Basecamp: My Cloud Collaboration Toolbox
As one of two administrators, I use Basecamp to support professional, personal and volunteer projects. The range of projects that I've …
Starting at $15 per month per user
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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.
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- Task Management (117)5.050%
- Team Collaboration (117)4.343%
- Document Management (109)3.838%
- Resource Management (98)3.838%
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Basecamp Business
$99
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Free
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- No setup fee
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- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
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Starting price (does not include set up fee)
- $15 per month per user
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What is Basecamp?
Basecamp is a web-based project-management tool developed by 37signals in Chicago and launched in 2004. The Ruby on Rails framework was extracted from the Basecamp project.
Basecamp offers features standard to project management platforms, including to-do lists, wiki-style web-based text documents, milestone management, file sharing, time tracking and a calendar, and a messaging system. Mobile accessibility is supported. Notably, it supports unlimited users. It also offers integration with 37signals' own Campfire product, which expands the group messaging functionality of the core platform. Customization, accessibility, and functionality are extended further by the broad range of apps available for free from 3rd parties. A 2-month free trial is available. Pricing is dependent upon space requirements and the number of concurrent projects, not the number of users.
Basecamp offers features standard to project management platforms, including to-do lists, wiki-style web-based text documents, milestone management, file sharing, time tracking and a calendar, and a messaging system. Mobile accessibility is supported. Notably, it supports unlimited users. It also offers integration with 37signals' own Campfire product, which expands the group messaging functionality of the core platform. Customization, accessibility, and functionality are extended further by the broad range of apps available for free from 3rd parties. A 2-month free trial is available. Pricing is dependent upon space requirements and the number of concurrent projects, not the number of users.
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Basecamp Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
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.
Basecamp starts at $15.
Reviewers rate Quotes/estimates highest, with a score of 8.3.
The most common users of Basecamp are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Based on user reviews, here are the three most common recommendations for Basecamp:
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Learn and Utilize Basecamp's Features: Users recommend taking the time to learn about all of Basecamp's features and functions. They suggest getting training or working with someone experienced in Basecamp to fully utilize the platform. This recommendation helps users make the most out of their Basecamp experience.
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Set Up a Standardized System: Many users suggest setting up a system or process that everyone can follow when using Basecamp. This recommendation helps to ensure consistency and streamline project management within teams.
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Consider Other Tools for Advanced Functionalities: While users find Basecamp handy for organizing projects, offering instructions and feedback, some reviewers suggest using a more advanced tool, like Monday.com, for large teams collaborating on projects. They advise evaluating additional functionalities and comparing prices before deciding on Basecamp.
Overall, users recommend considering Basecamp as a low-cost option for small teams with straightforward projects. It is recommended for organizing projects, managing workflows, facilitating team cooperation, linking departments, coordinating tasks, and storing data. However, users caution against using it for purposes other than its intended use and highlight that compared to more advanced tools, it might seem basic and limited in benefits. It is also suggested to stay updated with appropriate titles and efficiently organize projects while using Basecamp. Additionally, Google Drive is recommended for file management purposes.
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January 19, 2018
Basecamp is excellent!
I'd say Teamwork is a very robust platform, more than Basecamp but that was actually what threw me off. Basecamp wins in its simplicity and interface. Trello is easy to use but limited and in some ways hard to follow. Basecamp wins in its features. Asana however presents the simplicity we like from Basecamp with a more "mature" design and more functionalities we need without overdoing it. For us, Asana wins. But Basecamp is a very very close 2nd.
January 17, 2018
Basecamp - Keep your project communication in one place.
January 17, 2018
Great Product
If you are working with Basecamp, it means itis enough for both working with your projects and events and also it turns your organization to the most communicative and easily collaborative one. There are tons of awesome features such as groups, subgroups, threats, emails, lists, calendar, reminders etc. We especially use it for short-time projects, but It can be useful for long period projects and events. This is the main reason that we are using Basecamp because in others there are no any such quality features and team collaboration tools.
January 17, 2018
Intuitive and Fun to Use!
Basecamp is more intuitive, easier to use, and honestly, more fun!
January 16, 2018
Basecamp needs to update its ux/ui
January 16, 2018
Recommend Basecamp
Basecamp was recommended to us and we did not look at any other products.
