What Is Basecamp?
Group chat alone isn't enough. Basecamp combines *all* the tools teams need together in one place: message boards, schedules, to-do lists, group chat, documents & file storage, and more. Instead of stuff scattered all over, everything you're working on will be in one streamlined, organized place. Everyone will know what to do. Nothing will slip through the cracks. You'll always know exactly whats going on.
Who Uses Basecamp?
Entrepreneurs, freelancers, small businesses and groups inside large organizations.
Basecamp Details
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Founded in 1999
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Starting price
Free Version
Free Trial
Basecamp deployment and support
Support
- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat
Deployment
- Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- Mac (Desktop)
- Windows (Desktop)
- Android (Mobile)
- iPhone (Mobile)
- iPad (Mobile)
Training
- Live Online
- Webinars
- Documentation
- Videos
Features of Basecamp
Collaboration Software
- @mentions
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Assignment Management
- Brainstorming
- Calendar Management
- Chat/Messaging
- Collaboration Tools
- Commenting/Notes
- Communication Management
- Contact Management
- Content Management
- Customisable Branding
- Discussions / Forums
- Document Management
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- File Management
- File Sharing
- File Transfer
- Live Chat
- Mobile Access
- Prioritisation
- Progress Tracking
- Project Management
- Project Planning
- Projections
- Real Time Editing
- Real Time Notifications
- Real-time Updates
- Reporting & Statistics
- SSL Security
- Screen Sharing
- Secure Data Storage
- Single Sign On
- Status Tracking
- Tagging
- Task Management
- Task Planning
- Task Progress Tracking
- Task Scheduling
- Third Party Integrations
- To-Do List
- Version Control
- Video Conferencing
- Workflow Management
Nonprofit Project Management
- Activity Dashboard
- Approval Process Control
- Budget Management
- Calendar Management
- Collaboration Tools
- Customisable Templates
- For Nonprofits
- Gantt/Timeline View
- Kanban Board
- Mobile Access
- Project Planning/Scheduling
- Reporting/Project Tracking
- Resource Allocation & Planning
- Task Management
Project Management Software
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Agile Methodologies
- Alerts/Notifications
- Billing & Invoicing
- Budget Management
- Calendar Management
- Client Portal
- Collaboration Tools
- Commenting/Notes
- Cost-to-Completion Tracking
- Customisable Templates
- Document Management
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- File Sharing
- Gantt/Timeline View
- Idea Management
- Issue Management
- Kanban Board
- Milestone Tracking
- Multiple Projects
- Percent-Complete Tracking
- Portfolio Management
- Prioritisation
- Progress Tracking
- Project Planning
- Project Planning/Scheduling
- Project Templates
- Project Time Tracking
- Project Tracking
- Project Workflow
- Projections
- Real-time Updates
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Project Tracking
- Resource Management
- Risk Management
- Status Tracking
- Task Management
- Task Planning
- Task Progress Tracking
- Task Scheduling
- Testing/QA Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Time & Expense Tracking
- Traditional Methodologies
- Workflow Management
Remote Work Software
- @mentions
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Assignment Management
- Calendar Management
- Chat/Messaging
- Collaboration Tools
- Commenting/Notes
- Communication Management
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Document Management
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Electronic Signature
- Email Management
- Employee Activity Monitoring
- File Management
- File Transfer
- Live Chat
- Meeting Management
- Monitoring
- Prioritisation
- Progress Tracking
- Project Time Tracking
- Projections
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Monitoring
- Real Time Notifications
- Real-time Updates
- Remote Access/Control
- Remote Support Software
- Reporting & Statistics
- SSL Security
- Single Sign On
- Softphone Software
- Tagging
- Task Management
- Task Progress Tracking
- Task Scheduling
- Third Party Integrations
- Time Zone Tracking
- Two-Way Audio & Video
- Video Chat
- Video Conferencing
- Workflow Management
Task Management Software
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Assignment Management
- Calendar Management
- Collaboration Tools
- Commenting/Notes
- Create Subtasks
- Deadline Management
- Document Management
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Email-to-Task Conversion
- File Management
- Gamification
- Gantt/Timeline View
- Import Tasks
- Mobile Access
- Parent Task
- Percent-Complete Tracking
- Prioritisation
- Progress Tracking
- Project Planning
- Project Templates
- Project Time Tracking
- Project Tracking
- Project Workflow
- Projections
- Real Time Notifications
- Real-time Updates
- Recurring Tasks
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Search/Filter
- Spreadsheet View
- Status Tracking
- Task Board View
- Task Editing/Updating
- Task Management
- Task Planning
- Task Progress Tracking
- Task Scheduling
- Task Tagging
- Third Party Integrations
- Time Tracking
- To-Do List
- Workflow Management
Team Communication Software
- @mentions
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Activity/News Feed
- Alerts/Notifications
- Audio Calls
- Calendar Management
- Calendar Sync
- Chat/Messaging
- Collaboration Tools
- Commenting/Notes
- Communication Management
- Conferencing
- Contact Management
- Content Management
- Customisable Branding
- Data Import/Export
- Discussions / Forums
- Document Management
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- File Management
- File Sharing
- File Transfer
- Forum / Discussion Board
- Live Chat
- Meeting Management
- Mobile Access
- Progress Tracking
- Project Management
- Projections
- Real Time Notifications
- Real-Time Chat
- Real-time Updates
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Search/Filter
- Single Sign On
- Surveys & Feedback
- Tagging
- Task Management
- Task Progress Tracking
- Task Scheduling
- Third Party Integrations
- Two-Way Audio & Video
- Video Conferencing
- Workflow Management
Alternatives to Basecamp
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Paul W.
