Basecamp vs Clockwise: which one fits your team?
One protects the hours, the other holds the words. Neither one is trying to do the other’s job, and pairing them leaves a hole in the middle where the actual planning goes.
It turns on whether your team loses more time to a mangled calendar or to decisions nobody wrote down.
Pick Basecamp if
your work is client shaped and full of discussion, and you want fewer meetings and less chat. Where it stops: it deliberately will not tell you when the work happens.
Pick Clockwise if
nothing any more, because it closed on 27 March 2026 after the team joined Salesforce. Where it stops: it is no longer available, so this is a landing spot rather than a comparison.
What it costs
For a team of 5, billed yearly: Basecamp is about $900 a year, Clockwise does not publish a per seat price we can put in this sum, and UnaTask is €480 plus VAT.
Basecamp: Free for one project. $15 per user per month, or $299 a month flat for unlimited users. Clockwise: No longer offered. Clockwise shut down on 27 March 2026.
Where they part company
Basecamp does more on 9 of them
- being useful before you configure it
- being the place the tasks actually live
- docs and a wiki inside
- two way calendar sync
- showing who has room
- turning meetings into tasks
- turning email and chat into tasks
- portfolio and agile reporting
- rules that fire on their own
Side by side
| What it does | Basecamp | Clockwise | UnaTask |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time blocking on a calendar | No | Gone | Core |
| A plan for today and this week | No | Gone | Core |
| Two way calendar sync | Partly. A schedule per project, not a calendar you plan a week on. | Gone | Yes |
| It is the task manager itself | Yes | No. It was a calendar optimiser, never a task manager. | Core |
| Dependencies and a timeline | No. Left out on purpose. It is a philosophy, not an oversight. | No | Yes. Dependencies with a timeline that shows what is waiting on what. |
| See who has room | Partly | Gone | Core |
| Booking links | No | Gone | Yes |
| Meetings become tasks | Partly | No | Yes |
| Email and chat become tasks | Partly | No | Yes |
| Pull requests linked to work | No | No | Yes |
| Docs and wiki inside | Yes. Message boards, docs and check ins per project. | No | Partly. Docs live on a project, they are not a wiki you would run a company from. |
| Portfolio or agile reporting | Partly | Gone | Partly. Team workload and project progress, not portfolios that roll up to a board. |
| Rules that fire on their own | Partly | Gone | Yes |
| AI that does the work, not just the scheduling | No | No | Yes. AI teammates you assign a task to. The work comes back on the task for review. |
| Useful before you configure it | Core | Gone | Core |
| A free plan | No | Gone | Yes |
What should not decide it
They answer the same on 7: time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today, dependencies and a timeline, booking links, linking pull requests to the work, AI that does the work rather than the scheduling and having a free plan.
And where UnaTask sits
UnaTask fills the middle: the tasks that come out of what you wrote down, placed on hours you chose.
It does more than both of them on time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today, two way calendar sync, being the place the tasks actually live, dependencies and a timeline, showing who has room, booking links, turning meetings into tasks, turning email and chat into tasks, linking pull requests to the work, rules that fire on their own, AI that does the work rather than the scheduling and having a free plan.
Common questions
Basecamp vs Clockwise: which should I pick?
Pick Basecamp if your work is client shaped and full of discussion, and you want fewer meetings and less chat. Pick Clockwise if nothing any more, because it closed on 27 March 2026 after the team joined Salesforce.
What is the biggest difference between Basecamp and Clockwise?
The clearest gap is being useful before you configure it, where Basecamp does more than Clockwise. Underneath that, Basecamp is a place to write things down together, with the work living inside the writing, and Clockwise is software that arranges your calendar for you and defends what it put there.
Is Basecamp or Clockwise cheaper?
For a team of 5, billed yearly: Basecamp is about $900 a year, Clockwise does not publish a per seat price we can put in this sum, and UnaTask is €480 plus VAT.
What do Basecamp and Clockwise have in common?
They answer the same on 7 of our 16 axes, among them time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today and dependencies and a timeline. Those are the things that should not decide it for you.
Where does UnaTask fit against Basecamp and Clockwise?
UnaTask does more than both on time blocking on a calendar, having a plan for today and two way calendar sync. It is free on your own and €10 per seat for a team, with every feature included. Where it does less: it is not an issue tracker with sprints and burndown, and it is not a documentation workspace.
Details checked 2 August 2026 and June 2026.