Monday.com has a built-in Asana importer that connects to your account and pulls in whole projects in a few clicks. It only maps a handful of fields, though, so custom fields, comments and attachments need a plan of their own.
Quick verdict: Use Monday.com’s native Asana import: connect your Asana account, pick a workspace and the projects to bring over, and each becomes a Monday.com board. It supports six fields — name, assignee, completed, notes, due date and parent name — and sets up an automation so new Asana tasks keep appearing on the board while you transition. Anything outside those six fields is your job to move.
Most buyers only budget for the new subscription. This estimates the hidden labor, data-cleanup, and retraining cost of actually making the switch.
Estimate assumes: 1 hour of data-mapping/cleaning labor per 2,000 records, a blended $75/hr ops rate, tiered migration & cleaning tooling fees, and 4 hours of retraining per seat at a $45/hr fully-loaded rate.
Monday.com Basic is $9/seat/mo and Standard $12/seat/mo billed annually, against $10.99 for Asana Starter, as long as your headcount fits Monday.com’s seat bundles.
Teams that also run CRM-style pipelines, content calendars or intake forms often prefer Monday.com’s column-based boards.
Monday.com includes a monthly AI credit allowance in each paid plan rather than metering every AI request.
This direction has a first-party importer built by the destination, so you do not need a third-party service for the basics.
| Step | What you do |
|---|---|
| 1Audit what lives outside the supported fields | List the custom fields, comments, attachments and dependencies your Asana projects rely on. The importer supports only name, assignee, completed, notes, due date and parent name. |
| 2Open the importer | In Monday.com, click your profile picture and choose Import data, or use the plus icon in the left pane, then choose Asana. |
| 3Connect your Asana account | Log in to Asana when prompted and authorise the connection. |
| 4Choose a workspace and projects | Select the Asana workspace, then the projects you want. Each project becomes a Monday.com board. |
| 5Check the automatic sync | Monday.com creates an automation so new tasks added to the Asana project also appear on the board, which is useful while both tools run in parallel. Remove it once you cut over. |
| 6Rebuild what did not transfer | Recreate custom fields as Monday.com columns, and move key comments and files by hand or with a third-party tool. |
What this path doesn’t do for you:
The importer maps only six Asana fields. Custom fields, comments, attachments and task dependencies are not in its supported list, so they need to be rebuilt or moved separately. Seat sizing is the other trap: Monday.com bills paid plans in bundles starting at 3 seats, so price your exact headcount before you move.
| Plan | Asana | Monday.com |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Personal — up to 2 users | Up to 2 seats |
| Entry paid | Starter — $10.99/seat/mo annual | Basic — $9/seat/mo annual (3-seat min) |
| Mid | Advanced — $24.99/seat/mo annual | Standard — $12/seat/mo annual |
| Top | Enterprise — contact sales | Pro — $19/seat/mo annual; Enterprise by quote |
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| Capability | Asana | Monday.com |
|---|---|---|
| Native import from the other tool | Via CSV importer | Built-in Asana importer (6 fields) |
| Timeline / Gantt views | From Starter | From Standard |
| How seats are billed | Per seat | Seat bundles from 3 |
| AI billing | Credits included; extra requests $0.50–$0.60 each | Monthly credit allowance per plan |
| Free plan | Up to 2 users | Up to 2 seats |
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| What changes | Asana (today) | Monday.com (after) |
|---|---|---|
| Other certifications | ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, ISO/IEC 27701, CSA STAR Level 1, SOC 3source | ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018, ISO/IEC 27032, ISO/IEC 27701, CSA STAR, TX-RAMP, SOC 1 Type II, SOC 3source |
| HIPAA (BAA) | BAA availableEnterprise+source | BAA availableEnterprisesource |
| Two-factor authentication | YesEnforcement: Enterprisesource | YesEnforcement: All planssource |
| Admin audit log | YesEnterprise+ (or Enterprise with Compliance Management add-on)source | YesEnterprisesource |
| Data residency choices | US, EU, Japan, AustraliaEnterprise (add-on); included in Enterprise+source | US, EU, Australiasource |
| Encryption | 256-bit encryption at rest and in transitsource | AES-256 at rest; TLS 1.3 (minimum TLS 1.2) in transitsource |
| Self-hosting option | Not published | Cloud onlysource |
| Offline limits | Tasks and conversations in projects never opened on the device are not visible offline (new tasks can still be added to them)source | Mobile apps only; about 70% of board actions, with fewer supported on iOS than Androidsource |
| IP allowlisting | YesEnterprise+source | YesEnterprisesource |
| Device & session controls | YesEnterpriseSAML session timeout (1 hour to 30 days) plus an optional mobile session timeout; mobile app controls (limit downloads, screenshots, copy/paste) are sold as a Permissions Management add-on.source | YesSession duration (automatic log-out), a Panic Button that locks down the account, and tenant-level restrictions on which monday.com accounts can be reached from your network.source |
Yes. Open Import data from your profile menu or the plus icon, choose Asana, connect your account, then pick a workspace and projects.
Name, assignee, completed, notes, due date and parent name.
Monday.com sets up an automation that creates a synced item on the board whenever a new task is added to the Asana project.
They are not among the supported fields, so plan to move important comments and files separately.
Possibly. Monday.com sells paid plans in seat bundles (3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 100, 200+), so a team between bundles pays for the next bundle up.
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