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Asana is a general work management tool with timelines, goals and portfolios for every department. CrowdStack's Issues is a simple tracker for bugs, tasks and projects that lives beside the support inbox and the CRM. Here is how they line up, including where Asana still wins.
CrowdStack
£28 £14 per user a month
Billed monthly. 50% off for your first 12 months, then £28.
Asana
From $13.49 per user a month
Starter, billed monthly. Advanced, the first tier with goals, portfolios and time tracking, is $30.49 a user a month. Free for up to 2 users.
Asana list prices in USD, billed monthly, as shown on asana.com in August 2026. Yearly billing is around 18% less. Asana bills UK customers in dollars. Check asana.com for the current figure.
Turn a support ticket into an issue in one click, link it to the contact, and see it on their record beside their tickets and deals. Asana needs a help desk, a CRM and integrations between them to get close.
Statuses, projects, list and kanban, comments and mentions. Nothing to design before the team can log a bug, and no separate app to keep open beside the inbox.
Asana plus a help desk plus a CRM is three bills. CrowdStack is £28 a user a month for issues, the help desk, the CRM, Stripe revenue, feedback and docs together.
A public feedback board feeds the issue list, and the wiki links to issues, tickets and contacts with @mentions. Asana has project briefs, but no help centre or public roadmap.
| Feature | CrowdStack | Asana |
|---|---|---|
| Issues | ||
| Issues with configurable statuses | Included | Included |
| List and kanban views | Included | Included |
| Projects to group issues | Included | Included |
| Comments with @mentions | Included | Included |
| Private, team and workspace visibility per issue | Included | Included |
| Create an issue from a support ticketAsana: via Zendesk or email integrations | Included | Partly |
| Link an issue to a CRM contact | Included | Not available |
| Timeline, Gantt and calendar viewsAsana: timeline needs Starter | Not available | Partly |
| Goals, portfolios and workloadAsana: Advanced and above | Not available | Partly |
| Rules and workflow builderAsana: Starter and above | Not available | Partly |
| Forms that create tasksAsana: Starter and above | Not available | Partly |
| Support | ||
| Shared inbox with saved views | Included | Not available |
| Knowledge base and help centre | Included | Not available |
| AI replies grounded in your docs | Included | Not available |
| SLA tracking and CSAT for customers | Included | Not available |
| CRM and revenue | ||
| Contacts, companies and deals | Included | Not available |
| Stripe MRR, ARR, churn and ARPA | Included | Not available |
| Public feedback board and roadmap | Included | Not available |
| Team wiki with @mentions across recordsAsana: project briefs only | Included | Partly |
| Platform | ||
| Every product on every seatAsana: features unlock by tier | Included | Not available |
| API access on the base price | Included | Included |
| Slack integration | Not available | Included |
| App marketplace | Not available | Included |
| Free tierCrowdStack: 14-day free trial | Not available | Included |
Based on Asana's published feature lists in August 2026. “Partly” means the feature exists but is limited to a higher tier, an add-on, or a metered credit. Spotted a mistake? Email support@crowdstack.org and we will correct it.
We would rather you pick the right tool than pick us. Stay on Asana if you plan work across the whole company with timelines, goals and portfolios, need rules, forms and workload management, or rely on the Slack integration and the app directory. Asana is built for that. CrowdStack Issues is for teams who want a simple tracker for bugs, tasks and projects that support, product and sales will actually use, linked to the ticket and the customer it came from.
For tracking bugs, tasks and projects, yes. CrowdStack Issues has statuses, projects, list and kanban views, comments, visibility controls and links to tickets and contacts, and comes with the help desk, CRM, Stripe revenue, feedback board and wiki. It does not have timelines, goals, portfolios, rules, forms or workload management.
Five users on CrowdStack cost £140 a month at the full rate, with every product and 2500 pooled AI credits included. Five users on Asana Starter list at about $67 a month, or $152 on Advanced; a help desk and a CRM are two more bills. As a task tool Asana Starter is cheaper; as a stack it is not.
Tasks export from Asana as CSV and import as issues with title, description, status, assignee and project mapped across. Email us at support@crowdstack.org before you switch and we will walk through the mapping with you.
Timeline, Gantt and calendar views, goals and portfolios, rules and a workflow builder, forms, workload and time tracking, a Slack integration, an app directory and a free plan. If you are planning work for the whole company rather than tracking issues, Asana is the better fit today.
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