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About

Basecamp is the preferred collaboration tool for thousands of teams worldwide. Features like project management, file sharing, chat, Card Table, and others make it easy to keep work tight and organized. Managers love using Basecamp with their teams. With Basecamp, having to sync up over meetings is a thing of the past. The activity feature allows you to see what's everyone working on and how projects are progressing. Want to know if Basecamp is right for you? Try managing your next project with Basecamp. Your first 30 days are free.

About

Meet the simple, powerful, reimagined Project for everyone. Stay organized, focused, and in charge. Tackle anything from small projects to large initiatives. You may or may not be a project manager, but now you can be the boss of any project with a powerful, easy-to-use app. Work confidently with a powerful project management tool that makes getting started and managing projects both simple and easy. Even complex projects are easier to manage when you can choose methods and tools that best suit your needs. Use Project and Teams to empower collaboration and management of projects, including file sharing, chats, meetings, and more. Collaborate on projects even when you’re on different continents. Enable all team members to update tasks simultaneously so you can get more done together.

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Supported
iPad Supported
Android Supported
Chromebook Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Supported
iPad Supported
Android Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Small businesses, entrepreneurs, startups, and teams

Audience

Teams that need project management software

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$15.00/month
Get every feature in Basecamp for $15/user/month.

Have a big team? Pick Basecamp Pro Unlimited for $299/year and get unlimited users, 10x more storage, and priority support.
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Supported

Pricing

$10 per month
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.5 / 5
ease 4.9 / 5
features 4.5 / 5
design 4.6 / 5
support 4.6 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.7 / 5
ease 4.7 / 5
features 4.8 / 5
design 4.8 / 5
support 4.9 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • I found Basecamp as a robust software for the project management cycle. The user interface is incredibly intuitive and highly customizable. Its progress tracker for projects is accurate and real-time.
  • Within this enterprise project management platform, I have seen several positive things that attract me about this platform, due to its great usefulness and the way it allows me to manage projects simultaneously. The things that I liked the most were: 1- One of the main positive features of this platform is that it has a fairly complete prediction system, which is capable of comparing all the results obtained in a specific time, within a project, this allows you to obtain a prediction about the results that you can obtain in this same project in the long term, this helps you a lot when making decisions within each project. 2- I also liked the way Basecamp has allowed me to have complete budget management for each of the projects. This platform provides me with a specific section where I can manage all the resources and all the general budget specific to each project. This is relatively useful for our company, since we are constantly updating the number of projects in our portfolio. Therefore, having a platform that helps us control expenses in each of the projects helps us to reduce costs and generate the same results. 3- I loved the way I can work together with the help of this platform, since it allows me to work on a project together with different employees. The platform allows me to add the number of employees I want for each of the projects. This makes it much easier to compute each project in less time and provides a usefulness of teamwork. 4- I also liked that with the help of this platform, you can see in real time, the tasks that are being executed by each of the employees, in addition, you can also see the history and the record of the tasks that are pending to be executed, in this way you can keep a complete control of the tasks that each of the employees execute within a specific project.
  • Phenomenal and efficient for team collaboration. Astounding with task assignment and prioritization. Effective with task progress visualization.
  • A real-time chat function called Campfire and message boards for asynchronous collaboration are both included in Basecamp. These features improve communication inside the platform by facilitating official and informal team interactions.
  • The main reason why Basecamp is a good option for the administration and management of projects is because this platform has additional functions to manage the capital for each project and thus have a prediction of the results. This capital management feature is great because it allows you to add products, prices, remove repetitive products, gives you unnecessary product suggestions and thus you can save on the preparation of each project. Basecamp allows you to manage all the tasks and manage the status of each one, this will help you to have a continuous monitoring of the fulfillment of each activity related to each project, in addition, Basecamp allows you to manage several projects at the same time, in the main panel you will be able to see the projects that are being executed in each area of your company, is a very powerful tool that supports up to more than 5 projects simultaneously.

