Chik vs Asana

Asana is a legacy tool designed for massive internal departments. It struggles when applied to the agile, client-facing reality of freelance work.

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Chik

Everything you need

Tasks and Projects:

The perfect balance of power and simplicity. Enjoy subtasks, tags, file attachments, and real-time comments that work beautifully out of the box with zero setup time or "blank canvas" fatigue.

Contracts Built-In

Draft, send, and securely sign legally binding (ESIGN and eIDAS compliant) contracts with up to 5 recipients right next to the tasks you are actually working on.

Time Tracking Included

Track every billable minute natively across your devices. Instantly generate detailed, task-specific weekly or monthly reports to prove your value to clients with total transparency.

Notes and Documents

Features a smooth, Google Docs-style rich-text editor directly inside your projects, keeping all your raw ideas, meeting notes, and documentation perfectly centralized.

Zero-Friction Client "Showcase Mode": Give your clients a VIP experience. Invite them by email to give them direct access to their own dashboard, no configuration needed.
Massive Cost Savings: By unifying your tasks, notes, time tracking, and e-signatures into one platform, you eliminate the need to pay for four separate SaaS subscriptions.
Deep Focus: By keeping your administrative duties (contracts, time logs) and creative work (tasks, notes) natively integrated, Chik completely eliminates the mental fatigue of context switching.

Asana

Robust but old

Tasks and Projects

Incredibly robust, but bloated. It suffers from a steep learning curve and requires significant setup time (custom fields, rules, workflows) just to get a basic project started.

Contracts Built-In

Non-existent. You are forced to pay for a separate subscription to a tool like DocuSign or HelloSign, and manage your legal agreements completely outside of your project workspace.

Time Tracking Included

Not native. You must pay for and connect third-party apps like Harvest or Toggl, leading to disconnected data and fragmented reporting.

Notes and Documents

Very limited. You get basic rich-text descriptions inside tasks, but for any substantial project documentation or creative briefs, you still have to link out to external Google Docs or Notion pages.

Client Friction: Forcing a non-technical client to create an Asana account and navigate a complex enterprise UI usually results in confusion and abandoned tool usage.

Punishing Pricing: Asana's per-user pricing model scales aggressively, penalizing you financially for inviting temporary contractors or requiring clients to have specific permissions.

Severe Context Switching: Because Asana only handles tasks, you lose hours every week jumping between your task manager, your time tracker, your document editor, and your e-signature software.

4 tools in 1

Chik replaces Notion, DocuSign, Asana, Upwork

Because paying for separate tools is getting old.

time tracker

Track billable hours

Keep track of every minute worked with task-specific time tracking and descriptions. Share monthly and weekly reports with clients.

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client dashboard

Give your clients full transparency

Invite clients to their own personal dashboard. Let them leave comments, assign you tasks, and stay in the loop.

bring your team

Collaborate on tasks and let them log their time

Invite your team or subcontractors to collaborate on tasks and log their worked hours.

notes

All your notes, in one place

Take notes during meetings, write project briefs, or team SOPs. Then share anywhere with a simple link.

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contracts

Draft, send, and sign contracts

Look professional with tamper-proof contracts, all legally binding within the ESIGN and eIDAS legal frameworks.

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Got questions? We'll answer them for you.

Chik is simple to use, but even the most intuitive of tools can raise questions sometimes.

How is Chik different from Notion, Asana, or Todoist?

Most tools are either too simple (just checklists) or too complex (requiring hours to set up workspaces). Chik is the perfect middle ground. It provides robust project management out of the box, but is specifically designed around the freelancer-client relationship, combining your tasks, notes, time tracking, and contracts in one place.

Can I replace my other freelance tools with Chik?

Yes! Chik is designed to consolidate your "freelance stack." You can replace your separate task manager, Google Docs, e-signature software, and time-tracking app with one unified platform.

Do my clients need to pay to use Chik?

No. We know clients hate friction. You can invite them via email to their own unique dashboard (Partner Mode). There they can see tasks progress, leave comments, and upload files without ever needing to pay a fee.

What exactly does the client see? Will they see my messy drafts?

Chik features a seamless toggle between "Professional Mode" (for you) and "Partner Mode" (for the client). The client only sees the polished, finalized elements you choose to share with them, keeping your internal tasks completely private.

Can I collaborate with other freelancers on a project?

Yes. You can easily invite other team members or subcontractors to collaborate on project tasks, and have them log their worked hours.

How does pricing work? Do I pay per client?

You pay a flat monthly rate for your freelancer account. You can invite unlimited clients and host unlimited projects without any surprise per-user fees. To invite team members we offer a separate "Chik+ Teams" tier.

Pricing

Pricing that's actually made for the freelancer

Because there are more fun things to spend money on than software.

For Freelancers
For Teams
chik+ Lifetime

$154 /once

Only available for the first 100 signups

Everything a freelancer needs, forever.
Invite clients: Collaborate with clients via their own dedicated tasks dashboard.
Manage tasks & projects: Set due dates, uploads resources, and leave comments.
Track time: Log billable hours and share detailed weekly or monthly reports with clients.
Notes: Write projects breefs, meeting notes, and more, then share anywhere.
Sign contracts: Create, send, and sign contracts all in one place.
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chik+ monthly

$11,95 /month

Also everything a freelancer needs, monthly.
Invite clients: Collaborate with clients via their own dedicated tasks dashboard.
Manage tasks & projects: Set due dates, uploads resources, and leave comments.
Track time: Log billable hours and share detailed weekly or monthly reports with clients.
Notes: Write projects breefs, meeting notes, and more, then share anywhere.
Sign contracts: Create, send, and sign contracts all in one place.
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Or start completely free

You can use Chik's task manager for free, forever. Only pay when you need collaboration features, contracts, or time tracking.

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Included with a free account:
Task management: Set due dates, upload files, and track statuses.
Time tracking, notes, contracts: Some say they are core features, but hey it's your choice.
chik+ Teams Lifetime

$295 /once

Only available for the first 100 signups

All you need to grow your agency, forever.
Everything from Chik+: Including client dashboards, contracts, etc...
Team members: Set due dates, uploads resources, and leave comments.
Keep track of worked hours: Let your team members log their hours per task and project.
Notes: Share SOPs with team members, or have them write copy directly within Chik.
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chik+ Teams monthly

$21,95 /month

Also everything your team needs, monthly.
Everything from Chik+: Including client dashboards, contracts, etc...
Team members: Set due dates, uploads resources, and leave comments.
Keep track of worked hours: Let your team members log their hours per task and project.
Notes: Share SOPs with team members, or have them write copy directly within Chik.
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