Compare Basecamp and Notion 
Featured Products
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.7% of reviews)
Small-Business (66.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free
Basecamp
Star Rating
(5,462)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 3 pricing plansNotion
Star Rating
(10,933)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (66.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 4 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Notion excels in organization and note-taking, with users appreciating its clean interface and ability to create different tabs for various categories. One user mentioned, "I use Notion for taking notes during work meetings and it keeps everything organized," highlighting its effectiveness in managing information.
- Users say Basecamp shines in task management, with its practical and low-overhead approach. A reviewer noted, "What I like about Basecamp is how it keeps task management practical and low overhead while still covering the essentials I needed to run projects smoothly," indicating its strength in simplifying project workflows.
- Reviewers mention that Notion's setup process is user-friendly, making it easy for new users to get started. One user stated, "The initial setup was pretty easy," which is a significant advantage for teams looking to implement a new tool quickly.
- According to verified reviews, Basecamp's layered structure is praised for helping users stay organized. A user remarked, "I think Basecamp is great because of its layered structure. It makes it easy to stay organized and keep everything in order," showcasing its effectiveness in project organization.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Notion's versatility allows users to manage various projects and tasks seamlessly. One user shared, "I use it to organize different projects, create lists, and set reminders that get sent to my inbox," demonstrating its multifunctional capabilities.
- Users report that while Basecamp has a strong focus on task creation and assignment, it may not meet all users' specific workflow needs as effectively as Notion. A reviewer noted, "I do find it quite limited in some aspects," suggesting that users seeking more flexibility might prefer Notion.
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
Notion
Free
Free
For individuals to organize personal projects and life
- Free for individual usage
- Basic forms
- Basic sites
Free Trial
Basecamp
Free Trial is available
Notion
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.5
4,841
8.8
7,728
Ease of Use
8.5
4,853
8.3
7,878
Ease of Setup
8.7
1,457
8.2
3,841
Ease of Admin
8.6
1,336
8.4
2,008
Quality of Support
8.4
3,249
8.5
5,442
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
1,183
8.9
1,866
Product Direction (% positive)
7.5
4,731
9.4
7,762
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
613
|
Verified
8.7
3749
9.0
611
|
Verified
8.3
3665
8.5
582
|
Verified
8.6
3761
9.1
613
|
Verified
8.9
3886
8.1
272
7.7
3075
Feature Not Available
7.4
2860
8.7
570
|
Verified
8.4
3617
8.5
322
7.5
3211
Projects
8.8
570
|
Verified
8.8
3558
8.6
310
8.3
3134
8.2
464
|
Verified
7.4
2531
8.7
543
|
Verified
8.1
3373
8.6
510
|
Verified
8.5
3283
8.0
238
7.4
2580
Feature Not Available
7.8
2709
8.5
500
|
Verified
8.3
3445
8.0
226
7.2
2340
8.1
240
7.5
2614
8.5
460
|
Verified
7.7
2513
Resource Management
8.5
476
|
Verified
7.9
2766
Feature Not Available
7.8
2832
8.8
523
|
Verified
7.9
3107
Project Monitoring
8.6
473
|
Verified
7.7
2397
Feature Not Available
7.6
2447
8.7
522
|
Verified
8.2
3088
Generative AI
6.5
85
7.8
1362
6.8
86
8.0
1353
Agentic AI - Project Management
5.9
49
6.9
643
6.5
49
7.2
641
6.6
49
7.0
643
6.1
49
7.0
632
6.3
49
7.3
633
6.1
49
6.8
630
6.5
50
6.9
631
Core Conversational Capabilities - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
8.1
53
Not enough data
8.1
54
Not enough data
8.3
55
Data
Not enough data
8.0
219
Not enough data
8.0
212
Interaction
Not enough data
7.5
212
Not enough data
8.0
216
Not enough data
8.1
218
Not enough data
8.0
210
Not enough data
8.2
216
Task & Flow Management - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
7.8
49
Not enough data
7.7
50
Learning
Not enough data
7.9
209
Not enough data
7.3
204
Deployment & Embedding - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
7.1
45
Not enough data
7.0
42
Content Generation
Not enough data
7.9
209
Not enough data
7.9
208
Admin & Configuration - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
7.2
41
System
Not enough data
7.1
201
Not enough data
7.8
206
Not enough data
7.8
205
Not enough data
7.9
214
Agentic AI - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
7.6
142
Not enough data
7.7
140
Not enough data
7.6
140
Not enough data
7.7
142
Not enough data
7.9
142
Not enough data
7.4
139
Not enough data
7.5
144
Monitoring & Improvement - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
7.9
43
Reliability & Safety - AI Chatbots
Not enough data
8.1
44
Grammar
Not enough data
8.5
3456
Not enough data
8.3
3240
Not enough data
8.6
3408
Formatting
Not enough data
7.1
2181
Not enough data
8.0
2961
Not enough data
7.0
2183
Content
Not enough data
8.3
3047
Not enough data
8.4
3303
Not enough data
7.8
2443
Product Type
Not enough data
8.4
2681
Not enough data
7.4
2047
