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Asana vs Super Productivity
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Asana and Super Productivity — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Asana vs Super Productivity: at a glance
What is Asana?
Asana lets Division admins run their own custom roles, on top Enterprise plans only.
Asana's fall releases split between new structure and tighter control. Tables arrived on October 29 as a new object type; since then it has added a Client portal tab in Inbox, collapsible headings in Pages and hourly credit limits for AI Studio automations. The November 12 release lets Division Admins assign roles and build custom roles from Member or Guest, with one role per person across all Divisions.
What is Super Productivity?
Super Productivity's feed shows a docs commit, not a release, since August.
The last tagged release is v18.21.2 in late August, which repaired legacy data migration and sync privacy after the 18.21 device-list and live-presence work. The newest entry is a branch tag on a docs commit recording known capture gaps for repeat tasks and time blocks, not a release.
Asana vs Super Productivity: editorial side-by-side
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Asana lets Division admins run their own custom roles, on top Enterprise plans only.
◆ Current state
Asana's fall releases split between new structure and tighter control. Tables arrived on October 29 as a new object type; since then it has added a Client portal tab in Inbox, collapsible headings in Pages and hourly credit limits for AI Studio automations. The November 12 release lets Division Admins assign roles and build custom roles from Member or Guest, with one role per person across all Divisions.
◆ Where it's heading
The governance thread is getting more granular: rules that run with their owner's current permissions, credit caps per automation, and now role control pushed down to Division level. Asana is building the admin layer large companies need before they let AI Studio and new objects like Tables spread across departments.
◆ Prediction
Expect further admin and permission controls for Tables and AI Studio, likely gated to Enterprise tiers as this one is.
Super Productivity's feed shows a docs commit, not a release, since August.
◆ Current state
The last tagged release is v18.21.2 in late August, which repaired legacy data migration and sync privacy after the 18.21 device-list and live-presence work. The newest entry is a branch tag on a docs commit recording known capture gaps for repeat tasks and time blocks, not a release.
◆ Where it's heading
The 18.x line built SuperSync into an account surface with device management and encrypted-only uploads, then paused for repair. The docs commit suggests work on task capture is underway, but nothing has shipped in the feed since.
◆ Prediction
The next release likely addresses repeat-task and time-block capture, given the recorded gaps; the feed shows no date.
Alternatives to Asana and Super Productivity
Other PM products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Asana or Super Productivity.
NocoBase
NocoBase's v3 beta lets apps ship their own CLI, separate from Agents.
Productboard
Productboard's v2 documents API now keeps plain web addresses and emoji as ordinary text.
Hive
Hive turns reporting into a planning tool: shared inputs, grouped values, per-person drill-downs.
Tracecat
Tracecat 1.5 alpha patches add sub-cases and lock down agent sandboxes.
SmartSuite
SmartSuite adds tracked changes to SmartDocs, so policy edits need an approver.
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Recent activity from Asana and Super Productivity
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1d agoAsanaRole-based access control now available for Divisions
- 3d agoAsana🚦 Keep AI Studio credit use in check with rate limiting
- 8d agoAsana📥 Client portal activity now has its own spot in Inbox
- 9d agoAsana🗂️ Collapsible headings are now live in Pages
- 15d agoAsanaIntroducing: Tables ⚡
- 29d agoSuper ProductivityDocs commit records repeat and time-block capture gaps
- 1mo agoAsana:puzzle_piece: Subtask types now follow their parent, across projects
- 2mo agoSuper ProductivityTracked task in the tab title; Android gets URL-scheme actions
- 2mo agoSuper ProductivitySuperSync adds opt-in live presence; Android beta crash fixed
- 2mo agoSuper ProductivitySuperSync gains a device list with remote sign-out
- 3mo agoSuper ProductivityDialog fills move to theme tokens; callout markup corrected
- 3mo agoSuper ProductivityEncrypted-only sync enforced; local REST API now needs a token
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Asana and Super Productivity?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Asana is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 2.5), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Asana better than Super Productivity?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Asana is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 2.5), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other PM products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Asana?
Top Asana alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Asana alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/asana for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Super Productivity?
Top Super Productivity alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Super Productivity alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/super-productivity for the full list with editorial commentary on each.