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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 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 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

1
Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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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

Effective Service
Respectful
Helps Innovate
Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 86

Collaboration

Document Management

Resource Management

Workflow Management

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

Planning and Scheduling

Mobile Access

Budget Management

Reporting

Time & Expense Tracking

Hierarchical Task Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 86

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 Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Basecamp Reviews

Natalie M.

Role: Finance
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Aug 2021

The results in tasks and projects are incredible

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Basecamp from other similar products?

Every day is a new experience, because each client has specific requirements that we have to solve and Basecamp has become our main ally, making us complete projects and integrate all company personnel without problems. We didn't know that Basecamp was more efficient than other software.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

This software speeds up our process when we carry out projects for our clients and bosses, and I love it because it is very easy to use, when we need to communicate with other colleagues we do it by chat and quickly solve the problems.

What do you dislike most about this product?

No complaints or negative comments, it is great software with great features and a great support team.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you have to solve a problem with Basecamp, I recommend that you call technical support in advance, because they take time to respond and it can be a bit frustrating to ask for help.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Brice T.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2021

One of the best project management software tools

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Basecamp from other similar products?

One of the best features of Basecamp is the ability to use collaborative text documents, which are basically virtual legal notepads where coworkers can share ideas, sketch project outlines, and more. Users also have access to personal and project-based calendars.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

From message boards to to-dos and document management to file storage, it has everything available in one place and I love it.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Basecamp is very good, adapts to small and medium-sized companies and offers enough functionality to manage projects successfully.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

In Basecamp you can upload and work on documents in the application, use chats for project discussions, post announcements in public forums, make checklists to monitor project development, and much, much more.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Nicholas M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2021

simple task management software

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Basecamp from other similar products?

Basecamp and Smartsheet are good at managing tasks, and both help streamline communication between offices. However, the similarities seem to end there. Where Basecamp is simple and clean, Smartsheet is complex. Basecamp is accessible and easy to learn, while Smartsheet requires intelligence, training, and some analytical skills.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Basecamp is based on the fact that it is easy to use, accessible and intuitive. It is project management software in its purest form: easy task tracking features enhanced by email integration and file sharing. Basecamp is designed to reduce the effort and eliminate the hassles of everyday tasks, but it's not just the design that makes this software so easy to use. There are a million little extra touches that promote efficiency, like automatic saving, customizable notifications, and the ability to drag and drop tasks and files.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Basecamp is amazing, it has taken the time to create dedicated mobile apps for iOS and Android devices that allow it to function even when you are out of the office.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Basecamp has a limited number of functions, although they are all well designed and very practical.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Basecamp Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

98 Plan to Renew

89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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.

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

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

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).

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

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

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 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.

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

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

Natalie M.

The results in tasks and projects are incredible

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Brice T.

One of the best project management software tools

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Nicholas M.

simple task management software

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Collaboration

Document Management

Resource Management

Workflow Management

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

Planning and Scheduling

Mobile Access

Budget Management

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 Customization

Ease of IT Administration

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