Asana has its headquarters in San Francisco, United States, outside the EU and EFTA. According to our check, Asana does not store your data in the EU. The guide has 5 project management tools from the same category with headquarters in the EU or EFTA, with the most points from the Netherlands check at the top. Of these, 3 store your data in the EU and 2 are Dutch companies.
Project management · Amsterdam, Netherlands · for SMEs and large companies
Resource planning for service providers, with capacity, skills, planned versus worked hours and project margins.
On the Timewax website
Project management · Eersel, Netherlands · for freelancers and SMEs
Project software with planning, tasks, hours, quotes and invoices in one package, for Dutch service providers.
On the Hello Office website
Project management · Vaterstetten, Germany · for freelancers and SMEs and large companies
Task management with Kanban boards, notes and automations, hosted in Germany.
On the MeisterTask website
Project management · Cork, Ireland · for SMEs and large companies
Project management for agencies and service providers with tasks, Gantt, time tracking, budgets and client access.
On the Teamwork.com website
Project management · Berlijn, Germany · for freelancers and SMEs
Task lists and notes for yourself and your team, from the makers of Wunderlist, with a free plan.
On the Superlist website · partner link
| Asana | Timewax | Hello Office | MeisterTask | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan, paid from €13.49/month | On request | from €69/month | Free plan, paid from €15.50/month |
| Support in Dutch | Unknown | Unknown | ✓ Yes | ✕ No |
| App in Dutch | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | Unknown |
| Data in the EU | ✕ No | ✓ Yes | Unknown | ✓ Yes |
| Data processing agreement | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | Unknown | ✓ Yes |
| Company in the Netherlands | ✕ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✕ No |
| Integrations | Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Drive, Outlook, Zoom, Jira, Salesforce, HubSpot | AFAS, Exact Online, Simplicate, Microsoft Dynamics, Autotask, Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Slack | Exact Online, Reeleezee, Visma | Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google, GitHub, Zendesk, MindMeister |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, United States | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Eersel, Netherlands | Vaterstetten, Germany |
Facts checked on the vendors' websites.
With headquarters in the EU or EFTA and the most points from the Netherlands check: Timewax (Amsterdam, Netherlands, 4 of 5), Hello Office (Eersel, Netherlands, 3 of 5) and MeisterTask (Vaterstetten, Germany, 2 of 5).
Asana has its headquarters in San Francisco, United States.
Of the alternatives we checked: Timewax and Hello Office.
Of the European alternatives to Asana we checked, MeisterTask has the lowest starting price, at €15.50 per month. Pro, per user per month with monthly billing; €12.50 with annual billing. Timeline (Gantt), subtasks and custom fields only come in Business (€31 monthly, €24 with annual billing). Free: at most 3 projects and 5 notes. Also check what the cheapest plan includes.
MeisterTask, Teamwork.com and Superlist have a free plan. Do check what it includes; it is often limited.
Of the European alternatives to Asana we checked: Hello Office.
Of the European alternatives to Asana we checked: Timewax, MeisterTask and Teamwork.com.
Hello Office, MeisterTask and Superlist are aimed at freelancers.
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