The short answer
- Plane's official migration guide moves 5 kinds of data in full and 1 partly; 1 thing stays behind. What moves
- 1 public account of making this switch: 1 evaluated. Read them
- Switching help: Plane's Asana comparison page states that its Enterprise Grid tier adds migration and implementation services alongside the standard Asana importer, i.e. vendor-assisted migration help for teams moving from Asana. plane.so
What Asana and Plane cost
List prices from each vendor's pricing page, as stored in the Stackcut catalog. Each price links its source.
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly (per month) | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asana Starter | $13.49/user/mo | $10.99/user/mo | No user seat limit; timeline and Gantt, workflow builder, forms, reporting; includes AI Teammates requests |
| Asana Advanced | $30.49/user/mo | $24.99/user/mo | Portfolios, goals, approvals and advanced reporting; more AI requests |
- Asana free plan: Personal: free forever for 2 users (up to 2 seats per project and team); unlimited projects and tasks; no timeline/Gantt, workflow builder, automation rules, dashboards, forms or advanced search help.asana.com
Plane's plans aren't in the Stackcut catalog yet; check Plane's own site.
Moving from Asana to Plane
What Plane's importer carries over, what it leaves behind, and any help it offers switchers.
To Plane
Official guide docs.plane.so · Tools: Plane Asana importer
Moves: Issues (tasks) (full); Labels, statuses, priorities (full); Users (full); Comments (full); Attachments and linked issues (full); Parent-child relationships (partial). docs.plane.so
Doesn't move: Non-hierarchical issue relations (beyond parent-child). docs.plane.so
Watch out for:
- Importer is not available on the free self-hosted Community Edition; self-hosted instances need the Commercial Edition docs.plane.so
- If you skip user import during migration, comments show the migrator's name and assignees are blank docs.plane.so
- Issue types import only if the Work item types feature is enabled in the Plane project docs.plane.so
Switching help: Plane's Asana comparison page states that its Enterprise Grid tier adds migration and implementation services alongside the standard Asana importer, i.e. vendor-assisted migration help for teams moving from Asana. plane.so
From each destination's own migration docs and switching pages, plus community write-ups where no official guide exists, each checked against its page. Confirm terms on the linked page before you rely on an offer.
People who moved from Asana to Plane
1 public accounts of leaving Asana: 1 evaluated. Summaries are ours; each links the original, and each was checked against its page before it appeared here.
A developer who knew Asana well from a previous employer needed an on-premise PM tool and settled on Plane after Redmine, OpenProject and Taiga disappointed; a 2025 update withdraws the recommendation because features moved behind paid plans and self-hosting now needs a paid license. zhgchg.li
FAQ
Can I move my Asana data to Plane?
Plane's official guide moves: Issues (tasks); Labels, statuses, priorities; Users; Comments; Attachments and linked issues. It doesn't move: Non-hierarchical issue relations (beyond parent-child). docs.plane.so
Does Plane help people switch from Asana?
Plane's Asana comparison page states that its Enterprise Grid tier adds migration and implementation services alongside the standard Asana importer, i.e. vendor-assisted migration help for teams moving from Asana. plane.so
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