Best Basecamp Alternative in 2026: doBoard

Up to 60x more affordable than Basecamp

Basecamp charges by the number of active projects: $25/month for 3 projects, $59 for 10, $99 for 25, and $299 for unlimited. doBoard is $5/month for all of it: unlimited users, projects, tasks, and a separate company space for every client.

Lightweight Agile tools, ready in a minute

Set estimates, plan sprint capacity by teammate, and run Planning Poker for team estimation. All built in, no add-ons, no separate setup. Basecamp does not include dedicated sprint planning, estimation, Planning Poker, or capacity planning on any plan.

Time tracking included on every plan

Log time directly in tasks, compare planned vs actual hours, and review worked hours by teammate or project. In Basecamp, time tracking is available only on Pro ($99/month) and Unlimited ($299/month, billed annually).

Work stays in tasks, not buried in chat

In Basecamp, decisions and updates can easily get scattered across Pings and message threads. In doBoard, every comment, decision, and time entry lives inside the task, board, or project it belongs to so nothing gets lost.

Small and mid-sized teams tired of per-seat pricing

doBoard is an affordable Basecamp alternative starting at $5/month for unlimited users. Price grows only with storage, never with headcount.

Agencies and consultancies managing multiple clients

Separate Companies under one account for each client, brand, or business unit, with their own projects, boards, people, access settings, and time logs. No extra accounts or seats needed.

Teams that want a tool that adapts to their workflow

Custom labels, tag groups, and workflow stages let you organize work your way without switching to a more complex tool.

Remote and distributed teams

A practical Basecamp alternative for remote teams: calendar shows availability across time zones, all task context stays in one place so async work runs smoothly.

Teams that need time tracking, workload and capacity planning

Task-level time tracking, team calendar, and capacity planning by teammate, all included on every plan with no add-ons.

Teams that work in Agile or iterative workflows

Sprint planning, backlog boards, task estimates, and Planning Poker, all built in. A stronger fit than Basecamp for teams that plan work in sprints.

Development teams

GitHub integration keeps code and tasks connected. Web teams also get Spotfix, built-in website feedback that turns client comments into tasks.

Basecamp prices grow with your number of projects

Basecamp’s plans are priced by how many projects can be active at once: 3 on Freelancer ($25/month), 10 on Studio ($59/month), 25 on Pro ($99/month). Once you need more, the next step is Unlimited at $299/month, billed annually. Freelancer also caps the account at 20 people, and clients and contractors count toward that limit.

doBoard charges $5/month for unlimited users and unlimited projects, so your price stays the same whether you run 3 projects or 300.

Time tracking starts at $99/month in Basecamp

Basecamp’s Free, Freelancer, and Studio plans don’t include time tracking. Teams that need to log hours have to move to Pro at $99/month or Unlimited at $299/month, billed annually.

doBoard includes time tracking on every plan, with per-task time logs, estimated vs actual hours, and reports by teammate, project, and date range.

Basecamp has no dedicated sprint tools

Basecamp has no built-in sprint planning, estimation, Planning Poker, or capacity planning. Teams that need sprint estimates or capacity by teammate have to use a separate tool alongside Basecamp.

doBoard includes lightweight sprint planning, task estimates, and Planning Poker for collaborative effort estimation, all built in at no extra cost.

Important updates get lost in message threads and Pings

Basecamp is built around group chat, message boards, and Campfire, its built-in team chat. Over time, task-related decisions and updates can easily get scattered across threads and become difficult to trace back.

In doBoard, every comment, time entry, status update, and attached file lives inside the task, board, or project it belongs to, so context is always in one place and nothing gets lost as the project moves forward.

Limited dependency tracking

Basecamp now supports subtasks and simple references between related items, which is useful for basic task organization. But it still does not provide structured dependency management, cross-project task relationship views, or workload-based planning for complex delivery workflows.

doBoard supports cross-project task links, estimates, time logs, and capacity planning, so related work stays connected across boards and projects.

Limited task customization kills flexibility

Basecamp keeps projects simple with built-in tools like to-do lists, message boards, schedules, files, and Card Tables. But it gives teams less flexibility for custom task statuses, priority levels, workflow stages, and delivery-specific labels.

doBoard lets you create custom labels and tag groups that represent your own priorities, statuses, and task types, so the tool adapts to your process rather than the other way around.

“I’ve been using the service for six months now. Switched from basecamp2 because of the pricy plans ($15/mo for basecamp user and $5/mo for the whole doboard license). Includes the same key functions, but has no limit on the number of users, which is a defining parameter for me. For $5/mo it is more than enough.”

Anthony, review titled “Functions of Basecamp, but unlimited users” on Trustpilot, 12 August 2023. The review compares doBoard with Basecamp 2 and its per-user pricing; Basecamp 5 now uses flat plans from $25/month.

WP Mayor rated doBoard 4/5 overall and gave its pricing a perfect 5/5, praising its “clean, intuitive interface” and a flexible project, board, and task system that doesn’t back you into a specific workflow.

WP Mayor review by Tom Rankin, April 2024.