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Compare Basecamp and Kantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble) 
Featured Products
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.8% of reviews)
Mid-Market (58.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
No pricing available
Basecamp
Star Rating
(5,439)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (49.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 3 pricing plansKantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble)
Star Rating
(1,497)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (58.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Kantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble)Summary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Basecamp excels in user experience, with many users appreciating its straightforward interface that makes project management feel calm and organized. Reviewers highlight that it "doesn’t overload you with features or complex workflows," making it particularly suitable for small businesses.
- Users say that Kantata Professional Services Automation shines in providing visibility across projects and resources. The real-time dashboards and reporting features are praised for their ability to help users understand utilization and project status, which is especially beneficial for mid-market companies.
- According to verified reviews, Basecamp has a significantly higher number of total reviews, indicating a broader user base and more reliable feedback. With over 5,300 reviews, users feel confident in its capabilities, while Kantata has around 1,400 reviews, which may limit the perspective on its performance.
- Reviewers mention that Basecamp's implementation process is quick and intuitive, with users specifically noting the ease of onboarding. This is a crucial factor for teams looking to get started without extensive training or setup time.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Kantata Professional Services Automation is favored for its integration capabilities, especially when used alongside tools like Salesforce. Users appreciate the ability to track both project operations and opportunities within a single platform, enhancing workflow consistency.
- Users report that while Basecamp offers a free entry-level option, Kantata's pricing structure may be a consideration for smaller teams. However, Kantata's robust features for project management and financial tracking are seen as valuable investments for organizations that require more comprehensive solutions.
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
Kantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble)
No pricing availableFree Trial
Basecamp
Free Trial is available
Kantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble)
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.5
4,825
8.1
1,175
Ease of Use
8.5
4,837
7.7
1,186
Ease of Setup
8.7
1,441
7.2
706
Ease of Admin
8.6
1,329
7.7
742
Quality of Support
8.4
3,238
8.3
1,072
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
1,175
8.6
734
Product Direction (% positive)
7.5
4,717
8.4
1,105
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
608
|
Verified
8.1
381
|
Verified
9.0
610
|
Verified
8.1
378
|
Verified
8.5
579
|
Verified
7.3
336
|
Verified
9.1
609
|
Verified
7.1
320
|
Verified
8.2
272
7.2
329
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
6.5
287
|
Verified
8.7
567
|
Verified
7.2
321
|
Verified
8.5
320
7.0
311
|
Verified
Projects
8.8
566
|
Verified
7.9
358
|
Verified
8.6
309
7.6
305
|
Verified
8.2
460
|
Verified
7.4
337
|
Verified
8.7
538
|
Verified
7.3
339
|
Verified
8.6
507
|
Verified
7.4
330
|
Verified
8.1
237
7.9
349
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.0
278
|
Verified
8.5
499
|
Verified
7.7
347
|
Verified
8.1
229
7.1
259
|
Verified
8.1
237
8.4
398
|
Verified
8.5
461
|
Verified
7.2
291
|
Verified
Resource Management
8.5
480
|
Verified
7.7
335
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.8
348
|
Verified
8.8
523
|
Verified
7.9
354
|
Verified
Project Monitoring
8.6
473
|
Verified
7.4
316
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
7.9
357
|
Verified
8.7
516
|
Verified
7.8
359
|
Verified
Generative AI
6.7
88
5.0
89
6.9
88
4.7
87
Agentic AI - Project Management
6.1
52
3.6
15
6.7
52
4.0
16
6.8
51
3.4
15
6.3
52
3.9
17
6.5
52
3.7
17
6.3
52
3.5
17
6.7
52
4.0
17
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
Planning
Not enough data
7.8
334
Not enough data
7.9
353
Not enough data
7.9
353
Optimization
Not enough data
7.8
342
Not enough data
7.9
356
Not enough data
7.2
314
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
141
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
6.9
173
|
Verified
Not enough data
6.9
175
|
Verified
Not enough data
5.6
133
|
Verified
Not enough data
6.4
138
|
Verified
Project Management
Not enough data
7.7
221
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
229
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
212
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
228
|
Verified
Accounting
Not enough data
7.5
206
Not enough data
7.2
192
|
Verified
Not enough data
6.6
146
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.2
192
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
203
|
Verified
Portfolio Management
Not enough data
7.4
165
Not enough data
7.2
164
|
Verified
Not enough data
6.6
160
Not enough data
6.7
144
|
Verified
Analytics
Not enough data
7.9
211
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
228
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.4
194
|
Verified
Administration
Not enough data
7.1
184
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.3
195
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
198
|
Verified
Platform
Not enough data
7.0
161
|
Verified
Not enough data
6.9
154
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
212
|
Verified
Not enough data
5.7
168
|
Verified
Not enough data
4.6
123
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
4.5
49
Not enough data
4.4
51
Artificial Intelligence - Professional Services Automation
Not enough data
6.0
12
Not enough data
5.1
13
Not enough data
5.5
14
Agentic AI - Professional Services Automation
Not enough data
4.6
12
Not enough data
4.2
12
Automation
7.9
92
7.2
149
7.9
89
7.0
163
8.0
89
7.3
159
Administration
8.3
86
7.8
168
8.3
86
7.3
149
8.9
87
8.2
173
Project management
8.7
91
7.6
164
8.0
85
7.4
161
8.4
89
8.0
168
8.4
87
7.5
162
8.4
87
7.8
171
Feature Not Available
7.2
147
8.4
86
7.9
176
Workload
8.4
69
8.1
172
8.3
88
7.5
162
8.4
82
7.3
151
Feature Not Available
7.8
166
Communication & Collaboration
8.6
88
7.0
156
8.6
89
6.8
152
8.8
89
7.5
161
Cost Management
Feature Not Available
8.2
166
Feature Not Available
8.8
186
Feature Not Available
8.1
159
Integration
8.0
75
7.2
131
7.9
78
7.1
130
7.9
79
6.9
112
Generative AI
6.7
39
5.4
45
6.7
39
5.3
46
Agentic AI - Work Management
5.5
18
4.1
13
5.5
18
4.1
13
5.6
18
3.5
12
5.6
18
3.7
13
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
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Basecamp and Kantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble) are categorized as Project Management and Work Management
Unique Categories
Basecamp is categorized as Task Management, Project Collaboration, Workflow Management, Employee Intranet, and Note-Taking Software
Kantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble) is categorized as Professional Services Automation and Resource Management
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Basecamp
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Kantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble)
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%
Information Technology and Services
25.0%
Computer Software
14.5%
Marketing and Advertising
14.3%
Management Consulting
9.6%
Consulting
3.1%
Other
33.5%
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
Does Mavenlink have an integration platform?
2 Comments
RS
Yes, you can. We needed a way to get monthly, recurring tasks to repeat for our retainer clients and Mavenlink created an integration for us.Read more
What is Mavenlink?
1 Comment
Official Response from Kantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble)
Mavenlink sits between your CRM & Backend Accounting Software (General Ledger). It allows you to know the availability of every resource, the status of every...Read more
Who uses Mavenlink?
1 Comment
Official Response from Kantata Professional Services Automation (formerly Mavenlink+ Kimble)
Consulting / Professional Services - Every consultant acts as a project manager, whether for a big team or independently, so they need a tool to monitor both...Read more
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