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Asana is built for project management at scale. Production Board is built for production work at small-team speed.

Asana is excellent for cross-functional projects with hand-offs across many teams. Production Board is excellent for a five-person team running production work that flows through known phases. Different shape, different price point, different opinions about complexity.

Free plan, no credit card. We host in Germany. You can export and delete everything self-serve.
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| Ours Production Board | Theirs Asana | |
|---|---|---|
Production phases | DIY | |
Cross-team hand-offs | ||
Reports + dashboards | Basic | |
Live multi-tab updates | ||
Hosted in Germany | ||
Free tier |