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.2
1071
Not enough data
8.5
1070
Setup
8.5
83
Not enough data
8.5
84
Not enough data
7.9
65
Not enough data
8.8
90
Not enough data
Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
76
Not enough data
8.0
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
Knowledge Pages
Not enough data
8.3
3705
Not enough data
8.0
3042
Not enough data
8.0
3174
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.8
2581
Not enough data
8.3
3398
Knowledge Dissemination
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.0
3147
Not enough data
8.7
3737
Not enough data
7.8
3396
Not enough data
8.0
3177
Not enough data
7.4
2810
Not enough data
8.6
3668
Not enough data
7.7
2946
Not enough data
7.9
2900
Agentic AI - Knowledge Base
Not enough data
7.3
935
Not enough data
7.4
970
Not enough data
7.0
926
Task Creation
8.8
143
Not enough data
8.9
144
Not enough data
8.6
140
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Task Management
8.4
139
Not enough data
8.9
142
Not enough data
7.7
104
Not enough data
8.5
131
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.1
52
Not enough data
7.1
52
Not enough data
Compatibility
Not enough data
7.8
320
Not enough data
7.8
318
Not enough data
7.3
307
Agentic AI - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
7.1
172
Not enough data
7.1
174
Not enough data
7.2
170
Not enough data
7.1
167
Not enough data
6.9
165
Not enough data
7.0
167
Search Queries
Not enough data
7.7
319
Not enough data
7.7
310
Not enough data
7.3
308
Not enough data
7.7
310
Not enough data
8.1
320
AI powered search - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
7.4
99
Not enough data
7.2
98
Not enough data
7.1
98
Functionality
Not enough data
8.0
314
Not enough data
7.3
315
Not enough data
7.6
319
Compatibility - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
7.6
103
Not enough data
7.5
101
Not enough data
7.4
97
Functionality - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
7.7
99
Not enough data
7.4
97
Not enough data
7.3
97
Search Queries - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
7.6
92
Not enough data
7.5
94
Not enough data
7.7
96
Not enough data
7.6
94
Automation
8.0
93
Not enough data
7.9
90
Not enough data
8.0
89
Not enough data
Administration
8.3
86
Not enough data
8.3
86
Not enough data
8.9
88
Not enough data
Project management
8.7
93
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
88
Not enough data
Workload
8.4
69
Not enough data
8.4
89
Not enough data
8.4
82
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Communication & Collaboration
8.6
90
Not enough data
8.6
90
Not enough data
8.8
92
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
180
Not enough data
8.5
191
Not enough data
8.1
172
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
175
Not enough data
Content & Documents
8.8
191
Not enough data
8.7
181
Not enough data
8.4
179
Not enough data
8.1
157
Not enough data
Controls
8.1
158
Not enough data
8.0
152
Not enough data
8.5
177
Not enough data
8.4
174
Not enough data
8.2
157
Not enough data
Project Management
8.8
194
Not enough data
8.6
186
Not enough data
8.7
182
Not enough data
8.1
160
Not enough data
Remote Collaboration
8.5
165
Not enough data
8.5
174
Not enough data
8.6
169
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
Responses
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation - AI Agents
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Autonomy - AI Agents
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customization - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data and Analytics - AI Agent Builders
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integration - AI Agent Builders
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 - Note-Taking Software
8.3
6
7.8
483
Agentic AI - Employee Intranet
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Knowledge Base
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Agentic AI - AI Agents
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
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Basecamp and Notion are categorized as Project Management and Note-Taking Software
Unique Categories
Basecamp is categorized as Task Management, Project Collaboration, Work Management, Workflow Management, and Employee Intranet
Notion is categorized as AI Chatbots, Knowledge Base, AI Writing Assistant, Enterprise Search Software, AI Agent Builders, and AI Agents For Business Operations
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Basecamp
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Notion
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
17.0%
Information Technology and Services
8.5%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.7%
Computer Software
5.5%
Higher Education
4.9%
Other
58.3%
Computer Software
13.7%
Information Technology and Services
11.5%
Marketing and Advertising
7.2%
Higher Education
6.4%
Financial Services
4.7%
Other
56.5%
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 make font and text boxes even smaller? I'm at the lowest font size already
2 Comments
NM
Not really. If you have already click the 3 dots in the top right hand corner and chosen small text, then at the moment that's all you can doRead more
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