Basecamp vs Hive Pricing (2026)
How do these two stack up on price? Here's what each one costs, what you get, and where the value sits.
Free
- Run 1 project free forever
- 1 GB of storage
- Up to 20 users
Pro Unlimited
- Unlimited projects
- 5 terabytes storage space (10x Pro)
- Fixed price — no per-user charges
- Includes Admin Pro Pack upgrade
- Includes Timesheet upgrade
- Personal onboarding with our team
- Priority 24/7/365 customer support, your questions get answered first
- More payment options including credit card, check, ACH, or wire
- Extended 60-day free trial
Pro
- Unlimited projects
- 500 GB storage space
- Pay-per-user
- Optional upgrades sold separately
- Self-guided onboarding
- 24/7/365 customer support
- Pay by credit card
- 30-day free trial
Free
- 1,000 AI credits / month
- 200MB storage
- Up to 10 workspace members
- Unlimited tasks
- Unlimited collaborative notes
- Work your way views
- Email in Hive
- Native chat messaging
Starter
- 3,000 AI credits / month
- Unlimited storage
- Up to 10 workspace members
- Up to 10 projects
- Gantt view
- Cloud storage integrations
- In-app calendar
- Zoom & Slack from Hive
- AI Assistant
Teams
Popular- 5,000 AI credits / month
- Unlimited workspace members
- Flexible add-ons (extra)
- Shareable forms
- Time tracking
- Portfolios
- Team sharing
- Custom fields, labels and statuses
Enterprise
- Custom AI credits
- Flexible add-ons included
- Enhanced security & permission controls
- Unlimited onboarding
- Dedicated Customer Success Manager
- Enterprise API
- Access to Professional Services
Basecamp vs Hive FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- Hive is the cheaper option, starting at $5/mo vs $15/mo for Basecamp.
- Can I use either one for free?
- Both offer free plans, so you can try each without paying. Start with whichever fits your workflow better and upgrade when you hit the limits.
- How do they charge?
- Different approach here. Basecamp uses hybrid pricing, while Hive goes with per-seat. That changes the math depending on your team size and usage.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. Basecamp: They're not competing on price at the low end — $15/user puts them in the same ballpark as Asana and Monday. The real play is Pro Unlimited at $299 flat, which is a direct shot at mid-size teams getting nickel-and-dimed by per-seat tools. They're positioning as the anti-Jira for teams tired of watching their PM bill scale with every new hire. Hive: Hive is playing the affordable challenger card against Asana and Monday.com, which regularly run $10–$25+ per seat at comparable tiers. At $5 for Starter, they're undercutting most mid-market PM tools and clearly targeting teams that find Asana's pricing hard to justify — this is a 'same job, lower bill' pitch.
Keep tabs on both.
We'll monitor pricing changes for Basecamp and Hive and let you know when something moves.