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Basecamp vs. Socialcast (discontinued)

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Basecamp

1,284 Reviews and Ratings

Socialcast (discontinued)

12 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Basecamp

    Score8.2 out of 10
    		N/ABasecamp 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

    Socialcast (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    		N/ASocialcast was an enterprise social networking and collaboration platform acquired by VMware in 2011. The platform allowed an organization's employees to share information and documents with co-workers in real time through a Facebook- or Twitter-like news feed. VMware announced its end of availability (EOA) effective May 2018.

    $250

    per month

    Pricing
    BasecampSocialcast (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Basecamp Plus
    $15
    per month per user
    Basecamp Pro Unlimited
    $299
    per month (billed annually)
    Basecamp Free
    Free
    Limited Capabilities
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BasecampSocialcast (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    BasecampSocialcast (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    37 Signals
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Richard Bird
    IT Software Administrator in Information Technology at Rowmark, LLC (Plastics, 201-500 employees)
    Chose Socialcast (discontinued)
    Socialcast is great for collaboration & light project management, but anything complex doesn't work well.

    Using it as an email notification curator works nice for us.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
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    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
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    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
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    Features
    BasecampSocialcast (discontinued)
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Basecamp and Socialcast (discontinued)
    Feature
    Basecamp
    7.9
    121 Ratings
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    6.3
    4 Ratings
    Task Management9.4120 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Resource Management8.4101 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts2.041 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Scheduling6.996 Ratings6.33 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.071 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Team Collaboration10.0120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology6.950 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology6.946 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management9.7112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration7.798 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access9.698 Ratings3.83 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking10.046 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management8.956 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.040 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings3.43 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Basecamp and Socialcast (discontinued)
    Feature
    Basecamp
    6.8
    41 Ratings
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates8.329 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing6.925 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting8.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software4.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Basecamp and Socialcast (discontinued)
    Feature
    Basecamp
    -
    Ratings
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    7.5
    4 Ratings
    Chat00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings6.14 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Basecamp and Socialcast (discontinued)
    Feature
    Basecamp
    -
    Ratings
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    5.7
    4 Ratings
    Versioning00 Ratings2.12 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings6.74 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings5.83 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    User Ratings
    BasecampSocialcast (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (147 ratings)
    7.7
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (26 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (17 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (28 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)