Project Management Perfection

An Ingenious Approach to Managing Internal and Client Projects

Basecamp is an elegant, low cost web solution for project management that doubles as a client extranet. Designed for ease of use Basecamp saves time while it dramatically improves productivity by consolidating project resources and communications in one central location.

37Signals, the developers of Basecamp, decided to build a robust application that focuses on a core feature set of project management and communication tools while intentionally leaving out complicated features. In a simple, user-friendly way users can easily post messages, create to-do lists, set milestones, assign tasks as well as manage a time log of completed activities.

37 Signals has a reputation for great customer support. Not only does Basecamp maintain a high standard of excellence, there is a continued commitment to improving the application over time without increasing costs. Since Basecamp’s release there has been a stream of added features. This includes the addition of hosted space for file sharing, writeboards for collaborative writing, global time tracking reports, authenticated RSS feeds, and a collection of small details that adds convenience and flexibility to the workflow.

The following outlines the pricing structure:

Free Plan - 1 project - no file uploads - no cost
Personal Plan - 3 projects - 100MB space for file sharing - $12/month
Basic Plan - 15 projects - 200MB space for file sharing - $24/month
Plus Plan - 35 projects - 500MB space for file sharing - $49/month
Premium Plan - unlimited projects - 1000MB space for file sharing - $99/month

Basecamp makes it easy to get started in online collaboration with a minimum investment in money and training. It lacks some features (e.g. app sharing, invoicing) found in higher-priced services but this is more than offset by allowing companies to manage projects and communicate better. This translates directly into having a real competitive advantage.