Basecamp is 37Signals\u2019 flagship project management software. Originally created as a tool to let freelancers manage projects, it\u2019s gradually added functionality and customers until it\u2019s now the most popular content management software solution out there.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not all roses for Basecamp, though. Because it\u2019s so simple, many people complain that even basic functions like the ability to assign tasks to multiple people or even time tracking, are absent. And unlike when Basecamp was first thought of, there\u2019s some serious competition now.<\/p>\n
1: ActiveCollab<\/p>\n
ActiveCollab comes in web-based and self-hosted, and it has some pretty heavyweight customers, including Stanford University and the British BBC, as well as Adobe. It\u2019s integrated with Xero for time tracking and invoicing, and starts at $25 a month for a package that gets you 5 users, 5GB of storage and unlimited projects. If you want unlimited users, projects and storage you can go up to the $299 per month premium package, and you can even buy an self-hosted version of the software for $499 and put it on your own servers.<\/p>\n
2: Asana<\/p>\n
Asana promises \u2018teamwork without email\u2019 (subtext: project management without Basecamp). It offers Google Drive integration, and the ability to forward emails to Asana and have it turned into a task automatically, and it also offers a comprehensive list of keyboard shortcuts to shave off seconds. Asana is free for the first 15 users and goes up to $50 per month for 16-30 users, and tops out at $800 for 100 users. There are unlimited projects and tasks, as well as private projects and teams.<\/p>\n
3: Freedcamp<\/p>\n
Freedcamp is designed to emulate Basecamp: it\u2019s an alternative because it\u2019s a free knock-off, \u2018the closest free alternative you will ever get to Basecamp,\u2019 in the company\u2019s own words. Freedcamp is good enough to number ABC, Chase Bank and even Google among its customers, so its simple, Basecamp-like user interface and array of group communication tools that include a wall, browser alerts and social media integration means it\u2019s basic but effective. In reality Freedcamp is only free if you\u2019re happy with just 20MB of storage. If you want more, you\u2019ll have to upgrade, to 1GB of storage for $2.49 per month or unlimited storage for $39.99 per month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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