Introducing Asana's Timesheets & Budgets Add-On 📊⏰

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Now that I’ve been using the Timesheets & Budgets add-on for a few weeks, I’ve run into a reporting limitation.

When I create a time entries chart in the dashboard, there’s no option to group or filter by the project the time was ATTRIBUTED TO. The chart only shows time based on which projects the task belongs to.

For multi-homed tasks, this makes project time totals inaccurate. If a task lives in Project A and Project B, but I tracked time specifically to Project A’s budget, the report shows that time under both projects.

The timesheet view itself shows the attributed project correctly. And I know the API supports filtering by attributable_to but the reporting charts don’t seem to expose this option.

Am I missing something, or is this a gap between what the API can do and what the reporting UI offers?

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Hi all,

Is there an option for two approvers so that the CEO can also see timesheets overall? Or a workaround?

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Hi @Danni_VanguardCC , no this isn’t available at the moment. Perhaps you could create a new thread in the English Forum > Product Feedback category.

For what it’s worth, the approver can export the time entries of people that they are reviewing, into CSV:

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Hi @Emily_Roman and Asana community, having this feature available on the Starter plan is something we now need to evaluate differently for our use case, so thanks for rolling out this update. We’re currently using Everhour to log time.

Do we need to be on a yearly Starter plan to activate the Timesheets add-on? When I first reviewed this add-on, it was only available with the Advanced yearly plan.

Also, do we still need to reach out to the sales team to purchase the add-on, or is there now a self-serve option to buy and enable it directly? Thanks!

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Hi @Kerem.Mete , this is currently launching to self-serve!
https://forum.asana.com/t/timesheets-budgets-add-on-is-now-available-to-purchase-in-product/1131206?u=richard_sather
PS: link is accessible by Asana Ambassadors only

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Hi Richard, it seems the link is broken, FYI. Thanks for the update though.

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Whoops, sorry, I just realised the link is for Asana ambassadors only.

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I’ve been following the discussion about the Timesheets and Budgets add-on being available only as a separate paid feature, and I’d like to offer a perspective that hasn’t been fully considered yet.

For teams outside the US, the pricing impact is quite different. When we convert the cost of the add-on to local currencies (like BRL, in my case), the effective cost can be 5 to 6 times higher in terms of real purchasing power. What might seem like a reasonable upsell for a US-based team becomes a real barrier for international users who are already committed customers of the platform.

This matters because Timesheets and Budgets isn’t quite an optional feature,. it looks like a core capability for managing projects accurately. Keeping it behind a paywall creates an unequal experience, where teams in certain regions of the world can work with full control, while others simply cannot afford to.

In the app ecosystem we live in, we’re already used to seeing strategies where part of a tool is locked behind additional payment layers, and users only realize this after they’re already deeply invested in the platform. I’m not claiming that’s the case here, but the question stands: Timesheets and Budgets should be a natural part of the product, so why was it separated? The answer significantly changes how the community will interpret this move.

Asana’s own culture page speaks to transparency, fairness, and creating an environment where everyone feels respected and valued. I believe those values should also extend to how the product is accessible globally, and not to a model where essential features are only unlocked by paying more.

I’d genuinely like to hear from the Asana team: are there any plans to incorporate this into a standard plan? Or at the very least, is regional pricing parity being considered?

I raise this because I believe in the platform. I just think this decision may have unintended consequences that weren’t fully visible from a US-centric perspective.

*(This post was originally written in Brazilian Portuguese and translated with the help of AI; please excuse any grammatical imperfections.)

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Thank you for sharing such a detailed and thoughtful perspective, @Mauricio_Donati. It is genuinely helpful to hear how these decisions impact our global community, especially regarding purchasing power and the practicalities of regional currency conversion.

We appreciate the feedback that features like Timesheets and Budgets feel essential to your workflow. Decisions around product packaging are often complex, as we try to balance specialized feature development with keeping our core plans accessible to all teams.

Regarding your questions about pricing and availability, here is where things currently stand:

  • Plan Accessibility: We’ve expanded the availability of the Timesheets and Budgets add-on to include Starter plans and above. This change allows more teams to access the add-on features regardless of their base tier.
  • Self-Service & Transparency: To improve transparency, customers can now purchase the add-on directly in-product. This allows you to see the final pricing in your specific billing context without needing to engage with our sales team first.
  • Evaluation: We have introduced the ability to experiment with a free trial of the add-on. We hope this helps teams determine the actual ROI of the feature before making a financial commitment.
  • Current Roadmap: While we don’t have immediate plans to implement specific add-on pricing in Brazilian real at this time, we are continuously monitoring how these features are used across different markets.

We hear your concerns about “US-centric” perspectives and will share this feedback with our product and pricing teams. It’s conversations like these that help us stay aligned with our values of transparency and fairness.

Thank you for being a part of the Asana community and for advocating for your team’s needs!

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Timesheets and Budgets is very compelling and something most customers are going to enjoy. However there may be a critical shortcoming regarding former employees who’s Asana accounts have been deactivated.

More details: Retain Actual Time Data of Removed Users in Reporting

Until this is fixed, the flaw is rather severe: your end of year reports won’t show any time logged by former employees. Now your client budget reports are effectively missing hundreds or even thousands of billable hours!

Actual Time entries should be immutable as far as former employees are concerned.

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