Project Management Software · Tool Face-Off

Teamwork vs Basecamp

Quick answer

Teamwork wins on depth and client-billing features; Basecamp wins on simplicity and flat-rate pricing. Choose based on whether you need granular project control or a calm, all-in-one team hub.

Our pick

Teamwork

Built for client work, billing, and project nerds

4.1★

Basecamp

The chill, flat-rate antidote to feature overload

3.5★

Free Plan

Yes – up to 5 users, 2 projects

No free plan (30-day trial only)

Starting Price

~$10/user/mo (Starter)

$15/user/mo or $299/mo flat (Basecamp Pro Unlimited)

Flat-Rate Option

No – always per-seat

Yes – $299/mo covers unlimited users

Time Tracking

Built-in, with budgets & invoicing

Not built-in (needs integration)

Gantt Charts

Yes – interactive, dependency-aware

No Gantt charts

Client Billing / Invoicing

Yes – native invoicing & budget tracking

No billing features

Storage

100GB–unlimited (plan-dependent)

500GB on Pro Unlimited

Guest / Client Access

Yes – free client users on paid plans

Yes – clients get free guest access

Built-in Chat / Messaging

Basic team messaging

Campfire chat + message boards built-in

Reporting

Advanced – utilisation, profitability, custom reports

Minimal – basic project status only

Integrations

200+ (Slack, HubSpot, QuickBooks, Zapier…)

~50 (via Zapier mostly; fewer native)

Mobile App Quality

Good – iOS & Android, rated ~4.3★

Very good – iOS & Android, rated ~4.6★

Teamwork

Pricing★★★½☆

Support★★★★☆

Features★★★★½

Reporting★★★★½

Ease of Use★★★½☆

Integrations★★★★☆

Client Management★★★★★

Basecamp

Pricing★★★★☆

Support★★★★☆

Features★★★☆☆

Reporting★★½☆☆

Ease of Use★★★★★

Integrations★★★☆☆

Client Management★★★☆☆

Worth knowing

Teamwork has been laser-focused on agencies and client-service firms since its 2007 founding in Ireland.
Basecamp's $299/mo flat fee becomes a steal once your team exceeds ~20 seats vs. per-user competitors.
Teamwork offers built-in profitability tracking — rare at its price point — letting agencies see if a project is actually making money.
Basecamp famously has NO sprints, NO story points, and NO Gantt charts by design — founder DHH calls feature bloat 'a disease'.
Teamwork's free-forever plan is genuinely usable for freelancers; Basecamp's trial is capped at 30 days with no free tier.

Basecamp's founders wrote the book 'Rework' arguing most project management software is unnecessary — then kept selling project management software. Chapeau.

If you want

You run an agency billing clients by the hour

Teamwork's native time tracking, invoicing, and profitability reports are purpose-built for exactly this workflow.

→ Pick Teamwork

If you want

You want everyone actually using the tool (not fighting it)

Basecamp's dead-simple UI means near-zero onboarding resistance — even for non-technical teammates.

→ Pick Basecamp

If you want

Your team has 25+ people and you hate per-seat pricing

Basecamp Pro Unlimited at $299/mo flat quickly undercuts any per-seat tool at scale.

→ Pick Basecamp