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based on preference data from user reviews. Accelo rates 4.4/5 stars with 242 reviews. By contrast, Basecamp rates 4.1/5 stars with 4,609 reviews. Each product's score is calculated with real-time data from verified user reviews, to help you make the best choice between these two options, and decide which one is best for your business needs.

Add Product	Accelo (242) 4.4 out of 5 Accelo	Basecamp (4,609) 4.1 out of 5 Basecamp
Star Rating	Accelo 242 reviews	Basecamp 4,609 reviews
Market Segments	Accelo Small-Business (65.1% of reviews)	Basecamp Small-Business (49.3% of reviews)
Entry Level Price	Accelo $39 user / month	Basecamp $3,000 per year

Accelo vs Basecamp

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Basecamp easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers preferred doing business with Accelo overall.

Reviewers felt that Accelo meets the needs of their business better than Basecamp.
When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Accelo is the preferred option.
For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Accelo over Basecamp.

Categories

Accelo

Basecamp

Accelo and Basecamp are categorized as Project Management

Accelo is categorized as CRM, Contract Management, Professional Services Automation, Customer Success, and Client Portal

Basecamp has no unique categories

Pricing

Accelo Pricing

SALES

$39user / month

PROJECTS

$39user / month

RETAINERS

$39user / month

SERVICE

$39user / month

SERVOPS Includes everything in Sales, Projects, Retainers, & Service

$79user / month

Free Trial

Basecamp Pricing

Basecamp Big

$3,000per year

Basecamp For Us

$29per month

Basecamp With Clients

$79per month

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Free Trial Unavailable

Ratings

Accelo

8.8

Responses: 219

Basecamp

8.5

Responses: 4230

Accelo

8.2

Responses: 220

Basecamp

8.5

Responses: 4239

Accelo

7.0

Responses: 82

Basecamp

8.7

Responses: 1245

Accelo

7.6

Responses: 83

Basecamp

8.6

Responses: 1203

Accelo

9.0

Responses: 212

Basecamp

8.3

Responses: 2793

Accelo

9.0

Responses: 83

Basecamp

8.7

Responses: 1057

Accelo

9.1

Responses: 221

Basecamp

7.4

Responses: 4194

Features

Tasks

Accelo

9.0

Responses: 79

Verified Feature

Basecamp

9.0

Responses: 213

Verified Feature

Accelo

8.8

Responses: 81

Verified Feature

Basecamp

9.0

Responses: 214

Verified Feature

Accelo

Feature Not Available

Basecamp

8.6

Responses: 206

Verified Feature

Accelo

8.7

Responses: 74

Verified Feature

Basecamp

9.1

Responses: 217

Verified Feature

Accelo

Feature Not Available

Basecamp

Feature Not Available

Accelo

Feature Not Available

Basecamp

Feature Not Available

Accelo

8.6

Responses: 70

Verified Feature

Basecamp

8.9

Responses: 201

Verified Feature

Accelo

8.6

Responses: 76

Verified Feature

Basecamp

Feature Not Available

Projects

Accelo

9.0

Responses: 70

Verified Feature

Basecamp

9.0

Responses: 205

Verified Feature

Accelo

8.9

Responses: 71

Verified Feature

Basecamp

Feature Not Available

Accelo

8.8

Responses: 64

Verified Feature

Basecamp

8.4

Responses: 170

Verified Feature

Accelo

8.9

Responses: 77

Verified Feature

Basecamp

9.0

Responses: 196

Verified Feature

Accelo

8.9

Responses: 68

Verified Feature

Basecamp

8.9

Responses: 180

Verified Feature

Accelo

8.8

Responses: 67

Verified Feature

Basecamp

Feature Not Available

Accelo

Feature Not Available

Basecamp

Feature Not Available

Accelo

8.8

Responses: 66

Verified Feature

Basecamp

8.8

Responses: 183

Verified Feature

Accelo

Feature Not Available

Basecamp

Feature Not Available

Accelo

9.0

Responses: 76

Verified Feature

Basecamp

Feature Not Available

Accelo

8.7

Responses: 58

Verified Feature

Basecamp

8.7

Responses: 171

Verified Feature

Resource Management

Accelo

8.8

Responses: 59

Verified Feature

Basecamp

8.8

Responses: 172

Verified Feature

Accelo

8.8

Responses: 64

Verified Feature

Basecamp

Feature Not Available

Accelo

8.8

Responses: 71

Verified Feature

Basecamp

9.1

Responses: 186

Verified Feature

Project Monitoring

Accelo

8.7

Responses: 61

Verified Feature

Basecamp

8.9

Responses: 177

Verified Feature

Accelo

8.6

Responses: 65

Verified Feature

Basecamp

Feature Not Available

Accelo

8.9

Responses: 73

Verified Feature

Basecamp

9.0

Responses: 186

Verified Feature

Reviewers' Company Size

Reviewers of both Accelo and Basecamp were most often representing companies in the Small-Business segment.

Accelo

65.1%

Basecamp

49.3%

Accelo

24.7%

Basecamp

33.0%

Accelo

10.2%

Basecamp

17.7%

Reviewers' Industry

Accelo Industry

Marketing and Advertising

23.8%

Information Technology and Services

22.1%

Internet

5.1%

Computer Software

5.1%

Management Consulting

4.3%

Other

39.6%

Basecamp Industry

Marketing and Advertising

16.8%

Information Technology and Services

6.9%

Non-Profit Organization Management

6.1%

Computer Software

5.2%

Higher Education

4.7%

Other

60.2%

Reviews

Arianna G.

Internal Consultant in Logistics and Supply Chain

We have used Accelo for a small and rapidly growing accounting firm. Here is a summary of our key takeaways. Customizable. We found Accelo to be capable of accommodating the support of all of our processes. From our routing bookkeeping, to our tax season...

User in Computer Software

Caveman ready interface. It's like an apple product; crack it open and go.

Kara L.

User in Marketing and Advertising

Far too complicated. My CFO told me that this software was too complicated, "overly complicated" but, I was in love with everything it was capable of. So, we signed up just one user and decided that we were going to figure it out, and then add the rest of...

Paul S.

Executive Sponsor in Information Technology and Services

Things haven't evolved over the last couple years and now there are other options out there for managing projects and tracking time.

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Discussions

Accelo Discussions

What does Accelo integrate with?

1 comment

There's an awesome list of integrations and new ones are being announced often - check out the current list here:...Read more

Does Accelo offer Customer Support?

1 comment

Their customer support is pretty awesome. Being in Australia, I was worried about time differences with responses, but the whole team responds within 12...Read more

New features ahead?

1 comment

Check out the Accleo Blog page - https://www.accelo.com/resources/blog/Read more

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Basecamp Discussions

Why does it work slow in mobile phones?

7 comments

I don't notice it being particularly slwoRead more

is basecamp going to expand and add more fetures

5 comments

Well if the past is any indication, I would say yes they are going to keep adding features at some point. They are on basecamp 3, which is a vast...Read more

Is there a way to get reports on certain employee's productivity?

5 comments

You can view their activity like conversation and completed to-dos' but there are no reports.Read more

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