Compare Basecamp and Wrike 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.7% of reviews)
Mid-Market (43.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
$0.00
Basecamp
Star Rating
(5,459)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 3 pricing plansWrike
Star Rating
(4,521)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (43.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free Trial is available
Browse all 5 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Basecamp excels in providing a straightforward user experience, with many users appreciating its clean interface that avoids overwhelming tabs. One user noted, "Basecamp is not one of those platforms that overwhelms you with tabs everywhere; you start working on a project and everything seems to be in place."
- Users say that Wrike offers superior customization options, which can significantly enhance workflow efficiency. A reviewer highlighted, "My favorite thing about Wrike is the customizable workflows. It made the proofing process so much smoother," showcasing how tailored setups can benefit complex projects.
- Reviewers mention that Basecamp's ease of setup is a strong point, with many finding the onboarding process intuitive. One user remarked, "It has everything my company needs to manage our hundreds of projects effectively," indicating that the platform is well-suited for small businesses looking for simplicity.
- According to verified reviews, Wrike's interface is praised for its polish and intuitiveness, making navigation smoother. A user noted, "One of the newer things I really appreciate about Wrike is how much more intuitive and polished the interface feels," which can be a significant advantage for teams needing quick access to project information.
- G2 reviewers report that while Basecamp is effective for task management, it may not meet the needs of larger teams requiring advanced collaboration features. Users have expressed a desire for more robust project collaboration tools, which Wrike provides, as evidenced by a user stating, "We just finished a HUGE project and we couldn't have done it without Wrike."
- Users say that Wrike's visibility across teams is a major benefit, especially for organizations looking to enhance collaboration. A reviewer mentioned, "I love that we are growing the adoption of Wrike within our organization so we can all have visibility across teams," highlighting its effectiveness in fostering teamwork.
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
Wrike
Free
$0.00
Essential task management
- Web, desktop, and mobile apps
- Project & task management
- Board view
Free Trial
Basecamp
Free Trial is available
Wrike
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.5
4,836
8.5
3,683
Ease of Use
8.5
4,849
7.9
3,719
Ease of Setup
8.7
1,453
7.8
1,619
Ease of Admin
8.6
1,336
8.3
1,294
Quality of Support
8.4
3,244
8.4
2,913
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
1,183
8.5
1,239
Product Direction (% positive)
7.5
4,727
8.2
3,516
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
611
|
Verified
8.9
1571
|
Verified
9.0
611
|
Verified
8.8
1593
|
Verified
8.5
581
|
Verified
8.4
1542
|
Verified
9.1
613
|
Verified
8.5
1519
|
Verified
8.2
271
8.1
1449
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.7
1304
|
Verified
8.7
568
|
Verified
8.1
1437
|
Verified
8.5
321
8.2
1388
|
Verified
Projects
8.8
566
|
Verified
8.5
1404
|
Verified
8.6
309
8.2
1303
|
Verified
8.2
460
|
Verified
8.0
1277
|
Verified
8.7
540
|
Verified
8.0
1326
|
Verified
8.6
509
|
Verified
8.2
1358
|
Verified
8.0
237
7.5
1007
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.6
606
8.5
500
|
Verified
8.1
1284
|
Verified
8.1
226
7.7
1070
|
Verified
8.1
239
7.7
1034
|
Verified
8.5
460
|
Verified
7.8
1039
|
Verified
Resource Management
8.5
476
|
Verified
7.8
1078
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.8
1130
|
Verified
8.8
523
|
Verified
8.2
1215
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.6
471
|
Verified
7.7
1023
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.9
1092
|
Verified
8.7
518
|
Verified
8.3
1342
|
Verified
Generative AI
6.6
85
6.9
170
6.8
86
6.3
444
Agentic AI - Project Management
6.0
49
7.4
9
6.6
49
7.5
8
6.6
