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Alternatives to Basecamp

Project management + team collaboration.

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What is Basecamp?
Basecamp is a project management and team communication tool from 37signals.
What does it do?
Gives each project a to-do list, message board, group chat, file storage, docs and a schedule on one page. Automatic check-in questions and the Hill Chart stand in for status meetings and progress reports.
Who is it for?
Small teams and agencies that want one place for projects and discussion instead of separate chat, docs and tracker apps. Not built for engineering issue tracking or sprint planning.
What are the alternatives to Basecamp?
Trello and Asana are board- and task-first trackers, Linear and Plane target software teams with issues and cycles, Huly bundles chat with projects, and Twist handles async team messaging.

Top alternatives

Smaller, founder-led tools that quietly compete with Basecamp.

Trello website preview

Visual kanban boards.

Lighter, board-focused alternative.

$5/seat/mo
Linear website preview

Modern issue tracking.

Built around engineering cycles and issues, not general team projects and chat.

$8/seat/mo
Asana website preview

Work management.

Bigger competitor, more views.

$10.99/seat/mo
Plane website preview

Open-source PM.

Self-hostable indian team.

$8/seat/moOSS
Huly website preview

Open-source workspace.

All-in-one chat + docs + tasks.

$19.99/mo cloud
Twist website preview

Calmer team chat.

From Doist — threaded, async chat.

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