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Basecamp

Composite Score
9.0 /10
CX Score
9.4 /10
Category
Basecamp
9.0 /10

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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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.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

99 Plan to Renew

91 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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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?

1% Negative
2% Neutral
97% Positive

Pros

  • Effective Service
  • Respectful
  • Trustworthy
  • Caring

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Collaboration

91

Document Management

88

Workflow Management

87

Resource Management

86

Mobile Access

85

Dependency and Milestone Tracking

85

Budget Management

85

Planning and Scheduling

85

Reporting

84

Hierarchical Task Management

83

Time & Expense Tracking

82

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 86

Ease of Implementation

90

Quality of Features

88

Breadth of Features

88

Business Value Created

87

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

86

Availability and Quality of Training

86

Ease of Data Integration

86

Ease of IT Administration

85

Usability and Intuitiveness

84

Ease of Customization

84

Vendor Support

83

Basecamp Reviews

Shirley A.

  • Role: Operations
  • Industry: Education
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2022

Comprehensive tool for project management.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Basecamp from other similar products?

Prior to Basecamp, it was difficult to keep track of projects and where they were in the process. It required extra meetings to acquire progress updates, and even then, things might not be relayed to all of the appropriate parties. Basecamp guarantees that everyone can immediately view a project's progress, which means less meetings and communication headaches, easier project management, all my projects are in one location, and instead of utilizing generic folders, Basecamp offers an interface that is straightforward and simple to use.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I've been using Basecamp for a few years and have always appreciated how simple it is to coordinate tasks using its tools and capabilities. It is simple to create a project, tasks, and notes, as well as regulate who is alerted or assigned. It includes the majority of the capabilities that smaller businesses or organizations would require to manage and handle many projects in teams. Employees may use Basecamp to remain up to date on open tasks and ongoing project timelines. Use alerts and comments to display real-time updates.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The one thing I don't like about Basecamp is that you can't request a project if you aren't presently involved in one. You must independently seek access to the project leader.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It's probably not the greatest solution for large corporations because it lacks the robust feature set that these organizations require. However, I believe it will provide nearly all you need to handle many projects for small groups of less than 100 people.

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Enables Productivity
  • Efficient Service
  • Saves Time

Hannah A.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Gaming and Hospitality
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2022

Flexible tool for effective project management.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Basecamp from other similar products?

Basecamp is a fully developed application for project management. It's has an incredibly customizable architecture.It helps us to keep all communication among team members in one central place. It's aslo helps in documents management and we able to share important documents very well.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Team members can be able to communicate effectively about status of each project very well using this application. Easy to store and share documents. Highly customizable to fit into our projects need. Great and outstanding customer support team.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Haven't experienced any drawbacks when using this application. It works perfectly for us.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Fairly affordable tool for project management. It's streamlines communication among team members. Easy to customize to fit into our projects needs. Very reliable customer support which is available anytime.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Rich W.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2022

Holistic and effective PM

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Basecamp from other similar products?

Basecamp is a fantastic as well as highly adjustable project management solution that offers us a place to structure and organize our complete brand, personal projects, or all company requirements. We can organize our tasks and manage projects using this tried-and-true system of planning that always delivers the best user experience.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Basecamp is not at all what we had thought it to be, it is a much more robust and complete PM solution. A whiteboard, a calendar, multiple projects run simultaneously, discussions, and much more are all at our fingertips. In fact, we have everything we need to properly plan and manage our projects. Data is freely shared among all relevant parties, which fosters creativity and interaction.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It can be challenging to manage when a task conversation deviates from the structural form that Basecamp was created for without the ability to thread comments, it is something they can add to make us work more freely. When attempting to focus on another crucial work, there are too many emails and notifications.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Today, that process is made more difficult for organizations that need to establish more centralized control over projects, and for Businesses that need to maintain a constant aerial perspective of their branding. Only a reliable PM solution, such as Basecamp, which I highly suggest, can make that feasible.

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy
  • Efficient Service
  • Saves Time

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