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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.9% of reviews)
Small-Business (46.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
$6.00 Per Month
Basecamp
Star Rating
(5,420)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 plansGoogle Workspace
Star Rating
(47,086)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (46.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$6.00 Per Month
Browse all 3 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Basecamp's project management features, such as the "To-Do Lists" and "Message Board," are intuitive and help teams stay organized, earning it a solid score of 4.1. In contrast, Google Workspace, with its collaborative tools like "Google Docs" and "Google Sheets," shines with a higher score of 4.6, making it a preferred choice for real-time collaboration.
- Reviewers mention that Basecamp is particularly favored by small businesses, with 49.9% of reviews coming from this segment, highlighting its affordability and simplicity. Google Workspace, while also popular among small businesses (46.3%), offers more advanced features that cater to a broader range of business needs.
- Users say that Basecamp's entry-level price is a significant advantage, as it offers a free tier, making it accessible for startups. In contrast, Google Workspace starts at $6.00 per user, which some users feel is justified by its extensive suite of tools but may be a barrier for others.
- Reviewers mention that Google Workspace excels in ease of use, scoring 9.3 compared to Basecamp's 8.5. Users appreciate the seamless integration of tools like "Google Meet" and "Google Drive," which enhance productivity and collaboration.
- G2 users report that Basecamp's support quality, while decent at 8.4, does not match Google Workspace's 8.6. Users appreciate Google Workspace's responsive customer service and extensive help resources, which contribute to a smoother user experience.
- Users on G2 highlight that while Basecamp allows for autonomous task execution with a score of 8.3, Google Workspace's collaborative features, such as "Shared Drives," facilitate teamwork but score slightly lower at 7.9, indicating a trade-off between individual task management and collaborative efficiency.
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
Google Workspace
Business Starter
$6.00
Per Month
- Custom and secure business email
- 100 participant video meetings
- 30 GB storage per user
Free Trial
Basecamp
Free Trial is available
Google Workspace
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.5
4,817
9.1
37,349
Ease of Use
8.5
4,829
9.3
37,565
Ease of Setup
8.7
1,434
9.2
9,515
Ease of Admin
8.6
1,327
9.1
8,163
Quality of Support
8.4
3,231
8.6
29,755
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
1,173
9.0
7,488
Product Direction (% positive)
7.5
4,710
8.7
36,076
Features by Category
File Management
Not enough data
9.2
7973
Not enough data
9.1
8029
Not enough data
9.0
8118
Not enough data
8.9
8159
Not enough data
9.0
7756
Agentic AI - Cloud Content Collaboration
Not enough data
7.5
115
Not enough data
7.7
115
Not enough data
7.8
114
Collaboration
Not enough data
9.0
7551
Not enough data
9.4
8326
Not enough data
9.2
7848
Not enough data
8.8
6834
Administration
Not enough data
9.1
6007
Not enough data
8.9
5836
Not enough data
9.1
5794
Not enough data
8.4
6275
Not enough data
8.7
5283
Not enough data
9.1
6397
Platform
Not enough data
9.3
2123
Not enough data
8.8
1728
Not enough data
8.8
1653
Not enough data
8.8
1493
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
8.7
2091
Not enough data
8.8
2222
Not enough data
8.7
2040
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.0
2181
Not enough data
9.0
2216
Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
9.0
2262
Not enough data
9.1
2331
Not enough data
8.7
1880
Generative AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
8.3
254
AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
8.2
248
Not enough data
8.2
247
Not enough data
8.2
246
Not enough data
8.3
245
Agentic AI - Business Instant Messaging
Not enough data
8.3
136
Not enough data
8.3
135
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
Presenter Tools
Not enough data
8.9
2774
Not enough data
8.4
2382
Not enough data
8.2
2262
Not enough data
8.7
2676
Conferencing Options
Not enough data
9.0
3032
Not enough data
9.0
3093
Not enough data
9.1
3183
Application Tools
Not enough data
8.7
2439
Not enough data
8.5
2514
Not enough data
9.1
2815
Agentic AI - Screen Sharing
Not enough data
8.0
173
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.7
1785
Not enough data
8.8
1779
Not enough data
9.5
1803
Platform Content
Not enough data
8.6
1672
Not enough data
8.1
1677
Not enough data
8.3
1610
Not enough data
9.4
1774
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
1573
Not enough data
9.1
1676
Not enough data
9.4
1704
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.4
519
Not enough data
8.1
509
Not enough data
7.7
505
Not enough data
8.3
512
