#1 most frequent
United States of America
72.6%2,816 installations of 3,879
What is Basecamp?
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.
Categories & Use Cases
Product Demos
Top Performing Features
Quotes/estimates
Ability to create, manage and send project fee proposals to customers
Category average: 7.7
Invoicing
Ability to create, manage and send invoices to clients during or after completion of a project
Category average: 7.7
Team Collaboration
Team collaboration capabilities let team members work directly with each other and provide team updates.
Category average: 8.8
Areas for Improvement
Project & financial reporting
Ability to analyze project and financial data based on custom criteria to gather insights and improve business performance
Category average: 7.8
Gantt Charts
Gantt charts are charts that show tasks or events along the y-axis displayed against time along the x-axis.
Category average: 7.9
Integration with accounting software
Real-time, two-way sync with accounting or financial software to facilitate project and financial reporting
Category average: 7.5
Who Buys & Uses Basecamp
#2 most frequent
Canada
5.4%211 installations of 3,879
#3 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
4.7%184 installations of 3,879
Keep your projects organized and all in one place with Basecamp.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
For internal and client-facing project management, Basecamp does the
trick! You can set and assign tasks with deadlines to specific people and keep all documents and correspondence in one place. You control what the client sees at all times. You can tie it in with Harvest or other time-tracking
apps. The only thing missing is CRM and invoicing capabilities.
Pros
- Project Management.
- Task Assignment.
- Document keeping.
Cons
- CRM would be helpful.
- Invoicing directly from a project would be great.
Return on Investment
- It has helped keep every project organized, with all assets in one accessible place for everyone involved.
- It has helped with scheduling and assigning tasks so that everyone knows what is expected of them.
- It has helped keep all client correspondence in one place and within the project so that everything can be found immediately.
- The search function is very helpful.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Kantata PS Cloud
Other Software Used
Slack, QuickBooks Online, Harvest
Solid product
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Basecamp for messaging and file sharing between our Standing Committees. It helps keep information easily accessible in one place that can be referenced at any time. It is also an easy way to message committee members and keep a simple thread of responses. It is also good for collaboration, with use of the Writeboard feature.
Pros
- messaging
- calendar for keeping track of deadlines and events
- document retention and file sharing
Cons
- When messaging, you have to click names of people on the committee so they get an email into their email inboxes (nice feature), but click that many boxes can be time consuming.
- If you need to change someone's login email, you have to delete the user and then re-add them with the new email.
- Listing of "projects" on the side is small and takes a while to "see" sometimes.
Return on Investment
- Streamlined communication
- easier to share document (less time expended)
- good price for what it can do
- simple, and we like it this way!
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Teams
Other Software Used
Submittable, Wufoo
Great platform for keeping our teams organized and productive
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Basecamp helps our teams stay organized and on track with our ever-growing list of assignments, work streams, and deliverables! Especially no that we're mostly remote employees, this keeps our ducks in a row
Pros
- project management
- assignment allocation
- collaborative work
- comments and iterations
- status updates
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Trello
Other Software Used
Microsoft Teams, Slack, Google Slides
Basecamp = collaboration!!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are working on a international conference - where the planners and the attendees are from around the world. Basecamp lets us all have access to the necessary documents.
Pros
- Collaboration space
- easy access
- secure site
Cons
- meeting schedule integration
Return on Investment
- Since we are able to work together on the project, the work gets done and everyone gets what they need when they need it
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Teams
Other Software Used
Microsoft 365
We Love Basecamp
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Basecamp for all of our daily communication. We also use it for file sharing and organization. It keeps all of our projects easy to find and we can set deadlines and estimates. It also works seamlessly with our timekeeping platform so it's super easy to track our hours.
Pros
- Organization
- File Sharing
- Communication
- Project Management
Cons
- We have recently been having trouble with PNGs
- I wish that copy-pasting worked better (like copy-pasting from an email).
- There could be a better Gantt chart function.
Return on Investment
- I don't have exact numbers but I seriously love how Basecamp changed our workflow.
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Everhour, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe InDesign, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe After Effects and Google Sheets
