Dated software In a few years there was not a lot of changes in the product but marketing was getting better every year. I was waiting to provide more updates inside product instead of only driving more customers to it. Generally simple in usage but with all the alternatives is a bit dated software.

Basecamp 4.7.5 losing data I am using basecamp 4.7.5 and I am really starting to hate basecamp. The database seems to get corrupted often and I lose data. I do regular backups (almost every time I make a set of changes). Recently I started Basecamp and it said the List file was corrupted (again). I restored a previous Backup and found that was also corrupted and so had to go back to the backup before then. So I lost all the data from my last trip. Sigh!

Fan since version 1 I’ve been using Basecamp since version 1 and I always loved it. Sure, there are some features that I’m missing sometimes. But every time I try out other project management software, I am overloaded by dozens of features I don’t need. So I guess it’s nicer to miss one or two big features than having way too many. The biggest advantage over their competition is the communication with your clients. No other software has this nailed down quite as Basecamp. Comparing Basecamp to its competition, for me, is like comparing Mac OS to Windows. One feels like it’s designed by an actual designer who has the end user in mind, the other feels like you had some engineers hack together every possible feature and later on get a few designers put everything together, without them talking to each other. There is only one thing that bites me every month: the price. Sure it’s worth it, but I know that it was less expensive in the beginning. And that bothers me, because as I said I’ve been using Basecamp since version 1, but at some point I had to create a new account and so I lost the lower price. That makes me sad every month.

Basecamp is special... While a small part of me leans towards a rating of 4 instead of 5, due to it lacking the same level of polish as its predecessors #1 or #2, the overall experience remains exceptional. Basecamp offers a range of fantastic tools that prove useful for staying organized and accomplishing tasks efficiently.

Basecamp is a fantastic tool Basecamp is a fantastic tool. I was disappointed when they discontinued their free and tiered versions few years ago. But now, with this update, small businesses can thrive. On Nov 2019 they launched Basecamp Personal, which I find suitable for my needs