Basecamp is a famous simple project management software. The strenght of Basecamp is that it is easy to use and they focus only on essential features to manage easily your projects and your team. However it exists a lot of alternatives, and you may have a look of competitors, especially if you need deeper features such as task deadline dates, Gantt Charts, inline editing uploaded files, shared address book, reports, discussion board...
Huddle claims that it is the most comprehensive tool for managing projects and files in the cloud. With Huddle you can create multiple client extranets, brand assets storage, secure collaboration platforms or research knowledgebases. This tool is great for Enterprise Collaboration and Content Management in the cloud and is used by more than 90,000 businesses globally.
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Website | http://basecamphq.com/ | http://www.huddle.com | https://www.wrike.com/ |
Video tour | https://youtu.be/NopMQ6bB4dU | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVzA_r0myg8 | |
Pricing | |||
Free plan | Yes 1 project, 2 Writeboards, 10 MB file storage | No | Yes 5 users, unlimited collaborators |
Free trial period | Yes 30 days | Yes 14 days | Yes |
Pricing plans |
| From £15 per user per month. | Free: 5 users, unlimited collaborators Professional: $49 per month (5 users, annual subscription), $99 per month (15 users, annual subscription) Enterprise: on request |
License | Cloud-based SaaS | Cloud-based SaaS | Proprietary |
Features | |||
LDAP support | Yes | Yes | No |
Contacts Address Book | No | No | Yes Can use folders to store contact info in rich text format |
Shared Calendar | No | Yes subscribe to the iCal feed, link to Outlook or Google calendar. | Yes |
Schedule meetings | No | Yes | Yes |
Export data | Yes HTML, XML | Yes CSV | Yes Export/import folders and tasks as Excel spreadsheets |
Visual customization | - logo | Yes add a logo and change color themes, re-skin the entire site to your corporate theme.... | Yes Can add widgets to the Dashboard, can set folder color |
OpenID Authentication | No | No | Yes Sign in with Google account |
Email notifications | Yes | Yes Receive auto reminders about tasks that are nearing the deadline | Yes Full email integration: create tasks from emails: http://www.wrike.com/help/smart-email-integration/ |
Mobile version | Yes | Yes iPhone, iPad, Blackberry | Yes iOS, Android |
API | Yes | Yes | Yes http://www.wrike.com/platform.jsp |
SSL Security | Yes | Yes Huddle encrypts all data exchanged with the server to industry standard levels as well as authenticating the server itself to the user. | Yes |
Project management | |||
Time tracking / Timesheets | No | No | Yes |
Automatic Tracking timer | No | No | Yes |
Project Milestones | No | No | Yes |
Tasks management | Yes | Yes | |
Gantt chart | - With external plugins | No | Yes Interactive, sleek, instantly created from task list |
Resource management | - Rudimentary in Basecamp. The new basecamp does not support time tracking which really kills resource management. However, roadmap, which bi-directionally links with Basecamp, does an excellent job of this. | No | Yes Workload view, custom fields for tasks |
Workflow system | No | No | Yes |
Report generation | Yes | Yes | Yes Workload per user |
Issue tracking | No | No | Yes Ability to create custom tags |
Document Management | |||
Document editing | No | Yes | Yes |
Online browser editing | No | Yes | Yes Native, plus integration with Google Docs and with Box, both of which have browser editing |
Document sharing and storage | Yes | Yes | Yes Can upload files and can also use Google Docs |
Access rights management | Yes | Yes Set granular permissions against each workspace or folder, controlling who can view specific items | Yes Folders can be shared individually among users. External collaborators can be added. |
Document Versioning | No | Yes | Yes |
Description/Tags for documents | No | Yes | Yes |
Communication | |||
Wiki | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Forums & Blogs | Yes | Yes | Yes Blog |
Micro- blogging Status Updates | Yes | Yes + activity stream | |
Live chat | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bookmarks | Yes | Yes | |
Phone conferencing | No | Yes | Yes |
Social Share | |||
Integration with third parties services | |||
Import Basecamp data | Yes It is already Basecamp data... | No | |
Freshbooks integration | No | No | Yes |
Google Apps integration | Yes | Yes Gmail contextual gadget to create tasks from email | |
Microsoft Office Integration | Yes Word, Excel and PowerPoint | Yes Also integrates with Box, Dropbox, Google Drive. Possible to edit MS Office files online without downloading | |
Languages | |||
In french | No | Yes | Yes |
Support | |||
Service Level Agreement (SLA) | No | Yes Huddle guarantees uptime of 99.9% over any three month period | |
FAQ/Knowledgebase | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Email support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Livechat support | No | No | Yes |
Phone Support | No | Yes | Yes |
Twitter support | No | Yes | Yes |
Live video brodcast (events, webinars) | No | Yes | Yes Live webinars |
Video tutorials | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Public Feedback System | Yes "Answers" Forums | Yes Ticketing system, Forums | Yes Uservoice: http://vote.wrike.com |
Social Networks | |||
http://twitter.com/37signals | http://twitter.com/huddle | https://twitter.com/wrike | |
http://www.facebook.com/huddle.com | https://www.facebook.com/Wrike | ||
Website | http://basecamphq.com/ | http://www.huddle.com | https://www.wrike.com/ |
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