Basecamp vs Tuple
Pricing
Basecamp: Free tier (1 project), paid from $25/mo, Unlimited $299/mo
Tuple: From $49/user/mo
Description
Basecamp: The OG project management tool
Tuple: Pair programming app for remote developers
Pros
- All-in-one (chat, docs, tasks, schedule)
- Flat monthly pricing by number of projects, not per user
- 20 years of refinement
- Low latency screen sharing
- Real remote control (not laggy)
- Built by devs, for devs
Cons
- Opinionated (their way or highway)
- Free plan allows only one project and five users
- Mac and Linux only (Windows coming)
- Pricey for solo use
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.
Tuple is what Screenhero was before Slack killed it. High-quality, low-latency pair programming that actually works. Built by Ben Orenstein and team, bootstrapped to millions in revenue. Used by engineers at Shopify, Stripe, and Netflix.
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