Comparison · July 2026
Teamwork vs Asana 2026: Which Wins for Agencies?
Teamwork Deliver: $1,198/yr vs Asana Starter: $1,318/yr for 10 users. Teamwork adds client billing; Asana does not. Neither is flat-fee. Melororium: $59/mo.
Quick answer
Teamwork is designed for agencies: client billing, time tracking, and project portfolios. Asana is more general-purpose but cleaner and easier to learn. Teamwork wins on client features; Asana wins on ease of use. Both are subscriptions that compound annually.
About Teamwork and Asana
Teamwork is a project management platform built specifically for agencies doing client work. Founded in 2007 in Ireland, it stands out in the PM market for being purpose-built for service businesses: client access portals, time tracking, billing and invoicing, project budgets, and resource planning. The Deliver plan costs $9.99 per user per month billed annually: $1,198 per year for 10 users. Teamwork is one of the most mature and agency-tested PM platforms available, with a feature set that covers the full client project lifecycle from kickoff to invoice. It remains subscription-based, meaning costs compound every year the team grows.
Asana is a task and project management platform founded in 2008. It is widely regarded as one of the cleanest and easiest PM tools to learn: intuitive task creation, timeline views, portfolio management, and goal tracking. Asana is built for business teams: marketing, operations, HR: not specifically for agencies or software developers. The Starter plan costs $10.99 per user per month billed annually, making it $1,318 per year for 10 users. Asana does not include native time tracking or invoicing, so agency teams typically pair it with Harvest or Toggl for tracking and billing: adding another subscription and another login. Feature-rich but per-seat.
Pricing: Teamwork vs Asana (2026)
Teamwork: $9.99/user/month (Deliver, billed annually): $1,198/yr for 10 users. Asana: $10.99/user/month (Starter, billed annually): $1,318/yr for 10 users · $6,590 over 5 years. Melororium is one flat price for the whole team: $29/mo for 4 people, $59/mo for 15, $119/mo for 25. A new hire never changes the invoice.
Receipts are for a 10-person team on each tool's lowest paid tier, billed annually. Prices as of July 2026.
Feature comparison
Key differences: Teamwork vs Asana
A feature-by-feature breakdown of what each tool includes, and what it does not.
Both Teamwork and Asana include Task management & Kanban. Implementations differ between the two: worth testing both during trial periods if this specific feature drives your decision.
Teamwork includes Native time tracking natively. Asana does not: teams choosing Asana would need a separate integration or additional tool to cover this requirement, adding cost and complexity to the stack.
Teamwork includes Invoicing & billing natively. Asana does not: teams choosing Asana would need a separate integration or additional tool to cover this requirement, adding cost and complexity to the stack.
Teamwork includes Client portal natively. Asana does not: teams choosing Asana would need a separate integration or additional tool to cover this requirement, adding cost and complexity to the stack.
Neither Teamwork nor Asana includes Client CRM out of the box. This is one of the gaps that leads teams to consider an all-in-one alternative like Melororium, which includes this feature.
Neither Teamwork nor Asana includes Flat-fee team pricing out of the box. This is one of the gaps that leads teams to consider an all-in-one alternative like Melororium, which includes this feature.
Teamwork includes Resource planning natively. Asana does not: teams choosing Asana would need a separate integration or additional tool to cover this requirement, adding cost and complexity to the stack.
Who should choose each tool?
Teamwork is best for established agencies of 10–50 people that need client portals, resource planning, time tracking, and invoicing: and are comfortable with ongoing subscription fees for a proven, agency-specific platform.
Asana is best for non-technical business teams who want clean, intuitive task management with timeline views and goal tracking, and who manage simple projects without billing, time tracking, or client CRM requirements.
Melororium is best for agencies, design studios, and service businesses of 4–25 people who want to replace multiple SaaS subscriptions with one flat-fee workspace and stop paying per seat as their team grows.
The third option
Not Teamwork. Not Asana. One flat price for the whole team.
Teamwork is the best agency PM tool for teams needing client portals. Melororium covers the same ground: tasks + timers + invoicing + client CRM: for $59/mo ($708/year) flat instead of $1,198/year. No seat tax.
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Teamwork is designed for agencies: client billing, time tracking, and project portfolios. Asana is more general-purpose but cleaner and easier to learn. Teamwork wins on client features; Asana wins on ease of use. Both are subscriptions that compound annually.
Teamwork costs $9.99/user/month (Deliver, billed annually): that is $1,198/yr for 10 users. Asana costs $10.99/user/month (Starter, billed annually): $1,318/yr for 10 users · $6,590 over 5 years. Both tools charge per-seat annual subscriptions. By comparison, Melororium is $59/mo for 15 users (Agency): one flat price, no per-user billing.
Teamwork is the best agency PM tool for teams needing client portals. Melororium covers the same ground: tasks + timers + invoicing + client CRM: for $59/mo ($708/year) flat instead of $1,198/year. No seat tax.
Both Teamwork and Asana are cloud-based tools that work well for remote and distributed teams. Teamwork is best for established agencies of 10–50 people that need client portals, resource planning, time tracking, and invoicing: and are comfortable with ongoing subscription fees for a proven, agency-specific platform. On the other hand: Asana is best for non-technical business teams who want clean, intuitive task management with timeline views and goal tracking, and who manage simple projects without billing, time tracking, or client CRM requirements. For remote teams doing client work and needing to track time and invoice clients, both tools leave gaps that require additional subscriptions.
Yes, Teamwork and Asana can be used side by side: some teams use one for task management and the other for documentation or reporting. However, running two subscriptions means paying $1,198/yr for 10 users plus $1,318/yr for 10 users · $6,590 over 5 years per year, managing two sets of data, and dealing with two separate workflows. Most teams combine tools precisely because each lacks something the other has. That incompleteness is worth addressing at the tool selection stage rather than patching with integrations.
For agencies and service teams of 4–25 people, Melororium offers the lowest per-team cost: $59/mo for 15 users (Agency plan), flat fee, no seat tax. It combines task management, time tracking, client CRM, and invoicing in one workspace: eliminating the need to subscribe to separate tools for each function. Compared to Teamwork ($1,198/yr for 10 users) and Asana ($1,318/yr for 10 users · $6,590 over 5 years), the savings are significant: and the price never rises when a new team member joins.