Compare Asana and Basecamp 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (56.2% of reviews)
Small-Business (50.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 10 Users
Free
Asana
Star Rating
(11,320)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (56.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 10 Users
Free Trial is available
Browse all 5 pricing plansBasecamp
Star Rating
(5,328)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (50.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Basecamp excels in its simplicity and ease of use, with a user-friendly interface that makes project management straightforward. In contrast, Asana is praised for its robust task management features, allowing for detailed task prioritization and dependencies, which some users find more complex to navigate.
- Reviewers mention that Basecamp's communication tools, such as the Discussions feature, foster team collaboration effectively, while Asana's instant messaging capabilities are seen as less effective, with users noting that it lacks the same level of integration for real-time communication.
- G2 users highlight that Asana's task creation and assignment features, particularly the ability to set due dates and recurring tasks, are superior, making it easier to manage ongoing projects. Basecamp, while effective, does not offer the same level of granularity in task management.
- Users on G2 report that Basecamp's project templates and organization tools are beneficial for small businesses looking for a straightforward setup, whereas Asana's advanced project planning features, including GANTT charts and calendar views, are favored by teams needing more detailed project tracking.
- Reviewers say that Basecamp's pricing model, starting at $15 per month, is appealing for small businesses, while Asana offers a free tier that is attractive for startups and smaller teams, allowing them to explore the software without initial investment.
- Users report that Asana's integration capabilities with other tools are more extensive, allowing for a more seamless workflow across different platforms, while Basecamp's integrations are more limited, which can be a drawback for teams relying on multiple software solutions.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Asana
Personal
Free
10 Users
For individuals and small teams looking to manage their tasks.
- Unlimited essentials: Projects, tasks, activity log, storage, comments
- Three project views: List, board and calendar views
- Security essentials: 2FA, Google SSO, and SOC 2 Type 2 compliance
Basecamp
Basecamp Free
Free
Basecamp Free is free forever! No credit card required.
- Completely free
- Manage one project
- 1GB storage space
Free Trial
Asana
Free Trial is available
Basecamp
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
9,715
8.5
4,745
Ease of Use
8.6
9,794
8.5
4,756
Ease of Setup
8.7
3,543
8.7
1,368
Ease of Admin
8.7
2,886
8.6
1,302
Quality of Support
8.5
6,613
8.4
3,169
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
2,507
8.7
1,149
Product Direction (% positive)
8.6
9,440
7.5
4,638
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
9.3
2347
|
Verified
9.1
537
|
Verified
9.2
2322
|
Verified
9.0
540
|
Verified
9.0
2309
|
Verified
8.6
512
|
Verified
9.1
2286
|
Verified
9.1
540
|
Verified
8.5
2175
|
Verified
8.4
202
8.1
2046
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.7
2246
|
Verified
8.8
500
|
Verified
8.7
2163
|
Verified
8.6
253
Projects
8.9
2156
|
Verified
8.8
499
|
Verified
8.6
2037
|
Verified
8.7
244
8.1
1851
|
Verified
8.4
399
|
Verified
8.6
2105
|
Verified
8.8
471
|
Verified
8.6
2065
|
Verified
8.8
442
|
Verified
8.0
411
8.4
174
8.3
1932
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.4
2061
|
Verified
8.7
436
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.4
165
8.1
409
8.5
172
8.3
1830
|
Verified
8.6
401
|
Verified
Resource Management
8.2
1827
|
Verified
8.6
419
|
Verified
8.3
1909
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.5
1947
|
Verified
8.8
460
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.3
1806
|
Verified
8.7
411
|
Verified
8.2
1824
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.6
1987
|
Verified
8.8
453
|
Verified
Generative AI
7.2
334
Feature Not Available
7.2
326
Feature Not Available
Setup
8.8
1285
8.7
61
8.8
1296
8.6
62
8.6
1258
8.1
42
8.8
1328
8.9
67
Management
8.7
1261
Feature Not Available
8.4
1164
8.7
54
8.3
1125
8.6
52
Generative AI
7.3
257
Feature Not Available
Communication
8.7
389
Not enough data
8.7
375
Not enough data
8.4
387
Not enough data
8.6
372
Not enough data
Goal Creation
8.6
370
Not enough data
8.6
369
Not enough data
7.8
345
Not enough data
8.9
377
Not enough data
Platform Basics
8.8
811
Not enough data
9.2
854
Not enough data
8.8
825
Not enough data
7.9
688
Not enough data
8.8
799
Not enough data
8.8
842
Not enough data
Content Planning
9.0
844
Not enough data
9.3
870
Not enough data
9.0
815
Not enough data
Marketing Campaign Performance
8.0
554
Not enough data
8.8
624
Not enough data
Other Features
8.4
765
Not enough data
8.2
609
Not enough data
Task Creation
9.2
1869
8.8
110
9.3
1867
8.9
110
8.9
1772
8.6
106
8.1
1600
Feature Not Available
Task Management
8.9
1797
8.4
108
9.2
1841
9.0
109
8.5
1665
7.9
73
8.7
1696
8.5
101
Generative AI
7.2
375
Feature Not Available
7.3
372
Feature Not Available
Automation
8.7
1215
8.3
69
8.6
1211
8.1
67
8.3
1097
8.3
66
