Is Asana or Slack free?

Both can be used for free. Asana: Free plan, paid upgrades. Slack: Free plan, paid upgrades.

Do I need to install Asana or Slack?

No. Both run in a web browser, so you can open either one and start.

Price, ratings and what each one does, side by side. Every fact here comes from their listings on Linkstore.

Plan work and track who is doing what by when.

Team chat, organized into channels.

Asana

Slack

Asana organizes tasks into projects with timelines, boards and workload views.

Slack is where a lot of teams talk, share files and plug in other tools. Free for small history, paid to keep it all.

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Customer messaging, with a bot in front of the inbox.
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