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Smartsheet vs Tana
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Smartsheet and Tana — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Smartsheet vs Tana: at a glance
What is Smartsheet?
Smartsheet retires card view for Enterprise and moves AI into three named views.
An October batch ends a stretch of mostly navigation pages in this feed with real product changes. Card view is retired for Enterprise customers in favor of board view, and AI capabilities are now reached only from Table, Board and Timeline views. Around that sit a Workday sync through the Integrations panel, SharePoint file import, bulk attachment handling and new keyboard shortcuts in table view.
What is Tana?
Tana's meeting now seats your own Claude or ChatGPT beside its own assistant.
October moved Tana's center of gravity onto the meeting itself. Home became a timeline of meetings, a new meeting page puts chat beside the call, live suggestions draft tasks and Linear or Slack items for approval, and briefs now research outside attendees on the web. An iPhone and iPad app arrived on October 8, and tasks gained due dates. On October 26 Tana let users connect their own Claude or ChatGPT accounts to follow a call and act through their own connectors.
Smartsheet vs Tana: editorial side-by-side
Smartsheet
5.0COLLABPM
Smartsheet retires card view for Enterprise and moves AI into three named views.
◆ Current state
An October batch ends a stretch of mostly navigation pages in this feed with real product changes. Card view is retired for Enterprise customers in favor of board view, and AI capabilities are now reached only from Table, Board and Timeline views. Around that sit a Workday sync through the Integrations panel, SharePoint file import, bulk attachment handling and new keyboard shortcuts in table view.
◆ Where it's heading
Table view is being built into the primary work surface, with attachment management and shortcuts arriving there and AI access narrowed to a defined set of views. The Workday and SharePoint additions pull enterprise data in rather than leaving it to be re-keyed. The April Contributor seat was packaging; this batch is product consolidation.
◆ Prediction
Card view's retirement starts with Enterprise, so wider retirement is the logical next step, though the entries give no date. More table view parity work looks likely given how much of this batch landed there.
Tana
5.0COLLAB
Tana's meeting now seats your own Claude or ChatGPT beside its own assistant.
◆ Current state
October moved Tana's center of gravity onto the meeting itself. Home became a timeline of meetings, a new meeting page puts chat beside the call, live suggestions draft tasks and Linear or Slack items for approval, and briefs now research outside attendees on the web. An iPhone and iPad app arrived on October 8, and tasks gained due dates. On October 26 Tana let users connect their own Claude or ChatGPT accounts to follow a call and act through their own connectors.
◆ Where it's heading
Tana is building the meeting as a workspace where agents act, and approval is the constant: drafts wait for a click before anything is sent. Connecting outside assistants is the notable turn, since it treats Claude and ChatGPT as participants rather than rivals, with their work private until shared. Tana's value then rests on the live context of the call and the actions that follow it, not on owning the model.
◆ Prediction
Expect more external agents and tools to reach the meeting chat, given that Settings already has an External agents section and suggestions route across tools. The desktop-only requirement for bring-your-own agents is the obvious limit to lift next.
Alternatives to Smartsheet and Tana
Other Collab 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 Smartsheet or Tana.
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Recent activity from Smartsheet and Tana
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 7d agoSmartsheetManage your sheet and row attachments in table view
- 7d agoSmartsheetWork faster with keyboard shortcuts in table view
- 7d agoSmartsheetCard view has been retired for Enterprise plan customers
- 7d agoSmartsheetImport files from SharePoint
- 7d agoSmartsheetSync Workday data into Smartsheet
- 7d agoSmartsheetUse AI tools in Table, Board, and Timeline views
- 7d agoTanaBring your own Claude or ChatGPT into your meetings
- 11d agoTanaBriefs that research, tasks with due dates
- 25d agoTanaTana on iPhone and iPad
- 1mo agoTanaLive suggestions in meetings, and a new Home
- 1mo agoTanaHey Tana just does it, a Calendar, and a new Home ⚡
- 2mo agoTanaMultitasking voice agent, natural language search and daily briefs ⚡
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Smartsheet and Tana?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Smartsheet and Tana are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Smartsheet better than Tana?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Smartsheet and Tana are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Smartsheet?
Top Smartsheet alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Smartsheet alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/smartsheet for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Tana?
Top Tana alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Tana alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/tana for the full list with editorial commentary on each.