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Basecamp vs Dropbox: What are the differences?
What is Basecamp? The leading web-based project management and collaboration tool. Basecamp is a project management and group collaboration tool. The tool includes features for schedules, tasks, files, and messages.
What is Dropbox? Build the power of Dropbox into your apps. Harness the power of Dropbox. Connect to an account, upload, download, search, and more.
Basecamp belongs to "Project Management" category of the tech stack, while Dropbox can be primarily classified under "File Storage".
Some of the features offered by Basecamp are:
- Basecamp is super fast and famously easy to use.
- Basecamp helps you get caught up if you’ve been away.
- Have full control of who sees which projects.
On the other hand, Dropbox provides the following key features:
- Dropbox Chooser- Get files from Dropbox into your web app with just a few lines of JavaScript.
- Sync API- Read and write to Dropbox from iOS & Android as if it were a local filesystem.
- Core API- The basics. Upload, download, search, and more from your web or mobile app.
"Team collaboration (non-tech)" is the top reason why over 67 developers like Basecamp, while over 428 developers mention "Easy to work with" as the leading cause for choosing Dropbox.
According to the StackShare community, Dropbox has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1070 company stacks & 960 developers stacks; compared to Basecamp, which is listed in 124 company stacks and 53 developer stacks.
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A good collaboration tool was always a big challene in the most team I've met. The main challenge is there are many tools with tons of features. They'r all great in the paper. But in practice, the team usually doesn't enjoy collaborating using them. This is the challenging part. The project management tools should be well designed to keep simplicity in combination with well-chosen features to bring the most productivity and activity among the team. I'm thinking about many of my stacks, ClickUp is one of the few choices which I've never thought about migrating about. I can't describe it in text, I just advise you to try it once and you'll understand. The team behind ClickUp is really active. They really care about delivering new features.

I have been using this for a while and recommended to my last 15 clients who were amazed by the flexibility of the platform. It has everything You need!
Pros of Basecamp
- Team collaboration (non-tech)72
- It's simple and intuitive39
- Great UI24
- Plain, simple20
- Very fast15
- Clear pricing12
- Super fast task creation9
- Integration with external services7
- iPhone app4
- Frequent + awesome updates4
- Remote management1
- As close to an all-in-one tool that is client friendly1
- Team collaboration1
- Team and client collaboration1
- Plays nice with Google Apps1
Pros of Dropbox
- Easy to work with432
- Free254
- Popular215
- Shared file hosting175
- 'just works'168
- No brainer100
- Integration with external services79
- Simple76
- Good api49
- Least cost (free) for the basic needs case38
- It just works10
- Convenient7
- Accessible from all of my devices6
- Command Line client5
- Can even be used by your grandma4
- Mac app3
- Sync API3
- Synchronizing laptop and desktop - work anywhere3
- Reliable2
- Cross platform app2
- Extended version history2
- Beautiful UI2
- Delta synchronization2
- Ability to pay monthly without losing your files2
- Easy/no setup1
- YC Company1
- Everybody needs to share and synchronize files reliably1
- Backups, local and cloud1
- The more the merrier1
- For when client needs file without opening firewall1
- Easy to work with1
- Everybody needs to share and synchronize files reliabl1
- Easy to use1
- So easy1
- What a beautiful app1
- The more the merrier0
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Cons of Basecamp
- Basic3
Cons of Dropbox
- Personal vs company account is confusing3
- Replication kills CPU and battery1