Asana vs Jira
Asana and Jira are both project management software. Asana is a commercial product from Asana, Inc. Jira is a commercial product from Atlassian.
Which to pick
- Pick Asana when
- Marketing, operations or cross-functional teams want a clear project and task tool that non-technical staff use.
- Pick Jira when
- A software team wants the industry-standard tracker with deep integrations and configurable workflows.
Side by side
Work management for tasks, projects, timelines, portfolios and goals, with automations and AI features.
Issue and project tracking for software and business teams with boards, backlogs, sprints, workflows and reporting.
Key features like portfolios and workload sit in expensive tiers.
It becomes slow and cluttered without careful administration.
Production-ready (both)
Cloud service, mobile app and desktop app
Cloud service, self-hosted server and mobile app
Not published (both)
Closed source, sold by Asana, Inc.
Closed source, sold by Atlassian
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code. (both)
4.7k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
3.7k Wikipedia readers a month on phones
Other comparisons
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.