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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.8% of reviews)
Mid-Market (43.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
$0.00
Basecamp
Star Rating
(5,426)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 3 pricing plansWrike
Star Rating
(4,479)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (43.1% 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 calm and straightforward project management experience, with users appreciating its clear user interface and organized threads. This simplicity can be particularly beneficial for small businesses looking for an uncomplicated tool to manage projects.
- Users say that Wrike shines in its workflow management capabilities, especially on mobile devices. Reviewers highlight its integration with Microsoft Teams and the ability to reduce email communications, making it a core application that teams love to use for collaboration.
- According to verified reviews, Basecamp's ease of setup is a significant advantage, with many users noting that the onboarding process is intuitive and quick. This can be a crucial factor for teams that need to get started without a steep learning curve.
- Reviewers mention that Wrike offers robust task tracking and communication features, with functionalities like tagging and notifications that keep users informed about their tasks. This level of engagement can enhance productivity and ensure that team members stay on top of their responsibilities.
- G2 reviewers highlight that while Basecamp is favored for its simplicity, it may lack some advanced features that larger teams or more complex projects might require. Users have noted that it doesn't overload them with features, which can be a double-edged sword for those needing more customization.
- Users report that Wrike, while slightly more complex, provides a comprehensive set of tools that cater well to mid-market companies. Its ability to facilitate collaboration during project execution is frequently praised, making it a strong choice for teams that prioritize communication and task management.
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
4,819
8.5
3,660
Ease of Use
8.5
4,831
7.9
3,698
Ease of Setup
8.7
1,436
7.8
1,598
Ease of Admin
8.6
1,328
8.3
1,277
Quality of Support
8.4
3,233
8.5
2,895
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
1,174
8.5
1,222
Product Direction (% positive)
7.5
4,712
8.2
3,496
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
605
|
Verified
8.9
1566
|
Verified
8.9
607
|
Verified
8.8
1587
|
Verified
8.5
576
|
Verified
8.4
1540
|
Verified
9.1
605
|
Verified
8.5
1517
|
Verified
8.2
267
8.1
1445
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.7
1304
|
Verified
8.7
564
|
Verified
8.1
1438
|
Verified
8.5
317
8.2
1385
|
Verified
Projects
8.8
563
|
Verified
8.5
1404
|
Verified
8.6
306
8.2
1304
|
Verified
8.2
457
|
Verified
8.0
1276
|
Verified
8.7
535
|
Verified
8.0
1322
|
Verified
8.6
503
|
Verified
8.2
1356
|
Verified
8.0
234
7.5
1007
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.6
608
8.5
496
|
Verified
8.1
1282
|
Verified
8.0
226
7.7
1071
|
Verified
8.1
234
7.7
1035
|
Verified
8.5
458
|
Verified
7.8
1040
|
Verified
Resource Management
8.5
477
|
Verified
7.8
1079
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.8
1131
|
Verified
8.8
520
|
Verified
8.2
1215
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.6
470
|
Verified
7.7
1023
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.9
1093
|
Verified
8.7
513
|
Verified
8.3
1336
|
Verified
Generative AI
6.6
86
6.8
168
6.8
86
6.2
443
Agentic AI - Project Management
5.9
50
7.4
9
6.6
50
7.8
9
6.6
49
8.1
8
6.1
50
8.0
9
6.4
50
8.1
9
6.2
50
8.1
9
6.5
50
7.8
9
Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.8
39
Not enough data
8.0
40
Not enough data
8.0
39
Not enough data
7.7
40
Project Management
Not enough data
8.2
42
Not enough data
8.4
41
Not enough data
7.9
39
Resource Management
Not enough data
8.0
40
Not enough data
8.2
39
Not enough data
8.1
36
Data & Analytics
Not enough data
7.5
37
Not enough data
7.5
39
Not enough data
7.6
37
Not enough data
7.5
36
Strategy - Project and Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.2
29
Not enough data
7.7
32
Not enough data
7.7
32
Not enough data
7.6
30
Not enough data
7.6
31
Not enough data
7.5
31
Not enough data
7.2
31
Not enough data
7.6
31
Not enough data
7.5
31
Not enough data
7.7
32
Setup
8.5
84
8.3
764
8.5
84
8.3
781
7.9
65
8.0
766
8.7
89
8.2
841
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
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
170
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
168
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
352
Not enough data
8.4
387
Not enough data
8.3
376
Not enough data
7.4
279
Not enough data
8.5
355
Not enough data
8.3
383
Content Planning
Not enough data
8.4
386
Not enough data
8.9
398
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Marketing Campaign Performance
Not enough data
7.4
262
Not enough data
8.2
317
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
313
Not enough data
7.7
305
Task Creation
8.8
140
8.8
1270
8.9
142
8.8
1283
8.6
138
8.3
1197
Feature Not Available
7.8
1052
Task Management
8.4
138
8.4
1232
8.9
140
8.5
1240
7.7
105
8.1
1158
8.5
131
8.2
1123
Generative AI
7.1
52
6.2
409
7.1
52
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
8.5
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
849
7.9
89
8.3
852
8.0
88
8.0
745
Administration
8.3
86
8.3
794
8.3
86
8.2
735
8.9
87
8.9
814
Project management
8.7
91
8.6
873
8.0
85
8.3
814
8.4
89
8.5
850
8.4
87
8.3
813
8.4
87
8.4
810
Feature Not Available
8.0
677
8.4
86
8.4
850
Workload
8.4
69
8.2
728
8.3
88
8.5
821
8.4
82
8.2
767
Feature Not Available
8.0
702
Communication & Collaboration
8.6
88
8.3
793
8.6
89
8.2
791
8.8
89
8.8
845
Cost Management
Feature Not Available
7.7
547
Feature Not Available
7.8
579
Feature Not Available
7.4
515
Integration
8.0
75
7.6
518
7.9
78
7.5
515
7.9
79
7.5
505
Generative AI
6.7
39
6.4
238
6.7
39
7.3
103
Agentic AI - Work Management
5.5
18
7.7
10
5.5
18
8.2
10
5.6
18
8.3
10
5.6
18
7.8
10
Communication
8.4
175
Feature Not Available
8.5
188
8.5
1041
8.1
171
7.8
841
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.4
174
Feature Not Available
Content & Documents
8.8
189
8.5
1078
8.7
181
8.6
1071
8.4
179
8.0
1067
8.1
157
8.0
908
Controls
8.1
157
8.2
998
8.0
151
8.1
908
8.5
176
8.4
992
8.3
172
8.0
954
8.1
156
7.9
813
Project Management
8.7
190
8.9
1145
8.6
185
8.6
1107
8.7
180
8.6
1092
8.1
159
8.1
897
Remote Collaboration
8.5
164
8.5
995
8.4
173
8.6
1024
8.6
168
8.6
993
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
6.7
68
7.0
141
6.9
68
6.1
331
Agentic AI - Project Collaboration
5.5
29
7.6
24
5.6
29
7.2
22
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
8.3
500
Not enough data
8.7
589
Not enough data
8.0
406
Client Invoicing
Not enough data
7.2
318
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.5
328
Mobile Time Tracking
Not enough data
8.3
461
Administration
Not enough data
7.9
381
Not enough data
8.4
519
Not enough data
8.5
514
Not enough data
7.8
357
Not enough data
8.6
513
Platform
Not enough data
8.2
501
Not enough data
7.7
378
Not enough data
7.7
347
Not enough data
8.5
528
Not enough data
7.8
425
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
8.4%
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
7.5%
Higher Education
4.1%
Financial Services
3.6%
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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