Asana
Height
| Feature | Asana | Height |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free / from $10.99/mo | Free / from $8.5/mo |
| Free Plan | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Rating | 4.4 / 5 | 4.3 / 5 |
| Best For | teams, enterprise, marketing-teams, agencies | engineering-teams, product-teams, startups, ai-forward-teams |
| Founded | 2008 | 2019 |
| Tasks | ✓ | ✗ |
| Timeline | ✓ | ✗ |
| Boards | ✓ | ✗ |
| Portfolios | ✓ | ✗ |
| Goals | ✓ | ✗ |
| Forms | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automations | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ai Agents | ✗ | ✓ |
| Cross Project Views | ✗ | ✓ |
| Lists And Boards | ✗ | ✓ |
| Integrations | ✗ | ✓ |
✓ Asana Pros
- Clean interface
- Great for teams
- Timeline view
- Many integrations
✗ Asana Cons
- Limited free plan
- Can feel complex
- No built-in docs
✓ Height Pros
- AI automates repetitive PM tasks
- Cross-project task management
- Beautiful modern interface
- Spreadsheet-like batch editing
✗ Height Cons
- Newer tool with smaller community
- AI features can over-categorize
- Limited reporting depth
The Verdict
Asana is built for teams and enterprise, with a focus on tasks and timeline. Height targets engineering teams and product teams and leads with ai-agents and cross-project-views.
Pricing is close: Height starts at $8.5/mo versus $10.99/mo for Asana — not a deciding factor on its own.
Both offer free plans, so you can test each with your real workflow before committing to a subscription.
Feature-wise, Asana offers broader built-in capabilities (7 features vs 6), while Height takes a more focused approach — which can mean a simpler, faster onboarding experience.
This is a genuinely close comparison. If you can, sign up for both free trials (where available) and run a one-week test with your actual team tasks before deciding.
