Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Basecamp
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Basecamp is a web-based project-management tool. Basecamp offers features standard to project management platforms, as well as mobile accessibility, unlimited users, and 3rd party integrations. Basecamp is priced by space requirements and concurrent projects.
$15
per month per user
Kintone
Score 9.6 out of 10
N/A
Kintone is a customizable digital workplace platform used to manage data, tasks, and communication. The no-code drag-and-drop interface can be used to create custom applications.
$120
per month for 5 users (minimum)
ONCE Campfire
Score 6.0 out of 10
N/A
Campfire is a group chat and team collaboration tool, that allows users to create a shared space where members can collaborate by group texting. Features similar to Campfire are included in Basecamp,
$299
one-time fee
Pricing
BasecampKintoneONCE Campfire
Editions & Modules
Basecamp Plus
$15
per month per user
Basecamp Pro Unlimited
$299
per month (billed annually)
Basecamp Free
Free
Limited Capabilities
Professional Subscription
$24
per month per user
Pro
$49.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BasecampKintoneONCE Campfire
Free Trial
YesYesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMinimum requirement of 5 users. Kintone offers a free prototype to build with using existing process.
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Community Pulse
BasecampKintoneONCE Campfire
Considered Multiple Products
Basecamp
Chose Basecamp
Basecamp links all of the functionalities of a messenger feature (thanks to Pings) with task delegating and managing the project. Marketer's life became much easier with Basecamp.
Chose Basecamp
Samepage and Slack are just a few steps ahead with its messenger and communication platforms and is leagues behind when it comes to integration with other systems. However, most systems can be redundant when attempting to accomplish something that caters to a non-technical …
Kintone

