Compare PDWare and Basecamp - Feb 2023

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Feb 28, 2023

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - PDWare or Basecamp?

PDWare is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Basecamp, and Basecamp is rated higher (98/100) than PDWare (83/100). Basecamp offers users more features (5) than PDWare (0). There is a clear winner in this case and it is Basecamp!

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:

PDWare Vs. Basecamp

PDWare: PDWare is a market leader in providing resource planning and portfolio oversight software to organizations managing project portfolios. PDWare was founded in 2001 to provide high-value, low-overhead resource planning software to support operational decisions and improve resource and portfolio productivity. PDWare pioneered dynamic capacity manag...

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).

Who is more expensive? PDWare or Basecamp?

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 PDWare and Basecamp.

PDWare price starts at $50,000 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 PDWare is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Project Management software. Basecamp price starts at $11 per user/month , When comparing Basecamp to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Project Management software cost.

Bottom line: PDWare is more expensive than Basecamp.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared PDWare Vs. Basecamp based on some of the most important and required Project Management features.

PDWare: We are still working to collect the list of features for PDWare.

Basecamp: Document Management, Project Management, Resource Management, Scheduling, Task Management.

Target customer size

PDWare's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses,

Basecamp Project Management software serves a wide range of customers from various industries.



PDWare

ITQlick rating
(4/5)

starts at $50,000 per license

PDWare is an on-premise and cloud-based resource management & planning and portfolio oversight software designed to help maximize the staff capacity to balance resources demands and supply. Its core features in...

Categories: Team Collaboration, File Sharing, Expense Tracking, Project Planning.

Basecamp

ITQlick rating
(4.3/5)

starts at $11 per user/month

Basecamp software is a project management solution that helps teams become better. The solution offers a number of capabilities that include message boards that keep the entire conversation about a specific top...

Categories: Project Accounting, Document Management, Groupware, Business documents, Chat.

Compare specifications

Compare features

PDWare: 0 Features

We are working to collect the list of features

Basecamp: 5 Features

Document Management
Project Management
Resource Management
Scheduling
Task Management
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
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Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
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PDWare
ITQlick rating
4/5
Score
83/100
Pricing
6.8/10
License pricing
$50,000 per license
Functionality
7
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Basecamp
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
98/100
Pricing
4.2/10
License pricing
$11 per user/month
Functionality
15
Trello
ITQlick rating
4.2/5
Score
99/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$5 per user/month
Functionality
16
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4.7/5
Score
98/100
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4/10
License pricing
$10 per seat/month
Functionality
92
Hive
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
98/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$12 per user/month
Functionality
12
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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.