Akollo vs Asana
Akollo vs Asana: when to choose which
Asana makes it easy to see work in lists, boards and timelines, and adds timesheets and budgets as an add-on. Akollo builds them in, together with leave, capacity, self-hosting and a Turkish interface.
At a glance
Akollo and Asana, area by area
- Built in
- Paid add-on, price in the cell
- Not offered
| Area | Akollo | Asana |
|---|---|---|
| Projects, boards and timelines | Built inBoards, backlogs, sprints, timeline and approvals. | Built inList, board, timeline, Gantt and calendar. |
| Time tracking and timesheets | Built inTimesheets with approval, plus a desktop app that measures time. | Paid add-on, price in the cellEstimated and actual time on Advanced and up; timesheet approval in an add-on. |
| Resource and capacity planning | Built inPlanned against available time, per team and period. | Built inWorkload on Advanced; universal workload on Enterprise. |
| Budgets and profitability | Built inBudgets, cost rates, budget vs actual and profitability. | Paid add-on, price in the cellTimesheets and Budgets add-on. |
| HR basics: people and time off | Built inEmployee records, org chart, leave requests and approvals. | Not offeredNo HR module on Asana's feature pages. |
| CRM: accounts and pipeline | Built inAccounts, contacts, pipeline and activities. | Not offeredNo CRM; Salesforce is an integration. |
| AI assistant | Built inAdmins decide who uses it; it answers within each person's permissions. | Built inAI Studio and AI Teammates. |
| Self-hosting on your own servers | Built inOur cloud, or your own data centre or cloud account. | Not offeredAsana says it does not offer an on-premise version. |
| Product in Turkish | Built inTurkish, English and German, written natively. | Not offeredNot among the 14 interface languages. |
| Choice of where data is stored | Built inSelf-hosted, the data stays where you install it. | Paid add-on, price in the cellUS, EU, Japan or Australia; an add-on on Enterprise. |
Where Akollo is different
The work, the hours and the people behind them
Asana is about coordinating work. Akollo coordinates it too, and keeps the hours, the cost and the people who do it in the same records.
- 01
Approved hours become cost
People log time on tasks or let the desktop app measure it. Managers approve the week, cost rates price it, and budget against actual updates on its own.
- 02
Capacity that knows about leave
Employee records, the org chart and leave approvals are part of Akollo, so workload shows who is actually available, not just who is assigned.
- 03
AI with your rules
Admins choose who may use the assistant, set monthly limits or switch it off. It answers only within each person's own permissions.
- 04
On your servers, in Turkish
Run Akollo in our cloud or in your own data centre or cloud account. Every screen is written in Turkish, English and German.
To be fair
When Asana is the better fit
Asana is polished and widely used for cross-team coordination. If hours, leave and self-hosting are not on your list, it may suit you better.
- Teams that value switching views on the same project above everything else
- You want 30+ prebuilt AI teammates and a no-code AI builder
- You connect many tools, from Google Workspace and Microsoft to Salesforce and Slack
Moving over
Move from Asana in four steps
Asana exports projects as CSV. Akollo imports a CSV of up to 5,000 rows per file and shows a dry run before anything is written.
- 01
Export from Asana
Export your projects and tasks from Asana as a CSV file.
- 02
Map the columns
In Akollo, match each column to a work item field. A key column updates items you imported before.
- 03
Dry run first
See how many items would be created, updated or skipped before anything is written.
- 04
Move team by team
Start with one team, add timesheets and capacity, then bring the rest across.
Questions about Asana and Akollo
Is Akollo an Asana alternative?
For teams that want projects together with timesheets, capacity, budgets and HR basics in one product, yes. For coordinating work across many teams without those, Asana is a strong choice.
How do we move our Asana projects?
Export each project as CSV from Asana, map the columns to Akollo fields and check the dry run before importing.
Does Asana have timesheet approval?
According to Asana's site, timesheets and budgets come with a separate add-on. In Akollo, timesheet approval is part of the product.
Time and timesheetsSee your Asana projects in Akollo
Bring a CSV export to the demo and we will show it with timesheets, capacity and budgets around it.