We performed a comparison between Asana and Microsoft Azure DevOps based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about monday.com, Microsoft, Asana and others in Project Management Software."The most valuable feature of the solution is its project management tracking systems."
"It is pretty comprehensive when it comes to the different views that it gives you. It gives you a Gantt chart view, calendar view, board view, and list view. It is kind of helpful to have different types of views and see how it views your different tasks. I appreciate being able to do that. The biggest thing is that it is extremely user friendly. Asana is pretty intuitive. Someone who is not tech-savvy can kind of catch on quickly. It is better than other tools like Smartsheet. Some of the other tools like Microsoft Project and Excel are great tools, but you have to invest a lot of time to learn them, which is not the case with Asana."
"It's an easy way to communicate."
"The ability to share projects and tasks among team members appears to be the most valuable feature."
"I really enjoy the portfolios in Asana. One of the ways Asana stands out to me is with portfolios. You can have all your different projects, and you can have those assigned to different teams. If you want to customize a grouping of projects, you can use portfolios. For instance, one of the things that we do is we can assign a portfolio to a specific strategic objective we have, and we can put all those projects that are related to that strategic objective in that portfolio. We then know exactly what people are working on to help us achieve our goals. So, I really like portfolios."
"The tool has a lot of integrations."
"Asana is a very simple interface for project managers to figure out, providing all the functions they need."
"The initial setup is straightforward. It was just a few clicks to get started and to integrate Asana into our existing business system. It took 15 days to fully implement our projects using Asana."
"Most developers and project managers choose the Microsoft tools to begin with because of familiarity, and these new tools are almost an extension of the tools you're already familiar with. There's a lot of knowledge transfer, which helps, rather than bringing in a new product line."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it saves time."
"The creation of test plans is valuable and I like the reporting features."
"This is an all-in-one, one-stop shop, nothing comes close."
"It is stable. I like Azure a lot. All our guys are Microsoft certified."
"There are a lot of helpful features available for tracking dependencies."
"Azure Port is considered the most valuable feature."
"All of the features related to release management are very good."
"There could be some improvements in terms of how projects or day-to-day work is organized. One of the challenges when it comes to rolling out to an enterprise is the way the projects are organized. It has a kind of setup where you have different projects and tasks, but it is not as organized as Smartsheet when it comes to organizing projects or different teams. It can get really cluttered really fast. JIRA has another suite to submit the support tickets. It would be good if Asana could branch out to incorporate some kind of workflow. It is great for collaboration and recording work, but there isn't any workflow. It would be useful if they can map out a workflow of who approves what. This is kind of a big ask, and it is not geared towards that."
"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 inbox feature can be a little overwhelming if you are working with Asana just from its project boards and only checking it periodically."
"We'd like the capability to be able to set up weekly reminders."
"I rate the support from Asana a four out of five."
"We don't get enough notifications."
"Some updates are outdated, and their functionalities can affect the end outcomes."
"The product must reduce the information on the interface."
"The dashboards need bigger with better extensions and layouts. There isn't a workflow related to the statuses on the dashboard. It only lists the statuses. You can have one started, and once done, but everything in between is only in progress and could be in any order you want, it lacks flow."
"The solution should have fewer updates."
"While reporting in Azure DevOps is a robust capability, there's always room for enhancement, particularly in providing more granular reports."
"I would like to see a bit more project tracking."
"The tool was developed for Agile project methodology, but I've noticed that there has also been a try to incorporate what is typically done in MS Project, which is for more sequential Waterfall projects. The problem with that is that it is half-baked for Waterfall projects. If you're going to do it, then either go all the way and allow us to use the tool for both or don't do it at all."
"Some of the queries, the way they're built, need to be looked at. We need better query tools."
"Better integration with the Linux operating system would be an improvement for this solution."
"Definitely, there should be more integration between GitHub and Azure DevOps."
Asana is ranked 3rd in Project Management Software with 43 reviews while Microsoft Azure DevOps is ranked 1st in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Suites with 124 reviews. Asana is rated 8.4, while Microsoft Azure DevOps is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Asana writes "Stands out with portfolios, easy setup, and real-time information, but needs big improvement when it comes to workflows, automation, and dashboards". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Azure DevOps writes "Good support, helpful management capabilities, and great Kanban boards". Asana is most compared with Microsoft Project, Wrike, monday.com, Jira and Trello, whereas Microsoft Azure DevOps is most compared with GitLab, Jira, TFS, Rally Software and Polarion ALM.
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