Basecamp alternativeKeep the projects. Bring email, money and people in too.
ADLR keeps the to-dos, boards, chat, docs and calendar you use in Basecamp, and adds email on your own domain, video meetings, a client CRM, HR and invoicing. One workspace, one login, one bill.
$5 per user a month, from the first seat, after 30 days free with no card. Free migration and onboarding included.
Everything you use Basecamp for, plus the rest of your work
- Projects
Tasks
Chat
Docs
Inbox
Meetings
Finance
Team
Adi
Why teams look beyond Basecamp
Basecamp is excellent at keeping projects calm. The trouble starts with the work around the projects.
Client email lives elsewhere
Basecamp's Message Boards take the place of internal email, but email with clients still needs another product and another bill. ADLR has email on your own domain in the same workspace as the project.
Invoices and HR are other apps
Invoices, expenses, time off and onboarding each need their own tool next to Basecamp. In ADLR they are modules of the same workspace, on the same client and team records.
An assistant that knows the work
Adi, ADLR's built-in AI, works from your projects, tasks, calendar, recent mail and deals: it summarizes your inbox, drafts replies and turns a client brief into a project.
ADLR and Basecamp, side by side
| What you need |  ADLR | Basecamp |
|---|---|---|
| To-dos and boards | Boards, lists, timelines and workload | To-do lists, Card Tables and the Lineup |
| Team chat | Channels, DMs, threads and calls | Campfire chats |
| Documents and files | Docs and Sheets | Docs & Files |
| Shared calendar | Schedule | |
| Email on your own domain | —Message Boards instead of internal email | |
| Video meetings | In the browser, with screen share and live captions | — |
| Client CRM and sales pipeline | — | |
| Invoices and expenses | — | |
| HR: time off and onboarding | — | |
| E-signatures | — | |
| Time tracking | On Pro Plus and Pro Unlimited | |
| Built-in AI | Adi, in every seat | Works with ChatGPT, Claude and AI agents through MCP |
| Price | $5 per user a month, for all of the above: $50 a month for 10 people | Pro $79 a month for up to 10 users; Pro Plus $99 for up to 15; Pro Unlimited $199 a month billed annually ($329 monthly) for any number |
Basecamp's features and prices as Basecamp published them on 9 November 2026. Plans change, so check basecamp.com for current terms.
Checked on Basecamp's own pages on 9 November 2026: Basecamp pricingBasecamp features
Where Basecamp still wins
An honest list, so you can decide with your eyes open.
One flat price for big teams
Basecamp Pro Unlimited is $199 a month billed annually for any number of people. From about 40 people, that costs less than ADLR at $5 per user a month.
Clients inside the project
Basecamp's Client mode lets clients work in a project, and you decide what they see. ADLR keeps clients outside the workspace: they get your email, meeting links, contracts and invoices.
Hill Charts and Check-ins
Basecamp's Hill Charts show where work really stands, and Automatic Check-ins ask the team questions on a schedule. ADLR shows progress on boards, timelines and a weekly workload view.
What you keep from Basecamp
The calm project habits your team already has. What changes is everything around them.
- Projects with to-do lists
- Kanban boards
- Group chat
- Docs and files
- A shared calendar
- Timelines
- Time tracking
- One price that covers everyone's tools
Built for the way client teams work
A project's tasks next to the build
Tasks has a GitHub view with open pull requests, CI build health and assigned issues, so the project and the code are one click apart.
From the client's email to a paid invoice
Client email on your own domain, the contract they sign and an invoice they can pay by card, all in one workspace.
Stand-ups that keep their notes
A Room keeps a team's meetings, chat and files together, with Adi's minutes when AI is on.
Switching, with help
ADLR doesn't import Basecamp projects. Here is how teams move over.
Book your onboarding call
Thirty minutes with us, and you leave with a migration plan. Migration help is free.
Set up your projects and invite the team
Start each active project, from a template if you like, then invite people by email. They sign in with email or Google.
Move your email
Point your domain's mail at ADLR, or connect Gmail and IMAP mailboxes. An MBOX file brings old mail across.
Run both while you switch
Keep Basecamp open while your team moves over. The two aren't linked, so set a date for the switch.
Questions teams ask before switching
For 30 days, yes: everything, for your whole team, and no card. After that, ADLR is $5 per user a month with projects, chat, docs, email, meetings, HR and finance included, or you carry on with the limited free version. Pricing for larger teams is custom; contact sales.
For most small teams, yes. Ten people cost $50 a month on ADLR, with every module, against $79 a month on Basecamp Pro, which covers up to 10 users and 8 projects. Basecamp Pro Unlimited is $199 a month billed annually for any number of people, so from about 40 people it costs less than ADLR.
Yes: boards, lists, a calendar, timelines and a weekly workload view, with recurring tasks, subtasks, dependencies and time tracking.
Yes. ADLR has email on your own domain, with shared inboxes and rules, in the same workspace as your projects and chat. Basecamp's Message Boards take the place of internal email, but email with clients needs another product.
Not directly. ADLR imports boards from CSV files, monday.com and Trello, but not from Basecamp, so recreate your active projects and keep Basecamp open for reference while your team moves over.
Yes, as two separate apps: they aren't linked. Set a date for the switch and keep Basecamp open until every active project has moved.
Keep the calm projects. Lose the extra tools.
One workspace where projects, chat, docs, email, meetings, HR and finance live together, with Adi working across your inbox, projects and calendar.
$5 per user a month, from the first seat, after 30 days free with no card.