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Basecamp

Composite Score

9.0 /10

CX Score

9.3 /10

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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

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

87 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

90 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+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
Helps Innovate
Reliable
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

Hierarchical Task Management

Time & Expense Tracking

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 IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Basecamp Reviews

Amin L.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Media
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2021

easy.reliable.affordable

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Basecamp from other similar products?

Many decision makers doesn't know that Basecamp is a pre-requisite for UN jobs plus, it was develop on ruby on rail by famous author Rework. Its simple yet highly impactful for a small team. Although there is no agile development ocncept but, it simple and easy to keep the team get started and work together without any handwork

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like the Doc section where I add all my credential and share with my team. Another good feature is I can always allow my client to participate in certain task.

What do you dislike most about this product?

There is nothing to dislike about - But, yes I would like to see workflow and time-management although I am using zapier and hubstaff to manage it.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This is good for a company where agile project management is not a need and would like to start with something pretty simple but powerful.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Jeremy B.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2021

Collaborative work.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Basecamp from other similar products?

Basecamp is noted for its excellent built-in collaboration options and tools, such as group chat, message boards, and team schedules.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like Basecamp is great for the to-do list allows you to organize tasks with simple to-do lists, also use this part of the panel to set due dates and assign tasks to one or more people, with the option to add comments to tasks and lists, attach notes and files to tasks, to automatically track overdue tasks, in to-do lists you have a unique way to track progress, called hill charts.

What do you dislike most about this product?

For Basecamp I have no major objections that hinder the work I do.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend Basecamp for managing tasks and deadlines, communicating with each other, uploading files to share and collaborating on work.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Donald B.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2021

Ideal for remote work environments

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Basecamp from other similar products?

Comparing it with Slack, Basecamp is the best, its accessibility is wide from any operating system I can access it. Best of all, it promotes task tracking, tagging, and collaboration with colleagues.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I really like Basecamp because it helps me to know all the main objectives of each project related to my work, it helps others to interact freely without having to physically gather my colleagues

What do you dislike most about this product?

The user interface is not the most intuitive I have seen

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Basecamp is a perfect way to share knowledge and work on new projects, inside or outside the organization.

Pros

Saves Time
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

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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

99 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

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.

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

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

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

Amin L.

easy.reliable.affordable

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jeremy B.

Collaborative work.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Donald B.

Ideal for remote work environments

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

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