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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.9% of reviews)
Enterprise (51.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
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Basecamp
Star Rating
(5,419)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansBlink
Star Rating
(257)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (51.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Contact Us
Free Trial is available
Learn more about BlinkSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Basecamp's project management features, such as to-do lists and message boards, are effective for small teams, but reviewers mention that Blink's advanced analytics and reporting tools provide deeper insights for enterprise-level projects.
- Reviewers mention that while Basecamp offers a free entry-level option, Blink's pricing model requires potential users to contact for a quote, which some users find less transparent but appreciate the tailored solutions for larger organizations.
- Users on G2 highlight that Basecamp's ease of setup is commendable, scoring 8.7, but users say that Blink's streamlined onboarding process and user-friendly interface, scoring 9.1, make it a better choice for teams looking to get started quickly.
- Reviewers mention that Basecamp's support quality, rated at 8.4, is satisfactory, but users report that Blink's support team is more responsive and knowledgeable, reflected in their higher score of 9.2.
- G2 users indicate that Basecamp's product direction, with a score of 7.5, shows room for improvement, while users say that Blink's commitment to innovation and regular updates, scoring 9.8, keeps it ahead of the curve in meeting user needs.
- Users report that Basecamp is well-suited for small businesses, with 50% of reviews coming from this segment, while reviewers mention that Blink's focus on enterprise solutions, with 51% of reviews, makes it a better fit for larger organizations seeking robust features.
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
Blink
Blink pricing
Contact Us
Enterprise discounts available POA
- News feed
- Content hub
- Secure chat
Free Trial
Basecamp
Free Trial is available
Blink
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.5
4,817
9.2
240
Ease of Use
8.5
4,829
9.3
240
Ease of Setup
8.7
1,434
9.1
152
Ease of Admin
8.6
1,327
9.0
135
Quality of Support
8.4
3,231
9.2
208
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
1,173
9.4
120
Product Direction (% positive)
7.5
4,710
9.8
238
Features by Category
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
Not enough data
8.9
606
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
575
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
604
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
267
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
563
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
316
Not enough data
Projects
8.8
561
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
306
Not enough data
8.2
458
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
534
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
501
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
234
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
495
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
226
Not enough data
8.1
233
Not enough data
8.5
458
|
Verified
Not enough data
Resource Management
8.5
477
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
519
|
Verified
Not enough data
Project Monitoring
8.6
470
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
513
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.6
87
Not enough data
6.8
87
Not enough data
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
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
8.6
90
Not enough data
8.8
108
Not enough data
8.5
98
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
6.4
47
Not enough data
6.0
47
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.3
96
Not enough data
9.2
97
Not enough data
8.4
75
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Information Distribution
Not enough data
9.2
84
Not enough data
8.1
79
Not enough data
8.9
84
Not enough data
7.6
77
Not enough data
8.1
76
Employee Engagement
Not enough data
8.9
84
Not enough data
8.5
78
Not enough data
9.2
83
Not enough data
7.7
74
Not enough data
9.1
82
Not enough data
9.7
10
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
9.4
9
User Experience & Accessibility - Employee Communications
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
9.0
8
Content Distribution - Employee Communications
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
6.0
7
Not enough data
6.4
7
Additional Features - Employee Communications
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
8.3
8
Agentic AI - Employee Communications
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
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
Core Features
Not enough data
7.7
19
Not enough data
7.0
17
Not enough data
9.3
18
Not enough data
8.6
19
Additional Features-
Not enough data
8.2
19
Not enough data
6.9
18
Not enough data
7.9
17
Interoperability
Not enough data
8.9
20
Not enough data
8.7
19
Not enough data
8.6
17
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content & Community Features - Enterprise Social Networking (ESN)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.0
7
Admin & Reporting Features - Enterprise Social Networking (ESN)
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
9.4
6
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.3
6
Agentic AI - Enterprise Social Networking (ESN)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administrative Tasks - Frontline Worker Communication Platforms
Not enough data
8.2
28
Not enough data
8.6
29
Not enough data
8.0
27
Not enough data
8.6
29
Not enough data
8.7
30
Not enough data
8.6
27
Communication Features - Frontline Worker Communication Platforms
Not enough data
9.3
33
Not enough data
9.2
31
Not enough data
8.9
30
Not enough data
9.0
30
Operations - Frontline Worker Communication Platforms
Not enough data
7.5
30
Not enough data
8.4
33
Not enough data
8.0
27
Not enough data
8.0
27
Agentic AI - Frontline Worker Communication Platforms
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
Core Features - Employee Experience Software
Not enough data
7.6
21
Not enough data
9.6
28
People Analytics - Employee Experience Software
Not enough data
8.1
27
Not enough data
8.4
24
Advanced Features - Employee Experience Software
Not enough data
8.8
24
Not enough data
8.1
26
Not enough data
8.7
22
Employee Improvement - Employee Experience Software
Not enough data
7.9
28
Not enough data
8.0
23
Not enough data
8.7
24
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
Platform Basics
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
101
Not enough data
8.6
83
Platform Content
Not enough data
8.6
91
Not enough data
8.3
90
Not enough data
8.3
62
Not enough data
7.4
70
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
8.9
103
Not enough data
8.3
62
Not enough data
9.1
100
Not enough data
8.9
95
Platform
Not enough data
8.5
111
Not enough data
8.5
94
Not enough data
8.5
64
Not enough data
9.1
126
Not enough data
9.2
125
Not enough data
9.1
111
Not enough data
8.7
118
Not enough data
8.6
107
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Basecamp and Blink are categorized as Employee Intranet
Unique Categories
Basecamp is categorized as Project Management, Task Management, Project Collaboration, Work Management, Workflow Management, and Note-Taking Software
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Basecamp
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Blink
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%
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
47.0%
Hospital & Health Care
8.7%
Logistics and Supply Chain
3.6%
Hospitality
3.2%
Real Estate
2.8%
Other
34.8%
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
is there a way to set a folder up on the blink that only selected people can see
1 Comment
Official Response from Blink
Hi Robert, thanks for your question. Absolutely! Blink runs on the concept of teams and users will only see content (including folders) that is shared with...Read more
Is it possible to add a calendar in Hub that everyone could view so they know when events are?
1 Comment
Official Response from Blink
Hi Jenny,
thank you for getting in touch. Great to hear that you would like a company calendar to keep up to date with upcoming events. Unfortunately, it...Read more
Is it possible to add a calendar in Hub that everyone could view so they know when events are?
1 Comment
Official Response from Blink
Hello Jenny, Georgie here from the Blink Marketing team.
YES! This is possible - and very handy. Here is the help article to talk you through getting...Read more
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