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Basecamp

The leading web-based project management and collaboration tool.
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What is Basecamp?

Basecamp is a project management and group collaboration tool. The tool includes features for schedules, tasks, files, and messages.
Basecamp is a tool in the Project Management category of a tech stack.

Who uses Basecamp?

Companies
170 companies reportedly use Basecamp in their tech stacks, including Accenture, 9GAG, and Groupon.com.

Developers
454 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Basecamp.

Basecamp Integrations

Notion, Zulip, Integromat, Toggl, and Beanstalk are some of the popular tools that integrate with Basecamp. Here's a list of all 59 tools that integrate with Basecamp.
Pros of Basecamp
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Team collaboration (non-tech)
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It's simple and intuitive
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Great UI
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Plain, simple
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Very fast
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Clear pricing
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Super fast task creation
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Integration with external services
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iPhone app
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Frequent + awesome updates
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Remote management
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As close to an all-in-one tool that is client friendly
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Team collaboration
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Team and client collaboration
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Plays nice with Google Apps
Decisions about Basecamp

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Basecamp in their tech stack.

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Basecamp's Features

  • Basecamp is super fast and famously easy to use.
  • Basecamp helps you get caught up if you’ve been away.
  • Have full control of who sees which projects.
  • Basecamp features the world’s best web-based calendar.
  • Immediately know when someone completes a task you assigned.
  • Mistake-proof: Recover things you deleted by accident.
  • Temporarily loop-in people who aren’t part of a project.
  • Basecamp documents your project from start to finish.
  • Easily find a file someone shared three weeks ago.
  • Write together in real-time with Basecamp text docs.
  • Collaborate in real-time with your co-workers and clients.
  • See everything someone’s been doing on a single page.
  • Organize people into companies and groups/departments.
  • Share feedback with Basecamp from any device via email.
  • Drag & drop files from your computer right into Basecamp.
  • Easily invite people, companies, and groups to projects.
  • Present a professional, organized face to your clients.
  • A truly unique interface that’s all new yet instantly familiar.
  • Make sure everyone knows what’s left to do.
  • Millions of people in over 180 countries use Basecamp.
  • All your projects in your pocket. Basecamp available on the iPhone.

Basecamp Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Basecamp?
Asana
Asana is the easiest way for teams to track their work. From tasks and projects to conversations and dashboards, Asana enables teams to move work from start to finish--and get results. Available at asana.com and on iOS & Android.
Slack
Imagine all your team communication in one place, instantly searchable, available wherever you go. That’s Slack. All your messages. All your files. And everything from Twitter, Dropbox, Google Docs, Asana, Trello, GitHub and dozens of other services. All together.
Trello
Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. In one glance, Trello tells you what's being worked on, who's working on what, and where something is in a process.
Jira
Jira's secret sauce is the way it simplifies the complexities of software development into manageable units of work. Jira comes out-of-the-box with everything agile teams need to ship value to customers faster.
Dropbox
Harness the power of Dropbox. Connect to an account, upload, download, search, and more.
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Basecamp's Followers
500 developers follow Basecamp to keep up with related blogs and decisions.