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Production Board: the GDPR-friendly alternative to Asana

Plain-language privacy notice, standard German GDPR DPA available on request, self-serve export + delete.

GDPR alternative
Productivity
Asana
Finn Glas
Finn GlasCo-Founder + Engineering
·April 26, 2026·
1 min read

GDPR isn't a checkbox - it's a posture. If you're moving off Asana because their AVV / DPA is opaque, Production Board is what a clean alternative looks like: subprocessor list of two (Stripe + mail relay), self-serve export + delete from account settings, and a standard German GDPR DPA on request when your procurement team needs one.

At a glance

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.

GDPR posture

GDPR is a posture, not a checkbox

Three things matter under GDPR for a tool like this: (1) lawful basis for processing, (2) data subject rights (export, delete, port), and (3) the auftragsverarbeitungs­vertrag / DPA chain. Production Board treats them as engineering invariants, not legal optics. Lawful basis is the contract you sign with us. Subject rights are self-serve from your account settings - no support ticket required. The subprocessor list has two entries (Stripe + mail relay). A standard German GDPR DPA is available on request from /sales whenever your procurement team needs one - we don't charge for it and don't gate it behind a plan tier. Where Asana sits on each of these is the rest of this page.

Production Board vs Asana: GDPR comparison

Ours
Production Board
Theirs
Asana
Production phases
DIY
Cross-team hand-offs
Reports + dashboards
Basic
Live multi-tab updates
Hosted in Germany
Free tier

When to pick which

Pick Production Board when

Your work moves through stable named phases.

Pick Asana when

You coordinate work across many teams + roles.

GDPR questions

What customer data-protection teams typically ask before signing a DPA.

Start with Production Board

Free plan, no credit card. We host in Germany. Export + delete are self-serve.

Finn Glas

Written by

Finn Glas

Co-Founder + Engineering

Finn is one of the Co-Founders. He owns the engineering side, the infrastructure, and most of the late-night fixes that ship before anyone notices.

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