Workload and capacity
Workload is the headline reason most ops teams buy Asana — and it's deliberately parked on the Advanced plan, doubling the per-seat cost for everyone who needs to use it.
What people actually say
✕Workload and Portfolio Workload only appear on the Advanced and Enterprise plans; Starter teams cannot see capacity at all.
Source: Asana official pricing ↗✕Asana's own dashboards cannot track planned vs actual costs, monitor workload capacity, or build formula-based KPIs on lower tiers.
Source: Coupler.io, Asana reporting limitations ↗✕Buyers describe Advanced as 'the gateway to essential team management features' because Workload sits behind that paywall.
Source: eesel AI, Asana pricing analysis ↗
Capacity is a single SQL query in a custom build: sum estimated hours per assignee per week, compare against their configured availability, render as a heatmap. We weight by effort, account for time off pulled from your HRIS, and surface overload alerts to managers in Slack. No per-seat upcharge for the one report your leadership actually checks every Monday.