Basecamp vs monday.com

Basecamp

• Agencies and studios that bring clients into projects
• Teams that prefer a flat monthly fee to per-user pricing
• Companies replacing separate chat, file and task tools

monday.com

• Teams that want boards, dashboards and automations in one tool
• Companies that also want CRM, dev or service products from one vendor
• Eligible nonprofits, which get their first 10 seats free

Basecamp

• Paid plans are limited by active projects: 3 on Freelancer, 10 on Studio and 25 on Pro.
• The Free plan covers a single project with 1 GB of storage and 5 users.
• Every person added counts as a user, clients included, and Freelancer is capped at 20 users.
• Unlimited Edition is billed annually only, and a paid plan cannot be downgraded to the Free plan.

monday.com

• The Free plan is limited to 2 seats, 3 boards and 3 docs.
• Paid plans start at 3 seats, and the price is set by the team size selected rather than by individual seats.
• Timeline, Gantt and calendar views, automations and integrations start on Standard; time tracking and private boards need Pro.
• Plan totals itemize the bundled AI credits at $10 per 1,000 a month, currently cancelled out by a "special offer" discount of the same amount.

Basecamp

Message Board

Announcements and discussions are kept as posts inside each project, intended as a replacement for internal email.

To-dos and Card Tables

To-do lists support assignees, due dates, attachments and subtasks. Card Tables are Basecamp's version of kanban boards.

Campfire chat

Group chat is built into Basecamp, so a team does not need a separate chat app alongside its projects.

Schedule and Lineup

A per-project calendar holds deadlines, milestones and events, and the Lineup plots every project on a timeline by start and end date.

Hill Charts and Automatic Check-ins

Hill Charts show where a piece of work stands, and Automatic Check-ins ask the team recurring questions on a set schedule.

Client mode

Clients can be brought into a project, with control over what they can and cannot see, project by project.

monday.com

Boards and views

Work is tracked on boards made of items and typed columns. Timeline, Gantt and calendar views start on the Standard plan.

Automations and integrations

Both are metered by monthly actions: 250 each on Standard and 25,000 each on Pro. The integrations page lists 850+ integrations and apps.

Dashboards

Dashboards bring data from boards together into charts and summaries for reporting on progress.

Docs and forms

Built-in documents and forms sit next to boards. The Free plan allows up to 3 docs, and private boards and docs need Pro.

AI credits and agents

The Sidekick assistant, AI agents and a notetaker draw on a monthly credit pool: 1,000 credits on Basic, 2,000 on Standard and 3,000 on Pro.

Portfolio and resource management

The Enterprise plan adds portfolio management, resource management and multi-level permissions.

Basecamp

• Free$0

  One project for personal use, 1 GB of storage and up to 5 users.

• Freelancer$25

  per month, flat rate

  Up to 3 active projects, 5 GB of storage and up to 20 users, with no per-user fees.

• Studio$59

  per month, flat rate

  Up to 10 active projects, 25 GB of storage and unlimited users.

• Pro$99

  per month, flat rate

  Up to 25 active projects, 100 GB of storage and unlimited users.

• Unlimited Edition$299

  per month, billed annually

  Unlimited projects and users, 1,000 GB of storage, priority support and personalized onboarding.

monday.com

• Free$0

  Up to 2 seats with up to 3 boards and 3 docs, 200+ templates and 8 column types.

• Basic$9

  per seat / month, billed annually

  Unlimited items and unlimited free viewers, with 1,000 AI credits a month. Paid plans start at 3 seats.

• Standard$12

  per seat / month, billed annually

  Adds timeline, Gantt and calendar views, guest access, and 250 automation and 250 integration actions a month.

• Pro$19

  per seat / month, billed annually

  Adds private boards and docs, time tracking, advanced columns, and 25,000 automation and 25,000 integration actions a month.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Portfolio and resource management, multi-level permissions, enterprise security and governance, and 250 workflows.

Basecamp

• Nonprofit

  10% off for registered nonprofits

  Basecamp's pricing FAQ gives registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits 10% off after verification.

• Education

  Free for classroom use

  Basecamp is free for K-12 schools, homeschoolers and universities as long as it is used for class work only.

monday.com

• Annual discount

  18% discount with yearly billing

  monday.com's pricing FAQ says choosing a yearly plan instead of paying monthly gives an 18% discount.

• Nonprofit

  First 10 seats free for eligible nonprofits

  Eligible nonprofits get their first 10 seats free and 70% off each seat from the 11th, sold in lots of 5, or 33% off per user on Enterprise.