49
8.1
8
6.1
49
8.0
9
6.3
49
8.1
9
6.2
49
8.1
9
6.6
50
7.8
9
Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.6
36
Not enough data
8.0
37
Not enough data
7.8
36
Not enough data
7.5
37
Project Management
Not enough data
8.1
39
Not enough data
8.3
38
Not enough data
7.7
36
Resource Management
Not enough data
8.0
37
Not enough data
8.1
36
Not enough data
7.9
34
Data & Analytics
Not enough data
7.4
35
Not enough data
7.3
37
Not enough data
7.5
35
Not enough data
7.4
34
Strategy - Project and Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.1
28
Not enough data
7.6
31
Not enough data
7.6
31
Not enough data
7.5
29
Not enough data
7.6
30
Not enough data
7.4
30
Not enough data
7.1
30
Not enough data
7.5
30
Not enough data
7.4
30
Not enough data
7.6
31
Setup
8.5
84
8.3
764
8.5
85
8.3
782
7.9
66
8.1
767
8.8
91
8.2
845
Management
Feature Not Available
8.3
751
8.4
77
8.0
630
8.0
76
7.8
595
Generative AI
6.8
41
6.3
278
Agentic AI - Workflow Management
5.8
17
Not enough data
5.7
17
Not enough data
5.9
16
Not enough data
6.1
17
Not enough data
6.1
17
Not enough data
6.4
17
Not enough data
6.1
17
Not enough data
Bug Reporting
Not enough data
8.4
148
Not enough data
8.2
143
Not enough data
8.4
151
Bug Monitoring
Not enough data
8.1
141
Not enough data
8.3
142
Not enough data
8.4
143
Agentic AI - Bug Tracking
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Communication
Not enough data
8.6
89
Not enough data
8.0
87
Not enough data
8.0
86
Not enough data
7.8
88
Goal Creation
Not enough data
8.0
88
Not enough data
8.0
88
Not enough data
7.1
81
Not enough data
8.3
85
Agentic AI - Objectives and Key Results (OKR)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Tasks
Not enough data
8.9
171
Not enough data
8.7
171
Not enough data
8.5
168
Agentic AI - Kanban 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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Kanban Boards
Not enough data
8.5
169
Not enough data
8.5
169
Not enough data
8.6
167
Planning
Not enough data
8.6
167
Not enough data
8.1
169
Not enough data
7.9
168
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.2
351
Not enough data
8.4
387
Not enough data
8.3
375
Not enough data
7.4
278
Not enough data
8.5
354
Not enough data
8.3
382
Content Planning
Not enough data
8.4
385
Not enough data
8.9
398
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Marketing Campaign Performance
Not enough data
7.4
261
Not enough data
8.2
316
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
7.7
312
Not enough data
7.7
305
Task Creation
8.8
143
8.8
1272
8.9
145
8.8
1285
8.6
140
8.3
1197
Feature Not Available
7.8
1052
Task Management
8.4
139
8.4
1234
8.9
144
8.5
1243
7.7
105
8.1
1159
8.5
132
8.2
1123
Generative AI
7.1
53
6.2
410
7.1
53
6.2
409
Customer Management
Not enough data
7.9
23
Not enough data
7.1
22
Not enough data
7.8
23
Not enough data
8.2
23
Project Management
Not enough data
8.9
25
Not enough data
8.9
25
Not enough data
8.4
24
Not enough data
8.6
25
Accounting
Not enough data
7.1
23
Not enough data
6.4
23
Not enough data
6.5
23
Not enough data
6.7
23
Not enough data
6.7
23
Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.8
24
Not enough data
8.0
22
Not enough data
7.9
22
Not enough data
7.5
22
Analytics
Not enough data
8.0
22
Not enough data
8.6
22
Not enough data
7.7
21
Administration
Not enough data
7.5
22
Not enough data
8.7
23
Not enough data
8.6
22
Platform
Not enough data
8.3
22
Not enough data
8.0
21
Not enough data
8.9
21
Not enough data
8.2
23
Not enough data
7.0
21
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.5
19
Not enough data
7.2
20
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
8.0
94
8.5
853
7.9
91
8.3
853
8.0
90
8.0
746
Administration
8.3
87
8.3
796
8.4
87
8.2
735
8.9
89
8.9
815
Project management
8.7
93
8.6
874
8.1
86
8.3
814
8.4
90
8.5
851
8.4
88
8.3
815
8.5
88
8.4
812
Feature Not Available
8.0
677
8.4
89
8.4
854
Workload
8.4
70
8.2
728
8.4
90
8.5
821
8.4
83
8.2
767
Feature Not Available
8.0
702
Communication & Collaboration
8.6
91
8.3
795
8.6
90
8.2
793
8.8
92
8.8
846
Cost Management
Feature Not Available
7.7
548
Feature Not Available
7.8
579
Feature Not Available
7.4
515
Integration
8.1
76
7.6
518
8.0
79
7.5
515
8.0
80
7.5
505
Generative AI
6.7
40
6.4
