Coda vs Asana: Integrating your other tools
Integrations are essential for effective project tracking. See how Coda and Asana stack up.
Joe Bauer
Product Marketing Manager at Coda
Tool consolidation · 8 min read
- Slack: Coda’s Slack integration can sync your messages into Coda for added context and AI-generated summaries, and send Slack messages directly from your docs. Asana’s integration converts Slack messages into tasks, and sends updates and AI-generated task summaries to your Slack channels. If you’re a Microsoft Team’s user, both Asana and Coda integrate with Teams, too.
- Gmail: Both Coda’s and Asana’s Gmail integrations enable you to sync emails from your inbox into your docs or projects. Coda’s integration also lets you send emails directly from your docs (like reminders or meeting summaries), whereas Asana’s integration lets you create, update, or search for tasks from within Gmail.
- Google Calendar: Coda’s Google Calendar integration allows you to display and schedule events directly from Coda. Asana’s integration is centered around managing project timelines, meaning you can automate meeting scheduling based on project progress, sync project tasks to your calendar, and add event widgets to tasks for context. Both tools also integrate with Outlook Calendar.
- Jira: Coda’s and Asana’s Jira integrations function similarly; both have two-way sync so you can create and update Jira issues from your Coda docs or Asana projects, and vice versa.
- GitHub: With Coda’s GitHub integration, you can sync the status of issues, pull requests and repositories into your docs, and approve and comment on pull requests directly from Coda. Asana’s integration similarly lets you sync GitHub status updates to Asana, and also connect pull request attachments to task descriptions.
- Salesforce: Coda’s Salesforce integration allows you to sync an account, opportunity, case, and any custom objects and fields from Salesforce into your Coda docs. Asana’s integration enables the creation of Asana tasks and projects from Salesforce, and also lets you link deal progress to Asana Goals.
- HubSpot: Coda’s HubSpot integration can sync account, prospect, and support data from HubSpot into Coda, and send updates to HubSpot from your docs with two-way sync. Asana’s integration allows you to view HubSpot campaign status and metrics in Asana, and automatically create Asana tasks from HubSpot using rules.
Coda
- Coda offers many Packs at no additional cost on all pricing plans, including on the free plan.
- Others can be purchased for a monthly fee and/or are bundled with specific pricing plans:
- Slack, Gmail, and Google Calendar are bundled free with all paid plans.
- Jira and GitHub are bundled free with the Team and Enterprise plans.
- Salesforce and HubSpot are bundled free with the Enterprise plan.
- If you’d like to build your own integrations, Coda’s API is available free for all customers.
Asana
- Asana has 100+ apps that are free on all plans (including their “Personal” plan), such as Slack, Gmail, and Google Calendar.
- Other integrations are bundled free with specific pricing plans:
- Jira, GitHub, and HubSpot are available on the Starter plan and above.
- Salesforce is available on the Enterprise plan and above.
- Asana’s API is also available free for all customers, with some limitations for those on a free plan.
Coda
- To find and set up Coda Packs, you can browse Coda’s Gallery or simply type / and the name of the app (e.g., “/Salesforce”) from within any of your Coda docs. You can also install some common apps, like Slack, from your account page.
- Each Pack listing in Coda’s Gallery has links to useful setup guides, doc templates, and/or examples of other docs using the Pack for inspiration. You’ll also find security information and a log of release notes so you can see when (and how) the Pack was last updated.
- When you add a Pack to your doc, Coda makes it really easy to get started by displaying a list of handy drag-and-drop tables, buttons, formulas, and other elements that you can pull into your doc and start using right away.
Asana
- You can browse and install apps from Asana’s App Directory. Some apps are installed from within Asana while others need to be set up from the third-party tool, or configured within both.
- Each app listing has step-by-step instructions on how to set up the integration, as well as links to more detailed guides and videos in the Asana Help Center.
In Coda, it's easy to install Packs and drag-and-drop the integration into your doc.
Coda
- Coda has a comprehensive guide on Pack Security, in addition to help docs with video answers common security questions. The key thing to know is that instead of relying on each Pack maker to meet specific requirements for each of their Packs, Coda designed the Packs platform to abide by a strict global protocol that ensures organizations with even the most strict security requirements can use Packs.
- In the Gallery listing for each Pack, you’ll see who built the Pack and a security tab that details everything you need to know about an individual Pack’s security.
- Packs that have a blue check mark next to their name in the Gallery are Coda certified, meaning they have passed Coda’s quality review check and have a support agreement in place with Coda.
- When you install a Pack, you choose who can interact with the data it pulls into your Coda docs: you, anyone the doc is shared with, or nobody (for view only data).
- Org admins for customers on Coda’s Enterprise plan can enable specific Pack controls so that new Pack installs will need their approval. They can also create custom Pack configurations to implement more granular controls on Pack usage in their organization.
Asana
- In order for an app to be published in Asana’s App Directory, it goes though a security review and QA process to ensure it meets their security requirements.
- Asana’s App Directory lists whether an app is built by Asana, a partner (and which “tier” of partner), or a developer, though it does not disclose what qualifies a partner to be in a specific tier.
- Asana allows “super admins” for customers on the Enterprise+ tier to monitor and control the apps active in their workspace. That includes blocking specific apps, requirement for the approval of apps to be installed, and rules on allowing or disallowing web requests from external services.
- Super admins can also view all connected apps, their last activity, and active members.
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