Basecamp vs Wrike
On the evidence we track, Wrike leads this comparison with a composite score of 80/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
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.
Wrike
LeaderA work management system that combines task and project management, resource planning, and workflow automation with AI analytics to help enterprise teams collaborate and complete work more efficiently.
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
Wrike
LeaderFrom $10/seat/month billed annually. Free tier with 14-day trial.
- FreeFree
- Web, desktop, and mobile apps
- Project & task management
- Board view
- Table view
- Team$10/seat/month billed annually
- All of Free, plus:
- AI Essentials
- Shareable dashboard
- Interactive Gantt charts
- Custom fields and workflows
- Business$25/seat/month billed annually
- All of Team, plus:
- AI Elite features
- Templatize your work
- Standard integration
- Resource and capacity planning
- +1 more
- PinnacleContact sales
- All of Business, plus:
- AI Elite features
- Advanced resource and capacity planning
- Budgeting
- Advanced reporting and BI
- +3 more
- ApexContact sales
- All of Pinnacle, plus:
- Unlimited Whiteboards
- Wrike Integrate (integrations and automations)
- Wrike Sync (bi-directional integrations)
- Wrike Datahub (30M records)
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
- Jira
- GitHub
Basecamp
- Google Calendar
- Google Docs
- GitLab
- Bitbucket
- Zendesk
- HubSpot
- Asana
- Trello
- Wrike
- Power BI
- Tableau
- Excel
- Outlook
- Figma
- Dropbox
- iCloud
- Zoom
- Google Hangouts Chat
- Evernote
- OneNote
- Todoist
- Wunderlist
- Clockify
- Harvest
- +36 more
Wrike
Leader- Jira
- GitHub
- Slack
Basecamp or Wrike: which one depends on you
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