Ask HN: Asana Alternatives?

#1

Post by spiderjako22 » Fri, Jul 03, 2020, 5:29 PM UTC

Looking for something that doesn't overcome you with so much frustration that you lean against the closed door of your office and silently scream

Re: Ask HN: Asana Alternatives?

#2

Post by billconan » Fri, Jul 03, 2020, 6:40 PM UTC

I'd like to hear your frustration. I hate that it can't assign multiple people to a task

Re: Ask HN: Asana Alternatives?

#3

Post by brentsch » Fri, Jul 03, 2020, 7:03 PM UTC

I've been using Notion (https://www.notion.so/) for Kanban-style boards for a few months. After using Trello, Asana, and Jira, it's the only one that does basically what I want it to without spending hours on setup (Jira) or sheer annoyance (Asana). It won't be perfect for everyone, but for me Notion's task management is good enough and actually a pleasure to use so far.

Re: Ask HN: Asana Alternatives?

#4

Post by spiderjako22 » Fri, Jul 03, 2020, 7:04 PM UTC

brentsch wrote: post #3

I've been using Notion ( https://www.notion.so/ ) for Kanban-style boards for a few months. After using Trello, Asana, and Jira, it's the only one that does basically what I want it to without spending hours on setup (Jira) or sheer annoyance (Asana). It won't be perfect for everyone, but for me Notion's task management is good enough and actually a pleasure to use so far.

I've been reading a ton about Notion - it really seems like the people's champ - may give it a try

Re: Ask HN: Asana Alternatives?

#5

Post by spiderjako22 » Fri, Jul 03, 2020, 7:07 PM UTC

billconan wrote: post #2

I'd like to hear your frustration. I hate that it can't assign multiple people to a task

Nothing special - just working at a temperature of 32C* while waiting for an Asana task to load from external links just drives me bonkers.

Re: Ask HN: Asana Alternatives?

#6

Post by tuesday20 » Fri, Jul 03, 2020, 9:23 PM UTC

I’m using ClickUp and happy with it

Re: Ask HN: Asana Alternatives?

#7

Post by jonpalmisc » Sat, Jul 04, 2020, 10:49 AM UTC

spiderjako22 wrote: post #4

brentsch wrote: post #3

I've been using Notion ( https://www.notion.so/ ) for Kanban-style boards for a few months. After using Trello, Asana, and Jira, it's the only one that does basically what I want it to without spending hours on setup (Jira) or sheer annoyance (Asana). It won't be perfect for everyone, but for me Notion's task management is good enough and actually a pleasure to use so far.

I've been reading a ton about Notion - it really seems like the people's champ - may give it a try

Notion is great. It gives you so much flexibility to really mold the software into what you need, I would highly recommend it. As freelancer I use it as a Jira replacement but I also have personal to-do lists, etc. in Notion and it’s nice having them all in one place.