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Comparison summary
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| Dimension | Asana | Wrike |
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Personal is free for up to two users. Starter is USD 10.99 per user per month billed annually or USD 13.49 billed monthly. Advanced is USD 24.99 per user per month billed annually or USD 30.49 billed monthly. Enterprise and Enterprise+ require sales contact. Timesheets and Budgets and compliance capabilities can be separate add-ons. Full profile |
Wrike lists Free at USD 0, Team at USD 10 per user per month, and Business at USD 25 per user per month. Displayed paid amounts are billed annually per user. Pinnacle and Apex require a quote. Wrike also publishes seat-group purchasing rules and states that Business and higher are annual subscriptions. Full profile |
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| Source check | 99/100 | 97/100 |
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| Category buying score | 78 | 79Higher category-fit score |
| Rank | #5 | #4 |
| Context | Project & Portfolio Management / Project Management Software | Project & Portfolio Management / Project Management Software |
| Planning and work execution | 85Enables diverse planning perspectives including lists, boards, timelines, and calendars to manage recurring execution, though advanced workflow capabilities require upgrading. | 87Wrike combines projects, tasks, boards, tables, Gantt charts, dependencies, and critical path, which supports planning through execution in one system, with advanced workflow and resource controls moving to higher tiers. |
| Collaboration and adoption | 80A permanent free Personal plan for up to two users plus scoped guests and read-only links lowers entry and external participation barriers, while broader team collaboration still requires paid seats on Starter or above. | 77A permanent Free plan, 14-day trial without a credit card, desktop/web/mobile access patterns, and controlled external users lower initial access barriers, while paid collaboration depth and admin controls still scale with edition. |
| Portfolio and program visibility | 79Portfolios and goals on Advanced and higher provide multi-project and objective visibility for program leaders, while Personal and Starter do not include portfolios per plan positioning. | 84Portfolios, dashboards, reporting, and forecasting are supported, so PMO-style visibility is strong enough for multi-project oversight, although the exact depth of portfolio governance is greater in upper tiers. |
| Resource, capacity, and schedule management | 71Offers native time tracking on Advanced, but full capacity planning requires Enterprise, and timesheets or budget tracking require a separate paid add-on. | 74Resource workload charts are unavailable on lower tiers, and advanced capabilities like job-role planning, staffing, and capacity tracking require Pinnacle or Apex. |
| Automation and integrations | 81Provides automated rules, workflow bundles, and integrations, though standardizing workflows across departments requires Enterprise-level administration. | 76Wrike provides no-code automation and optional or included cross-application recipes, with included Integrate and Sync capabilities only in Apex, so automation breadth depends materially on the selected plan or add-on. |
| Reporting, controls, and governance | 76Offers robust basic dashboards, but advanced compliance, SIEM integration, and managed-workspace controls require upgrading to Enterprise or Enterprise+ tiers. | 80Enterprise security, auditability, and custom roles are supported on high tiers, whereas lower plans lack robust governance controls. |
| Usability, support, and total cost | 69Starter at USD 10.99 per user per month billed annually or USD 13.49 billed monthly and Advanced at USD 24.99 or USD 30.49 on the same billing choices, plus a free two-user Personal plan and free trials, make entry pricing visible, but quote-only Enterprise tiers and the Timesheets and Budgets add-on leave higher-end total cost incomplete without sales. | 67Free access and listed Team and Business annual-billing rates aid entry evaluation, but seat-group purchasing, Business-and-higher annual subscriptions, quote-based Pinnacle and Apex, and paid add-ons make total cost and packaging dependent on sales-assisted configuration. |
| Full profile | Full profile | Full profile |
Comparison summary
These are the stored dimension rationales returned with each score. They explain the buyer conditions behind the gap without speculating about hidden model reasoning.
Research basis
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ProofHub is project management and team collaboration software for organizing tasks, schedules, time, files, discussions, proofing, reports, and client work.
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