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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.8% of reviews)
Enterprise (44.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free
Basecamp
Star Rating
(5,426)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 3 pricing plansMural
Star Rating
(1,443)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (44.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Basecamp excels in providing a calm and straightforward project management experience, with users appreciating its clear user interface and organized threads. This simplicity helps teams control projects effectively without feeling overwhelmed by complex features.
- Users say Mural stands out for its visual collaboration capabilities, particularly in supporting agile methodologies. Reviewers highlight its user-friendly design and extensive template selection, which significantly speeds up project initiation and enhances brainstorming sessions.
- According to verified reviews, Basecamp has a strong reputation for ease of use and setup, with many users noting that the onboarding process is intuitive and quick. This allows teams to get started on their projects without unnecessary delays.
- Reviewers mention that Mural is particularly effective for remote teamwork, offering features like voting, timers, and facilitation tools that enhance collaboration among distributed teams. This flexibility is a key advantage for organizations that rely on virtual interactions.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while Basecamp has a larger user base and overall higher satisfaction ratings, Mural's recent feedback indicates a strong commitment to product direction and user support, with many users feeling that it has been a good partner in their business endeavors.
- Users report that Basecamp's task management features, such as creation and assignment, are highly rated, making it easier for teams to prioritize and track their work. In contrast, Mural's task prioritization and due date features received lower ratings, suggesting that it may not be as robust in these areas.
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
Mural
Free
Free
Get your team started fast
- 3 murals and unlimited members
- All visual collaboration and facilitation features
- Full template library & member-built custom templates
Free Trial
Basecamp
Free Trial is available
Mural
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.5
4,819
8.9
996
Ease of Use
8.5
4,831
8.8
992
Ease of Setup
8.7
1,436
8.8
430
Ease of Admin
8.6
1,328
8.6
374
Quality of Support
8.4
3,233
8.9
607
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
1,174
9.1
312
Product Direction (% positive)
7.5
4,712
8.8
906
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
605
|
Verified
7.3
15
8.9
607
|
Verified
6.3
15
8.5
576
|
Verified
7.4
15
9.1
605
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.2
267
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
6.9
14
8.7
564
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.5
317
Feature Not Available
Projects
8.8
563
|
Verified
8.7
14
8.6
306
8.9
14
8.2
457
|
Verified
7.9
14
8.7
535
|
Verified
6.1
14
8.6
503
|
Verified
8.0
14
8.0
234
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
7.1
14
8.5
496
|
Verified
8.3
14
8.0
226
Feature Not Available
8.1
234
Feature Not Available
8.5
458
|
Verified
8.2
14
Resource Management
8.5
477
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.8
520
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Project Monitoring
8.6
470
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.7
513
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
6.6
86
3.0
11
6.8
86
2.9
11
Agentic AI - Project Management
5.9
50
Not enough data
6.6
50
Not enough data
6.6
49
Not enough data
6.1
50
Not enough data
6.4
50
Not enough data
6.2
50
Not enough data
6.5
50
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
5.7
15
Execution
Not enough data
9.6
16
Not enough data
8.4
16
Not enough data
7.8
15
Roadmapping
Not enough data
9.0
16
Not enough data
8.2
16
Design Tools
Not enough data
8.2
557
Not enough data
8.8
592
Not enough data
8.8
537
Not enough data
8.8
603
Not enough data
9.0
624
Communication Tools
Not enough data
8.9
554
Not enough data
8.7
574
Integrations
Not enough data
7.9
244
Not enough data
8.6
499
Software Offering
Not enough data
9.2
594
Not enough data
8.3
295
Not enough data
7.4
288
Agentic AI - Collaborative Whiteboard
Not enough data
5.4
8
Not enough data
6.7
9
Not enough data
7.1
8
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
Platform Basics
Not enough data
7.4
17
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
16
Platform Content
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
17
Not enough data
7.6
16
Not enough data
7.5
16
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
5.8
16
Not enough data
6.8
16
Not enough data
7.6
16
Generative AI
Not enough data
5.2
15
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
5.2
15
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Collaboration Tools
Not enough data
9.3
378
Not enough data
8.6
287
Not enough data
8.8
353
Visual Tools
Not enough data
8.6
360
Not enough data
8.9
367
Not enough data
8.8
315
Mind Map Availability
Not enough data
8.4
289
Not enough data
8.7
208
Not enough data
7.5
191
Not enough data
9.0
278
Agentic AI - Mind Mapping
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.2
11
Not enough data
8.3
12
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
7.0
11
Not enough data
4.8
11
Agentic AI - Customer Journey Mapping
Not enough data
7.5
6
Collaboration
Not enough data
8.4
313
Not enough data
8.2
340
Not enough data
8.8
493
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Hardware
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Security
Not enough data
8.8
513
Not enough data
9.2
430
Agentic AI - Visual Collaboration Platforms
Not enough data
7.4
9
Not enough data
7.3
10
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
Feedback
Not enough data
8.5
26
Not enough data
8.7
26
Idea Sources
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
24
Idea Collection
Not enough data
8.0
25
Not enough data
5.9
25
Not enough data
6.1
25
Not enough data
6.3
25
Not enough data
8.3
24
Integrations
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.8
23
Agentic AI - Idea Management
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
6.9
7
Not enough data
5.8
6
Platform Basics
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
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Communication
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Planning
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
5.7
5
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Workflow Management
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.3
5
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Basecamp and Mural 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
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Basecamp
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Mural
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
14.5%
Management Consulting
11.8%
Computer Software
11.2%
Financial Services
5.1%
Higher Education
3.6%
Other
53.9%
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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
What is mural software used for?
4 Comments
AY
It's a digital collaborative board where you can interact with your team, colleagues, training participants, etc. You can prepare the board in a presentation...Read more
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4 Comments
BK
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would like to explore Mural for education
4 Comments
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