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ONCE Campfire

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Features
BasecampKintoneONCE Campfire
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Basecamp
8.9
124 Ratings
14% above category average
Kintone
-
Ratings
ONCE Campfire
-
Ratings
Task Management9.3123 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Resource Management9.2103 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts6.943 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling8.699 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation8.772 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Team Collaboration9.7123 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology9.451 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology8.748 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Document Management9.6115 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Email integration8.4101 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access8.8100 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking9.248 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Change request and Case Management9.458 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management8.342 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Basecamp
8.0
42 Ratings
3% above category average
Kintone
-
Ratings
ONCE Campfire
-
Ratings
Quotes/estimates10.030 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Invoicing10.026 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Project & financial reporting8.034 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with accounting software4.028 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Basecamp
-
Ratings
Kintone
9.0
2 Ratings
14% above category average
ONCE Campfire
-
Ratings
Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Territory management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Opportunity management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Basecamp
-
Ratings
Kintone
10.0
2 Ratings
26% above category average
ONCE Campfire
-
Ratings
Case management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Help desk management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Basecamp
-
Ratings
Kintone
8.5
2 Ratings
10% above category average
ONCE Campfire
-
Ratings
Customizable reports00 Ratings8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Basecamp
-
Ratings
Kintone
8.5
4 Ratings
10% above category average
ONCE Campfire
-
Ratings
Custom fields00 Ratings8.84 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom objects00 Ratings8.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Basecamp
-
Ratings
Kintone
7.0
1 Ratings
7% below category average
ONCE Campfire
-
Ratings
Marketing automation00 Ratings7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Basecamp
-
Ratings
Kintone
8.5
2 Ratings
11% above category average
ONCE Campfire
-
Ratings
Mobile access00 Ratings8.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Basecamp
-
Ratings
Kintone
8.7
3 Ratings
3% above category average
ONCE Campfire
-
Ratings
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Basecamp
-
Ratings
Kintone
8.0
2 Ratings
4% above category average
ONCE Campfire
-
Ratings
Reporting00 Ratings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
BasecampKintoneONCE Campfire
Likelihood to Recommend
9.9
(150 ratings)
9.0
(48 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(26 ratings)
8.3
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.3
(20 ratings)
7.8
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
10.0
(5 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.3
(4 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(28 ratings)
9.4
(46 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.7
(4 ratings)
6.8
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.6
(42 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
3.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
2.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BasecampKintoneONCE Campfire
Likelihood to Recommend
37 Signals
Basecamp is a wonderful tool for teams of varying degrees of technical knowledge, teams managing lots of different types of "agifall" and waterfall projects, and teams that are remotely distributed. It's probably less useful for more strictly agile-focused development teams, compared to other more flexible software applications like Jira and Asana.
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Kintone
Kintone is great if you want a software that will help you in managing your data, and keep track of which tasks are assigned to whom. It also helps to streamline communication and information in one central place. However, it is not for you if you are looking for something complex that has to manage a lot of data.
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Pros
37 Signals
  • Task management - It is very easy to add, organize and discuss tasks within Basecamp's interface.
  • The "Campfire" function is great for communicating when you just have a quick question for someone on the team.
  • Notifications - Basecamp lets you decide how often and about what you'd like to be notified. The ability to respond to messages in Basecamp directly via email saves a lot of time.
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Kintone
  • Flexibility. You can build apps (without coding) to serve a wide range of processes and projects.
  • Ease of use. The interface is intuitive.
  • Training. There are resources readily available to train new users. Even starting from scratch, I felt like I was up to speed in just a few hours.
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Cons
37 Signals
  • High Learning Curve. It's true that it can be easy to use, but to use well and effectively takes some time to learn. It's recommended to have an agreed-upon system in your team of what tools to use and when.
  • Notification Overload. If people aren't careful they could send a notification to everyone when only a couple people were meant to be prompted. And since emails are sent by default, you could have your mailbox overloaded with unnecessary updates. This is where it takes a bit of training in your team to have an agreed-upon system.
  • Lack of organization with Archived Projects. I will often need to reference an archived project to make a new one, but there is only a list of archived projects in alphabetical order, with no way to organize by archive date, or even search.
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Kintone
  • I feel that Kintone is not well enough known yet. This means that other apps/APIs are not necessarily easy to connect with Kintone. Yes, you can use Zapier though for interfacing with other apps.
  • It would be great if it could give more customized options to change the look and format of certain things. You can make price quote apps, for example, but have to rely on 3rd party apps or programming skills to customize the look and fields.
  • If you make a table as an input field, it cannot connect to other internal Kintone apps for lookups and such.
  • I think there is more potential to make more customized data graphs.
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Likelihood to Renew
37 Signals
When I bring new people onto a project, it's immediately obvious how to use Basecamp. I don't have to worry about teaching them the features or walking them through it, it's just incredibly user-friendly. For this reason, I'll continue to renew my subscription even as new people are brought onto production jobs or the client changes.
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Kintone
I still think that there's a room for Kintone's future, and high expectations for them in additional features and innovative tools and supports. Truly hope that they will support email features, and standardized supports for various plug-ins with the 3rd party software and apps. In the meantime, we will have to consider our ways of doing our work in all aspects
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Usability
37 Signals
It is easy to use, even for clients who have no experience with the platform. It can only get a little cumbersome to ensure that a client can't see certain documents you might want to keep in the Docs & Files folders. And sometimes, getting a client to actually use an unfamiliar platform can be a challenge.
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Kintone
While, we have been quite happy with out choice to use Kintone, there are a couple of things (mentioned previously) that would make the experience better. Overall, it has been the best fit for our organisation. We are still in the process of building out a needed API and integrating that, so we have yet to reach full functionality with one of our apps in Kintone. Once we have that completed, I think we'll have a better idea of how well it truly works for us
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Reliability and Availability
37 Signals
I've never experienced downtime while using Basecamp, or been unable to access it when I needed it. That's not to say they've never had downtime, but I've been lucky enough not to encounter any, and I work odd hours, including late nights when maintenance is often undertaken.
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Kintone
Never had an issue with this.
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Performance
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Kintone
No issues.
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Support Rating
37 Signals
For the many reasons I've given, Basecamp is a very strong program. There are a few features I can imagine that might make it even better, but I don't have a basis for comparison to be able to say that there is definitely a better one out there. I've noticed that Basecamp has evolved a bit from the time I started using it until now, so that makes me think that the producer of this program values it and believes in continuous improvement. If you could use the features offered by Basecamp, I would think you could use it with confidence.
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Kintone
I have had very specific questions about different aspects of the software, and I have always been able to get a hold of someone who could help. If my sales rep didn’t know the answer, he would get me in touch with someone who did know the answer. The whole team is very ready to help. It definitely feels like they view my success as their success, which is so important with this type of software.
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Implementation Rating
37 Signals
Decide the process before implementation - i.e. when it's due 8/9 does that mean 8am, noon, 5pm, 11:59pm? Check your to-do list frequently Set-up templates - just not with the dates (they can be funky)
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Kintone
Everyone has their own tastes of things and way they want to work. Asking them to adapt to the changes with the new tools or apps is always difficult. We would want to start with a very small but best example within the organization, which in our case was that the employees will not be bothered by the bosses by being asked to find the documents, status of the progresses, or major things/requests/projects.
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Alternatives Considered
37 Signals
Pretty good, but [Basecamp] has its drawbacks. Honestly I find the interface non-intuitive and sometimes have trouble figuring out how to change the status of a task. Perhaps it has something to do with the way it was originally set up by the admin, but I'm not sure. I liked Jira's drag and drop obvious functionality, but the project management side of the software was lacking. Smartsheet has excellent project management functionality, but the task management isn't as good.
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Kintone
Kintone is the easiest product to create from and the cost is the lowest I believe. In addition, reconfigurability and extendability are great. If you look for a low code tool, you can try Kintone. But as same as another low code tool, don't expect too much.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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Kintone
Should be multiple pricing packages.
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Scalability
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Kintone
I could see this work for all departments if implemented correctly.
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Professional Services
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Kintone
Needed improvement at the time.
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Return on Investment
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  • It has saved me time when having to get the same message out to multiple restaurants
  • It has helped us make smarter operational decisions because we can all collaborate on an answer in a shorter amount of time (instead of calling a meeting!!!)
  • The calendar function allows us to plot out our marketing agenda for the month and add/change it together as needed. The chef will post his recipe, the managers will cost it out, the social media manager will post pictures on it, and ultimately we will get that information out on an info sheet to the staff by printing the page.
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Kintone
  • It has helped us reduce the amount of people we need to track our inventory. We’ve saved time and money using less people.
  • We are able to see our data much better now and have a spot that we can all look at the database on the go.
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Kintone Screenshots

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