Not enough data
7.3
497
Not enough data
8.0
504
Not enough data
7.9
501
Calculating
Not enough data
8.9
1820
Not enough data
8.9
1717
Insights
Not enough data
8.7
1693
Not enough data
8.9
1757
Editing
Not enough data
8.5
1698
Not enough data
9.4
1837
Not enough data
8.9
1756
Functionality
Not enough data
8.7
1559
Not enough data
9.2
1761
Not enough data
9.1
1779
Not enough data
9.5
1863
Applications
Not enough data
9.3
1279
Not enough data
9.1
1233
Not enough data
8.4
1190
Collaboration
Not enough data
9.3
1261
Not enough data
8.9
1164
Not enough data
9.3
1249
Management
Not enough data
9.2
1240
Not enough data
9.1
1212
Not enough data
9.4
1251
Agentic AI - Office Suites
Not enough data
7.9
348
Not enough data
8.0
350
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
Collaboration Tools
Not enough data
9.0
5892
Not enough data
9.0
4148
Not enough data
8.3
3613
Not enough data
9.0
4198
Not enough data
8.9
3931
Meeting Coordination
Not enough data
9.1
5756
Not enough data
8.5
5133
Not enough data
8.8
5429
Not enough data
9.2
4136
Software Type
Not enough data
9.0
5713
Not enough data
9.2
4205
Not enough data
8.8
3777
Agentic AI - Video Conferencing
Not enough data
7.9
342
Not enough data
8.0
345
Not enough data
8.0
341
Survey Management
Not enough data
9.0
1009
Not enough data
9.0
1034
Not enough data
8.4
989
Not enough data
8.9
1007
Survey Customization
Not enough data
8.5
861
Not enough data
8.4
910
Not enough data
8.6
908
Not enough data
8.4
752
Survey Insights
Not enough data
8.8
990
Not enough data
8.4
758
Not enough data
9.0
967
Not enough data
9.0
963
Agentic AI - Survey
Not enough data
8.2
76
Not enough data
8.0
75
Not enough data
8.1
75
Calendar View
Not enough data
9.2
1413
Not enough data
9.1
1383
Shared Calendar
Not enough data
9.2
1425
Not enough data
9.1
1389
Accessibility
Not enough data
8.8
1210
Not enough data
8.6
1264
Integration
Not enough data
9.0
1327
Not enough data
8.9
1308
Not enough data
8.9
1315
Notifications
Not enough data
9.0
1355
Not enough data
8.7
1213
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.9
724
Not enough data
8.1
730
Not enough data
7.9
724
Agentic AI - Calendar
Not enough data
7.9
276
Design
Not enough data
8.6
1366
Not enough data
8.5
1374
Not enough data
8.4
1367
Collaboration
Not enough data
9.4
1461
Not enough data
9.3
1443
File Types
Not enough data
9.2
1459
Not enough data
9.0
1429
Not enough data
8.6
1189
Edit & Revise
Not enough data
9.1
1439
Not enough data
8.9
1392
Not enough data
9.2
1462
Integrate & Embed
Not enough data
9.2
1396
Not enough data
8.8
1259
Not enough data
9.0
1334
Operating System
Not enough data
9.1
1305
Not enough data
9.0
1284
Not enough data
8.3
1045
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.3
707
Not enough data
8.4
698
Not enough data
7.9
692
Not enough data
8.1
693
Not enough data
8.0
687
Agentic AI - Document Creation
Not enough data
7.9
262
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.3
787
Not enough data
8.3
784
Not enough data
8.0
782
Not enough data
7.8
287
Not enough data
8.2
286
Not enough data
8.0
282
Agentic AI - Note-Taking Software
8.3
6
7.9
74
Agentic AI - Employee Intranet
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customizations
Not enough data
8.4
425
Not enough data
8.8
427
Not enough data
8.4
393
Not enough data
8.5
403
Growth
Not enough data
8.4
334
Not enough data
8.5
360
Not enough data
8.5
337
Not enough data
8.1
319
Not enough data
8.6
343
Content
Not enough data
8.9
387
Not enough data
8.8
401
Not enough data
8.7
397
Not enough data
8.4
142
Support
Not enough data
8.4
149
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Basecamp and Google Workspace are categorized as Note-Taking Software
Unique Categories
Basecamp is categorized as Project Management, Task Management, Project Collaboration, Work Management, Workflow Management, and Employee Intranet
Google Workspace is categorized as Business Instant Messaging, Screen Sharing, Spreadsheets, Website Builder, Presentation, Document Creation, Cloud Content Collaboration, Office Suites, Calendar, Email, Survey, and Video Conferencing
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Basecamp
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Google Workspace
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%
Information Technology and Services
9.1%
Education Management
8.4%
Computer Software
7.8%
Marketing and Advertising
6.7%
Higher Education
5.1%
Other
62.9%
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
Is there a way to see everyone all at once on the screen?
21 Comments
JB
Yes. On the bottom right, you'll see "Present your screen" and next to it "..." Those 3 dots give you access to screen settings. You can change to tile mode,...Read more
Is that possible to see the files from multiple Google accounts simultaneously?
17 Comments
JD
Yes. When a Google Drive document is shared to your Gmail, you can save it to your Drive. When you open the document, it will open in a separate tab. You...Read more
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