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Context Board and Asana both put AI agents to work on your projects. The difference is whose agents. Asana sells its own, called AI Teammates, and counts what they do in requests. On Context Board, the Claude Code or Codex you already pay for does the work.
We read Asana’s pricing page on November 12, 2026. Each paid plan includes 5 AI requests a user a month, up to 50 for the whole account on Starter and Advanced. Two people on Starter get 10 requests a month, about 2 a week. More cost $0.50 each prepaid, or $0.60 pay as you go.
Context Board’s Plan board counts no requests. Your agent writes the plan with you, then Claude Code or Codex builds it step by step and asks you on the board when it needs a call. Context Board is ours, so weigh the bias.
Who does the work in each
Asana’s AI Teammates are agents that live in your projects. Its AI Teammates page lists more than 30 prebuilt ones for marketing, ops, IT and other teams, and says you assign them work like a colleague: drafting content, triaging requests, summarizing status. They break the work into subtasks and leave comments as they go. Asana Dash routes work to them, and the two share one pool of requests.
On a Plan board, the agent is yours. Claude Code or Codex runs in your project and reads and updates the plan over MCP as it builds.
- Claude Code or Codex, on the plan you already pay for
- Builds in your project, step by step, and marks each step as it goes
- Asks you under Needs you, with its pick marked
- No request count and no AI credits from us
- Asana’s own agents, 30+ prebuilt, or ones you design
- Work on tasks in your projects and comment as they go
- Not in the free Personal plan
- 5 requests a user a month, then $0.50 to $0.60 each
Asana’s pricing FAQ defines a request as “one successful unit of work executed by AI Teammates or Asana Dash.” Failed, timed-out and canceled work doesn’t count, and admin tasks in Dash, like prioritizing your day, are included at no extra cost.
AI requests on each Asana plan
We compiled this from Asana’s pricing page on November 12, 2026. Prices are per seat a month, billed yearly, then monthly.
| Plan | Price | AI included each month |
|---|---|---|
| Context Board | $12 a month, no seats | Your own Claude Code or Codex does the work, with no request count |
| Asana Personal | $0, 2 users | AI Teammates not included |
| Asana Starter | $10.99, or $13.49 | 5 requests a user, up to 50 an account. Two people get 10 |
| Asana Advanced | $24.99, or $30.49 | 5 requests a user, up to 50 an account. Two people get 10 |
| Asana Enterprise and Enterprise+ | Contact sales | 5 requests a user, up to 250 an account |
Now put a month of agent work against it. Say you hand an agent 3 jobs a working day, 20 working days a month: 60 jobs. If each job counts as one request, this is what that month uses.
| 60 jobs a month on | Included | Extra | Extra cost a month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context Board | Runs on your agent’s plan | No request count | $0 from us |
| Asana Starter, 1 seat | 5 | 55 | $27.50 prepaid, $33 pay as you go |
| Asana Starter, 2 seats | 10 | 50 | $25 prepaid, $30 pay as you go |
Your agent plan has limits of its own. The AI usage widget on a Context Board shows what is left of your Claude Code and Codex plans, for the five-hour window and the week, so you see it before you hand off the next step.
What a year costs for one or two people
On seat price alone, Asana Starter is a little cheaper: $131.88 a year for one seat against Context Board’s $144, and $263.76 for two seats against two subscriptions at $288. The gap opens once agents do the work, because each job past the included requests is billed.
Context Board has no seats. Share a board by email, and viewing is free for the other person. If they edit too, they need a Context Board subscription of their own, which is the $288 line. A partner who reads the plan and leaves the building to you costs nothing extra, so the two of you stay at $144.
How a Plan board works with Claude Code or Codex
- Say what you’re building, who it’s for and what done looks like. Or press Talk it through and say it out loud.
- Your agent asks what it needs, then writes an Overview and the steps, each with its tasks and the files it touches.
- Press Hand off and paste the words into Claude Code or Codex in your project. It starts on the first step not built.
- Each step shows being worked on, done or blocked. Questions wait under Needs you until you click an answer.
Your coding agent sends mockups and screenshots as it builds, and Previews gathers them, so you see a page before you open it. Leave a note in the thread beside the steps, and the agent reads it at its next update. A plan question can also reach you as a browser notification with the board closed. The Plan docs walk through each part.
Plan mode in your agent is a good start for one session. Claude Code plan mode and Codex plan mode cover how each one plans before it edits. A Plan board keeps that plan across sessions and agents, with every step’s status where you can see it.
Using Asana with Claude
If your team already runs on Asana, you can bring your own agent to it. Asana’s MCP server docs describe an Asana app in Claude and in ChatGPT, and a server address for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and VS Code. You sign in with OAuth, then ask in plain words: create a task, manage a project, summarize where things stand.
That gives Claude the team’s tasks. A Plan board gives your coding agent a build: the steps in order, the files each one touches, a place to ask you, and a Hand off that tells it where to start. Connect Claude to Context Board once, and the Claude integration shows what else it can do there.
Where Asana still fits
Pick Asana if a team runs many projects at once. Paid plans add unlimited members, Starter has timeline and Gantt views, and Advanced adds portfolios. Its prebuilt AI Teammates suit a marketing, ops or IT team that wants agents inside its projects, and you pay for that work in requests.
Context Board is built for one person and their agents, with no team plan or seats. If you’re weighing more project tools, Asana alternatives compares the field, and Trello alternatives covers lighter boards for founders who use AI.
Try it on your next build
Make a Plan board, tell your agent what you’re building, and answer its questions. Then hand it to Claude Code or Codex and watch the first step move.
Start your Context Board, free for 3 days, then $12 a month. The Plans page shows a plan being built, step by step.