Basecamp vs DocSend
Pricing
Basecamp: Free tier (1 project), paid from $25/mo, Unlimited $299/mo
DocSend: From $10/mo
Description
Basecamp: The OG project management tool
DocSend: Share documents with tracking and control
Pros
- All-in-one (chat, docs, tasks, schedule)
- Flat monthly pricing by number of projects, not per user
- 20 years of refinement
- See who viewed what page
- Revoke access anytime
- Great for pitch decks
Cons
- Opinionated (their way or highway)
- Free plan allows only one project and five users
- Owned by Dropbox now
- Recipients need to provide email
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.
DocSend lets you share docs and see exactly who viewed them, for how long, which pages. Founded by Russ Heddleston, acquired by Dropbox for $165M in 2021. Essential for fundraising: know if VCs actually read your deck or just skimmed page 1.
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