and allows for the integration of microservices very...
 

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