Cons

  • Had a balanced experience, no major downside to share.
  • In general, I consider that Basecamp has had a very noticeable utility within my technology company, because we are constantly renewing our project portfolio, therefore, this platform is useful to add projects and be able to execute them in less time, in general, this new platform has not provided any type of negative characteristic, in this way we have been able to execute projects without any type of interruption, it favors teamwork and working constantly, since the platform does not have any type of failure within it, we consider that everything is fine within this platform.
  • Fantastic with task progressive visualization. Ease of use.
  • Basecamp is really good at being simple, but it might not have all of the sophisticated capabilities that come with more sophisticated project management software. Businesses with extremely complex project management requirements could find Basecamp's feature set to be too limited.
  • It is a quite complex platform to use, in addition, users can also present complexity in the initial registration of each employee in the platform, since it must be done individually for each employee, in addition, users must also learn to add relevant information to each task and much more, in general, the platform is very complex to use for the first time. Another negative aspect is the high prices that Basecamp manages, although this aspect has not affected us too much, we do believe that we could obtain better prices in Basecamp's annual plans to have a better ROI.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • There are many positives with this program, the various features are nicely explained within the program and are easy to use. For example, the GANTT chart features and customization options provides a wonderful illustration of the tasks and overall course of the project. The user interface of the product is excellent and meets or exceeds other Microsoft branded products.
  • It has helped my team stay on track with projects in our office, allows for us to see the trajectory of the next few months in a detailed way, and has several layouts for folks to choose what is the best for them. My favorite part of projects is its integration with other Microsoft products, since my office uses these exclusively. It enhances the value of Projects, Teams, etc since they all work seamlessly together!
  • Microsoft Project allows firms to be in charge of all the procedures and operations that are conducted within the company. More so, Microsoft Project brings accuracy in terms of payments and costs management. Further, Microsoft Project concentrates on better cloud space, for projects and database.
  • This program is great for the price that you pay for. It has all the features that you would need to create schedules, log time, manpower, cost to it like other programs for less cost.
  • Microsoft Project is very user friendly and easy to pick up. It's great for creating and updating construction schedules.

Cons

  • I had access to Microsoft Project via my educational institution and I used this access for both academic projects and personal usage. That said my only real con for this program is the cost, the cost for this product is fairly high and the yearly subscription for the on-premise versions varies from several hundred to over a thousand which is cost-prohibitive to many smaller entities.
  • There was a steep learning curve to the software, and I still feel like we are not utilizing it fully. There are lots of online forums and guides, but it is not as user friendly as I'd like it to be on its own.
  • Microsoft Project is a stable and focused program for managing all operations, however, Microsoft Project requires a swift price control, to bring more clients. There is better management of operations using Microsoft Project, but credible price rates are vital.
  • It's a bit of a learning curve using this program but once you get a hang of it then it's really easy to use and update.
  • I don't really like the cost/accounting portion of Project. It may be helpful to some, but I prefer to keep the accounting portion out of my project schedule.

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

Basecamp
Founded: 1999
United States
basecamp.com/

Company Information

Microsoft
Founded: 1975
United States
products.office.com/en-us/project/project-management-software

Alternatives

Alternatives

Contruent

Contruent

Contruent (Formerly ARES PRISM)
Jira

Jira

Atlassian

Categories

Collaboration Supported
File Sharing Supported
Kanban Supported
Product Management Supported
Project Management Supported
Remote Work Supported
Task Management Supported
Team Chat Supported
Team Communication Supported
Team Management Supported
Work Management Supported

Categories

Project Management Features

Agile Methodologies Not Supported
Budget Management Not Supported
Client Portal Supported
Collaboration Tools Supported
Cost-to-Completion Tracking Not Supported
Customizable Templates Supported
Gantt Charts Not Supported
Idea Management Supported
Kanban Board Supported
Milestone Tracking Supported
Portfolio Management Not Supported
Resource Management Not Supported
Time & Expense Tracking Not Supported
Traditional Methodologies Not Supported

