hrglass vs. Asana
Asana is excellent for task and workflow management—but service businesses still need to track time, send estimates, invoice clients, and collect payments. hrglass does all of that in one platform.
Feature Comparison
Project & Task Management
hrglass
Asana
- Built-in Project Management
- Kanban Boards
- List, Calendar & Timeline Views
- Custom Project Statuses
- Custom Task Statuses
- To-Do Lists
- Convert To-Do to Task
- Fixed-Rate Tasks
- Attach Services to Tasks
- Budget TrackingAdvanced Plan Only
Time-Tracking
hrglass
Asana
- One-Click Timer
- Manual Entry
- Retroactive Logging
- Billable vs Non-Billable
- Weekly Summaries
- Desktop & Mobile AppsIn-browser
- Idle Detection
- Rates Tied to Time Entries
Invoicing
hrglass
Asana
- Built-in Invoicing
- Auto-Generate from Time Entries
- Multi-Project Invoicing
- Invoice Template Maker
- Stripe Card Payments
- ACH Bank Transfers
- PayPal Payments
- Per-Project Taxes
- Account Credit
- Recurring / Retainer Invoicing
Estimates & Contracts
hrglass
Asana
- Built-in Estimates
- Tasks & Services as Estimate Line Items
- Online Estimate Acceptance
- Estimate-to-Project Conversion
- Contract Attachment & Acceptance
- Contract Templates
Payments
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Asana
- Stripe payments
- PayPal payments
- Clients pay online (pay button on invoice)
- Manual payment guidance (Zelle, Venmo, Check)
Client & Contact Management
hrglass
Asana
- Client ManagementAdd-on
- Client profilesAdd-on
- Multiple contacts per client
- Billing contact email preference (primary invoice Contact)
- Client credit / prepaid balance tracking
- Client Details Dashboard (See all projects, invoices)
- Client archive & restorePartial
Services Catalog
hrglass
Asana
- Reusable service items with default rates
- Service linking to tasks, estimates & invoices
- Rate locking on service-backed line items
- Attach Services to Estimate Tasks
Tax Management
hrglass
Asana
- Tax rates on invoices & estimates
- Compound tax support
- Unlimited Tax Rates or Fees on Invoices
- Tax summary report
Expenses
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Asana
- Expense tracking with categories
- Receipt uploads
- Expense approval flow
- Roll billable expenses into invoices
- Track non-billable expenses
- Expenses Dashboard and filters
- Milage Tracker
- Expense Taxes
- Expense Markup Percent
- Recurring Expenses
- Partial expense billing tracking
Reporting
hrglass
Asana
- Time & project reportsAdvanced+ Plan
- Dashboard KPIsAdvanced+ Plan
- Team utilization reportingAdvanced+ Plan
- Project profitability reporting
- Custom report builder with filters & groupingAdvanced+ Plan
- Saved reports
- Projects with balances at a glance
- Tax summary report
- Activity / audit logEnterprise Only
- Detailed Custom ReportsAdvanced+ Plan
- Export CSV
Team & Permissions
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Asana
- Assign team members to Projects/Tasks
- In-app and email notifications
- Role-based access control
- Owners-only financial visibility (rates, totals, invoices)
- Assign To-Do's to team members
- Multiple workspaces under one account
- SAML / SSOComing SoonEnterprise Only
- Google SSO sign-inComing Soon
Data & Security
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Asana
- Archive & restore (clients, projects, tasks)
- Strict per-workspace data isolation
- 30-day soft delete with restore
- Deleted items restore page
Notifications
hrglass
Asana
- Email notifications
- Per-user notification preferences
- Overdue invoice alerts
- In-app notification center (bell)
- Project & task deadline reminders
- To-Do reminders