Tools for managing team projects

The problem, in plain words: “I'm drowning in email threads and spreadsheets while trying to manage my team's projects.”

Asana: Work Management fits best, with 17 more that fit too.

You need a single system to track team project tasks, updates, and progress so you can stop relying on email threads and spreadsheets.

Updated September 2026.

What fits

Asana: Work Managementstrong · 82

Asana is built to centralize team projects and individual tasks in one work-management app, addressing scattered work across emails and tools. It also focuses on clear ownership so it’s easier to see what’s being worked on and keep project history in one place.

Best for: Keeping team project tasks and progress organized in a shared system instead of email threads.

Won’t cover: It doesn’t clearly describe importing or accommodating existing spreadsheet data/workflows.

Same approach: Trello 80 · Basecamp 78 · Superthread 77 · Wisegrid.co 77 · toyiyo 75 · 5pm Project Management on Time 74 · Projecto : Organize your Team 73 · Manage It - Project Manager 73 · Team Do: Project Management 72 · Freelo Project Management 71 · Project Management Tools 71 · GreatStack Project Management 70 · Project Management (devaslanphp) 67 · Project Manager: Dashboard 67 · EasyBoard - Project Management 66 · AllProPlus Project management 60 · Overbooked 59

Partly fits

PROJECT MANAGEMENT (Gumroad template)partial · 48

It’s a downloadable template, not a full shared project tracking system for an ongoing team workflow.

Won’t cover: Provides a template for planning views, rather than acting as a team task-and-update tracker.

Taskeypartial · 46

Taskey turns inbox conversations into tasks, which can help reduce tab- and thread-hunting, but it’s not positioned as a full team project management platform.

Won’t cover: It starts from inbox-to-tasks conversion rather than dedicated team project tracking and progress dashboards.

Missivepartial · 45

It focuses on inbox collaboration, which can reduce email chaos but isn’t primarily a project tracking workspace.

Won’t cover: It’s designed to collaborate inside email rather than provide a dedicated project task system for team progress tracking.

Spikepartial · 44

It unifies email with collaboration, docs, tasks, and meetings, which can help, but it starts from an email-centric model rather than project management.

Won’t cover: It begins with an email workspace, so it may not fully replace your project dashboard and spreadsheet-style progress tracking needs.

Questions

What's the best tool for managing team projects?

Asana: Work Management is the strongest match — Asana is built to centralize team projects and individual tasks in one work-management app, addressing scattered work across emails and tools. It also focuses on clear ownership so it’s easier to see what’s being worked on and keep project history in one place.

Is there a tool that fully solves this?

18 products match this closely.

What won't these tools cover?

It doesn’t clearly describe importing or accommodating existing spreadsheet data/workflows. · Provides a template for planning views, rather than acting as a team task-and-update tracker. · It’s designed to collaborate inside email rather than provide a dedicated project task system for team progress tracking. · It begins with an email workspace, so it may not fully replace your project dashboard and spreadsheet-style progress tracking needs.

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