Comparison — from the record, read 2026-10-17
Basecamp vs Todoist
Both ladders below were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages, in this market, on the dates shown. Nothing is converted: what you see is what each page showed a reader here.
What each one is
Basecampsite ↗pricing ↗
A project and team communication tool sold as one flat product, deliberately opinionated about how teams should work. Paid plans start at $25/mo (Freelancer); no free plan is published. The ladder we hold runs 3 paid tiers, topping out at $99/mo (Pro).
Todoistsite ↗pricing ↗
A personal and small-team task manager built around fast capture and natural-language due dates. Paid plans start at $7/mo (Pro); a free plan exists.
The two ladders
Basecampsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-09-06 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Freelancer | $25/mo | 'Freelancer, $25/mo'. Up to 3 active projects. 30-day free trial. Annual billing offered. |
| Studio | $59/mo | 'Studio, $59/mo'. Up to 10 active projects. 30-day free trial. |
| Pro | $99/mo | 'Pro, $99/mo'. 24/7/365 support, time tracking, enhanced admin features. |
| Unlimited | $299/mo | 'Unlimited, $299/mo, billed annually'. Unlimited users and projects, 45-day free trial. No monthly-billing figure is published. |
Todoistsite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-10-17 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Custom | Individuals. US $0. 5 personal projects, 3 filter views, 1 week activity history. |
| Pro | $7/mo ($5 ↓) | USD: '$7 per user/month billed monthly'; '$5 per user/month, $60 billed yearly'. The same plan in the page's other currencies (read 2026-09-07, yearly state): €5 · £5 · CHF 5 · A$9 · C$7 · ₹527.50 · ¥672 · 70 kr (SEK). 300 personal projects, 150 filter views. |
| Business | Custom | Teams. 'US $10 plus local tax per user/month, billed monthly'; 'US $8 plus local tax per user/month, $96 billed yearly'. Create a team for free first. |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: Todoist at $7/mo, against Basecamp at $25/mo. That is the entry price in this market on the dates shown, not a judgement about which suits you.
- Free plans: only Todoist publishes one — a plan priced at zero, not a trial.
- How far each ladder goes: Basecamp tops out at $99/mo, Todoist at $7/mo. A deeper ladder is not a worse deal — it is a bill that keeps climbing if you keep growing.
How to choose in this category
- Nearly everything here is per seat — multiply by the team before comparing.
- Free tiers cap different things: seats on some tools, features on others. Check which.
- Billed-monthly rates sit above the advertised annual-billed figures.
Both ladders were read from the vendors’ own pricing pages as shown to a United States reader, on the dates beside each table. Nothing here is converted from another market and nothing is ordered by commission. Some links are affiliate links; they earn us a commission and change no number.
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