TL;DR: Seven people. Two tool wars.
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What's in this article
The Setup: Two Tools Wars at Once
Part 1 β Asana vs Trello for Agile Software Teams
Why We Stopped Debating Jira and What We Actually Needed to Solve
Part 2 β Figma vs Sketch for Fintech UI/UX in 2026
Why Fintech Breaks the Usual Figma vs Sketch Argument
How These Tool Choices Connect to Your Broader Dev Stack
How the Asana + Figma Pairing Actually Plugs Into Your Stack
Quick Setup Notes: Getting These Tools Talking to Each Other
The Setup: Two Tools Wars at Once
Seven people. Two tool wars. Thirty days. That's the shortest version of how I ended up running parallel evaluations of Asana vs Trello and Figma vs Sketch on the same fintech product team while we were still trying to ship actual features.
We were onboarding this team in early 2026 β four engineers, two designers, and a PM named Ravi who had a documented opinion on literally everything, including which font weight to use in Jira tickets.β¦
