Professional services
Consultancies deliver client projects against an agreed budget. Revenue and cost on the same lines show the margin of each project.
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Asana alternative: FlexiProject compared
FlexiProject is an Asana alternative for companies whose projects need an approved plan, a budget with revenues and a risk register. Team members keep working on tasks and boards.
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FlexiProject vs Asana
| Try for free | Asana | |
|---|---|---|
| Gantt chart with dependencies | ||
| Unlimited depth of task structure | ||
| Dependencies with a fixed lag | ||
| Several baselines kept for comparison | ||
| Schedule import from MS Project (.mpp) | ||
| Plan change request with justification | ||
| Charter with sponsor approval and versions | ||
| Approval of schedule and budget baselines | ||
| Built-in risk register with a risk matrix | ||
| Project products with acceptance criteria | ||
| Costs and revenues in one project budget | ||
| CAPEX and OPEX on budget lines | ||
| Project portfolios | ||
| Portfolio budget with reserve and NPV | ||
| Strategic goals linked to projects | ||
| Resource workload | ||
| Time tracking | ||
| Kanban board | ||
| On-premises version | ||
| Unlimited free users |
An Asana alternative for projects with a signed-off plan
Open a 30-day test account without a form, import a current plan and add its budget and risks. Team members join on free accounts.
FlexiProject key strengths
A good Asana alternative adds schedule depth, charter, budget, risks and products to task work.
Break the work down as far as the project needs.
The task structure has no level limit, and dependencies of four types carry a fixed lag. Every approved plan stays as a baseline, so you compare today’s dates with any earlier version.
Get the sponsor's signature inside the system.
The charter reads dates, costs, risks and products from the project and goes through an approval path. A later change opens a new version, and the signed one stays in the archive.
Show finance costs, revenues and cash flow.
Budget lines hold costs and revenues, marked as CAPEX or OPEX, with a forecast for each month. Actual costs land on the same lines, so the monthly view shows plan, forecast and spend.
A risk register with your own matrix.
The administrator sets probability and impact scales and risk categories. Each risk has an owner and a response plan, links to a task, and all risks of a portfolio sit in one tab.
Results the sponsor can accept one by one.
Each product has an owner and a description of how it will be accepted. Its date comes from the task that delivers it, and templates can bring products with document patterns.
key strengths
An Asana alternative for projects with an approved plan
When a client or the board signs off a date and a budget, every later change needs a reason. In FlexiProject a change request records the reason, the options and the new scope. After approval it becomes the new baseline, and the earlier one stays for comparison.
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Imports mapped to your own columns
A schedule comes in from an .mpp file with its baselines, or from Excel. A mapping step assigns columns to task fields and sets the date format. Budgets and actual costs also import from Excel with a preview and column mapping, so existing spreadsheets move over without retyping.
Industries where FlexiProject is an Asana alternative
Construction
Investments run to approved dates and budgets. Change requests record why a date or cost moved.
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Public institutions
Public bodies need data on their own servers and a record of decisions. FlexiProject installs on-premises with all modules.
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Other sectors
IT, energy and manufacturing companies also run projects in FlexiProject. Open the page for your sector.
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Asana alternative: frequently asked questions
FlexiProject as an Asana alternative
Is FlexiProject a good Asana alternative?
Yes, FlexiProject is a good Asana alternative for projects that need an approved plan, a budget and a risk register next to tasks. The FlexiProject project management software keeps them on the same data.
Does the Asana alternative keep several baselines?
Yes. In Asana each project can have only one baseline. FlexiProject as an Asana alternative keeps every approved plan, and the Gantt chart tool shows the deviation.
Can the Asana alternative import MS Project plans?
Yes. FlexiProject as an Asana alternative reads .mpp files with tasks, resources, assignments and the baseline. The project plan module then stores each approved version.
Approvals, templates and knowledge
Who approves plans and budgets?
The approval workflow software routes the charter, plan and budget through ordered levels. Each decision keeps its author, date, result and comment.
What does a project template carry?
A template in the project template module holds the schedule with dependencies, budget lines, typical risks and products with document patterns.
Where does the PMO keep its standards?
Good practice sits with the products, risks and tasks of templates. The knowledge base module also turns a finished project into a template.
Budget, portfolio and strategy
How does the Asana alternative plan a portfolio budget?
Asana budgets count either hours or costs, one per project. FlexiProject as an Asana alternative adds a portfolio budget with reserve and NPV in the project portfolio software.
How are new projects ranked?
The project scoring software rates ideas with weighted questions you write. Each project type can have its own model, and scores have versions.
How are projects tied to company goals?
In the strategy management module goals form a tree with sub-goals and dated metrics. Each project joins a goal with its level of impact.
How does the Asana alternative plan linked projects?
FlexiProject as an Asana alternative groups dependent projects into programs. The program management tool previews the new dates of each project before approval.
Reviews, reports and resources
Where does the board review projects?
The project review module pulls budget, deviations, milestones, progress and risks from each project. Board decisions are archived with a snapshot of the data.
How does the PMO report across projects?
The project reporting tool queries projects, schedules, budgets, risks and products without code. Results export to Excel or appear as dashboard widgets.
How is workload checked?
Daily availability in the resource management software reflects working hours and leave, including leave from Outlook. Assigning past it shows a warning.
Time, routine work and communication
How is working time recorded?
Team members log hours against tasks in the time tracking tool, in the browser or the mobile app. Planned and logged effort sit side by side.
Where does work outside projects go?
Recurring duties run in the operational tasks module with owners, watchers and a cycle. They use the same availability as project work.
Where does the team discuss a project?
Each project has a chat, and comments with mentions sit on tasks, risks and budget lines. The team communication tool notifies people in the app and by email.
Jira, trial and pricing
Can developers keep working in Jira?
Yes. With the Jira integration you pull issues into the schedule with a JQL query and map their owners to FlexiProject users.
Can we test the Asana alternative on our own?
Yes. FlexiProject as an Asana alternative opens a 30-day test account without a form. The pricing page lists every rate, and team members use free accounts.
Bring us a project from Asana
Show us a project you run in Asana today, and we will set up its plan, budget and risks in a FlexiProject test account.