Collaboration Features

Brainstorming Supported
Calendar Management Supported
Chat / Messaging Supported
Contact Management Not Supported
Content Management Not Supported
Document Management Supported
Project Management Supported
Real Time Editing Not Supported
Task Management Supported
Version Control Supported
Video Conferencing Supported

Product Management Features

Collaboration Supported
Feedback Collection Supported
Idea Management Not Supported
Milestone Tracking Supported
Prioritization Not Supported
Product Roadmapping Not Supported
Release Management Not Supported
Requirements Management Not Supported
Resource Management Not Supported
Workflow Management Not Supported

Remote Work Features

Collaboration Supported
Credential Management Not Supported
Electronic Signature Not Supported
Employee Monitoring Not Supported
Live Chat Not Supported
Meeting Management Not Supported
Project Management Supported
Remote Access Not Supported
Remote Support Not Supported
Screen Sharing Not Supported
Softphone Not Supported
Task Management Supported
Time Zone Tracking Supported
Video Chat Not Supported
Web Conferencing Not Supported

Task Management Features

Collaboration Supported
Create Subtasks Supported
Gamification Not Supported
Gantt Charts Not Supported
Mobile Access Supported
Percent-Complete Tracking Not Supported
Progress Tracking Supported
Recurring Tasks Supported
Reporting/Analytics Not Supported
Spreadsheet View Not Supported
Task Board View Supported
Task Planning Supported
Task Scheduling Supported
Task Tracking Supported
Time Tracking Not Supported
To-Do List View Supported

Team Chat Features

End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) Not Supported
File Sharing Supported
Groups / Channels Supported
Payments Not Supported
Search / Filter Supported
Self-Destructing Messages Supported
Stickers / GIFs Not Supported
Threaded Discussion Not Supported
Video Conferencing Not Supported
Voice Calling Not Supported

Team Communication Features

Activity / News Feed Supported
Audio Calls Not Supported
Calendar Management Supported
Chat / Messaging Supported
Discussion Threads Supported
File Sharing Supported
Mobile Access Supported
Push Notifications Supported
Search Supported
Surveys & Feedback Supported
Task Management Supported
Video Conferencing Not Supported

Team Management Features

Assignment Management Supported
Commenting / Notes Supported
Goal Setting / Tracking Supported
Messaging Supported
Productivity Analysis Not Supported
Progress Tracking Supported
Project Planning Supported
Resource Management Supported
Task Management Supported
Third Party Integration Supported
Time Tracking Not Supported

Project Management Features

Agile Methodologies Not Supported
Budget Management Supported
Client Portal Not Supported
Collaboration Tools Supported
Cost-to-Completion Tracking Supported
Customizable Templates Not Supported
Gantt Charts Supported
Idea Management Not Supported
Kanban Board Supported
Milestone Tracking Not Supported
Portfolio Management Supported
Resource Management Not Supported
Time & Expense Tracking Supported
Traditional Methodologies Not Supported

Integrations

DBxtra Supported
Data Sentinel Supported
Lyftrondata Supported
Peaka Supported
ProjectManager Supported
SSIS Integration Toolkit Supported
Talygen Supported
Tom's Planner Supported
Wrike Supported
Zoho Projects Supported
3SL Cradle Not Supported
ActivTrak Supported
Akitra Andromeda Supported
Calcapp Supported
Epicor Prophet 21 Not Supported
File Repair Not Supported
ProjectSync Not Supported
Rambox Supported
Time Xplorer Not Supported
TrueMail Supported

Integrations

DBxtra Supported
Data Sentinel Supported
Lyftrondata Supported
Peaka Supported
ProjectManager Supported
SSIS Integration Toolkit Supported
Talygen Supported
Tom's Planner Supported
Wrike Supported
Zoho Projects Supported
3SL Cradle Supported
ActivTrak Not Supported
Akitra Andromeda Not Supported
Calcapp Not Supported
Epicor Prophet 21 Supported
File Repair Supported
ProjectSync Supported
Rambox Not Supported
Time Xplorer Supported
TrueMail Not Supported
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