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Asana vs Huly
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Asana and Huly — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Asana vs Huly: 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 Huly?
Huly ships near-weekly builds, but its release notes say almost nothing about what changed.
Huly's GitHub releases are a steady run of s0.7.x tags, roughly one every few days through July, each published as a bare 'merge develop' note. The only titled entries are a package update and a test fix. Readers get a cadence signal, not a feature signal.
Asana vs Huly: editorial side-by-side
Asana
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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.
Huly
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Huly ships near-weekly builds, but its release notes say almost nothing about what changed.
◆ Current state
Huly's GitHub releases are a steady run of s0.7.x tags, roughly one every few days through July, each published as a bare 'merge develop' note. The only titled entries are a package update and a test fix. Readers get a cadence signal, not a feature signal.
◆ Where it's heading
The tag stream shows active development on the 0.7 line, but the releases record no user-facing changes, so the direction of the product cannot be read from them. The feed also goes quiet after 1 August, which is either a pause in tagging or a move to a different release channel.
◆ Prediction
The entries do not support a confident call on Huly's next feature; the clearest observable signal would be whether s0.7.x tagging resumes after the August gap.
Alternatives to Asana and Huly
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 Huly.
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.
Recent activity from Asana and Huly
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 ⚡
- 1mo agoAsana:puzzle_piece: Subtask types now follow their parent, across projects
- 3mo agoHulyDevelop-branch merge build s0.7.437
- 3mo agoHulyDevelop-branch merge build s0.7.436
- 3mo agoHulyDevelop-branch merge build s0.7.435
- 3mo agoHulyDevelop-branch merge build s0.7.434
- 3mo agoHulyDevelop-branch merge build s0.7.433
- 4mo agoHulyDependency package updates for v0.7.432
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Asana and Huly?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Asana is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), 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 Huly?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Asana is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), 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 Huly?
Top Huly alternatives in PM are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Huly alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/huly for the full list with editorial commentary on each.