Project Management · pricing
Basecamp pricing
Basecamp publishes 5 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, Basecamp pricing is free, then $25/month across 5 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free, then $25/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 5
- Free tier
- Yes
Basecamp plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
| Freelancer | $25/month | 4 | +$25/month, 3 more features |
| Studio | $59/month | 4 | +$34/month, 3 more features |
| Pro | $99/month | 4 | +$40/month, 2 more features |
| Unlimited | $299/month | 4 | +$200/month, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 1 active project, 1 gb storage, 5 maximum users, 30-day free trial.
Freelancer
$25/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- 3 active projects
- 5 GB storage
- 20 maximum users
Studio
$59/monthOver Freelancer, this tier adds:
- 10 active projects
- 25 GB storage
- Unlimited users
Pro
$99/monthOver Studio, this tier adds:
- 25 active projects
- 100 GB storage
Unlimited
$299/monthOver Pro, this tier adds:
- Unlimited active projects
- 1 TB storage (expandable to 6 TB for additional $100/month)
- 45-day free trial
Where Basecamp stops being free
Free, Free
- 1 active project
- 1 GB storage
- 5 maximum users
- 30-day free trial
Freelancer, $25/month
The first thing you pay for:
- 3 active projects
- 5 GB storage
- 20 maximum users
What the product covers
The full Basecamp feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Message boards
- To-do lists
- Schedules
- Documents & files
- Group chat
- Check-in questions
- Hill Charts
- Email forwards
Integrations
- Slack
- Zapier
- Calendar feeds
- GitHub
- Toggl
- Harvest
- TimeCamp
Security
- SSL
- 2FA
- SOC2
- GDPR
Deployment
- Cloud deployment
Platform
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
- Email support
Localization
- English language support
- Spanish language support
- French language support
- German language support
- Italian language support
- Portuguese language support
People bring Basecamp in for project management for a small team in one place, message boards and chat alongside to-dos, client collaboration, since guests are not charged, flat-rate project management for a larger team on pro unlimited. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Basecamp are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Project Management
Across the 8 project management tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $14.75/month. Basecamp starts at $25/month, which puts it above the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basecamp (this page) | Free, then $25/month | subscription | - | |
| Statsig | Free, then $150/month | freemium | - | vs Basecamp |
| Huly | Free, then $19.99/month | freemium | - | vs Basecamp |
| Tempo Timesheets | $1/month | subscription | - | vs Basecamp |
| Teamgantt | Free, then $24/month | subscription | - | vs Basecamp |
| Sunsama | $17/month | - | - | vs Basecamp |
| MeisterTask | Free, then $12.5/month | freemium | - | vs Basecamp |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Basecamp badges page.
Before you pay for Basecamp
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 5 tiers between Free and $299/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Basecamp runs on web, and is published by 37signals LLC of Chicago, IL. The full record is on the Basecamp review, and the rest of the category is under best project management tools.
Basecamp pricing questions
- How much does Basecamp cost?
- Basecamp publishes 5 tiers, from Free for Free up to $299/month for Unlimited. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Basecamp have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers 1 active project, 1 gb storage, 5 maximum users. Paying starts at $25/month for Freelancer.
- What is the difference between Free and Freelancer on Basecamp?
- Freelancer costs $25/month against Free, and adds 3 active projects, 5 gb storage, 20 maximum users.
- Is the Unlimited plan on Basecamp worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is unlimited active projects, 1 tb storage (expandable to 6 tb for additional $100/month), 45-day free trial. It costs $299/month against $25/month for Freelancer. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Basecamp expensive for a project management tool?
- It starts above the middle of its category. Across the 8 project management tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $14.75/month; Basecamp starts at $25/month.
- Which project management tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 project management tools listed alongside Basecamp have a free tier: Statsig, Huly, Teamgantt, MeisterTask, Toggl Plan.
- What am I actually paying for with Basecamp?
- The record lists 31 features across 6 areas: other, integrations, security, deployment, platform, localization. In practice it is brought in for project management for a small team in one place, message boards and chat alongside to-dos, client collaboration, since guests are not charged.
- Does Basecamp charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 5 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Basecamp prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Basecamp against before paying?
- The closest project management tools in this directory are Statsig, Huly, Tempo Timesheets, Teamgantt. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Basecamp covering price, platforms and features.