Our pick for most teams
88.6/ 100
- Price
- From $12/user/mo · $108/user/yr
- Free plan
- Free forever: up to 2 seats, 3 boards, 3 Docs, 200+ templates, 8 column types
Basecamp vs monday.com: monday.com fits most teams of 5
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Non-technical teams wanting easy visual setup without IT help
53.1/ 100
- Price
- From $25/mo (monthly only)
- Free plan
- Free account: 1 project, 1 GB storage, up to 5 users
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Which one fits your team
- Checked 2026-10-14
- 3 sources
The score is worked out from the facts below. How we score tools. What we earn is not part of it.
monday.com: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- Non-technical teams wanting easy visual setup without IT help
- Operations teams running recurring automated workflows
- Small teams wanting a highly customizable workspace
- Not for
- Organizations needing advanced portfolio management or forecasting
- PMOs managing complex dependencies and critical-path scheduling
- Software teams that need Jira-level dev workflows
- The catch
- Highly customizable and visual, but seat-block pricing with a 3-seat minimum drives costs up quickly as teams grow.
Data last verified: 2026-10-14
Basecamp: who it fits and who it does not
- Good for
- Freelancers, startups and small teams with simple to-do based projects
- Teams that want built-in communication (message boards, Campfire chat)
- Agencies that need to include clients as guests
- Large teams, thanks to flat-fee unlimited-user plan
- Not for
- Large, complex projects or Agile teams needing sprints and dependencies
- Teams needing Gantt charts, built-in advanced reports or detailed time tracking
- Organizations requiring SSO/SAML or phone/live-chat support
- The catch
- Simple and communication-first, but deliberately light on task management (no native Gantt, dependencies or sprints) and has limited automation and reporting.
Data last verified: 2026-10-14
What each one costs over five years
Same team size, cheapest plan of each, paid monthly or yearly.
monday.com
Five years for a team of 5, paid yearly: $2,700
On the Basic plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- $720
- Paid yearly, one year
- $540
Paying yearly saves $180 a year (25%).
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-18Basecamp
Five years for a team of 5, paid monthly: $1,500
On the Freelancer plan, at today's price. We do not assume a rise.
- Paid monthly, one year
- $300
- Paid yearly, one year
- Not verified
- "Freelancer" has no verified annual price
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Vendor pricing page · checked 2026-10-18The four facts that decide it
| monday.com | Basecamp | |
|---|---|---|
| Score out of 100 | 88.6 | 53.1 |
| Cheapest plan | Basic | Freelancer |
| Free plan | Free forever: up to 2 seats, 3 boards, 3 Docs, 200+ templates, 8 column types | Free account: 1 project, 1 GB storage, up to 5 users |
| Works with (apps) | 6 | 8 |
Every figure comes from the vendor's own pages, listed under Sources.
monday.com
- Score out of 100
- 88.6
- Cheapest plan
- Basic
- Free plan
- Free forever: up to 2 seats, 3 boards, 3 Docs, 200+ templates, 8 column types
- Works with (apps)
- 6
Basecamp
- Score out of 100
- 53.1
- Cheapest plan
- Freelancer
- Free plan
- Free account: 1 project, 1 GB storage, up to 5 users
- Works with (apps)
- 8
Feature by feature, on the same list
Open a row for the vendor's own wording and the page we read it on.
Task managementmonday.com: YesBasecamp: Yes
Board view (Kanban)monday.com: YesBasecamp: Yes
- Basecamp
- Kanban board view shown (Sprint Management example) and linked in menus Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Timeline view (Gantt)monday.com: Not verifiedBasecamp: Yes
- monday.com
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
Time trackingmonday.com: YesBasecamp: Yes
- monday.com
- 'Track hours/time spent working on projects' on every plan Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Recurring tasksmonday.com: Not verifiedBasecamp: Not verified
- monday.com
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
- Basecamp
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
File sharingmonday.com: YesBasecamp: Not verified
- Basecamp
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
Invite clients or guestsmonday.com: YesBasecamp: Yes
- monday.com
- Guests and clients are supported but count toward user limits; Studio and above have unlimited users Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Does routine steps for youmonday.com: Not verifiedBasecamp: Yes
- monday.com
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
- Basecamp
- 250 actions/month (Standard), 25,000 (Pro), 250,000 (Enterprise) Vendor page · checked 2026-10-14
Reportingmonday.com: YesBasecamp: Yes
Mobile appmonday.com: Not verifiedBasecamp: Yes
- monday.com
- Not verified: the vendor gives no detail. Not verified
What you risk by starting
monday.com
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of monday.com.
- Refund policy
- Yearly subscribers who cancel within 30 days of purchase are entitled to a partial refund; no refunds for downgrades after that
- Vendor page · checked 2026-10-18
Basecamp
Trial, refunds and getting your data out of Basecamp.
- Refund policy
- No general refund policy stated; annual cancellations are prorated back to the card
- Vendor page · checked 2026-10-18
Where these facts come from
monday.com
https://monday.com/pricing · checked 2026-10-14https://monday.com/work-management · checked 2026-10-14What to do next
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Data last verified: 2026-10-14