Alternatives Considered:
I always come back to Basecamp
Comments: We have three sites. What Basecamp has provided is the unification of messages and tasks across all sites. It has added transparency that is invaluable to all of our team. We can keep important documents. Onboarding videos and other useful information. No more scraps of paper or post-it notes on peoples desks. It provides real accountability for everyone on the team. So simple to use which means 100% user adoption. Everyone loves Basecamp and we have tried every PM software out there. Basecamp is the best in the business!
Pros:
When you first start using basecamp, two things strike you the most. It’s clean super tight interface and the lack of some common functions. I see both of these things as a positive. This might seem odd but you soon realise that the makers at Basecamp are uncompromising in their relentless pursuit of keeping you efficient. No bloat. No complication. These all adds up to adoption by the whole team. Which for me is the most important thing. You can have a perfect project management system, but if no one uses it. It’s useless. Basecamp’s gets everything on the same page.
Cons:
I would love the app to give you persistent reminders for tasks! Snooze for 5 mins etc.
Verified Reviewer
Alternatives Considered:
Excellent Product for Project Management
Comments: Our team was able to streamline the management of both internal and external projects. Using the document sharing feature in each task was a great tool for us since we have a LOT of files attached to every project.
Pros:
Basecamp was easy to use and understand for our team. Setting it up needed a bit of learning especially for those technologically challenged, but once they got the hang of it they found it useful and increased their productivity.
Cons:
There aren't any reporting features in Basecamp. We would have liked to have a way of keeping track of how many tasks were being done or not done, the number of tasks assigned to each team member, the time taken to complete the tasks, etc.
Verified Reviewer
I'm not sure if it's the same people on this one, since there are different versions of this gig sw
Comments: For the fact that it's an app on a major app store, I would have obviously come across it, for the fact that it was something of some form of various thing that I would come across in categorical and ad hoc searching, as it turns out. Aside from not understanding what the purpose of the software was, based on the description that was included in all of the versions in the App Store, I found it particularly disparaging to the community that they framed the purpose of the app as an occupation and dump in of trucks and trailers, and tons of people from out of town, on any given day, whereas the trailers were there in supposition that they were showers that were provided to the homeless, on one day. On one hand, they're not there every day, but on the other hand, it was a bit strange that this ended up being what the app is about.
Pros:
In essence, I suppose that this app seems a bit in opposition to the browsing app store user coming across it and then, at some point, upon trying to understand what the portent of the impact of the software is, fairly soon turns up browsing through more apps, wondering what this app is about; particularly to have 3 release versions of it, at this point in time. Regardless, it turned in to a yellow sign "base camp" social work news article publication thing for the sake of publicizing push material of support for what ended up being a seething attrition for the locals of the area where the "base camp" installment of "obviously, it's on account of the app in the app store thing," and on top of that, there was significant opposition to me as a mental health client recipient of services (supposedly), just tangentially, and for a few times, perhaps, of this art therapy group of people, and then they talked and acted out towards me in my head, outside of any sort of professional or service provider and client circumstances.
Cons:
I feel like the spirit of development in software, for the purpose of disparaging the client, of a completely different and separate supposition of relation, whatsoever, in regards to the original purpose of meeting with these developers, is simply wrong and unprofessional. These developers cause a significant problem in a different locality between people who are not housed in downtown Los Angeles, on the incident that happened witnessed, and whatever the story was in my head about what anyone might think about such an influx of people in to the area, which is all too common, in various ways; On top of that, they're plotted right at 222 S. Hill St. 7th floor, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, and they do events of disparagement against me and my family commonly, while trying to suppose that their self esteem is supported and is superior, while homeless and mentally ill bullying and stalking victims are inferior, on account of group brute strength over an individual. They run ostensibly false and slight charity drives for supposedly unfortunate other people.
Justin P.
Alternatives Considered:
Inexpensive and Great for Work Place Chat
Comments: Great workplace chat app that allows you to not waste away your phone inbox or text messages.
Pros:
I like 1, that it is inexpensive. It is hard to find a software that doesn't break the budget and actually does the job of being able to work for the entire team. No company wants to depend on blowing up the team members text messages because that is unprofessional to a sense. It has worked wonders for us, even the older coworkers, that are not very tech savvy.
Cons:
Really poor management of starting chats or forums for non-admin roles. Someone always comes up to me asking how they were not able to start a new chat group or something along the same lines in the Basecamp mobile app. This is an ongoing issue that at the very least needs to be made easier to find or do.
Senthil R.
Alternatives Considered:
After trying a lot of other project management tools, we switched back to Basecamp
Comments: Wow! 100% user adoption is sure.
Pros:
Simplicity, the way the product is engineered is simple and everyone understands it. Client portal is seamless. We use it as a case file management system for our clients and share access whenever necessary.
Cons:
Overall progress tracking could be made a bit better - they have introduced charts, but could be better.
