Basecamp vs. Slack

Basecamp

1,284 Reviews and Ratings

Slack

9,074 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Basecamp	Score8.2 out of 10	N/A	Basecamp is a web-based project-management tool. Basecamp offers features standard to project management platforms, as well as mobile accessibility, unlimited users, and 3rd party integrations. Basecamp is priced by space requirements and concurrent projects.	$15 per month per user
Slack	Score9.1 out of 10	N/A	Slack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020. The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls. The…	$8.75 per month per user

Pricing

Basecamp

Slack

Basecamp Plus: $15
per month per user
Basecamp Pro Unlimited: $299
per month (billed annually)
Basecamp Free: Free
Limited Capabilities

Free: $0
Pro: $7.25*
per month per user
Business+: $12.50*
per month per user
Enterprise: Contact Sales

Pricing Offerings
Basecamp	Slack
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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*Per active user, per month, when paying once a year. Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Basecamp	Slack
Considered Both Products	37 Signals Verified User Chose Basecamp We moved from Basecamp to monday.com. Monday is much better suited to an environment where most projects are similar to other projects you are currently working on or have already completed. Monday isn't as "social" or as "community building" as Basecamp, but we've always used S… Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Basecamp Basecamp is simple to understand, easy to use, and does not come with the bloat and complications of a solution like Teams. It is certainly more organized and easy to follow than simply having a group chat on Slack and Viber. If you need to easily find information, it can be … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Basecamp We found Basecamp's features to be more better than Slack, especially for a bigger group of people. Incentivized Helpful? James Roy Office Manager in Professional Services at CRASH+SUES (Animation, 1-10 employees) Chose Basecamp Each platform has pros and cons. We ultimately switched away from Kantata (formerly Mavenlink) because our clients were more familiar with Basecamp. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Basecamp I like Trello too, but our organization prefers Basecamp so that's what I stick to Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Basecamp Basecamp is a feature-rich and user-friendly platform that outpaces other solutions we've explored. The vast number of integrations available, as well as the years of dedicated developers as well as the natively available mobile apps, really make Basecamp a leader in this … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Basecamp Basecamp if far simpler than ClickUp. We use ClickUp to manage our internal task management, as it provides more customization, additional views and more room for extreme detail in tasks. We used Basecamp for clients because of its simplicity and ease-of-use. Basecamp requires … Incentivized Helpful? Shiva Krishna Oracle Cloud Procure to Pay Consultant in Finance and Accounting at Expedia (Entertainment, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Basecamp We liked Basecamp as it was initially free to use for 30 days. Further, there were some interns in our project who used the product at their university.There were videos available on how to set up and use the product. For us, it was the convenience of setting it up and hit the … Incentivized Helpful? Andy Abramson CEO (Chief Executive Officer) in Corporate at Comunicano, Inc (Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees) Chose Basecamp I prefer Basecamp over Trello as it is more complete and easier to use. Incentivized Helpful? Kelly Reumann Lead Graphic Design Specialist/ Social Media Marketer in Marketing at CyberCartel International Inc. (Retail, 51-200 employees) Chose Basecamp Basecamp is a similar type of software but is on a totally different playing field than Monday. Basecamp is definitely a lot more bare bones, it is a task tracking software and that is all. Basecamp is more of a "To Do" list where as Monday is a full-on task scheduling, time … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Basecamp JIRA was the best software for our development team which i was in charge of. Its definitely more aligned to software development and offered us a good platform to handle dependencies and software releases (versioning). This is something that Basecamp was lacking. Asana stacks … Incentivized Helpful? Nicolas Costa Ossa Director of Marketing & Sales in Sales at Koombea (Internet, 51-200 employees) Chose Basecamp We stopped using Basecamp and started using Trello instead. Trello works better for us and our agile methodology Incentivized Helpful? Marzena Maciejewska Senior Project Manager in Product Management at MPS (Events Services, 11-50 employees) Chose Basecamp All of them can be used regularly and we used them before. But we chose Basecamp because it's simple to use and setup. And our company is small sized organization and we don't have to use big software to track and manage our projects. I recommend Basecamp for an individual user … Incentivized Helpful? Arnaud Morichelli Head of Accounts in Information Technology at /Creative (Design, 1-10 employees) Chose Basecamp Basecamp is a very basic tool. There are pros and cons to this. I think other tools like Trello have much more to offer, and many more features. But this could be an issue for organizations looking for an easy-to-use tool. It really depends on the need of the company and the … Incentivized Helpful? Craig Lockley VP of IT & Innovation in Information Technology at Momentum Credit Union Ltd (Banking, 11-50 employees) Chose Basecamp Samepage and Slack are just a few steps ahead with its messenger and communication platforms and is leagues behind when it comes to integration with other systems. However, most systems can be redundant when attempting to accomplish something that caters to a non-technical … Incentivized Helpful? Ryan Gibson Drupal Developer in Information Technology at Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (Mental Health Care, 11-50 employees) Chose Basecamp Slack has recently become our go-to task management and collaboration. Slack is gaining ground in this arena due to its more forward-thinking conversation structure. Basecamp is beginning to feel more like a forum while Slack feels agile and easy to move from conversations at a … Helpful?	Salesforce Tom Erdman Network Systems Administrator in Information Technology at Johnson County Library (Libraries, 201-500 employees) Chose Slack For overall internal team collaboration, Slack can’t compete with Microsoft Teams and its integrations. But when it comes to easily collaborate with colleagues outside of your organization, Slack’s ease of use, organizational features and ability to let you connect to multiple … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack Slack combines all features of Basecamp and Asana but also offers private messages and integration with other platforms. However, Basecamp has the most simple interface out of the three, while Slack is very complex. For simple task management, Basecamp would be enough as a tool. Incentivized Helpful? Brendon Bushman Designer and Project Manager in Marketing at University of Minnesota-Morris (Graphic Design, 1-10 employees) Chose Slack I have used Basecamp in the past, but have not evaluated in the last 3 years. At the time I began using slack, Basecamp was overkill for my needs, and didn't provide as strong of a mobile experience. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack This is the perfect middle ground - more organization and structure than Google Hangouts, but not so rigid as email. Definitely not as hard to navigate and slow to use as Basecamp. Love that it doesn't rely on email to notify users. Instead, it become the main communication app … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack It was too email centric - you get too many emails telling you to go there, so it seemed inefficient. There wasn't enough non-project functionality so it was never really "always open" for people the way Slack is, it just felt like an extra thing to do, rather than a tool that … Incentivized Helpful? Megha Bansal Marketing Operations Specialist in Marketing at Fractional CMO (Marketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees) Chose Slack Easy UI Easy file sharing Option of one to one chat Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack Slack was so simple to start using--super easy integrations with Jira, Sharepoint/OneDrive, and our PM tools--that it was a no-brainer. The video was glitchy, especially for any users who had iffy upload speeds (which isn't Slack's fault entirely, but they did not have as many … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack In Slack, you can easily collab with your channels. You can upload videos and large files easily. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack Slack is a far superior product. Skype did not have enough features and the mobile app was garbage comparatively. Sametime was one of the worst messaging services I have used. Notifications were incredibly inconsistent. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack Much more customization and ability to organize by topic rather than just by project. Incentivized Helpful? Angelina Altobano Graphic Designer in Social Media at Ayzenberg (Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees) Chose Slack Slack is an easy team messaging app that's fun to use, with features like the random gif generator. It's an easy way to consolidate multiple team message boards and contact individuals in the company. Although it's not exactly a work flow type app it is suppose to easily … Incentivized Helpful? Josh Studzinski VP, Marketing in Marketing at Georama (Leisure, Travel & Tourism, 11-50 employees) Chose Slack Slack is a bit more simplistic than the other pieces of software, but creates more meaningful conversations. The other programs create more of a forum based platform, than a social network like Slack. Slack encourages everyone to get involved with the conversation as opposed to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Slack for a team it just works better and no need to have 5 servers to run enterprise version of Skype for Business. Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

