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Asana vs Canva Enterprise comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Asana
Ranking in AI Sales & Marketing
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
57
Ranking in other categories
Project Management Software (3rd)
Canva Enterprise
Ranking in AI Sales & Marketing
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
8.0
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Graphic Design Software (1st), AI Content Creation (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the AI Sales & Marketing category, the mindshare of Asana is 1.3%, down from 22.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Canva Enterprise is 1.0%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Sales & Marketing Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Canva Enterprise1.0%
Asana1.3%
Other97.7%
AI Sales & Marketing
 

Featured Reviews

Patrick Conley - PeerSpot reviewer
Construction Superintendent at Sila Nanotechnologies Inc.
Central hub has unified cross‑department tasks and provides clear ownership and communication
The best features Asana offers, once you become familiar with the system, include clarity in view and tracking of questions. For instance, if information is requested from legal and they respond, a record is maintained to track all comments and keep everyone updated. Having that clear view and record of communication helps the team day to day by allowing management and staff to see current statuses and responsibilities. It clarifies whose responsibility it is and identifies any hold-ups with legal or engineering tasks, which keeps the organization organized. Asana has positively impacted the organization by providing clarity for everyone, allowing visibility into who is working on what, from the VP of Operations down to maintenance, ensuring necessary parts are available. It functions as a clearinghouse for all information. Collaboration has greatly improved with Asana. There is no longer a need to chase down accounting or engineering for project updates because information can be checked through comments. File attachment and messaging capabilities between different groups within Asana are helpful. Email notifications are received for updates relevant to tasks, combining Asana alerts with email for easy visibility. The interface and notifications in Asana are appreciated because it integrates with email. Updates can be received even when not logged in, which keeps you informed. Initially, it takes some time to understand the various details, but after extensive use, it feels second nature. Overall, satisfaction with Asana is high.
PS
Senior Associate Consultant at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
Centralized visual workflows have boosted automation and brand control but still need better dev tooling
While Canva Enterprise is a powerhouse, there are specific areas where it could be improved. Currently, Canva provides an Open API specification, but it does not maintain official first-party client libraries for languages like Java or Python. Developers have to use tools like Open API generator to create their own clients. This adds overhead in managing dependencies and ensuring the generated code handles Canva's specific authentication. Canva could release a first-party Java SDK with better support for Maven and Gradle, including built-in retry logic. Another area for improvement is versioning. For developers, versioning usually means a clear history of changes. However, Canva has basic version history that is linear and lacks the branching and merging logic needed for complex projects. Design as Code features could be implemented where templates could be exported as JSON and modified in an integrated development environment. This would allow developers to manage design templates in the same continuous integration and continuous deployment pipeline as their application code. Additionally, Canva currently provides notifications when a design is exported. However, developers need more granular triggers such as comment added, approval rejected, or brand kit element updated. Canva could expand the webhook suite to cover every administrative and creative action, which would allow much tighter integrations with Jira, Slack, or custom internal dashboards.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is very good for managing the timeline. I'm a quality manager, and I have different testing projects running with different work breakdown structures. Asana makes it very easy to implement and monitor the plans. It is easy to move the tasks and complete them, break them down, and assign them to people."
"Since we embedded this product in our work flow it allowed us to cut tasks just from the characterization process to the immediate scopes."
"By using this software, I have adaptability in my work, and it can improve the production of our company."
"The general UI shows progress and data analytics for all projects in progress."
"Asana impacts the organization in several ways, improving execution clarity across different teams by showing what needs to be done, who owns it, and what the due date is, while strengthening PMO governance and visibility with real-time dashboards, portfolio views for leadership, and instant visibility into project health that makes decision-making faster and more data-driven and reduces operational inefficiencies."
"Stable Kanban style tool for collaboration and task management. It runs smoothly and has a straightforward setup."
"It's a great way to organize your daily work within your organization."
"This solution has helped our company because we do not have to worry about losing our information."
"Canva Enterprise has positively impacted my organization in that it definitely saves time; because we are in a creative field, we need to create more creatives every week, so this saves our time."
"Canva Enterprise has positively impacted my organization as our Canva Enterprise account has multiple sharing capabilities."
"My team used to spend two hours creating a marketing asset, and after we started using Canva Enterprise templates, that reduced to 20 minutes, which is an 80 percent reduction in creation time."
"Compared to other tools available in the market, Canva Enterprise has been one of our greatest assets in time management and return on investment."
"Canva Enterprise helps people create content to send a good portfolio and a good curriculum to the place they want to work."
"Canva Enterprise has positively impacted my organization by improving team collaboration and productivity."
"We are now able to work 30 to 40% faster than before we implemented Canva Enterprise."
"I can rely on Canva completely; I always come back to it whenever I want to create content."
 

Cons

"On the development side for technical project management, Asana is missing features. We only use it for discussing tasks and strategies, and we use it for customer to-do lists. It doesn't have the source code integration that Jira and Jira Service Desk both have."
"The onboarding process has been a little bit slow, just getting everybody to use it and moving away from our old habits."
"It would be great if Asana could create a library for each project within the interface."
"The inbox feature can be a little overwhelming if you are working with Asana just from its project boards and only checking it periodically."
"Some customizations and functions are still not available, however, so far, they haven't been a deal killer."
"The mobile application of Asana has to be improved a lot because no one wants to do a complete project management task on mobile."
"This solution has a learning curve, where it is initially difficult to use."
"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 work that effectively."
"I wish there were multiple options to modify the templates."
"For advanced, complex designs that need to be created, Canva Enterprise is not capable of handling them, which is something that needs to be improved."
"The video editing prompt, the artificial intelligence prompt that Canva has provided, is a feature that I think could be improved, especially regarding text-to-video generation, which I am looking forward to."
"Canva Enterprise currently has limited features and is not as powerful as Photoshop or Illustrator."
"I think Canva Enterprise can be improved because currently, it is not as powerful as other tools such as Photoshop and Illustrator."
"Currently, Canva provides an Open API specification, but it does not maintain official first-party client libraries for languages like Java or Python."
"Canva Enterprise is heavy software."
"Canva Enterprise can be improved in its AI functionality."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There is a free version of Asana, but we use the paid version to receive all the features we want. The overall price is reasonable."
"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."
"For what it brings to the table, I think Asana is fairly affordable. I would like to see the portfolio feature in our pricing plan, but other than that, it's definitely pretty good."
"We paid a monthly licensing fee for the product."
"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."
"The price of the solution is reasonable."
"The solution's free version can be used for basic functions."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
12%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Marketing Services Firm
15%
Government
14%
Construction Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business42
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business19
Midsize Enterprise4
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Asana?
We took Asana on a per-person basis, specifically for 50 people, and I do not remember the exact price, but it was an Enterprise feature.
What needs improvement with Asana?
Asana can be improved, but I would need to dig more into that to give a thorough response. It would be nice if we could integrate it with Telegram or with something comparable to Open Law or Hermes...
What is your primary use case for Asana?
My main use case for Asana is exchanging tickets with customers. To exchange tickets with customers, we define the field from both sides and exchange the information or issues reported by the custo...
What needs improvement with Canva?
Canva Enterprise could be improved by enhancing its AI features to be more accurate and customizable, especially for brand-specific designs. More advanced editing and animation capabilities, increa...
What is your primary use case for Canva?
I use Canva Enterprise for social media, posters, and presentations. I used Canva Enterprise to create and design marketing collateral such as social media posts, webinar creatives, and presentatio...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Canva Enterprise?
Pricing, setup cost, and licensing experience includes having access to the free tier and currently evaluating the pricing for features.
 

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