Basecamp - Project Management

Basecamp

About this app

The refreshingly simple, and remarkably effective, project management platform.

Managing people and projects under pressure is tough enough. Unfortunately, lots of software makes it worse by over-complicating things. Basecamp’s different.

What makes Basecamp special?

It’s dialed in. For nearly two decades, we’ve continually refined a unique set of tools and methods to fundamentally reduce complexity, and make project management more of a joy and less of a chore. Perfected and pressure-tested by hundreds of thousands of teams on millions of projects, Basecamp’s the gold standard for a simpler, superior version of project management.

Basecamp works because it’s the easiest place for everyone in every role to put the stuff, work on the stuff, discuss the stuff, decide on the stuff, and deliver the stuff that makes up every project. Not on separate platforms scattered in various places, but all intuitively organized in one centralized place where everyone can work together.

Basecamp’s intentionally simple by design. It’s why teams that sometimes leave in search of “more power” end up slamming into the consequences of over-powered software: Complexity. Complexity doesn’t work. Basecamp does. It’s why those that leave end up coming back and sticking with us the second time around. You never know what you had until it’s gone.

Ratings and reviews

We test drove other project management apps. None were right for our small real estate development business. We needed a project management app that was lightweight and intuitive so we could get everyone using it with minimal training or friction. Basecamp ticked all the boxes. Creating task lists, communicating, tracking, all the things. And it's a great UX. And the desktop, mobile, and browser versions are all outstanding.

Basecamp is better than any other productivity and team co-ordinating app I've ever used. I first discovered it about 10 years ago when I was working in a small team in an indie business. Recently started using it again to coordinate our small events company, it's been invaluable. It's a shame they don't do a free personal account anymore, I guess that speaks to their success. From a freelancers POV though it'd be awesome if they brought that option back though.

So far its been the most consistant platform for schduling jobs and projects with no issues. Today post update we had issues with iphone users not being able to comment on jobs. About a total of 15 mins talking with support and the issue was fixed. Great customer support and reaction time.