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Compare Basecamp and WorkflowMAX 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (80.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Starting at $25.00 Per Month
Basecamp
Star Rating
(5,442)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 3 pricing plansWorkflowMAX
Star Rating
(61)4.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (80.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $25.00 Per Month
Browse all 3 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Basecamp excels in project organization, with users appreciating its ability to keep everything related to a project—messages, tasks, files, schedules, and check-ins—in one place. This structure minimizes the need for switching between tools, leading to clearer communication and enhanced team collaboration.
- Users say WorkflowMAX offers a high level of functionality for managing time and client projects, particularly for teams of consultants. Reviewers highlight its simplicity in recording time and managing multiple jobs, which makes it a central part of their daily workflow.
- According to verified reviews, Basecamp's implementation process is notably quick and intuitive, with users praising its seamless onboarding experience. This ease of setup allows teams to start managing projects without significant delays, enhancing overall productivity from the get-go.
- Reviewers mention that while WorkflowMAX provides good data visualization features, such as graphs for tracking performance, it may not match the overall user satisfaction seen with Basecamp. Users have expressed a preference for Basecamp's more comprehensive project management capabilities.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Basecamp's user interface is designed for simplicity, making it easy for teams to navigate and utilize its features effectively. This ease of use is reflected in the positive feedback about its task management and scheduling functionalities.
- Users report that while WorkflowMAX is effective for time tracking and budgeting, it may not offer the same level of project collaboration features as Basecamp. Reviewers have noted that Basecamp's focus on team communication and project clarity gives it an edge in collaborative environments.
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
WorkflowMAX
STANDARD
Starting at $25.00
Per Month
Great for freelancers and small teams.
- Quoting/Estimating
- Client Manager
- Timesheets
Free Trial
Basecamp
Free Trial is available
WorkflowMAX
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.5
4,829
8.3
50
Ease of Use
8.5
4,841
8.2
54
Ease of Setup
8.7
1,444
8.0
35
Ease of Admin
8.6
1,329
8.3
17
Quality of Support
8.4
3,241
8.3
45
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
1,175
8.3
17
Product Direction (% positive)
7.5
4,721
7.7
50
Features by Category
Sales Force Automation
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Marketing Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customer Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Not enough data
Reporting & Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Mobile & Social
Not enough data
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Platform
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Integration
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
Agentic AI - CRM
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
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Not enough data
Not enough data
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Communication
Not enough data
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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
609
|
Verified
8.9
19
|
Verified
9.0
611
|
Verified
8.6
19
|
Verified
8.5
580
|
Verified
8.6
19
|
Verified
9.1
611
|
Verified
7.8
17
|
Verified
8.2
274
7.4
18
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.9
14
8.7
568
|
Verified
6.8
18
|
Verified
8.5
321
7.4
17
|
Verified
Projects
8.8
567
|
Verified
7.2
17
|
Verified
8.6
310
7.5
17
|
Verified
8.2
462
|
Verified
6.5
17
|
Verified
8.7
539
|
Verified
6.9
17
|
Verified
8.7
508
|
Verified
7.7
17
|
Verified
8.1
238
8.6
18
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.5
500
|
Verified
8.3
17
|
Verified
8.1
230
7.4
17
|
Verified
8.1
239
8.8
18
|
Verified
8.5
462
|
Verified
8.0
17
|
Verified
Resource Management
8.6
481
|
Verified
7.8
17
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
6.9
17
|
Verified
8.8
524
|
Verified
6.9
17
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.6
474
|
Verified
7.9
17
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
6.4
16
|
Verified
8.7
518
|
Verified
7.5
17
|
Verified
Generative AI
6.7
89
5.8
13
6.9
89
5.8
13
Agentic AI - Project Management
6.2
53
5.9
11
6.8
53
6.7
11
6.8
52
6.2
11
6.4
53
6.8
11
6.6
53
6.4
11
6.4
53
6.8
11
6.7
53
6.4
11
Cost Tracking
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Invoice Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Invoice Processing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Integration
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 - Invoice Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Task Creation
8.8
141
Not enough data
8.9
143
Not enough data
8.6
139
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Task Management
8.4
138
Not enough data
8.9
142
Not enough data
7.6
106
Not enough data
8.5
131
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.1
52
Not enough data
7.1
52
Not enough data
Customer 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
Project 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
Accounting
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
Portfolio 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
Analytics
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
Platform
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
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Artificial Intelligence - Professional Services Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Professional Services Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Automation
7.9
92
Not enough data
7.9
89
Not enough data
8.0
89
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
172
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
174
Not enough data
Content & Documents
8.8
190
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
8.8
191
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
165
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
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
Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Time Tracking
Not enough data
8.7
42
Not enough data
8.4
40
Not enough data
8.2
39
Client Invoicing
Not enough data
8.5
32
Not enough data
7.4
17
Not enough data
7.2
34
Mobile Time Tracking
Not enough data
7.6
36
Administration
Not enough data
7.2
31
Not enough data
7.8
29
Not enough data
6.7
29
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
31
Platform
Not enough data
7.6
31
Not enough data
7.7
27
Not enough data
6.3
28
Not enough data
7.9
29
Not enough data
7.4
28
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Basecamp and WorkflowMAX are categorized as Project Management, Task Management, Project Collaboration, Work Management, and Workflow Management
Unique Categories
Basecamp is categorized as Employee Intranet and Note-Taking Software
WorkflowMAX is categorized as CRM, Time Tracking, Document Management, Invoice Management, Professional Services Automation, and Project Cost Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Basecamp
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
WorkflowMAX
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%
Marketing and Advertising
14.5%
Construction
9.1%
Accounting
9.1%
Computer Software
7.3%
Civil Engineering
7.3%
Other
52.7%
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
WorkflowMAX has no discussions with answers
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