Comparison
Zuuna vs Asana: the GDPR-compliant alternative
Zuuna vs Asana, compared honestly: hosted in Germany on every plan, git and releases on the board — and where Asana is genuinely the better fit.
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Asana is genuinely good at coordinating work — campaigns, ops processes, cross-department projects. But if your work lives in git, Asana cannot see half of it. And your data lives with a US provider. This comparison shows where Zuuna is the better choice, where Asana wins — and what switching actually involves.
In short: who each is for
Zuuna is built for teams that ship software: commits, pull requests and releases hang directly off the card, sprints and planning poker are built in, and hosting is in Germany — on every plan. Asana is the more mature choice for marketing, ops and project coordination: timeline, portfolios, goals and forms are things Zuuna simply does not have. If your team writes code, or your data-protection review demands an EU location, read on — that is exactly what this page is for.
The difference that matters: where your data lives
Zuuna is hosted in Germany — on all plans, including Free. A data processing agreement (DPA) is available online, no sales conversation required. And one more thing that usually hides behind enterprise contracts: enforced two-factor authentication for the whole workspace comes with every Zuuna plan, even the free one.
Asana is a US provider. EU data residency (AWS Frankfurt region) is available only on Enterprise or Enterprise+ — and only through sales (as of 2026-07-30). For a GDPR review that means: on the plans most teams actually use, you are relying on US data transfers. We have written up what matters in such a review in detail: GDPR-compliant project management.
Zuuna vs Asana at a glance
Asana prices and feature tiers are taken from asana.com/pricing (accessed 2026-08-03); data-residency and seat-minimum details come from Asana's own security and sales documentation (as of 2026-07-30).
| Criterion | Zuuna | Asana |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting location | Germany — on every plan | US provider; EU residency (Frankfurt) only Enterprise/Enterprise+, via sales |
| DPA | Included, available online | Yes — processing by the US provider |
| Kanban board | Yes | Yes |
| Table/list view | Yes (Plus and up) | Yes |
| Timeline / Gantt | No | Yes (Starter and up) |
| Sprints, backlog, planning poker | Built in (Developer) | Not native — improvised with boards |
| Git: commits & pull requests on the card | Built in (Developer) | No native git view |
| Code graph & releases | Yes (Developer) | No |
| Time tracking | Built in (Business Pro), incl. Clockify/Toggl import | Native on Advanced and up |
| Automations | Plus and up: 200/mo, Business Standard 1,000, Business Pro 25,000, Developer unlimited | Unlimited from Starter |
| Portfolios, goals (OKRs), workload | No | Yes (Advanced and up) |
| Forms | No | Yes (Starter and up) |
| SSO (SAML) & SCIM | Business Pro | Enterprise |
| Free plan | 2 members, 100 cards | Personal: max. 2 users |
| Cheapest paid plan | €4/user/month incl. VAT | $10.99/user/month (annual), 2-seat minimum |
For developer teams: board, git and releases in one place
The real reason developer teams switch from Asana to Zuuna is not the price. It is the git integration: commits and pull requests appear on the card, and a card ID in the commit message is enough to move the card along automatically — whichever git host your code lives on. Asana has no counterpart to this; there, the state of the work lives in the tool, not in the repository.
Two things build on top of that which do not exist in Asana at all: the code graph, which shows which branch belongs to which card and what shipped without a ticket — and releases bound to git tags. Add real sprints with a backlog, capacity planning and planning poker, built in rather than improvised with boards. All of it belongs to the Developer plan.
Pricing compared (as of 2026-08-03)
| Tier | Zuuna (per user/month, incl. VAT) | Asana (per user/month, USD, annual billing) |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free: €0 — 2 members, 100 cards | Personal: $0 — max. 2 users |
| Entry | Plus: €4 | Starter: $10.99 (monthly: $13.49) |
| Team | Business Standard: €8 · Business Pro: €16 | Advanced: $24.99 (monthly: $30.49) |
| Top tier | Developer: €24 | Enterprise / Enterprise+: contact sales |
Three things Asana's pricing page does not spell out: all paid plans carry a 2-seat minimum — working solo, you effectively pay around $21.98 a month on Starter. Seats are also sold in buckets: invite the sixth person and you pay for ten seats. And Asana serves currency by location — we could not verify the euro prices on 2026-08-03, so the numbers above are the US list prices.
For perspective: Zuuna's most expensive plan (Developer, €24 incl. VAT) sits at the level of Asana's Advanced — which at that price includes neither SAML nor SCIM. All Zuuna plans in detail: pricing.
Where Asana wins
An honest comparison needs this list, and it is not a short one:
- Timeline and Gantt. An Asana project renders as list, board, timeline or calendar — the same data, four views. Zuuna has no Gantt view, full stop.
- Multi-homing. In Asana, one task can live in several projects at once and stays a single object with a single comment thread. In Zuuna, a card belongs to exactly one board.
- Portfolios, goals, workload. If you oversee many projects, Asana (Advanced and up) gives you status roll-ups, OKR-style goals and capacity planning. Zuuna has sprint capacity, but no workload view and no goals layer — and card relations are links without real dependency logic.
- Forms, the integration catalogue, mobile. Asana's forms, its large integration marketplace and mobile apps matured over a decade — the lead here is real.
In short: switch if your team writes code, runs sprints or needs its data in the EU. Stay with Asana if your planning lives on Gantt, portfolios or company-wide goals.
Switching: what you can bring with you today
Honestly: there is no one-click import from Asana. The route is CSV — export the project from Asana, then bring it into Zuuna through the spreadsheet import: pick the header row, map columns to title, status and fields, check the preview. Titles, statuses and field values come across; comments and attachments do not. The import handles up to 10,000 rows and 15 MB per file — the tutorial Import an Excel spreadsheet as a kanban board walks through it step by step.
Trying it costs nothing: the Free plan needs no credit card, and any board exports back to Excel/CSV at any time — so you are never locking yourself in.
Next steps
- Project management for developer teams — why the board should see the code.
- Zuuna vs Jira and Zuuna vs Linear — the developer-tool comparisons.
- Zuuna vs Monday and Zuuna vs Trello — if other candidates are still on your list.
- All plans at a glance — start free, no credit card.
Where the data sits, who processes it and what we explicitly do not claim is set out on the security and privacy page — subprocessor table included.
FAQ
Where does Zuuna store my data?
In Germany — on every plan, including Free. A data processing agreement (DPA) is available online, no sales call required. Asana offers EU data residency (Frankfurt) only on Enterprise or Enterprise+, and only through sales.
Can I import my Asana projects?
There is no one-click import from Asana. The honest route: export the project from Asana as CSV and bring it in through Zuuna's spreadsheet import. Titles, statuses and fields come across — comments and attachments do not.
Does Zuuna offer a data processing agreement (DPA)?
Yes, on every plan. The DPA is available directly on the website — you never have to talk to sales to get it.
Does Zuuna have a timeline or Gantt view?
No. Zuuna has a board, a table view and a calendar, but no Gantt view, no portfolios and no goals layer. If your planning lives on time bars and dependencies, Asana is the better choice there.
How much does Zuuna cost compared to Asana?
Zuuna: €0 (Free), €4 (Plus), €8 (Business Standard), €16 (Business Pro), €24 (Developer) per user per month, incl. VAT. Asana (US list prices, as of 2026-08-03): Starter $10.99 and Advanced $24.99 per user/month billed annually — with a 2-seat minimum on all paid plans.