Comparison — from the record, read 2026-09-06
Basecamp vs Trello
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).
Trellosite ↗pricing ↗
A card-and-board task tool, known for being immediately understandable, used for light project tracking. Paid plans start at $6/mo (Standard); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 2 paid tiers, topping out at $12.5/mo (Premium).
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. |
Trellosite ↗pricing ↗
read 2026-09-06 · USD
| Plan | Price | What the page says |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 'Free for up to 10 collaborators per Workspace'. Unlimited cards, unlimited activity log, iOS and Android apps, 2FA. |
| Standard | $6/mo ($5 ↓) | '$5 USD Per user/month if billed annually ($6 billed monthly)'. 1,000 Workspace command runs per month, single board guests, saved searches. |
| Premium | $12.5/mo ($10 ↓) | '$10 USD Per user/month if billed annually ($12.50 billed monthly)'. Workspace-level templates, collections, observers, simple data export. |
| Enterprise | $17.5/mo | '$17.50 USD Per user/month - billed annually ($210.00 annual price per user)'. No monthly-billing figure is published for this plan. |
Where they differ
- Cheapest way in: Trello at $6/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 Trello publishes one — a plan priced at zero, not a trial.
- How far each ladder goes: Basecamp tops out at $99/mo, Trello at $12.5/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 Kingdom 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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