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Basecamp vs Monograph: Which is a better fit?

Updated on February 19th, 2025
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 28,734 reviews from Project Management users.
% Fit
High performer
Feature ratings
Task Management
4.4
Project Planning/Scheduling
4.3
Multiple Projects
4.5
API
4.6
Commenting/Notes
4.5
% Fit
Missing features
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Feature ratings
Task Management
3.6
Project Planning/Scheduling
4.3
Multiple Projects
4.7
API
NA
Commenting/Notes
3.0
User satisfaction
4.3
User reviews14,479
Ease of use
4.3
Functionality
4.2
Value for money
4.2
Customer support
4.3
4.5
User reviews234
Ease of use
4.4
Functionality
4.2
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
4.7
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Monthly subscription
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Best for

Entrepreneurs, freelancers, small businesses (1-99 employees), and groups inside large organizations.

Cloud-based solution designed to assist small to midsize architecture firms with project planning, time tracking, invoicing & forecasting in one easy to use performance management platform.

User reviews
pros & cons
1 / 4
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Video reviews
Reelika S
Coach
5.0

Reelika S.: Hi, I am Reelika from Design Dream Lifestyle. I'm a business strategist and coach, and I would give Basecamp five stars. Before using Basecamp, we really were just using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, but the problem we ran into was the collaboration and the teamwork. Basecamp allowed us to collaborate virtually with our team from across the globe and to get the projects done. We chose Basecamp because we were looking for a software that would allow us to collaborate to work across the globe on different projects. For example, content management, virtual workshops, in-person workshops, and that software allowed us to spread out all the tasks while also keeping an eye on what's already done and what still needs to be accomplished. When we started with Basecamp, we took a look at the tutorials. And I have to say they were very straightforward, very easy to follow. There really is no room to make any mistakes. And you don't need a high-tech knowledge for that, so anybody can really use this. If you're thinking about using Basecamp, give it a try because if you have a team, especially virtually, that has different projects going on and you need to delegate, and you want to keep eye on what's already done and what still needs to be accomplished, that is a really good tool for that.

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Kimber M
Office Manager
4.0

Kimber M.: My name is Kimber. My job title is office manager. Our company is called Architects Collective. We're a relatively small architect firm with less than 15 employees, but everything is in-house. We do keep track of our time, our personal time and then also our time on projects so that we can help stay within budget or create future budgets. We are still in the early stages of using Monograph, but so far I would say probably four stars. Just a couple of glitches here and there, but it's done well for us. We used a QuickBooks-type system and also a different timekeeping system. And we also had to keep track of all of our prints and everything in order to implement all of those into the same reports to generate our monthly invoices to each of the clients. Quite a few different programs. I would say price drove us more than anything else. But once we got it established, it was much more user-friendly than the previous programs we were using. We were able to onboard or integrate anything. So we had to input all of our data into the system by hand, and it was horrible. It was not a good part of the process. But once everything was in the system, we were able to see how much better than the previous program it was. I would definitely say if your data is able to be imported so that you don't have to do it, that was one of our biggest hurdles. But just make sure that the program is what you're needing, because there's been different things that we've had to manipulate it and work to what we needed. But all in all, I think it's worked out pretty well.

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Access Controls/Permissions
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Important
Activity Dashboard
388
Important

Basecamp

Top Features
20/47
  • Agile Methodologies
  • Availability Management
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Budget Management
  • Customizable Fields
  • Data Import/Export
  • Feedback Management
  • Forecasting
  • Gantt/Timeline View
  • Issue Management
  • Kanban Board
  • Key Performance Indicators
  • Mobile App
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Portfolio Management
  • Productivity Analysis
  • Recurring Tasks
  • Remote Support
  • Resource Management
  • Risk Management
  • Tagging
  • Testing/QA Management
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Traditional Methodologies
  • User Management
  • Version Control
  • Workflow Management
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • API
  • Calendar Management
  • Client Portal
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Customizable Templates
  • Document Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • File Sharing
  • Idea Management
  • Milestone Tracking
  • Multiple Projects
  • Prioritization
  • Project Planning/Scheduling
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Task Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
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Monograph

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Basecamp
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Monograph
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
Basecamp
  • By Basecamp
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1999
Monograph
  • By Monograph
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2017
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