How to Connect 
Wrike + 
Asana: Step-by-Step Integration & Automation Guide (2026)
A complete blueprint for automating workflows between Wrike and Asana using native connectors, Webhooks, or Zapier/Make.
- Connection
- Middleware
- Zapier Required
- Setup time
- 20–30 minutes
- Difficulty
- Medium
When & why to run Wrike with Asana
Configurable power vs. polished simplicity.
Wrike offers deep configuration, reporting, and resource management for complex work; Asana emphasizes a clean, structured, easy-to-use experience for cross-team coordination. Choose Wrike when you need advanced reporting and customization; choose Asana for clarity, adoption, and a refined day-to-day experience.
Automation Blueprints — make them work together
The real payoff is the stack. These are concrete Wrike ↔ Asana workflows worth building.
New task → mirror across tools
Task Created
Shared project
Create Task
Bridge teams on different tools, or migrate between them.
Task complete → close in the other
Task Completed
Has linked Asana task
Mark Task Complete
Keep both tools consistent during a transition.
Setup steps
The Zapier/Make path, start to finish.
- 1
Create a Zapier or Make account and connect both Wrike and Asana (authorize each via OAuth).
- 2
Create a new Zap/Scenario with the trigger — Asana: Task Created.
- 3
Add a filter for the condition (Shared project) so the workflow only fires when it should.
- 4
Add the action in Wrike (Create Task) and map the fields from the trigger data.
- 5
Test with a live record, verify the result, then turn the automation on and repeat for the other workflows.
Edge cases & rate limits
What breaks in production — plan for these before you scale.
- Field mapping: Wrike and Asana fields rarely map 1:1 — normalize dates, currencies, and dropdown/picklist values explicitly.
- Pick a source of truth per field to avoid two-way syncs overwriting each other in a loop.
- Wrike: Wrike Integrate, Two-Way Sync, Datahub, Lock, and Whiteboard (~$15/user/mo) are custom-priced add-ons on top of any plan.
- Wrike: Plans are gated by seat bands (Team caps at 15, Business at 200), so growth can force a jump to custom-priced Pinnacle/Apex tiers.
- Wrike: Headline rates require annual billing, and reviewers cite a strict 30-day-before-renewal cancellation window.
- Asana: Automation rules are metered per month and reset on the billing cycle.
- Zapier/Make task usage is metered — high-volume workflows can burn through your monthly task/operations quota, so batch where possible.
- Watch API rate limits on bulk backfills — throttle or batch to stay under each tool's per-second/per-minute caps.