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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.9% of reviews)
Small-Business (39.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial 1 Trial License
Basecamp
Star Rating
(5,421)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 plansProgress ShareFile
Star Rating
(1,469)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (39.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial 1 Trial License
Free Trial is available
Browse all 6 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Basecamp excels in its user-friendly interface, with many mentioning that the "To-Do Lists" feature is particularly intuitive, making project management straightforward. In contrast, Progress ShareFile, while also easy to use, has received mixed feedback on its "File Sharing" capabilities, with some users finding it less seamless.
- Reviewers mention that Basecamp's "Campfire" feature for team communication is a standout, fostering collaboration effectively. However, users on G2 note that Progress ShareFile's "Secure File Transfer" is highly praised for its security, although it may not be as integrated into daily workflows as Basecamp's communication tools.
- G2 users highlight that Basecamp's "Automatic Check-ins" feature helps keep teams aligned, with many appreciating the proactive reminders. Conversely, users report that Progress ShareFile's "Audit Trail" feature is robust, providing excellent tracking of document changes, which is crucial for compliance but may not be as engaging for team interactions.
- Reviewers mention that Basecamp's "Client Access" feature allows for easy client collaboration, which is a significant advantage for small businesses. In comparison, users say that Progress ShareFile's "Integration with Third-Party Apps" is beneficial for those needing extensive connectivity, although it may require more setup time.
- Users on G2 report that Basecamp's "Project Templates" save time and streamline project initiation, making it a favorite among small businesses. However, reviewers mention that Progress ShareFile's "Multi-step Workflows" are effective for complex projects, though they can be less intuitive than Basecamp's offerings.
- Reviewers say that Basecamp's overall support quality is commendable, with many users appreciating the responsiveness of their customer service. In contrast, while Progress ShareFile offers solid support, some users report that response times can be slower, particularly during peak hours.
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
Progress ShareFile
FREE TRIAL
Free Trial
1 Trial License
Try ShareFile Premium free for 30 days.
- All ShareFile PREMIUM Features Included in Trial
Free Trial
Basecamp
Free Trial is available
Progress ShareFile
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.5
4,817
8.7
1,231
Ease of Use
8.5
4,829
8.5
1,232
Ease of Setup
8.7
1,434
8.5
457
Ease of Admin
8.6
1,327
8.5
438
Quality of Support
8.4
3,231
8.2
1,019
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
1,173
8.6
419
Product Direction (% positive)
7.5
4,710
7.6
1,198
Features by Category
Signature Process
Not enough data
9.2
191
Not enough data
8.8
166
Not enough data
8.9
186
Not enough data
8.4
123
Not enough data
8.9
178
Not enough data
8.9
92
Not enough data
8.7
134
Not enough data
8.8
175
Agentic AI - E-Signature
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
Security and Scalability
Not enough data
9.2
139
Not enough data
9.2
156
Not enough data
8.9
105
Platform
Not enough data
8.4
87
Not enough data
8.5
96
Not enough data
8.2
62
Not enough data
9.0
107
Not enough data
8.4
60
File Management
Not enough data
8.5
607
Not enough data
8.5
716
Not enough data
8.7
722
Not enough data
8.2
654
Not enough data
8.1
473
Agentic AI - Cloud Content Collaboration
Not enough data
6.1
6
Not enough data
5.6
6
Not enough data
6.1
6
Collaboration
Not enough data
8.6
618
Not enough data
9.0
751
Not enough data
7.9
528
Not enough data
8.2
546
Administration
Not enough data
8.6
517
Not enough data
8.6
493
Not enough data
8.5
455
Not enough data
8.8
501
Not enough data
8.5
428
Not enough data
9.1
534
Platform
Not enough data
8.6
271
Not enough data
8.3
220
Not enough data
8.3
201
Not enough data
8.2
158
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
Setup
8.5
84
8.2
22
8.5
84
8.9
22
7.9
65
8.0
22
8.7
89
8.6
23
Management
Feature Not Available
8.6
22
8.3
76
8.6
22
8.1
75
8.1
22
Generative AI
6.7
40
6.8
18
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
5.5
16
4.3
5
5.4
16
5.3
5
5.7
15
5.7
5
5.8
16
5.7
5
5.8
16
5.7
5
6.1
16
6.0
5
5.8
16
6.3
5
Communication
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Goal Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
9.6
8
Content Planning
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Marketing Campaign Performance
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
7.9
8
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Other Features
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
9.2
8
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
Management
Not enough data
8.9
79
Not enough data
8.6
73
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
76
Functionality
Not enough data
8.8
77
Not enough data
8.1
58
Not enough data
8.6
73
Not enough data
8.2
66
Security
Not enough data
9.0
72
Not enough data
9.0
74
Not enough data
8.8
76
Agentic AI - Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
File Management
Not enough data
9.1
13
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
14
Not enough data
9.0
15
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
7.6
12
Not enough data
9.2
11
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
8.6
12
Workflow
Not enough data
8.1
13
Not enough data
8.5
12
Not enough data
8.9
12
Not enough data
8.9
11
Not enough data
9.2
11
Platform
Not enough data
8.8
11
Not enough data
9.0
13
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
8.9
12
Not enough data
9.1
11
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
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Basecamp and Progress ShareFile are categorized as Workflow Management
Unique Categories
Basecamp is categorized as Project Management, Task Management, Project Collaboration, Work Management, Employee Intranet, and Note-Taking Software
Progress ShareFile is categorized as File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Marketing Calendar, Objectives and Key Results (OKR), Cloud Content Collaboration, Enterprise Content Management (ECM), and E-Signature
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Basecamp
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Progress ShareFile
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
10.1%
Information Technology and Services
7.7%
Financial Services
6.6%
Hospital & Health Care
5.7%
Insurance
3.9%
Other
66.0%
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 file size limit on uploading or sending files?
2 Comments
AH
Not to my knowledge. We've sent many many files of all sizes, and many of them very large, in the 100++++ MB's with no issues.Read more
How does ShareFile send large files through email?
2 Comments
AH
With microsoft outlook, you can add the ShareFile button to your e-mail. To send a file securely, attached the file, click the ShareFile button and it...Read more
Is ShareFile secure?
2 Comments
AH
Yes it is. You can share whole folders or select just one or more files to share with those not added to the folder.Read more
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