Basecamp vs Plane 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
- 500 AI credits per seat
- Projects and Work Items
- Cycles and Modules
- Layouts and Views
- Work Item Intake
- Estimates
- Project Pages
Pro
- 1000 AI credits / seat
- Work Items Types and Properties
- Workspace Wiki
- Time Tracking and Work Logs
- Work Item and Page Templates
- Dashboards
- Initiatives
- Teamspaces
- Integrations + Marketplace
Business
- 2000 AI credits / seat
- Project Templates
- Recurring Work Items
- Intake Email and Forms
- Nested Pages and Embeds
- Single Workflow
- Customers
- Dashboards with Advanced Widgets
Enterprise Grid
- Flexible AI credits
- Private + managed deployments
- Granular Access Control
- Multiple Workflows + Approvals
- LDAP support
- API-enabled Audit Logs
- Migration and Implementation Services
Basecamp vs Plane FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- Plane is the cheaper option, starting at $6/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 Plane 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. Plane: They're clearly gunning for the budget-conscious end of the project management market — undercutting Linear, Jira, and Asana meaningfully. This is a 'get the same job done for less' pitch aimed at cost-sensitive engineering teams and startups who don't want to pay Atlassian prices.
Keep tabs on both.
We'll monitor pricing changes for Basecamp and Plane and let you know when something moves.