238
6.8
40
7.3
102
Agentic AI - Work Management
5.5
19
7.4
9
5.7
19
8.0
9
5.8
19
8.1
9
5.9
19
7.6
9
Communication
8.4
179
Feature Not Available
8.5
190
8.5
1043
8.1
172
7.8
841
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.4
175
Feature Not Available
Content & Documents
8.8
191
8.5
1082
8.7
181
8.6
1071
8.4
179
8.0
1071
8.2
157
8.0
909
Controls
8.1
158
8.2
1001
8.0
152
8.1
908
8.5
177
8.4
993
8.4
173
8.0
956
8.2
157
7.9
813
Project Management
8.8
194
8.9
1154
8.6
186
8.6
1109
8.7
182
8.6
1102
8.1
160
8.1
899
Remote Collaboration
8.5
165
8.5
995
8.5
174
8.6
1025
8.6
169
8.6
994
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
6.8
68
7.0
142
6.9
68
6.1
332
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
5.7
29
7.6
24
5.9
29
7.1
22
Customization
Not enough data
8.6
113
Not enough data
8.4
103
Not enough data
8.8
106
Not enough data
7.9
110
Additional Functionality
Not enough data
8.5
92
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
112
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.7
85
New Product Introduction
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
CAD
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Collaboration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Product Data Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Bill of Materials
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Engineering Change Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Simulation
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
Quality management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Proofing Features - Online Proofing
Not enough data
8.1
47
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Platform - Online Proofing
Not enough data
8.2
49
Not enough data
7.4
47
Not enough data
7.5
47
Not enough data
8.3
45
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Workflow and Collaboration - Online Proofing
Not enough data
8.2
47
Not enough data
8.6
50
Agentic AI - Marketing Resource Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Event Planning
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
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Employee Intranet
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Time Tracking
Not enough data
8.3
504
Not enough data
8.7
593
Not enough data
8.0
408
Client Invoicing
Not enough data
7.2
319
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
329
Mobile Time Tracking
Not enough data
8.3
464
Administration
Not enough data
7.9
382
Not enough data
8.4
521
Not enough data
8.5
517
Not enough data
7.8
358
Not enough data
8.6
514
Platform
Not enough data
8.2
502
Not enough data
7.7
380
Not enough data
7.7
348
Not enough data
8.5
530
Not enough data
7.8
426
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Basecamp and Wrike 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
Wrike is categorized as Marketing Calendar, Kanban Project Management, Objectives and Key Results (OKR), Project and Portfolio Management, Online Proofing, Online Form Builder, Event Planning, Bug Tracking, Time Tracking, Professional Services Automation, Marketing Resource Management, and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Basecamp
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Wrike
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
8.5%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.7%
Computer Software
5.6%
Higher Education
4.9%
Other
58.2%
Marketing and Advertising
19.5%
Computer Software
7.5%
Information Technology and Services
7.5%
Higher Education
4.1%
Financial Services
3.7%
Other
57.7%
Alternatives
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
CA
Well if the past is any indication, I would say yes they are going to keep adding features at some point. They are on basecamp 3, which is a vast...Read more
Is there a way to get reports on certain employee's productivity?
5 Comments
AS
You can view their activity like conversation and completed to-dos' but there are no reports.Read more
Are there additional capabilities beyond project management? Seems like it going through this review process.
9 Comments
GG
What specifically is it that you want to know? Read more
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