Shlomi Lavi /
Feb 28, 2023
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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Basecamp or Aha!?
Basecamp is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Aha!, and Basecamp is rated higher (98/100) than Aha! (91/100). Both tools offer the same amount of features.
Looking for the right Project Management solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:
Basecamp Vs. Aha! Labs
Basecamp: Basecamp is a company spread out across 26 different cities around the world.
Started the business back in 1999 (used to be called 37signals, but recently changed the name of the business to Basecamp, to match the name of their most popular product).
Aha! Labs: Brian de Haaff and Dr. Chris Waters founded Aha! in the spring of 2013 in Menlo Park, California. They wanted to help themselves and product development teams just like them build better software. Collectively, they have founded or been early employees of six cloud- based technology companies in Silicon Valley, where they have led product and engin...
Who is more expensive? Basecamp or Aha!?
The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Project Management software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Basecamp and Aha!.
Basecamp price starts at $11 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Basecamp is rated 4, which is lower than the average cost of Project Management software. Aha! price starts at $39 per user/month , When comparing Aha! to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Project Management software cost.
Bottom line: Basecamp cost is around the same cost of Aha!.
Which software includes more/better features?
We've compared Basecamp Vs. Aha! based on some of the most important and required Project Management features.
Basecamp: Document Management, Project Management, Resource Management, Scheduling, Task Management.
Aha!: Project Management, Project Collaboration, Document Management, Design Simulation, Engineering requirements.
Target customer size
Basecamp Project Management software serves a wide range of customers from various industries. The general customers of Aha! software are the individuals and organizations that engage with SMBs (small and/or medium sized businesses that has employees ranging from one to 100 and 100 to 1,000 respectively) that are relying on the services from Information technology/IT, data and web hosting and other information related services, mainly with project management and product road map management.