Basecamp vs Trello
No clear leader: Trello (77.0) and Basecamp (75.4) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for project management software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Basecamp
A web-based project management platform that consolidates tasks, team discussions, files, calendars, and time tracking into a single workspace. Teams can manage work through to-do lists, message boards, kanban-style card tables, and built-in chat rather than relying on separate tools.
Trello
Trello enables teams to organize and manage work using an interactive card-based system. It supports task tracking, project coordination, and information sharing across teams of any size.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Basecamp
Free plan available. Paid plans from $25/month. Unlimited plan at $299/month. Annual billing and payment options available.
- FreeFree
- 1 project
- CLI access
- AI agent integration
- Standard$25/month
- Unlimited Edition$299/month billed annually
- Unlimited users and projects
- Priority 24/7 support
- Personalized onboarding
- Extended 45-day free trial
Trello
From $5/user/mo (annually). Free tier.
- FreeFree
- Unlimited cards
- Up to 10 boards per Workspace
- Quick capture from email, Slack, Teams
- Inbox
- Unlimited Power-Ups per board
- +5 more
- Standard$5/user/mo billed annually ($6/mo monthly)
- Unlimited boards
- AI-powered quick capture
- Planner (full access)
- Advanced checklists
- Card mirroring
- +6 more
- Premium$10/user/mo billed annually ($12.50/mo monthly)
- Views: Calendar, Timeline, Table, Dashboard, Map
- Workspace views: Table and Calendar
- Unlimited Workspace command runs
- Admin and security features
- Workspace-level templates
- +3 more
- Enterprise$17.50/user/mo billed annually
- Unlimited Workspaces
- Organization-wide permissions
- Organization-visible boards
- Public board management
- Multi-board guests
- +4 more
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- Slack
- Toggl
- TaskClone
- Make
- Jira Cloud
Basecamp
- Google Calendar
- Google Docs
- Jira
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Bitbucket
- Zendesk
- HubSpot
- Asana
- Trello
- Wrike
- Power BI
- Tableau
- Excel
- Outlook
- Figma
- Dropbox
- iCloud
- Zoom
- Google Hangouts Chat
- Evernote
- OneNote
- Todoist
- Wunderlist
- +34 more
Trello
- Miro
- Microsoft Teams
- Gmail
- Google Drive
- Salesforce
- Telegram
- SupportBee
- OneLogin
- TimeDoctor
- Testmo
- Taco App
- TestLodge
- Testuff
- Tick Time Tracking
- Time in List
- Timecamp
- Timeneye
- TMetric
- Tracey Bug Cop
- Automate.io
- Slack Power-Up
- Taco Browser Extension
Basecamp or Trello: which one depends on you
A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.
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