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What is Basecamp?

Basecamp’s unique blend of tools is everything any team needs to stay on the same page about whatever they’re working on.

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Awards & Recognition

Basecamp won the following awards in the Project Management - Enterprise category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

11 Top Rated Capabilities

11 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

7 Top Rated Capabilities

8 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

4 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2022

Basecamp Ratings

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87 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

90 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Basecamp?

2% Negative

1% Neutral

97% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Effective Service
Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Collaboration

Document Management

Workflow Management

Resource Management

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

Planning and Scheduling

Budget Management

Mobile Access

Reporting

Time & Expense Tracking

Hierarchical Task Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Basecamp Reviews

Role: Operations
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

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Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2022

Very intuitive and well thought out for teamwork.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Gabriel S.

Role: Finance
Industry: Retail
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2022

Ultimate project and task management tool

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Basecamp from other similar products?

For BaseCamp fans, it is the ultimate tool since once someone starts using it, they will find all other applications to be completely useless due to its amazing functionality and capabilities. The platform as a whole, as well as all of its capabilities, are prepared and feature-complete for assisting in all projects.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Although I adore every function it offers like incorporated features, integrations, perfectly balanced workflow, and the project template it provides are some of my preferences. Its incredible customizability capabilities enable me to make any kind of changes to the template. There is also a choice for creating and saving project templates. Other options for project management, tracking progress, and planning are commendable.

What do you dislike most about this product?

There isn't anything particularly serious about BaseCamp that aggravates me to the point that I consider leaving it. Just the time it takes to load everything is annoying, but it happens when we are working on really huge projects that require a lot of resources to complete. Aside from that, an issue we encountered was the result of our own errors.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

BaseCamp is the most creative and straightforward method for product managers to free themselves from numerous administrative tasks and free up their time to concentrate on the important aspects of the project, such as the satisfactory implementation of workflow and the performance and productivity of the team. BaseCamp is the best option for anyone looking for cutting-edge software for agile planning and other project management tasks.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation

Seth H.

Role: Operations
Industry: Not for Profit
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2022

Easy to Use, Collaborative and Saves time!

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Basecamp from other similar products?

I've looked at many Project Management Solutions. The goal for our organization was to get out of the terrible cycle of planning projects and events with long email threads. Basecamp proved to be the easiest for us to implement and use.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The App and simplicity. It's simple to add our staff to their specific projects. We also have a general HQ where we post important documents and info they need to know.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I wish there was a global view of all projects or at least I wish it looked a little better. I wish there were easier updates with tasks like "percentage complete."

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I love it. It is not as intimidating as SLACK and other project management solutions.

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Basecamp Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

90 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Basecamp?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Document Management Includes features such as check-in/check-out and versioning controls on documents and artifacts.

Workflow Management Includes ability to support flexible and comprehensive workflow-based capabilities.

Resource Management Includes resource allocation, expense tracking, and resource planning.

Dependency and Milestone Tracking Ability to define project development stages and task dependencies while setting milestones to mark specific points in a project

Planning and Scheduling Includes milestones, tasks and resource assignments (can also include WBS and CPM).

Budget Management Includes financial planning, cost management, and payroll budgeting.

Mobile Access The solution can be easily accessed by employees through a dedicated native application or HTML5 access.

Reporting Straightforward data storage with ability to create any reports easily. Dashboards for any role with ability to easily build and modify.

Time & Expense Tracking Ability to track time for planning and estimating

Hierarchical Task Management Ability to create both templates and unique projects and support tasks that can be divided into sub-tasks and delegated

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Basecamp Reviews

Very intuitive and well thought out for teamwork.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Gabriel S.

Ultimate project and task management tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Seth H.

Easy to Use, Collaborative and Saves time!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Collaboration

Document Management

Workflow Management

Resource Management

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

Planning and Scheduling

Budget Management

Mobile Access

Reporting

Time & Expense Tracking

Hierarchical Task Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support