Basecamp

Score8.2 out of 10

1,284 Reviews and Ratings

What is Basecamp?

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.

Categories & Use Cases

Team Collaboration
Team collaboration capabilities let team members work directly with each other and provide team updates.
Category average: 9
Timesheet Tracking
Timesheet tracking is the ability to track all billable and non-billable hours for each project.
Category average: 8.3
Document Management
Document management provides for centralized management of all project documents.
Category average: 7.9

Scheduling
Scheduling capabilities allow users to set schedules on tasks, and create timelines and milestones.
Category average: 8.2
Integration with accounting software
Real-time, two-way sync with accounting or financial software to facilitate project and financial reporting
Category average: 8.3
Gantt Charts
Gantt charts are charts that show tasks or events along the y-axis displayed against time along the x-axis.
Category average: 8.3

James Roy View profile

Office Manager in Professional Services at CRASH+SUES (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

For internal and client-facing project management, Basecamp does the trick! You can set and assign tasks with deadlines to specific people and keep all documents and correspondence in one place. You control what the client sees at all times. You can tie it in with Harvest or other time-tracking apps. The only thing missing is CRM and invoicing capabilities.

Pros

Project Management.
Task Assignment.
Document keeping.

Cons

CRM would be helpful.
Invoicing directly from a project would be great.

Return on Investment

It has helped keep every project organized, with all assets in one accessible place for everyone involved.
It has helped with scheduling and assigning tasks so that everyone knows what is expected of them.
It has helped keep all client correspondence in one place and within the project so that everything can be found immediately.
The search function is very helpful.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Kantata PS Cloud

Other Software Used

Slack, QuickBooks Online, Harvest

Verified User

Administrator (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Basecamp for messaging and file sharing between our Standing Committees. It helps keep information easily accessible in one place that can be referenced at any time. It is also an easy way to message committee members and keep a simple thread of responses. It is also good for collaboration, with use of the Writeboard feature.

Pros

messaging
calendar for keeping track of deadlines and events
document retention and file sharing

Cons

When messaging, you have to click names of people on the committee so they get an email into their email inboxes (nice feature), but click that many boxes can be time consuming.
If you need to change someone's login email, you have to delete the user and then re-add them with the new email.
Listing of "projects" on the side is small and takes a while to "see" sometimes.

Return on Investment

Streamlined communication
easier to share document (less time expended)
good price for what it can do
simple, and we like it this way!

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Teams

Other Software Used

Submittable, Wufoo

Verified User

Employee in Marketing (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Basecamp helps our teams stay organized and on track with our ever-growing list of assignments, work streams, and deliverables! Especially no that we're mostly remote employees, this keeps our ducks in a row

Pros

project management
assignment allocation
collaborative work
comments and iterations
status updates

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Trello

Other Software Used

Microsoft Teams, Slack, Google Slides

Alexandra Mooney

Executive Assistant in Corporate at YMCA Canada (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are working on a international conference - where the planners and the attendees are from around the world. Basecamp lets us all have access to the necessary documents.

Pros

Collaboration space
easy access
secure site

Cons

meeting schedule integration

Return on Investment

Since we are able to work together on the project, the work gets done and everyone gets what they need when they need it

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Teams

Other Software Used

Microsoft 365

Verified User

Director in Marketing (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Basecamp for all of our daily communication. We also use it for file sharing and organization. It keeps all of our projects easy to find and we can set deadlines and estimates. It also works seamlessly with our timekeeping platform so it's super easy to track our hours.

Pros

Organization
File Sharing
Communication
Project Management

Cons

We have recently been having trouble with PNGs
I wish that copy-pasting worked better (like copy-pasting from an email).
There could be a better Gantt chart function.

Return on Investment

I don't have exact numbers but I seriously love how Basecamp changed our workflow.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Everhour, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe InDesign, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe After Effects and Google Sheets

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Team Collaboration

Timesheet Tracking

Document Management

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Scheduling

Integration with accounting software

Gantt Charts

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