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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (80.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
$20.00 1 user Per Month
Basecamp
Star Rating
(5,422)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansBigTime
Star Rating
(1,554)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (80.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$20.00 1 user Per Month
Browse all 4 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Basecamp excels in task management with its intuitive To-Do Lists feature, scoring 9.1 compared to BigTime's 7.8. Reviewers mention that this makes it easier to keep track of tasks and priorities.
- Reviewers mention that Basecamp's Creation & Assignment feature stands out with a score of 9.0, while BigTime scores 8.6. Users appreciate how Basecamp allows for seamless task delegation, enhancing team collaboration.
- Users on G2 highlight the Quality of Support for BigTime, which scores 9.2, significantly higher than Basecamp's 8.4. Reviewers say that BigTime's support team is responsive and helpful, making it a reliable choice for businesses needing assistance.
- Reviewers mention that Basecamp's Ease of Setup is rated at 8.7, outperforming BigTime's 8.2. Users report that Basecamp's straightforward onboarding process allows teams to get started quickly without extensive training.
- G2 users note that Basecamp's Planning feature scores 8.8, while BigTime's is slightly lower at 8.1. Reviewers say that Basecamp's visual planning tools help teams effectively map out project timelines and milestones.
- Users report that while BigTime offers robust Time & Expense tracking with a score of 8.9, Basecamp's score of 8.0 indicates it may not be as comprehensive in this area. Reviewers mention that BigTime's features are particularly beneficial for businesses that need detailed expense management.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Basecamp
Basecamp Free
Free
Basecamp Free is free forever! No credit card required.
- Completely free
- Manage one project
- 1GB storage space
BigTime
Essentials
$20.00
1 user Per Month
Deliver great work and get paid faster.
- Time Tracking
- Expense Management
- Project Management
Free Trial
Basecamp
Free Trial is available
BigTime
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.5
4,818
8.8
1,326
Ease of Use
8.5
4,830
8.7
1,356
Ease of Setup
8.7
1,435
8.2
927
Ease of Admin
8.6
1,327
8.7
922
Quality of Support
8.4
3,232
9.2
1,255
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
1,173
9.1
921
Product Direction (% positive)
7.5
4,711
8.8
1,295
Features by Category
Expense Reports
Not enough data
8.7
520
Not enough data
7.9
236
Not enough data
8.1
281
Not enough data
8.5
352
Not enough data
8.6
382
Not enough data
7.4
133
Not enough data
7.8
210
Agentic AI - Expense Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Travel Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
200
Client Invoicing
Not enough data
8.4
702
Not enough data
7.7
357
Not enough data
8.3
534
Mobile
Not enough data
8.6
349
Not enough data
8.4
293
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Platform
Not enough data
6.9
137
Not enough data
8.0
280
Administration
Not enough data
7.3
117
Administration
Not enough data
8.4
693
Not enough data
8.4
693
Not enough data
8.1
546
Not enough data
8.0
417
Not enough data
8.7
785
Platform
Not enough data
8.4
819
Not enough data
8.1
518
Not enough data
7.6
342
Not enough data
8.8
787
Not enough data
8.2
576
Not enough data
7.7
361
Communication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Productivity Tools
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Tasks
9.0
604
|
Verified
8.6
297
|
Verified
8.9
606
|
Verified
8.4
271
|
Verified
8.5
575
|
Verified
8.0
260
|
Verified
9.1
604
|
Verified
7.8
241
|
Verified
8.2
267
7.6
218
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.9
229
8.7
563
|
Verified
7.7
235
|
Verified
8.5
316
7.9
232
|
Verified
Projects
8.8
562
|
Verified
8.1
249
|
Verified
8.6
306
7.7
227
|
Verified
8.2
458
|
Verified
7.4
215
|
Verified
8.7
534
|
Verified
7.8
227
|
Verified
8.6
502
|
Verified
7.8
247
|
Verified
8.0
234
8.3
287
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.5
219
|
Verified
8.5
495
|
Verified
7.9
267
|
Verified
8.0
226
7.5
206
|
Verified
8.1
233
8.9
328
|
Verified
8.5
458
|
Verified
7.6
197
|
Verified
Resource Management
8.5
477
|
Verified
7.8
212
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.1
238
|
Verified
8.8
519
|
Verified
8.0
243
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.6
470
|
Verified
7.8
202
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.8
229
|
Verified
8.7
513
|
Verified
8.2
272
|
Verified
Generative AI
6.6
87
Feature Not Available
6.8
87
6.2
64
Agentic AI - Project Management
6.1
50
Not enough data
6.5
49
Not enough data
6.7
49
Not enough data
6.2
50
Not enough data
6.5
50
Not enough data
6.3
50
Not enough data
6.6
50
Not enough data
Setup
8.5
84
Not enough data
8.5
84
Not enough data
7.9
65
Not enough data
8.7
89
Not enough data
Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
76
Not enough data
8.1
75
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.7
40
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
5.5
16
Not enough data
5.4
16
Not enough data
5.7
15
Not enough data
5.8
16
Not enough data
5.8
16
Not enough data
6.1
16
Not enough data
5.8
16
Not enough data
Planning
Not enough data
7.5
46
Not enough data
7.8
52
Not enough data
7.7
50
Optimization
Not enough data
7.9
55
Not enough data
7.6
51
Not enough data
7.3
49
Task Creation
8.8
140
Not enough data
8.9
142
Not enough data
8.6
138
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Task Management
8.4
138
Not enough data
8.9
140
Not enough data
7.7
105
Not enough data
8.5
131
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.1
52
Not enough data
7.1
52
Not enough data
Customer Management
Not enough data
8.5
121
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
82
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.5
71
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
