Task Board vs Basecamp

Everything you like about Basecamp, with the hours attached

Basecamp is good at calm, opinionated project management with a flat price. Where teams come unstuck is that to-dos rather than a pipeline, and no time tracking in the box. Task Board puts the board, the timer and the conversations in one place.

✓ Free for everyone you invite ✓ Your first board is free ✓ No credit card

The difference

One tool instead of a stack

The work

Name your own workflow steps per board — triage, building, review, shipped, or whatever your pipeline actually is. Drag cards between them.

  • Custom columns per board
  • Priorities, tags, custom fields
  • Board templates to start from

The hours

A timer on every task, not a second app. Start, stop, or add time by hand. Everyone on the board can see what's being worked on.

  • Floating timer across the app
  • Reports by day, person, board, tag
  • Time in each column, per task

The people

Invite your team, your clients, your contractors and your AI agents. You're never charged for any of them.

  • Full, restricted and read-only roles
  • Claude & ChatGPT over MCP
  • Email & Intercom become tasks
Honestly

When to stay where you are

Basecamp is better than us at calm, opinionated project management with a flat price. If that's the reason you use it, switching will feel like a downgrade. Task Board is the better fit when the work arrives from other people, gets billed by the hour, or needs an agent working it alongside you.

Questions

Moving from Basecamp

I like the flat price.

So do we — you're never charged per person here either. You pay for boards you own.

Is there a kanban view?

That's the whole product: named columns per board, drag and drop, and a timer on every card.

Compare with something else: Trello · Asana · ClickUp · Monday · Jira · Toggl · Clockify · Notion ·

Try it alongside Basecamp

One board, a timer, and anyone you want to invite. It takes a minute to see whether it fits.

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No credit card required · Free forever for everyone you invite