Asana is out - free collaborative task manager

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Nov 5, 2011 at 06:37 PM

Thanks; I’ve signed up to try it out. From a first look its basic concept looks similar to Strides (strides.do) though it appears more complete as a tool. As noted here http://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/3328/0/team-solutions-2-collaborative-webspace-for-project-management I’ve tested several such tools in the past and made my selection for specific projects, but remain open to new offerings.

The ‘free’ aspect for me is actually a counter-incentive. With free products I am always concerned about their long term viability and service quality. Asana’s own words are not very helpful: ?We?re really focused on going for ubiquity, for mass-scale adoption, [...] so at this point in time, we don?t even have a pay model. That?s something we?ll announce later.”

There’s clearly some big money behind Asana. But investment is not a guarantee of viability, nor is mass-scale adoption. There’s a very interesting article on this, suggested here in the past by Neville Franks: ?The bar for success in our industry is too low? http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1890-the-bar-for-success-in-our-industry-is-too-low