How much does Basecamp cost?
Paid plans start at
$199/mo billed yearly
or $29/mo billed monthly
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- 30-day free trial of paid packages, no credit card required
Read from basecamp.com/pricing on Oct 29, 2026. Price changed? Tell usSee the line each price came from
In your favor
- No long-term contract. No long-term contracts, cancel anytime
- Unlimited users on Pro Unlimited. A flat price with no cap on users.
- Free plan. Free forever for one project, up to 3 users, 1 GB storage; cannot downgrade from paid back to free
- Notice before price changes. At least 30 days notice by email if prices change for existing customers
How you buy and get started
Self-serveButtons on their site: Try Basecamp Free, Sign up free, Start a 30-day free trial, Get one project free
- Sign up
- Self-serve sign up, no credit card for free plan or trials "We don’t require a credit card on the Free account, or for any of the free trials."
- Setup
- Not stated
- When sales steps in
- Not stated
- Support
- 24/7/365 support on paid packages; priority support on Pro Unlimited "Priority 24/7/365 support"
What Basecamp does
Basecamp bundles message boards, to-dos, card tables, chat, scheduling, docs and files, and automatic check-ins in one product with flat pricing per package rather than per user. AI is supported through bring-your-own agents via CLI, skills, and ChatGPT and Claude connectors with MCP support, not through built-in AI features described on these pages.
- Good for
- Small businesses, freelancers, agencies, and teams who want a simple all-in-one project tool with flat pricing, and who may connect their own AI agents.
- Channels
- Web app, Mobile and desktop apps
- Main product
- Basecamp
- Also includes
- Message Boards, To-dos, Card Tables (Kanban), Campfires and Pings (chat), Scheduling, Docs & Files
- Connects to
- Assistant, Can Do!, CData Software, Digital Habits: To-Do, elastic.io, Field Trip, MindCloud, Monkedo, Pleexy, Ply, Retool, RSSBus
- Public API
- Not stated
- MCP server
- Yes
- AI task creationNot stated
- AI status reportsNot stated
- AI auto-schedulingNot stated
- Custom AI agents
CLI access and skills for AI agents you run on your computer.
- Workload and resource managementNot stated
- Roadmaps and Gantt chartsNot stated
- Meeting notes to tasksNot stated
- Native integrations
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- AI search across workNot stated
- SSO and admin controlsNot stated
The same 10 checks appear on every tool in AI project management software. Each tick quotes the vendor's own site.
Security and your data
| Question | Their answer | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|
| Trains AI on your data? | Not stated | |
| HIPAA (signs a BAA) | Not stated | |
| SOC 2 | Colocation provider has SOC 3; SOC 2 Type II available under NDA for the provide | "Summit, our colocation provider, publish their own [SOC 3 report (PDF)](/policies/security/summit/Summit_Hosting_SOC_3_2026.pdf) on the Security criteria for their IT services"security |
| GDPR | Not stated | |
| CCPA | 37signals acts as a service provider under CCPA | "Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), 37signals is a “service provider”, not a “business” or “third party”"terms |
| PCI | PCI DSS certificate of compliance, SAQ A self-assessment | "Our [current PCI DSS Certificate of Compliance (PDF)](/policies/security/pci/Basecamp_PCI_DSS_Certificate_of_Compliance_2026.pdf), issued by SecurityMetrics on our SAQ A self-asses"security |
| ISO 27001 | Not stated | |
| Single sign-on | Not stated | |
| Trust center | Not stated |
Security answers are the vendor's own claims, quoted. We don't audit them.
Every plan
| Plan | Monthly | Billed yearly | Included | Over the allowance | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free (Basecamp Personal) | $0 | – | 3 users1 project, 1 GB storage | – | "One free project for personal use." |
| Freelancer/mo | $29 | – | 5 users3 active projects, 10 GB storage | – | "## Freelancer, $29/mo" |
| Pro/mo | $79 | – | 10 users8 active projects, 25 GB storage | – | "## Pro, $79/mo" |
| Pro Plus/mo | $99 | – | 15 users12 active projects, 100 GB storage | – | "## Pro Plus, $99/mo" |
| Pro Unlimited/mo | $329 | $199per month | UnlimitedUnlimited projects and users, 1000 GB storage | – | "$329/mo if billed monthly." "## Pro Unlimited, $199/mo, billed annually" |
Free plan: Free forever for one project, up to 3 users, 1 GB storage; cannot downgrade from paid back to free
Fine print
- Auto renew
- Not stated
- Billed beyond usage
- Extra 1 TB storage costs $50/month on Pro Unlimited "you can add an additional 1 terabyte (that’s 1000 gigabytes) of storage for an extra $50/month."
- Billing increment
- Not stated
- Contract
- No long-term contracts, cancel anytime "Cancel any time, no long-term contracts to lock you in."
- Price change notice
- At least 30 days notice by email if prices change for existing customers "If we do so, we will give at least 30 days notice and will notify you via the email address on record."
- Refunds
- Cancelled annual packages are prorated back to the credit card; monthly time is not automatically prorated "If you cancel an annual package, the difference will be prorated back to your credit card."
"Not stated" means we read their pricing page and terms and they don't say.
About the company
- Legal name
- 37signals LLC
- Online since
- Jul 30, 1994 Domain registration date
- Founder
- Jason Fried, co-founder & CEO
- Funding
- Bootstrapped, no outside funding "We started our business without outside funding"
- Customers
- "Nearly a million people, teams, companies, and non-profits use it daily" their claim
- Backing
- "Zero debt, privately held" their words
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Questions
Is Basecamp free?
Yes. Free forever for one project, up to 3 users, 1 GB storage; cannot downgrade from paid back to free Paid plans start at $29/month.
How much does Basecamp cost?
Paid plans start at $199 per month billed yearly, or $29 billed monthly.