Best for
Best for marketing and operations teams that need structured project workflows and cross-team goals.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Project Management Comparison
Asana vs. Redmine
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for software and engineering teams that want a free, self-hosted tracker tied to their own repositories.
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | Asana | Redmine |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free; Starter from ~$10.99 / user / month Advanced ~$24.99 per user and month, Enterprise on request. The free tier covers up to 10 users. | Free (open source, self-hosted) |
| Free trial | Free tier plus trial | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Yes, a REST API in XML and JSON |
| Languages | Not stated | 49 |
| Hosting | Not stated | Self-hosted; no vendor-hosted edition |
| Made in | USA | Not stated |
| Task planning | Yes, with list, board, timeline and calendar views | Yes, issue tracking with customizable statuses, types and workflows, plus Gantt charts and calendars generated from issue dates |
| Resource planning | Yes, Workload | No capacity or workload planning in the core: issues are assigned per person and Gantt charts are drawn from issue dates, and anything beyond that comes from third-party plugins |
| Time tracking | Not built in, available through integrations | Yes, part of the core, with time entered at project or issue level and reporting by user, type, category or activity |
| Reporting and controlling | Yes, Goals and Portfolios | Yes, time entry reports by user, type, category or activity, plus issue filtering on custom fields |
| Integrations and API | Yes, integrations | Yes, a REST API in XML and JSON, plus repository integration with Subversion, CVS, Mercurial, Bazaar and Git |
| AI features | stated Yes | No |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Browser-based, On-premise |
| Support | Not stated | Community forum |
| Onboarding | Not stated | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Not stated |
| Integrations | Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Workspace, Salesforce, Zoom, Zapier | Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar, CVS, LDAP |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Asana Free; Starter from ~$10.99 / user / month Redmine Free (open source, self-hosted)
- Deployment Asana Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based Redmine Browser-based, On-premise
- AI features Asana Yes Redmine No
- Task planning Asana Yes, with list, board, timeline and calendar views Redmine Yes, issue tracking with customizable statuses, types and workflows, plus Gantt charts and calendars generated from issue dates
- Resource planning Asana Yes, Workload Redmine No capacity or workload planning in the core: issues are assigned per person and Gantt charts are drawn from issue dates, and anything beyond that comes from third-party plugins
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Asana
Strengths
- Clean, structured project workflows
- Strong goals and portfolio management
- Good free tier for small teams
Limitations
- Native time tracking is weak, needs integrations
- Advanced tier is pricey
Redmine
Strengths
- Free and open source under the GNU General Public License v2, with no per-user cost
- Self-hosted, so project data stays on your own infrastructure
- Repository integration with Subversion, CVS, Mercurial, Bazaar and Git
- REST API in XML and JSON covering issues, projects, users and time entries
- Available in forty-nine languages and runs on MySQL, PostgreSQL or SQLite
Limitations
- No vendor-hosted edition, so you run, secure and upgrade the installation yourself
- No resource or capacity planning in the core application
- Requires a Ruby on Rails stack and a database to operate
Plans
Pricing
Asana
- Free $0 Up to 10 users.
- Starter ~$10.99 Per user and month.
- Advanced ~$24.99 Per user and month.
- Enterprise Custom On request.
Redmine
- Open source Free Released under the GNU General Public License v2. Self-hosted, so you provide and run the server.
What users say
Review Scores · opens after launch
Asana
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
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- Onboarding
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- Support and service
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- Value for money
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- Features
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Redmine
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
- Not rated yet
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Asana https://asana.com · no check date recorded yet
Redmine https://www.redmine.org · checked against the official source on 2026-09-07
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