Administration
8.6
1188
8.7
63
8.5
1119
8.5
64
9.2
1221
9.2
65
Project management
9.1
1305
8.8
69
8.7
1219
8.4
63
9.0
1268
8.6
67
8.8
1212
8.6
65
8.9
1200
8.7
65
8.4
1068
Feature Not Available
8.7
1209
8.6
64
Workload
8.5
1122
8.6
47
8.8
1177
8.5
66
8.6
1130
8.6
60
8.5
1094
Feature Not Available
Communication & Collaboration
8.6
1164
8.5
66
8.5
1194
8.8
67
9.0
1249
8.9
67
Cost Management
8.1
1009
Feature Not Available
8.1
1047
Feature Not Available
8.0
987
Feature Not Available
Integration
8.1
981
8.2
53
8.1
985
8.1
56
8.0
972
8.2
57
Generative AI
7.3
223
Feature Not Available
7.4
217
Feature Not Available
Communication
8.0
1470
8.4
138
8.4
1613
8.7
151
7.9
1413
8.2
135
8.3
1486
Feature Not Available
8.1
1441
8.5
137
Content & Documents
8.7
1706
8.9
152
8.9
1715
8.9
144
8.6
1706
8.6
143
8.1
1446
8.3
122
Controls
8.5
1575
8.2
122
8.3
1499
8.1
115
8.7
1618
8.6
139
8.6
1609
8.5
136
8.1
1441
8.2
122
Project Management
9.3
1769
8.9
154
9.1
1736
8.7
149
9.0
1735
8.8
144
8.5
1537
8.2
124
Remote Collaboration
8.8
1639
8.7
128
9.0
1704
8.6
137
8.9
1636
8.9
132
8.1
1322
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
7.4
288
Feature Not Available
7.6
293
Feature Not Available
Annotation Tools - Markup Software
8.1
7
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
8
Not enough data
7.5
8
Not enough data
Collaboration - Markup Software
7.9
7
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
Security - Markup Software
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
Communication
8.2
933
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
950
Not enough data
Planning
8.7
1024
Not enough data
8.9
1046
Not enough data
8.6
962
Not enough data
8.8
991
Not enough data
8.3
917
Not enough data
Workflow Management
8.5
979
Not enough data
8.9
1035
Not enough data
8.2
906
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Asana and Basecamp are categorized as Project Collaboration, Work Management, Workflow Management, Task Management, and Project Management
Unique Categories
Asana is categorized as Markup Software, Marketing Calendar, Objectives and Key Results (OKR), Product Management, and Marketing Resource Management
Basecamp is categorized as Employee Intranet and Note-Taking Software
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Asana
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Basecamp
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
13.2%
Information Technology and Services
9.7%
Computer Software
9.5%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.7%
Internet
3.4%
Other
58.5%
Marketing and Advertising
17.2%
Information Technology and Services
8.0%
Non-Profit Organization Management
5.8%
Computer Software
5.6%
Higher Education
4.9%
Other
58.5%
Most Helpful Reviews
Asana
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Ashlly N.
Verified User
Asana is the best tool for project management and it provides us a specific list of features we need to get done each project. We can use Asana for small business management and it helps us to break the project in tasks and provide us away what you do. With...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Erich R.
Verified User in Computer Software
Azana sort of forces a task management paradigm on your company. There are some situations where you can't quite fit what you are doing into the mold they provide. One good example of this if you have some sort of high level task that you would like a...
Basecamp
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Computer Software
Caveman ready interface. It's like an apple product; crack it open and go.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Jeff N.
Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness
Slow to load. Frozen development because they start from scratch for each new version. Lack of native integrations because developers have to develop new integration for each new version. I wish it had some kind of webform data entry onboarding feature...
Ashlly N.
Verified User
Asana is the best tool for project management and it provides us a specific list of features we need to get done each project. We can use Asana for small business management and it helps us to break the project in tasks and provide us away what you do. With...
Verified User in Computer Software
Caveman ready interface. It's like an apple product; crack it open and go.
Erich R.
Verified User in Computer Software
Azana sort of forces a task management paradigm on your company. There are some situations where you can't quite fit what you are doing into the mold they provide. One good example of this if you have some sort of high level task that you would like a...
Jeff N.
Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness
Slow to load. Frozen development because they start from scratch for each new version. Lack of native integrations because developers have to develop new integration for each new version. I wish it had some kind of webform data entry onboarding feature...
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5 comments
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Yes, I would say so. The product is evolving a growing all the time. Read more
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5 comments
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There are not formal reports but you can look at users' activityRead more
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