Asana vs Basecamp comparison

Asana and 37signals are both solutions in the Project Management Software category. Asana is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.9, while 37signals is ranked #32. Asana holds a 5.2% mindshare in PMS, compared to 37signals’s 0.9% mindshare. Additionally, 87% of Asana users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 66% of 37signals users who would recommend it.

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87% willing to recommend

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66% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 19, 2024

Asana and Basecamp are project management solutions. Asana seems to have the upper hand in task management, while Basecamp is preferred for team collaboration.

Features: Asana offers task tracking, timeline views, and productivity-enhancing integrations. Basecamp provides message boards, to-do lists, and built-in chat features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Asana features a simple deployment with various support options. Basecamp also has easy setup and is noted for responsive customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Asana uses a tiered pricing model with potential high ROI. Basecamp has a straightforward pricing plan, seen as economical for larger teams, suggesting potentially higher ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Asana

Ranking in Project Management Software

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

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Basecamp

Ranking in Project Management Software

32nd

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

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Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Project Management Software category, the mindshare of Asana is 5.2%, down from 11.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Basecamp is 0.9%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Yasser_Anter

Independent Business Consultant at Freelance

Integrates team collaboration but lacks automated data entry and advanced vendor integration

There is room for improvement in integrating Asana with different technology vendors. The reporting and exportation of project results need enhancement. The interface has drawbacks, such as the requirement of manual input of personal data into project forms. Overall, the application form should automatically populate user data like email address and phone number.

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Abenazzer Tadesse

Chief Operations Officer at BeOnline ICT

An easy-to-use project management solution with good stability and scalability

The recent update on the solution has made it a little bit complex. For example, to create a team and a project, there is a separate button that you need to click. Recently they updated it with only one button making it difficult for us to create teams or supply teams other than a project. Hence the solution could be more user-friendly. Additionally, some additional features need to be integrated so it'll be easy for other companies or project managers to manage software projects.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Asana is a very simple interface for project managers to figure out, providing all the functions they need."

"Asana allows you to create your own project with sub sections with subtasks that can be assigned. The feature I really love is that you can tag people to notify them that there has been progress on a project as well as add attachments."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is its project management tracking systems."

"What I like the most about Asana is its API integrations because we use a lot of cluttered toolsets in our company since we need to cater to different clients, for which its integration gives us a lot of flexibility."

"Asana, despite its compact size, proves to be incredibly valuable. When initiating a project, it offers the ability to generate a personalized form for clients. In this particular context, my clients include the customer success team and solution architects. This feature allows me to provide them with a convenient means to submit their requests, resembling a ticketing system geared towards internal operations. Moreover, it enables efficient allocation within my team. For instance, if a question pertains to customer success, I can assign it to the CSOps manager and the team. Similarly, if it relates to a specific channel, it can be allocated accordingly."

"What I like most about Asana is its simplicity. For example: we're not the only ones using it, and we onboard our customers to it, and normally, they have no questions."

"My task box displays all of our tasks, organized by day, helping us to focus on what needs to be done each day."

"The ability to build subtasks and break things down off of our major tasks has been very valuable. It is very stable and extremely scalable. The initial setup is very simple."

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"The ease of use is valuable."

"The ability to network informally is great for communicating with colleagues."

Cons

"It would be beneficial to have a native option for Asana to create tickets so we could move away from our main ticketing tool."

"There is room for improvement in integrating Asana with different technology vendors."

"The stability of Asana is good. However, there are some issues with maintenance, when the solution is down. For example, there might be maintained for a few hours where we cannot use the solution."

"The product's page is not user-friendly."

"In some instances, there were subtasks where more than one person needed to review it, but I could only assign it to one person. I would have to create a subtask under a subtask and then assign it to other people. This could be improved."

"We have not used Asana on our private server. We have been using the cloud solution. We need an on premise solution for government agencies."

"We'd like the capability to be able to set up weekly reminders."

"The solution can be difficult for new users to use because of the interface."

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"The solution could be more user-friendly."

"The product isn't easy to use. It's not very intuitive."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We paid a monthly licensing fee for the product."

"The cost is $25 US per unit per month."

"It has a free version."

"The price of this solution makes it quite accessible, and the plans fit my budget."

"The price of the solution is reasonable."

"Asana has two different types of structures: company vs workspace. Company is really best if all the users you plan to assign work to are all internal (have the same corporate domain in their user ID email address). Once one person signs up (even for a free account) with a corporate email address, Asana will automatically relate that person to that company, if it already exists. If you plan to use it for external collaboration as well as internal, then creating a workspace is a better approach."

"I can describe Asana's pricing as a sweet spot since it is neither very high nor very low, especially regarding the value Asana adds to its products...In our company, we use 50 percent of the features provided by Asana, because of which we only pay 50 percent of Asana's total cost."

"We're on the business tier, which is $25 a month if you're on an annual contract. It's $31 if you're on a month-to-month contract. In my experience, there are no hidden costs with Asana. I know Smartsheet has these add-ons that you can buy, which is an additional cost, but Asana doesn't have any add-ons that I know of. When you're trying to scale the product and want to add users, you have to do it in buckets of five. This is also something to consider."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Asana?

The solution's user interface is very good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Asana?

The pricing of Asana is slightly high. To add one user is expensive, which makes me cautious about upgrading or adding more users.

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What needs improvement with Asana?

The integration with email should be more seamless. When I'm writing an email and want to tag someone in Asana for a task, the process should be smoother. It would be easier if I could assign tasks...

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Overview

Asana is web-based software-as-a-service that helps teams coordinate and manage their work. It helps companies move faster by making sure everyone knows the team’s plan and process and who is doing what by when.

Each user can create projects using a list, board, calendar, or timeline view. Within each project, users can add tasks, subtasks, sections, comments, attachments, start and due dates, and custom fields. Project and task followers get notifications on changes or comments on the project and/or task in their Inbox. Individual users can see all of the tasks they're responsible for across all of their projects in a view called My Tasks.

Asana is available in English, French, Spanish, German, and Portuguese.

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Basecamp is a web-based project-management tool developed by Basecamp and launched in 2004, with a new version being launched in 2012. Basecamp offers to-do lists, wiki-style web-based text documents, milestone management, file sharing, time tracking, and a messaging system. Basecamp Classic also offers integration with Basecamp's own Campfire product, and features APIs that are used by a host of web and mobile apps. Basecamp Classic's interface is available in different languages (e.g. Spanish, French, Italian, German, Finnish and Japanese). The newer version of Basecamp currently only supports English as the interface language.

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