Basecamp vs Worksection

Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.

Basecamp

Flat-priced project management with chat, to-dos and files

Free plan · from $25/mo

Worksection

Team project management with Gantt, time tracking and chat

Free plan · from $3.75/mo

Where they differ

Basecamp starts at $25 per month, flat rate for up to 20 users (Freelancer). Worksection starts at $3.75 per seat / month, billed annually.
Only Basecamp lists macOS and Windows apps.
Basecamp also covers templates and calendar.
Worksection also covers Gantt & timelines, team chat and reports.

In commonFree planWebiOSAndroidPublic APITasksKanban boardsTime tracking

	Basecamp	Worksection
Pricing	Free plan	Free plan
Starts at	$25 per month, flat rate for up to 20 users (Freelancer)	$3.75 per seat / month, billed annually
Free plan	Free plan for personal use: 1 project, 1 GB of storage and up to 5 users. No credit card required.	Up to 5 users, 2 projects and 1 GB of storage, with task lists, kanban boards, calendar view and chat. No Gantt chart, reports, time tracking or dark theme.
Free trial	30-day free trial on Freelancer, Studio and Pro; 45 days on Unlimited Edition. No credit card required.	14-day free trial of the paid features, no credit card required
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Made by	37signals LLC	Worksection OÜ
Price read from	basecamp.com	worksection.com
Checked	Oct 4, 2026	Oct 9, 2026

Basecamp

Worksection

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.

Worksection

The Free plan is capped at 5 users, 2 projects and 1 GB, and leaves out the Gantt chart, reports and time tracking.
The Gantt chart, time and cost tracking, guest access, 2FA and the API all start on Business, at $7.5 per seat / month billed annually.
No desktop app is listed, and the help center says Worksection cannot be installed on your own server.
The plan comparison marks several items as coming soon, including project templates, custom fields and the Zoom integration.

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.

Worksection

Task views: Project tasks can be shown as a table, a kanban board, a calendar or a Gantt chart, with two levels of subtasks, checklists, priorities and saved filter views.
Gantt chart and dependencies: Projects, tasks and subtasks each get a draggable time bar, tasks can be linked as dependencies, and a per-person view shows workload. Needs Business or Premium.
Time and cost tracking: A task timer, hourly rates and planned-versus-actual cost reports support hourly billing. These tools start on the Business plan.
Built-in messenger: Private, group and project chats sit beside task comments, with mentions, scheduled messages and file sharing. Chat is included on every plan.
Dashboards and reports: Each member gets a widget dashboard. Paid plans add project dashboards and reports by task, project and team member, with export to Excel and CSV.
Roles, guests and privacy: Teams and read-only users come with Basic. Guest access, departments, and private tasks and comments need Business or Premium.

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.

Worksection

Free$0
Up to 5 users, 2 projects and 1 GB of storage. Task lists, checklists, kanban boards, calendar view, chat and the mobile apps.
Basic$3.75
per seat / month, billed annually; $5 billed monthly
Unlimited projects and 2 GB per seat. Adds teams, read-only access, advanced filters, project dashboards, reports, recurring tasks and Slack.
Business$7.5
per seat / month, billed annually; $10 billed monthly
5 GB per seat. Adds the Gantt chart, time and cost tracking, guest access, private tasks, status-based automations, AI search, 2FA and the API.
Premium$11.25
per seat / month, billed annually; $15 billed monthly
10 GB per seat. Adds Project Kanban, enforced 2FA, IP restrictions, external file storage on S3 or FTP, and on-premise backups.

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.

Worksection

Annual discount
25% off with annual billing
The pricing page shows a 25% discount for paying annually: Basic is $3.75 per seat a month instead of $5, Business $7.5 instead of $10 and Premium $11.25 instead of $15.