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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.9% of reviews)
Mid-Market (43.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
$0.00
Basecamp
Star Rating
(5,416)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansWrike
Star Rating
(4,467)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (43.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free Trial is available
Browse all 5 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Basecamp's To-Do Lists feature is highly intuitive, scoring 9.1, which allows for easy task management and prioritization. In contrast, Wrike's To-Do Lists score 8.5, indicating a less user-friendly experience.
- Reviewers mention that Basecamp excels in Ease of Use with a score of 8.5, making it particularly appealing for small businesses. Wrike, while still functional, scores lower at 7.9, suggesting a steeper learning curve for new users.
- G2 users highlight Basecamp's Creation & Assignment capabilities, scoring 9.0, which allows for seamless task delegation. Wrike follows closely with a score of 8.9, but some users find its interface less straightforward.
- Users on G2 appreciate Basecamp's Quality of Support, scoring 8.4, which is often praised for responsiveness. Wrike's support, while rated slightly higher at 8.5, has received mixed reviews regarding resolution times.
- Reviewers mention that Basecamp's Drag & Drop functionality scores 8.7, making it easy to organize tasks visually. Wrike's score of 8.1 indicates that while it offers similar features, it may not be as fluid or user-friendly.
- Users say that Basecamp's Notifications feature, scoring 8.8, keeps teams informed effectively, whereas Wrike's notifications, scoring 8.2, may not be as customizable or timely, leading to potential oversights in task updates.
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
A simple, shared task list for small teams.
- 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
4,814
8.5
3,651
Ease of Use
8.5
4,826
7.9
3,688
Ease of Setup
8.7
1,432
7.8
1,591
Ease of Admin
8.6
1,327
8.3
1,276
Quality of Support
8.4
3,230
8.5
2,886
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
1,173
8.5
1,221
Product Direction (% positive)
7.5
4,707
8.2
3,487
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
601
|
Verified
8.9
1563
|
Verified
8.9
604
|
Verified
8.8
1584
|
Verified
8.5
574
|
Verified
8.4
1537
|
Verified
9.1
602
|
Verified
8.5
1514
|
Verified
8.2
266
8.1
1442
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.7
1301
|
Verified
8.7
562
|
Verified
8.1
1435
|
Verified
8.5
315
8.2
1382
|
Verified
Projects
8.8
560
|
Verified
8.5
1401
|
Verified
8.6
304
8.2
1301
|
Verified
8.2
457
|
Verified
8.0
1273
|
Verified
8.7
533
|
Verified
8.0
1319
|
Verified
8.7
500
|
Verified
8.2
1353
|
Verified
8.0
233
7.5
1004
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.6
605
8.5
494
|
Verified
8.1
1279
|
Verified
8.0
225
7.7
1068
|
Verified
8.1
232
7.7
1032
|
Verified
8.5
457
|
Verified
7.8
1037
|
Verified
Resource Management
8.5
476
|
Verified
7.8
1076
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.8
1128
|
Verified
8.7
518
|
Verified
8.2
1212
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.6
469
|
Verified
7.7
1020
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.9
1090
|
Verified
8.7
512
|
Verified
8.3
1333
|
Verified
Generative AI
6.6
86
6.8
167
6.8
86
6.2
442
Agentic AI - Project Management
6.0
49
7.1
8
6.5
48
7.1
7
6.6
48
7.9
7
6.2
49
7.9
8
6.5
49
7.9
8
6.2
49
7.9
8
6.6
49
7.7
8
Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.6
34
Not enough data
8.0
35
Not enough data
7.8
34
Not enough data
7.3
35
Project Management
Not enough data
8.0
37
Not enough data
8.3
36
Not enough data
7.5
34
Resource Management
Not enough data
8.0
35
Not enough data
8.1
34
Not enough data
7.9
32
Data & Analytics
Not enough data
7.4
33
Not enough data
7.3
35
Not enough data
7.4
33
Not enough data
7.2
32
Strategy - Project and Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.1
27
Not enough data
7.5
30
Not enough data
7.6
30
Not enough data
7.4
28
Not enough data
7.5
29
Not enough data
7.4
29
Not enough data
7.1
29
Not enough data
7.4
29
Not enough data
7.4
29
Not enough data
7.6
