Basecamp

3.6 (1)

Vendor

Vendor	37signals
Homepage	http://basecamphq.com
Adress	37signals, LLC 400 N. May St. #301 Chicago, IL 60642
Country	United States
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Software

Category	Web-based
Architecture	Web-based
Client OS	n/a (web-based)
Language	English • Spanish • French • Others
Licence	Commercial • Free-Editon • SaaS
Domain	No

Description

Basecamp is a web-based project management tool which comes with 4 different plans for you to choose from - Basic ($24/month), Plus ($49/month), Premium ($99/month) and Max ($199/month). Most functions are available in all plans and you also get unlimited users in each plan. However, the storage space and number of projects that can be managed is different across the plans. Also, note that time tracking function is not available under Basic plan. Basecamp allows you to create projects, add users, assign tasks, share files, get reports and track status. Multi-project dashboard, to-do lists, milestone reports, message boards, time-tracking, white boards, chat, RSS feeds and user-based permission setting are some of the important features available. Also, there are add-ons and extras that are available for integration with basecamp in order to provide additional functionality e.g. iPhone applications, mobile applications, reporting tools, financial tools, etc.

Highlights	Intuitive User Interface
	Time tracking
	Collaboration Features
	Development API
	Document Management

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Overall rating:		3.6
Task Management:		4.0 (1)
Reporting:		3.0 (1)
Collaboration:		4.0 (1)
Usability:		4.0 (1)
Price/Performance ratio :		3.0 (1)

A great collaboration tool

Overall rating:

3.6

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Reviewed by Bjoern Linder
October 08, 2010
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Pros	A simple project management tool that comes with a great user interface and collaboration tools. A lot of add-ons are available to provide supplemental functions that you might need e.g. interesting add-ons are available for reporting, accounting, invoicing, charts (including Gantt), reporting, iPhone etc.
Cons	Limited features in the base version of the software. Yes, it does make the features available through add-ons but then that's an overhead for someone who just wants to get started quickly and not spend time configuring add-ons. Moreover, if you add the cost of add-ons, basecamp really gets pricey.
Conclusion	I would call it more a collaboration tool than a project management software. Okay, if you add the extras and add-ons, it does become a good project management tool; but then you don't want to spend time, effort and money in getting and configuring all those add-ons. The other way of looking at it is -- the add-ons make it more modular so you can actually build your own customized PM tool. So, if you need to manage simple projects where collaboration is the key - you could go for base camp. And you could also go for basecamp if you have requirements for specific custom functions that you would want to pick and add from the available add-ons. It is not very suited for quick short term projects that also have heavy MIS needs.