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This page reflects public online discussion, collected and scored by automated systems and summarized using AI. It is not a statement of fact, not an audit, and not our own opinion of the product. Automated analysis can be incomplete or wrong, and scores carry the limitations described in our methodology. Companies can respond with their own perspective. See how this is calculated.

Updated August 3, 2026

Overall Pulse Score

47
Pulse Score

+6 over this period

A 0-100 index summarizing the tone of 225 relevant public mentions gathered from public online communities across 23 weeks in the selected period. It measures online sentiment, not a rating of the product's quality.

Weekly Sentiment Trend

Pulse Score by week over the selected period. Each point is one complete week of mentions.

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This week in public discussion

Sentiment around Asana over the recent period was mixed, with a pulse score of 47 across 42 mentions. Commenters offered some praise for features and ease of use, and a new integration announcement drew positive attention, but complaints about bugs, reliability, and missing features were nearly as prominent. Several mentions drew unfavorable comparisons to competitors or cheaper alternatives, and at least one user reported the mobile app freezing when adding photos to tasks. Overall discussion leaned cautious rather than enthusiastic.

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AI-generated summary of public online discussion during this period. It reflects the tone of that discussion, not facts about the product or our views.

Sentiment mix by week

How the tone of public discussion splits each week.

Ringed points mark weeks with unusually high discussion volume, more than double this product's typical week.

Most-discussed praise

Strong features23
Easy to use10
Good integrations9
New releases8
Compared to rivals4

Most-discussed complaints

Bugs34
Missing features32
Lacking integrations24
Reliability18
Compared to rivals15

Themes across the selected period, with mention counts.

How Asana compares

Pulse Score over the selected period versus the top tracked competitors in Project Management.

Where the mentions come from

Share of the 225 relevant public mentions in the selected period, by source.

GitHub56% (127)
Bluesky26% (59)
Hacker News12% (28)
App Store4% (9)
YouTube1% (2)

Sample public mentions

Showing 5 of 225 analyzed public mentions in this period, with links to the original source. We do not reproduce full threads.

Teamsy stejně jako Asana nejspíš neumějí odfiltrovat notifikace na zprávy a události, které si člověk už přečetl na jiném zařízení. 🤦🏻 Píp píp píp píp píp

BlueskyJun 9, 2026

Dealing with the weird lull at work by taking as many trainings and tutorials as I can. Going to make myself into an Asana wizard... or something.

BlueskyJul 13, 2026

A3: I try to be as easily collaborative as possible, and happily join workspaces on Slack, Asana, etc. I also try to blend into the established workflows, rather than asking for changes to how they already do document sharing, payment processing, etc. #FreelanceFriends

BlueskyJun 11, 2026

Hi HN! I built Code Prodigy ( https://codeprodigy.io/ ), an autonomous AI engineer that lives on your ticket tracker. When someone files a ticket in Jira (or Linear, Asana, Trello...), it:1. Investigates the ticket across all your repos, and creates a design doc 2. Opens one or m...

Hacker NewsApr 13, 2026

Seems great. So far so good but it says i have 14 days free. I cannot find prices after that anywhere! Not even in my listed subscriptions in my app store. It is so secretive that I feel lioe im being scammed.

App StoreApr 13, 2026

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Deeper analysis

  • Bug reports and competitor comparisons dominated the complaint side of discussion, giving complaints a slight edge over praise in overall tone.
  • Sentiment moved in an unsteady, oscillating pattern across the four weeks with no sustained upward or downward trend.
  • Opinion was most divided between commenters investing in the product as a workflow tool and those questioning whether it outperforms simpler alternatives.
  • Higher-volume weeks tended to pull sentiment lower, suggesting that wider conversation drew in more critical or skeptical voices.
Praise themeMentions
Strong features23
Easy to use10
Good integrations9
New releases8
Compared to rivals4
Complaint themeMentions
Bugs34
Missing features32
Lacking integrations24
Reliability18
Compared to rivals15

Discussion around Asana over the past four weeks landed in mildly negative territory, with commenters split between functional appreciation and persistent frustration. The praise side was led by feature mentions and ease of use, with a smaller cluster of voices highlighting collaboration benefits and what appeared to be satisfaction with pricing. A handful of mentions touched on a new integration announcement, and the tone in those cases was neutral to slightly positive, suggesting cautious interest rather than enthusiasm.

Complaints carried slightly more weight in the overall conversation. Bug reports were the most common complaint thread, with one commenter describing the mobile app freezing during photo uploads as a recurring annoyance. Reliability concerns followed closely, and a notable cluster of mentions framed Asana against competitors, often unfavorably. Several of these competitor-comparison mentions had a dismissive or resigned tone, with at least one commenter describing a broader retreat from digital project management tools altogether in favor of analog alternatives.

The score trajectory over the window showed a choppy, unsteady pattern rather than a clear directional move. Sentiment climbed into the upper fifties in late June before falling back sharply in the final days of that month, recovering briefly, then dropping again in mid-July before a modest uptick at the close of the window. The swings appeared loosely tied to mention volume, with higher-volume weeks generally pulling sentiment downward, suggesting that broader reach drew in more critical voices.

Opinion was divided most visibly around utility and habit. Some commenters described investing in Asana skills and leaning into its notification systems, while others expressed open skepticism that any digital tool could replace simpler physical reminders. This tension between power-user investment and casual disillusionment ran through much of the discussion and likely explains the unstable score pattern across the window.

AI-generated summary of public online discussion during this period. It reflects the tone of that discussion, not facts about the product or our views.

Member perspectives

Individual opinions from Pro members, posted over time. These are personal member views, not aggregated sentiment data.

Data summary

Total mentions analyzed (all time)
362
Mentions in selected period
225
Weeks in range
23
vs Project Management average (48)
Below by 1
Pricing
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Sources
GitHub (127), Bluesky (59), Hacker News (28), App Store (9), YouTube (2)

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