Basecamp vs Calendly
Pricing
Basecamp: Free tier (1 project), paid from $25/mo, Unlimited $299/mo
Calendly: Free tier, paid from $10/mo
Description
Basecamp: The OG project management tool
Calendly: The scheduling link everyone knows
Pros
- All-in-one (chat, docs, tasks, schedule)
- Flat monthly pricing by number of projects, not per user
- 20 years of refinement
- Universal recognition
- Solid free tier
- Just works
Cons
- Opinionated (their way or highway)
- Free plan allows only one project and five users
- Basic customization
- Feels corporate
Details
Basecamp is project management from the people who wrote the book on bootstrapping (literally: REWORK, Shape Up). Built by Jason Fried and DHH at 37signals. Over 100k paying customers, profitable from day one, famously bootstrapped (except a small Bezos investment in 2006). They also make HEY email.
Plans are priced by active projects. Free covers one project for up to five users. Freelancer costs $25/mo for 3 active projects and up to 20 users, Studio $59/mo for 10 projects, Pro $99/mo for 25 projects with time tracking, and Unlimited $299/mo billed annually for unlimited projects. Studio and above allow unlimited users.
Calendly is THE scheduling link. Tope Awotona bootstrapped it for 8 years with $200k of his own money before taking investment in 2021. Now has 20M+ users. Not the most innovative anymore, but it just works and everyone recognizes it.
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