84
|
Verified
Project Management
Not enough data
8.3
108
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
137
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
99
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
106
|
Verified
Accounting
Not enough data
8.2
101
Not enough data
8.5
117
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
98
Not enough data
8.4
118
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
122
|
Verified
Portfolio Management
Not enough data
8.0
82
Not enough data
8.2
81
Not enough data
7.7
75
Not enough data
8.1
74
Analytics
Not enough data
8.2
90
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
131
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
79
|
Verified
Administration
Not enough data
8.2
112
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
117
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
112
|
Verified
Platform
Not enough data
8.2
80
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
69
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
124
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
109
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.4
75
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.5
9
Not enough data
6.5
9
Artificial Intelligence - Professional Services Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Professional Services Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation
7.9
92
Not enough data
7.9
89
Not enough data
8.0
88
Not enough data
Administration
8.3
86
Not enough data
8.3
86
Not enough data
8.9
87
Not enough data
Project management
8.7
91
Not enough data
8.0
85
Not enough data
8.4
89
Not enough data
8.4
87
Not enough data
8.4
87
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
86
Not enough data
Workload
8.4
69
Not enough data
8.3
88
Not enough data
8.4
82
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Communication & Collaboration
8.6
88
Not enough data
8.6
89
Not enough data
8.8
89
Not enough data
Cost Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Integration
8.0
75
Not enough data
7.9
78
Not enough data
7.9
79
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.7
39
Not enough data
6.7
39
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Work Management
5.5
18
Not enough data
5.5
18
Not enough data
5.6
18
Not enough data
5.6
18
Not enough data
Communication
8.4
175
Not enough data
8.5
188
Not enough data
8.1
171
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
174
Not enough data
Content & Documents
8.8
189
Not enough data
8.7
181
Not enough data
8.4
179
Not enough data
8.1
157
Not enough data
Controls
8.1
157
Not enough data
8.0
151
Not enough data
8.5
176
Not enough data
8.3
172
Not enough data
8.1
156
Not enough data
Project Management
8.7
190
Not enough data
8.6
185
Not enough data
8.7
180
Not enough data
8.1
159
Not enough data
Remote Collaboration
8.5
164
Not enough data
8.4
173
Not enough data
8.6
168
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.7
68
Not enough data
6.9
68
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
5.5
29
Not enough data
5.6
29
Not enough data
Bill Generation
Not enough data
8.0
243
Not enough data
8.3
217
Not enough data
7.7
176
Bill Processing
Not enough data
7.7
188
Not enough data
8.0
202
Not enough data
8.2
235
Integration
Not enough data
8.2
241
Not enough data
7.8
202
Not enough data
7.1
153
Agentic AI - Billing
Not enough data
6.9
6
Agentic AI - Note-Taking Software
8.3
6
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Employee Intranet
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Time Tracking
Not enough data
9.3
904
Not enough data
9.1
866
Not enough data
9.0
804
Client Invoicing
Not enough data
8.4
702
Not enough data
7.7
357
Not enough data
8.3
534
Mobile Time Tracking
Not enough data
9.1
757
Administration
Not enough data
8.4
693
Not enough data
8.4
693
Not enough data
8.1
546
Not enough data
8.0
417
Not enough data
8.7
785
Platform
Not enough data
8.4
819
Not enough data
8.1
518
Not enough data
7.6
342
Not enough data
8.8
787
Not enough data
8.2
576
Not enough data
7.7
361
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Basecamp and BigTime are categorized as Project Management
Unique Categories
Basecamp is categorized as Task Management, Project Collaboration, Work Management, Workflow Management, Employee Intranet, and Note-Taking Software
BigTime is categorized as Time Tracking, Expense Management, Professional Services Automation, Billing, and Resource Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Basecamp
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
BigTime
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
17.1%
Information Technology and Services
8.4%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.7%
Computer Software
5.6%
Higher Education
4.9%
Other
58.3%
Accounting
14.0%
Architecture & Planning
10.2%
Civil Engineering
9.6%
Information Technology and Services
6.6%
Management Consulting
5.7%
Other
53.9%
Discussions
Why does it work slow in mobile phones?
7 Comments
KG
If you upgrade to Basecamp 2 it's alot faster if that's the one you have try un- installing it and start over after that it could be you need more memory space Read more
is basecamp going to expand and add more fetures
5 Comments
ET
Yes, I would say so. The product is evolving a growing all the time. Read more
Is there a way to get reports on certain employee's productivity?
5 Comments
AA
There are not formal reports but you can look at users' activityRead more
we need an outside bookkeeping VA to do basic things we don't have time skill to do - any referals??
2 Comments
JS
I've been using the software since 2017. I also work virtually as a consultant in Finance. I'm happy to discuss my qualifications. Please let me know if...Read more
How do I show a credit for an invoice that was paid in a previous cycle?
1 Comment
TA
Hi, to the best of my knowledge, BigTime can't handle this kind of transaction.
Traditionally, this would be handled by the accounting package and issued...Read more
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