January 16, 2018
Easy to use
- Smartsheet and Trello
All of them can be used regularly and we used them before. But we chose Basecamp because it's simple to use and setup. And our company is small sized organization and we don't have to use big software to track and manage our projects. I recommend Basecamp for an individual user and for small sized organizations.
January 12, 2018
Basecamp, simplicity isn't always your friend
- Smartsheet and Trello
Basecamp is a very basic tool. There are pros and cons to this. I think other tools like Trello have much more to offer, and many more features. But this could be an issue for organizations looking for an easy-to-use tool. It really depends on the need of the company and the nature of it's business.
January 12, 2018
For all your project management needs!
I've used Evernote in similarly collaborative projects, but it always comes up short in collaborating in more creative and innovate ways. For example, Basecamp provides access to more robust things (like Gantt charts) and more advanced project management tools, but Evernote didn't have anything of the sort. Simply to-do lists, that could be assigned. But you're never notified when changes are made like you are with Basecamp.
December 18, 2017
It deserves a try!
Firstly, we chose Basecamp to our main project managing tool and it does its job perfectly. It's too simple, there is no any meaningless and useless tools or something else, every single tool is useful, it has a small learning curve, working well. You can organize your topics by folders in which way you want. I used Sharepoint and Agile for the same purpose, but they are not like Basecamp, they are not designed simply. They designed complex and there too many useless tools.
November 21, 2017
Best way to work with projects and events!
Firstly, in my view the main difference among these project management softwares is designing. Basecamp has excellent design, it is very cost effective, trustworthy and the quickest way to work with your projects and events. If you are a beginner, almost 4-5 minutes is enough for learning the interface and start doing your work. It is recommendable for every kind of organization.
October 26, 2017
Real Review of Basecamp
We tested other products (cannot remember their names) but went with Basecamp because of integration, flexibility, ease of use and ability to manage many different vendors and departments both internal and external.
April 11, 2017
Great Project Management Tool for Small Businesses
April 04, 2017
Basecamp is better when doing it with others.
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 audience or something more geared towards the "classic" project management platform (such as Microsoft Project).
For a reduction in emails and company wide or group communications, basecamp can do just as well as Samepage and Slack but when it comes down to managing resources, time management, gantt charts and more granular project management functions; Basecamp just doesn't do well as the Asana, OpenProject or OrangeScrum. More technical or software development projects should be avoided when using Basecamp from my experiences while using it.
For a reduction in emails and company wide or group communications, basecamp can do just as well as Samepage and Slack but when it comes down to managing resources, time management, gantt charts and more granular project management functions; Basecamp just doesn't do well as the Asana, OpenProject or OrangeScrum. More technical or software development projects should be avoided when using Basecamp from my experiences while using it.
Basecamp is great for simple projects. I think it is as useful as Banana Scrum, but with a better UI. I have also used Rally and Jira for managing larger technical projects. The additional level of detail in these programs is more appropriate for larger development projects.
September 25, 2015
Basecamp - a perfect way to manage activities in the company
Personally, I didn't use any other projects.
- Asana,slack
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
- gmail,conversations with people
The alternatives I'd compare Basecamp to is not having project management software and just relying on email or verbal communication. It's much better than that. I wouldn't even consider other project management software because they all have way too much bloat for what I need to do.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Workamajig,Attask
Price is better with Basecamp but the functionality suffers for it. Overall a solid product though.
March 10, 2015
Basecamp was a great document management tool
- Atlassian JIRA,Teamwork
I did not select Basecamp so much as I opted to not create overhead with the vendor who had already established a process within Basecamp.
March 10, 2015
Basecamp - Project Tracking & Collaboration
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I've used Jira for similar tasks. I find Basecamp to have a better user interface (less cluttered, more intuitive) and the ability to get team members up to speed quickly is a big factor in our successful adoption of the tool.
I use both Asana and Basecamp. I like them both a lot. Basecamp has a slight edge over Asana on how it displays tasks. Asana is much more fluid and any task can have an endless series of subtasks. This is great, but I like keeping all of the tasks on one level with multiple to-do lists the way Basecamp does.
March 05, 2015
Basecamp - Online Project Management Colloboration
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
The overall monthly fee/subscription is cheaper than a Microsoft Project (or Project Server). It has a better user experience and online ability to collaborate is what customers expect now.
March 03, 2015
Basecamp is great for design projects!
March 03, 2015
Basecamp does the job
I haven't done enough research on other options.