Basecamp

Slack

Comparison of Project Management features of Basecamp and Slack
Feature	Basecamp 7.9 121 Ratings	Slack 8.2 479 Ratings
Task Management	9.4120 Ratings	8.2310 Ratings
Resource Management	8.4101 Ratings	00 Ratings
Gantt Charts	2.041 Ratings	6.961 Ratings
Scheduling	6.996 Ratings	7.9259 Ratings
Workflow Automation	7.071 Ratings	8.4284 Ratings
Team Collaboration	10.0120 Ratings	00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology	6.950 Ratings	00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology	6.946 Ratings	00 Ratings
Document Management	9.7112 Ratings	00 Ratings
Email integration	7.798 Ratings	00 Ratings
Mobile Access	9.698 Ratings	9.5460 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking	10.046 Ratings	00 Ratings
Change request and Case Management	8.956 Ratings	00 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management	7.040 Ratings	00 Ratings
Search	00 Ratings	8.7463 Ratings
Visual planning tools	00 Ratings	8.0187 Ratings

Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Basecamp and Slack
Feature	Basecamp 6.8 41 Ratings	Slack - Ratings
Quotes/estimates	8.329 Ratings	00 Ratings
Invoicing	6.925 Ratings	00 Ratings
Project & financial reporting	8.034 Ratings	00 Ratings
Integration with accounting software	4.028 Ratings	00 Ratings

Comparison of Communication features of Basecamp and Slack
Feature	Basecamp - Ratings	Slack 8.9 488 Ratings
Chat	00 Ratings	9.8488 Ratings
Notifications	00 Ratings	9.1484 Ratings
Discussions	00 Ratings	9.6473 Ratings
Surveys	00 Ratings	8.1302 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase	00 Ratings	7.8300 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting	00 Ratings	8.9110 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts	00 Ratings	8.7182 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook	00 Ratings	8.9120 Ratings

Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Basecamp and Slack
Feature	Basecamp - Ratings	Slack 8.7 461 Ratings
Versioning	00 Ratings	8.4229 Ratings
Video files	00 Ratings	8.8412 Ratings
Audio files	00 Ratings	9.1403 Ratings
Document collaboration	00 Ratings	8.5318 Ratings
Access control	00 Ratings	8.4305 Ratings
Advanced security features	00 Ratings	8.4264 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive	00 Ratings	9.0211 Ratings
Device sync	00 Ratings	9.1339 Ratings

User Ratings
	Basecamp	Slack
Likelihood to Recommend	9.3 (147 ratings)	9.4 (489 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (26 ratings)	10.0 (23 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (17 ratings)	9.2 (103 ratings)
Availability	10.0 (5 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Performance	7.3 (4 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	8.8 (28 ratings)	10.0 (66 ratings)
Online Training	5.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	7.7 (4 ratings)	10.0 (3 ratings)
Configurability	8.0 (1 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (1 ratings)