Asana vs Smartsheet
Zero of fourteen models named Asana first on the direct prompt; one named Smartsheet. Asana was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Smartsheet by eight and Asana carries 38 labels and Smartsheet 10, so the shares are not directly comparable.
By Asana Inc., San Francisco, United States, founded 2008. Named in seven categories this edition.
Named in four categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the marketing resource management page.
By framing
AsanaFirst choices, of fourteen modelsSmartsheet
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Asana and Smartsheet were named in the same answer twenty-seven times, of the 166 answers naming Asana and the 42 naming Smartsheet. In those answers Smartsheet took the first choice two times and Asana five.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | ||||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | ||||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | ||
| Mistral Small | ||||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | |||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | ||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | |||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Asana Smartsheet first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Asana on the left and Smartsheet on the right.The direct prompt
Smartsheet first, Asana not the choice
1 of 14 modelsAsana was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
10 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
Asana4%#6 of 11Smartsheet4%#7 of 11Asana0%#9 of 10Smartsheet0%#8 of 10What the models said about Asana
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“they are not true MRMs... trying to force Asana or Monday.com to act as your MRM will result in "tool sprawl."” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative
“Asana (G2 Leader, 4.4/5 from 12,500+ reviews)” Grok 4.1 Fast · comparative prompt · first choice
“Start with Asana (free) or Monday.com” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · first choice
“the best value pick is usually Asana” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Smartsheet
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of five in this category shown.
“they are not full MRM systems unless you are ready to build process, reporting, approvals, and financial controls around them” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Spreadsheet-like flexibility, good for complex B2B campaign timelines, but weaker on native budget tracking” DeepSeek V4 Flash · paraphrase prompt · soft negative
“Best All-Around for Mid-Market B2B: Smartsheet ... The safest bet for a generic B2B marketing operations role” Qwen 3.7 Flash · direct prompt · first choice
“Mid-market sweet spot: Wrike, monday work management, Teamwork.com, Smartsheet” Kimi K2 · scale prompt · first choice
“It may suit teams moving from spreadsheets who want to preserve a familiar planning model.” GPT-6 Luna · comparative prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.