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title: "Asana vs Microsoft Planner: Which is searched more?"
description: "Is Asana or Microsoft Planner more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Team productivity platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Asana vs Microsoft Planner: Which is searched more?

Is Asana or Microsoft Planner more popular in search? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Team productivity platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Asana and Microsoft Planner
- **Competitive set**: Team productivity platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Sep 2026
- **Asana Share of Search**: 14.4%
- **Microsoft Planner Share of Search**: 2.3%

## Is Asana or Microsoft Planner more popular in search?

- In September 2026, Asana had more branded searches than Microsoft Planner among team productivity platforms worldwide. Asana had about 1 million branded searches, while Microsoft Planner had 165,000. Asana made up 14.4% of all team productivity platform searches we track, and Microsoft Planner accounted for 2.3%.
- Asana was ahead of Microsoft Planner in every measured month of the 12 months ending September 2026.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Asana’s share of searches among team productivity platforms worldwide moved from 19.2% to 14.4%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 1.5M to 1M.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Microsoft Planner’s share of searches among team productivity platforms worldwide moved from 2.5% to 2.3%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 201K to 165K.

## Top team productivity platforms in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Asana appeared in all five answers. Microsoft Planner was mentioned in three out of five: in one of the three ChatGPT answers and in both Google AI Overviews. Asana was listed before Microsoft Planner in every answer.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Asana | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| ClickUp | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| monday work management | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Trello | 4th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Notion | 5th | 3 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Microsoft Planner | 6th | 1 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 3 of 5 |
| Smartsheet | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Airtable | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Coda | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about team productivity platforms

- Asked ChatGPT "Which team productivity platform should I use?": 1. ClickUp, 2. Asana, 3. monday work management, 4. Notion
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best team productivity platforms?": 1. ClickUp, 2. Asana, 3. monday work management, 4. Notion, 5. Trello, 6. Microsoft Planner
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best team productivity platform for a small team?": 1. Asana, 2. ClickUp, 3. Notion, 4. monday work management, 5. Trello
- Searched Google, AI Overview "work management software": 1. Asana, 2. monday work management, 3. ClickUp, 4. Trello, 5. Microsoft Planner
- Searched Google, AI Overview "project tracking app": 1. Trello, 2. Asana, 3. ClickUp, 4. Microsoft Planner

Not named in any answer: Smartsheet, Airtable and Coda.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 21, 2026.

## How did search popularity change for team productivity platforms worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, Asana lost share of searches among team productivity platforms worldwide, from 16.1% to 14.4%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Microsoft Planner worldwide fell 17.9% over 12 measured months, from 201K to 165K in September 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Asana estimated searches | Asana Share of Search | Asana rank | Microsoft Planner estimated searches | Microsoft Planner Share of Search | Microsoft Planner rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 1.5M | 19.2% | 2 | 201K | 2.5% | 7 |
| Nov 2025 | 1M | 14.6% | 3 | 165K | 2.3% | 7 |
| Dec 2025 | 1M | 16.8% | 3 | 135K | 2.2% | 7 |
| Jan 2026 | 1.3M | 17.4% | 3 | 246K | 3.4% | 7 |
| Feb 2026 | 1M | 14.3% | 3 | 201K | 2.8% | 7 |
| Mar 2026 | 1.3M | 15.5% | 3 | 246K | 3% | 7 |
| Apr 2026 | 1M | 14.8% | 3 | 201K | 2.9% | 7 |
| May 2026 | 1M | 15.6% | 3 | 165K | 2.5% | 7 |
| Jun 2026 | 1M | 15.3% | 3 | 165K | 2.5% | 7 |
| Jul 2026 | 1M | 16.6% | 3 | 165K | 2.7% | 7 |
| Aug 2026 | 1M | 16.1% | 3 | 165K | 2.6% | 7 |
| Sep 2026 | 1M | 14.4% | 3 | 165K | 2.3% | 7 |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Asana’s and Microsoft Planner’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Asana**: Measured on the search terms “Asana”, “asana ai”, “asana app”, “asana application”, “asana co”, “asana company”, “asana crm”, “asana desktop app”, “asana software” and “asana templates”, summed into one figure.
- **Microsoft Planner**: Measured on the search term “microsoft planner”.

- [Asana profile](/demand/global-en/brands/asana)
- [Microsoft Planner profile](/demand/global-en/brands/microsoft-planner)
- [All team productivity platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/team-productivity-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 9 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Asana or Microsoft Planner more popular in search?

In September 2026, Asana had more branded searches than Microsoft Planner among team productivity platforms worldwide. Asana had about 1 million branded searches, while Microsoft Planner had 165,000. Asana made up 14.4% of all team productivity platform searches we track, and Microsoft Planner accounted for 2.3%.

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