Mehashi vs Asana
Mehashi is a lightweight Asana alternative built for teams under about twenty people. Your first five seats are free forever, and every seat after that is £1, $1 or €1 per month. Asana's free Personal plan now stops at two users; Mehashi gives you five, plus boards, timelines, notes and files.
Asana is a polished work-management platform with goals, portfolios, workload balancing, forms and a large automation and integration catalogue. If your company runs cross-functional programmes across several departments, that machinery pays for itself.
The wrinkle for small teams is the entry price. Asana's free Personal plan caps at two users for accounts created after November 2025, so the third teammate triggers a paid plan at roughly $11 per user per month. Mehashi's answer is five free seats and then a single currency unit per seat.
Mehashi vs Asana,
line by line.
Everything below is either a published price we looked up or behaviour that ships today. Where Asana wins, the row says so.
| Feature | Mehashi | Asana |
|---|---|---|
| £1 / $1 / €1 per seat, same number | Yes | From ~$11 |
| Free for first 5 people, forever | Yes | Up to 2 |
| Monthly bill for a team of 12 | £7 / $7 / €7 | ~$132 |
| Setup in under 15 minutes | Yes | Yes |
| Board, list, and timeline views | Yes | Timeline on paid plans |
| Calendar view included on the free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Per-project notes, links and files | Yes | Attachments only |
| Custom workflows and custom fields | No | Advanced plan |
| Live multiplayer updates without a refresh | No | Yes |
| App marketplace / third-party integrations | Slack shortcut only | Extensive |
| Native mobile apps | Mobile web | Yes |
| Self-serve cancel, no annual commit | Yes | Best rate needs annual |
| Free seats before you pay anything | 5 | 2 (10 on legacy accounts) |
| Goals, portfolios and workload views | No | Yes |
| Intake forms and rules automation | No | Yes |
| Multiple assignees on one task | Yes | One assignee |
Competitor prices are approximate published per-user monthly rates as of August 2026 — check their sites for current numbers.
Where Asana is the better choice.
We would rather lose the signup than win a team that churns in a month. If any of these describe you, stay where you are.
Programme management at scale
Goals, portfolios and workload give leadership a cross-team view Mehashi has no equivalent for. If you are reporting up through several departments, Asana is built for that job.
Automation and intake
Forms, rules, approvals and a deep integration catalogue let Asana absorb requests from the rest of the business automatically. Mehashi's only integration today is a Slack message shortcut.
Polish and mobile
Native iOS and Android apps, offline handling and years of interaction refinement. Mehashi works in mobile browsers but has no native apps.
Switch to Mehashi if…
Free for your first five people, then £1, $1 or €1 per seat per month — the same number in every currency, not an exchange rate.
- Your team is 5–20 people and Asana's two-seat free plan pushed you into a paid tier you don't use.
- You use boards, lists, due dates and comments — and none of the portfolio machinery.
- You want the timeline view without an upgrade.
- You'd rather pay £1 a seat than justify a per-seat line item every renewal.
How many people can use Asana for free?
Asana's free Personal plan covers up to 2 users on accounts created after November 2025; accounts created before that keep a legacy allowance of up to 10. Mehashi's free tier is 5 people with no time limit, and seat 6 onwards costs £1 / $1 / €1 per month. Rates as published in August 2026.
Is Mehashi a good Asana alternative for a small team?
If you mostly use boards, lists, a timeline, due dates, assignees and comments, yes — that is precisely the surface Mehashi covers, at £1 per seat past the first five. If you depend on goals, portfolios, workload, forms or rules automation, Asana remains the better fit.
Does Mehashi have a timeline view like Asana's?
Yes, and it is included on every plan including the free one. Each project has board, list, timeline, calendar and dashboard views over the same tasks, plus notes, links and files tabs.
Can I import my Asana projects?
Not automatically — there is no Asana importer yet. Teams that move usually recreate active projects by hand and leave the archive in Asana. Tell us at hello@mehashi.com if an importer is what is blocking you.