Trello vs Basecamp

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

Short version

Trello costs less for a six-person team.
Trello fits retail shop, restaurant or café, online store.
Basecamp: No per-user fees.

Compare	TrelloAtlassian	Basecamp37signals
In one line	Kanban boards simple enough for the whole team	Flat-price projects with to-dos, chat, and client access
Starting price	From $5/person	From $29/mo
Six-person team	$30/mo	$79/mo
Plans	Free (10 boards, 10 collaborators per workspace); Standard $5/user/mo; Premium $10/user/mo; Enterprise $17.50/user/mo, billed annually (monthly $6/$12.50)	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
Pricing model	Free tier	Free tier
Free trial	—	30 days
Users	Per user	Up to 5 on Freelancer; unlimited on Pro Unlimited
Integrations	Slack, Google Drive, Jira, 200+ Power-Ups	Zapier, Google Drive, Slack (via add-ons)
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 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: Local business hours (Standard only), 24/5 (Premium only), 24/7 (Enterprise only)	Web form: 24/7/365 (Freelancer and up); priority on Unlimited
Incidents posted	0 incidents posted on Atlassian's status page in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026. Status page	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
Capterra score	4.5 / 5 from 23,635 reviews	4.4 / 5 from 14,451 reviews
Trustpilot score	2.2 / 5 from 226 reviews	2.3 / 5 from 41 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	55	30
Fit: Restaurant or café	50	25
Fit: Service business	80	82
Fit: Agency or studio	85	88
Fit: Trades or contractor	60	60
Fit: Online store	65	40
Why people pick it	Zero learning curve Free plan is usable	No per-user fees Clients can join projects
Where it falls short	Weak for timelines and dependencies Boards sprawl	Project caps on lower plans No Gantt or workload views
	Visit Trello	Visit Basecamp

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

Trello vs Basecamp

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