Basecamp vs VEA

Two project management tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	Basecamp37signals	VEAVEA AI LLC
In one line	Flat-price projects with to-dos, chat, and client access	AI assistants for tasks, customers, tickets and invoices, priced per user
Starting price	From $29/mo	From $25/person
Six-person team	$79/mo	$150/mo
Plans	Free (1 project, 3 users); Freelancer $29/mo (3 projects, up to 5 users); Pro $79/mo (8 projects, up to 10 users); Pro Plus $99/mo (12 projects, up to 15 users); Pro Unlimited $199/mo billed yearly, $329 monthly (unlimited projects and users); no per-user fees	Per user; billed yearly: Business Class $25/user/mo ($30 monthly; AI assistants for accounting, assets, checklists, customers, services, tasks and tickets); First Class $40/user/mo ($50 monthly; knowledge base, checklist builder, hiring tools, team visibility); Private Jet $120/user/mo ($150 monthly; most advanced AI models); Owners Club $497/user/mo ($597 monthly; AI mentor, executive assistant, daily brief; refund if gross revenue does not double in 12 months when used as designed); 7-day free trial; cancel anytime
Pricing model	Free tier	Free trial
Free trial	30 days	7 days
Users	Up to 5 on Freelancer; unlimited on Pro Unlimited	Per user
Integrations	Zapier, Google Drive, Slack (via add-ons)	Google (Gmail)
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people	Just me · 2–10 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	None listed
Live chat	None listed	None listed
Support hours	Web form: 24/7/365 (Freelancer and up); priority on Unlimited	Not published
Incidents posted	9 incidents posted on 37signals's status page, which covers all 37signals products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 8 marked major or critical by 37signals. Status page	We found no public status page for VEA AI LLC.
Capterra score	4.4 / 5 from 14,451 reviews	Not listed
Trustpilot score	2.3 / 5 from 41 reviews	Not listed
Fit: Retail shop	30	20
Fit: Restaurant or café	25	15
Fit: Service business	82	60
Fit: Agency or studio	88	55
Fit: Trades or contractor	60	55
Fit: Online store	40	15
Why people pick it	No per-user fees Clients can join projects	One per-user price covers tasks, customers, tickets and invoices 7-day free trial on every plan
Where it falls short	Project caps on lower plans No Gantt or workload views	New, with a short track record Owners Club costs $497 per user a month
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices

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