Asana and Notion, ready to switch on
An item in the Notion database you connect becomes a task in the Asana project you choose, with the due date and the owner, and closing it on either side closes its twin. You paste two keys in your account and we switch it on for you.
No setup fee, cancel any month, and a person on live chat if a key doesn't work.
More with these apps: all Asana integrations · all Notion integrations
What moves, and when
The details you would normally get after a sales call. Here they are up front.
| What | Direction | When | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notion item becomes an Asana task | Notion to Asana | Within seconds | Title, the date property you nominate and the person, in the Asana project you choose |
| Asana task becomes a Notion item | Asana to Notion | Within seconds | Created in the database with the Asana section written into your status property |
| Completion | Both ways | When either side is closed | Completing the task sets the Notion status you mapped, and ticking it in Notion completes the task |
| Comments | Both ways | Within seconds | An Asana comment becomes a comment on the page, with the author named |
| Nothing bounces | Both ways | Every change | A change we wrote is never written back, so a task doesn't reopen itself overnight |
How to set up Asana and Notion
A few minutes of your time, then it's ours.
- Choose Asana and NotionPress Connect. This pair is already selected on the checkout page at $39 a month, and there's nothing else to pick.
- Pay and open your accountCard or invoice, about two minutes. The account opens with this integration waiting for its two keys.
- Paste the Asana access token and the Notion integration secret
- Asana access token: open app.asana.com/0/developer-console, or go to Settings, then Apps, then Manage developer apps. Full Asana guide
- Notion integration secret: open notion.so/my-integrations, press New integration, choose Internal and give it a name. Full Notion guide
Each screen carries the full guide with the exact menu names, about seven minutes for both. - We check both keysEach key is checked against Asana's and Notion's own API the moment you paste it. If one doesn't pass, the screen says what to fix, and a person joins the chat if that isn't enough.
- Create one test task, then we switch it onA minute or two. Create a task in Asana, watch its twin appear in Notion, then close one and watch the other close. A person checks the setup and switches it on, within a working day.
When Asana or Notion changes its API, we fix it within a working day. You don't get a ticket to solve.
- Everything in the table above, with monitoring on.
- Fixes when either app changes its API.
- A person on live chat, weekdays 10:00 to 19:00 EET.
- Custom logic beyond the table is priced separately.
What it will cost once you can switch it on yourself. While we're in beta we connect it by hand and don't charge for it.
Ways to connect Asana and Notion
Two ways people connect these two, and what each one asks of you.
Before you decide
Which one is the source of truth?
Neither, and that is why the loop guard matters. Each team works where it prefers, and the twin follows. If you would rather one side be read-only, say so and we set it that way.
Do subtasks and checklists come across?
The top level does, with title, dates and assignee. Subtasks and checklists differ so much between these two that we treat them as a custom job rather than pretending they map cleanly.
What about Notion properties we invented ourselves?
The ones you name are mapped to Asana fields while connecting. Anything with no home in Asana goes into the task description, which beats dropping it quietly.
Do Asana sections and Notion statuses have to match?
They have to be mapped, not matched. You keep your own words on both sides and we write the pairs down once, so Ready for review can meet In review without anyone renaming anything.
What about a Notion page that isn't in a database?
It stays a page. Only database items carry the properties we read and write, so loose pages in the sidebar are left alone, which is usually what people want from their notes anyway.
Anything to know about Asana?
A personal access token acts as your user, so tasks are created in your name and only in projects that user can see.
Anything to know about Notion?
An integration only sees the pages and databases you have connected it to, so a database nobody shared with it stays invisible even to a valid key.
What if mine is a bit different?
Tell us what should go where in plain words. Small changes to the rules above are usually free; bigger ones we price within a working day and build into the same account.