30
Setup
8.5
84
8.3
763
8.5
84
8.3
780
7.9
65
8.0
766
8.7
89
8.2
840
Management
Feature Not Available
8.3
750
8.3
76
8.0
629
8.1
75
7.8
594
Generative AI
6.7
40
6.3
277
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
Bug Reporting
Not enough data
8.4
147
Not enough data
8.2
142
Not enough data
8.4
150
Bug Monitoring
Not enough data
8.1
140
Not enough data
8.3
141
Not enough data
8.5
142
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
169
Not enough data
8.7
170
Not enough data
8.5
167
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
167
Not enough data
8.5
168
Not enough data
8.6
166
Planning
Not enough data
8.6
166
Not enough data
8.1
168
Not enough data
8.0
167
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.2
350
Not enough data
8.4
385
Not enough data
8.3
374
Not enough data
7.4
277
Not enough data
8.5
353
Not enough data
8.3
381
Content Planning
Not enough data
8.4
384
Not enough data
8.9
396
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
311
Not enough data
7.7
303
Task Creation
8.8
140
8.8
1266
8.9
142
8.8
1280
8.6
138
8.3
1194
Feature Not Available
7.8
1049
Task Management
8.4
138
8.4
1229
8.9
140
8.5
1236
7.7
105
8.1
1155
8.5
131
8.2
1120
Generative AI
7.1
52
6.1
407
7.1
52
6.2
407
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
8.5
24
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
7.9
92
8.5
846
7.9
89
8.3
849
8.0
88
8.0
742
Administration
8.3
86
8.3
791
8.3
86
8.2
732
8.9
87
8.9
811
Project management
8.7
91
8.6
870
8.0
85
8.3
811
8.4
89
8.5
847
8.4
87
8.3
811
8.4
87
8.4
807
Feature Not Available
8.0
674
8.4
86
8.4
847
Workload
8.4
69
8.2
725
8.3
88
8.5
818
8.4
82
8.2
764
Feature Not Available
8.0
699
Communication & Collaboration
8.6
88
8.3
790
8.6
89
8.2
788
8.8
89
8.8
840
Cost Management
Feature Not Available
7.7
544
Feature Not Available
7.8
576
Feature Not Available
7.4
512
Integration
8.0
75
7.5
515
7.9
78
7.5
512
7.9
79
7.4
503
Generative AI
6.7
39
6.4
236
6.7
39
7.2
101
Agentic AI - Work Management
5.5
18
7.3
8
5.5
18
7.9
8
5.6
18
8.1
8
5.6
18
7.5
8
Communication
8.4
175
Feature Not Available
8.5
188
8.5
1037
8.1
171
7.8
837
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.4
174
Feature Not Available
Content & Documents
8.8
189
8.5
1074
8.7
181
8.6
1067
8.4
179
8.0
1063
8.1
157
8.0
904
Controls
8.1
157
8.2
994
8.0
151
8.1
904
8.5
176
8.4
988
8.3
172
8.0
950
8.1
156
7.9
809
Project Management
8.7
190
8.9
1140
8.6
185
8.6
1102
8.7
180
8.6
1086
8.1
159
8.1
893
Remote Collaboration
8.5
164
8.5
991
8.4
173
8.6
1018
8.6
168
8.6
989
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
6.7
68
6.9
138
6.9
68
6.1
328
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
5.5
29
7.3
21
5.6
29
6.8
19
Customization
Not enough data
8.6
112
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
91
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
8.2
499
Not enough data
8.7
588
Not enough data
8.0
405
Client Invoicing
Not enough data
7.2
317
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
327
Mobile Time Tracking
Not enough data
8.2
460
Administration
Not enough data
7.9
380
Not enough data
8.4
518
Not enough data
8.5
513
Not enough data
7.8
356
Not enough data
8.6
512
Platform
Not enough data
8.2
500
Not enough data
7.7
377
Not enough data
7.7
346
Not enough data
8.5
527
Not enough data
7.8
424
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
8.3%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.7%
Computer Software
5.6%
Higher Education
4.9%
Other
58.3%
Marketing and Advertising
19.5%
Computer Software
7.5%
Information Technology and Services
7.4%
Higher Education
4.2%
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
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 wrike used for?
14 Comments
HS
Wrike is a scaleable project management tool.
From Wrike: "Wrike is a SaaS-based, work management platform features
engaging collaboration, workflow and...Read more
Are there additional capabilities beyond project management? Seems like it going through this review process.
9 Comments
CM
1) Wrike Forms has allow us to assess all project requests submitted by stakeholders, allowing us to pull the right team and understand the needs of the...Read more
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