Even though Basecamp’s remarkably simple and easy-to-use, it’s also incredibly flexible. There’s so much you can do with it — and so much it can do for you.
With Basecamp, it’s a Yes!
- YES!
- Can I prevent our clients from seeing unfinished work?
- Can I reply to Basecamp messages via email if I don’t want to log in?
- Can I link up Google Docs in Basecamp?
- Can I see everything I need to do on a single screen?
- Can I see everything that’s overdue on a single screen?
- Can I use Basecamp even if some of my team prefers just to use email?
- Can I see all the work that was completed on any given day?
- Can I set up projects that only some of my team can see?
- Can I see an entire conversation on a single page?
- Can I see everything that’s happened across multiple projects in one place?
- Can I @mention someone so they’re notified about something?
- Can I see all the work someone’s done over a long period of time?
- Can I see everything that’s assigned to someone on a single page?
- Can I see exactly who worked on what today? Yesterday? Last week?
- Can I tell who’s working on which projects?
- Can I reference an entire conversation from a year ago?
- Can I follow a project quietly without receiving notifications?
- Can I see my assignments ordered by due date?
- Can I see every previous reply about something before I reply?
- Can I assign tasks to multiple people at once?
- Can I see all our projects laid out on a visual timeline?
- YES!
- Can I link up files from Figma, Dropbox, Airtable, and other apps?
- Can I attach files, documents, and notes to to-do items?
- Can I keep all the discussion about a to-do attached to that to-do?
- Can I follow-up directly with someone without anyone else knowing?
- Can our clients respond to our questions via email?
- Can our clients see a record of everything we’ve asked them?
- Can our clients officially approve work using Basecamp?
- Can I draft a document on my desktop and finish it on my phone?
- Can Basecamp tell me when someone completed a to-do?
- Can Basecamp help me get a client to approve a design?
- Can Basecamp help me hold my team accountable for deadlines?
- Can Basecamp email me a single summary of yesterday’s activity?
- Can Basecamp notify me when someone mentions my name?
- Can Basecamp tell me when someone wrote up what they worked on today?
- Can Basecamp automatically ask people what they worked on today?
- Can Basecamp automatically ask any question on a recurring basis?
- Can Basecamp automatically mute my notifications on the weekends?
- Can I replace Monday morning stand-up meetings with Basecamp?
- Can I use Basecamp with people who don’t ever want to log in?
- Can I use Basecamp with external partners like contractors?
- YES!
- Can we export all our data any time we want?
- Can we replace a handful of separate products with Basecamp?
- Can we create to-do lists that only our internal team can see?
- Can we get our client’s feedback on the record using Basecamp?
- Can we deliver finished work to our clients via Basecamp?
- Can we set up a private, collaborative space for each team we have?
- Can we discuss a Google doc from within Basecamp?
- Can we write documents without having to use another service?
- Can we separate our internal feedback from our client’s feedback?
- Can we use Basecamp without signing a long-term contract?
- Can we forward-in emails and save them on-the-record in Basecamp?
- Can we make company-wide announcements in Basecamp?
- Can we run a dozen simultaneous projects on Basecamp?
- Can we replace our daily stand up meetings with Basecamp?
- Can we organize our files and documents inside folders?
- Can we replace internal email with Basecamp?
- Can we replace Slack with Basecamp?
- Can we replace Dropbox or Google Drive with Basecamp?
- Can we track versions of documents with Basecamp?
- Can we send our clients updates through Basecamp?
- Can we view our Basecamp schedule inside Google Calendar? Outlook?
- Can we hook up other apps we use inside Basecamp?
- Does Basecamp have an API?
- Does Basecamp have chat built in?
- Does Basecamp have direct/instant messaging built in?
- Does Basecamp have reports built in?