Adding my voice to the many - it doesn’t make sense not to offer a single seat plan for entrepreneurs and those with scalable businesses.
I am a TV composer and educator and I often work with large multi episode productions and use a scalable team. A client I work with uses Asana and when working with them I saw how good it was and started using the free version for my own business. However, like so many others, l was shocked to learn I couldn’t buy a single seat premium license.
There are so many single users who love to use this software AND would pay for it that the mind boggles as to why this would be a restriction. There must have been a business decision for this (and no, “designed for teams” is not good enough) but it seems so short sighted. Many people in creative industries have turned to Trello for this reason. Asana may do the job better, but Trello also supports entrepreneurs and single seats.
For now I will use and recommend the free version of Asana, as it remains an excellent tool. I would like to use and recommend premium but I will not pay for two seats when 99% of the time I only need one.
I have read so many requests for this and seen the “asana is for teamwork” bull response on so many threads and to that I say - sorry to y’all for losing mine and many others money.
I am MAD. It is so disheartening to see a company dismiss customers, especially freelancers, in this way. Rude.
I would like to purchase one seat of Asana. They will not allow this, they require a two seat minimum. This forces me to pay $25 a month for something that I do not think works well enough to justify that cost. Instead, if I am to continue using Asana, I have to keep the free one seat plan and integrate with a paid Instagantt, which has its own complexity and clumsiness.
Please make it possible to purchase one seat of Asana.
I’d like to suggest a specialized plan designed specifically for solo entrepreneurs. In an era where individual creators are increasingly taking on a myriad of tasks single-handedly, introducing a premium one-seat plan could serve as a vital stepping stone. This initiative would not only support their diverse needs but also solidify their commitment to Asana.
I’ve been using Asana for 10 years. I have always used it as a freelancer and for personal use. Because of this, I have no use for a subscription for 2 people, which is the minimum Asana offers right now for 26,98 euros per user per month. I’d be more than happy to pay this amount for myself. But I refuse to pay twice that amount 53,96 euros since no one else would be using the other seat. I just don’t understand why Asana simply doesn’t implement the one user subscription since I’m sure many users have this same need. In 10 years they could have earned 1026,9812=3.237,6 euros from me as a paying client. I have reached out to support to change the subscription system to support my needs multiple times. They keep refusing my money. If you would like to see an individual subscription plan implemented, please like this message. Maybe this way we can get their attention. #freelancersunite
Addendum: I was told the following answer: ``It is now possible for two or more people to use it.There are no plans for it to be used by one person.We will contact you separately regarding future plans.‘’
I use your software in the company I work for and love it. Amazing software for projection management and just generally organising all of my tasking.
I want to use Asana for my new personal company that I’m starting. There is only one of me and you only offer a minimum of 2 seats, kinda of a wtf situation tbh.
What about soloprenueurs which is the entire creator economy. As a business you are completely leaving that money on the table, all of your competition off free and single seat options and I’ve spoken to many of my friends and they all agree this is ridiculous.
The excuse you emailed me is ridiculous, especially when you offer a free 30 day ‘one seat’ trial. You essentially trick people into investing time into setting things up and then hit them with a double charge for the 2 seats if they want to continue using Asana.
Surely you understand that a new company grows and thats when people would upgrade to add more users and upgrade your seat.
You have a great product, and I would happily use it. However, I can not justify paying for a minimum of 2 seats when I need just 1. Unfortunately, this makes me choose ClickUp, which has a more flexible pricing model.
It has been really unfortunate to hear that our small company cannot purchase just 1 seat under the Advanced status. As we do not need 2 seats. There may be other small companies that feel the same and maybe this should be a push to the CEO for a change. There are companies where only the Office Manager needs to use Asana, or one person needs Advanced features but nobody else needs those. I hope that someone can make this change soon. Asana may get more business and more people upgrading if they were allowed to upgrade just one person.
I know this has been posted multiple times already, but maybe the product team will listen if there’s enough complaints.
There needs to be a way to buy a single seat for Starter or Premium. Period. Don’t tell me it’s $10.99 per seat but not let me pay $10.99 for one seat!
I’m an Architect just starting out with my Solo Practice. In my previous roles, I really enjoyed using the Timeline feature to show construction and design schedules to Clients and that is the one feature that I want from Asana as I start out on my own. It’s a bummer that that’s the first item reserved for paid options, but fine, it’s worth $10.99. However, it’s absolutely not worth over $25.
As a side note, please bring Timeline to the iPad app. It makes no sense why that isn’t there yet.
My trial ended, and I was making extensive use of “Start Date”. I decided it was worth $15/mo just for that, so I went to purchase a plan and ran into what apparently hundreds of others have run into: I can’t just pay for one seat.
There are dozens of “please make a single seat” option posts, most of them are closed. The one I found most recently has 600 votes on it, but I can’t seem to “me too” it.
At $10/mo ($15/mo CAD) for a Starter, those 600 votes would be $72,000/year in free money - and you’d save time merging all the threads of people asking for it too.
I don’t work for Asana, and I’ll leave it up to the @Forum-team whether they want to merge your post.
I just wanted to respond on this particular point as it’s a pretty common thought that people have. The truth is there is no “free money” when it comes to software customers; there are multiple variable costs to any Asana user: data storage costs, CPU processing costs, support team resource costs, etc. So Asana is always having to weigh the benefits of bringing on certain types of customers vs. the costs. (To quote Robert Heinlein, TANSTAAFL!)
Please allow individuals an option for a premium plan, so we can enjoy features that are restricted for team-based plans that do not strictly need a team to be useful features. It’s very frustrating to only be able to enjoy a 30-day free trial of these plans (which means it is indeed possible to use them for individuals), only to be told you have to be part of a team at the end of it to continue using the features.
I’m a small business of one and set up my Asana understanding that the subscription would cost $15 CAD/month, per Asana’s advertising. I’m disappointed to see that I am forced to pay for a minimum of two seats after I’ve already invested substantial time in setting up Asana, and this was not made clear at the outset. Please update your advertising to show that the minimum monthly cost is actually $30/mo, or add a single-seat option.
If you would like to see an individual subscription plan implemented, please like this message. Maybe this way we can get their attention. 
