Basecamp vs Zenhub Pricing (2026)

How do these two stack up on price? Here's what each one costs, what you get, and where the value sits.

Basecamp Zenhub
Starts at $15/mo $7/mo
Number of plans 3 3
Free plan
Free trial
Pricing model hybrid per-seat

Free

$0/mo
  • Run 1 project free forever
  • 1 GB of storage
  • Up to 20 users

Pro Unlimited

$299/mo
  • 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

$15/mo
  • 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

$0/mo
  • Team workspaces
  • Users
  • GitHub integration
  • Zenhub extension for GitHub
  • Connected GitHub organizations
  • Connected repositories
  • Number of issues
  • GitHub insights
  • Non-GitHub users can view GitHub Issues
  • Automated sprint planning
  • Planning poker
  • Estimates
  • Zenhub Projects, Epics, and Issues
  • Real-time roadmaps
  • Basic sprint reports
  • Velocity report
  • Sprint insights
  • AI suggested labels
  • AI acceptance criteria
  • AI sprint review
  • Workspace automations
  • Advanced reporting
  • Toggle public/private workspaces
  • Toggle public/private files
  • Smart pipelines permissions
  • GitHub
  • Slack
  • Figma
  • Loom
  • Miro
  • Sign up with email
  • Email domain verification
  • Cloud hosted
  • Google SSO
  • Self-hosted on-prem
  • Enterprise-grade ID and access management
  • Advanced admin controls and security
  • Community support
  • Email support
  • Priority support
  • Shared Slack channel with Zenhub team
  • Live guided onboarding for your teams

Teams

$7/mo
  • Team workspaces
  • Users
  • GitHub integration
  • Zenhub extension for GitHub
  • Connected GitHub organizations
  • Connected repositories
  • Number of issues
  • GitHub insights
  • Non-GitHub users can view GitHub Issues
  • Automated sprint planning
  • Planning poker
  • Estimates
  • Zenhub Projects, Epics, and Issues
  • Real-time roadmaps
  • Basic sprint reports
  • Velocity report
  • Sprint insights
  • AI suggested labels
  • AI acceptance criteria
  • AI sprint review
  • Workspace automations
  • Advanced reporting
  • Toggle public/private workspaces
  • Toggle public/private files
  • Smart pipelines permissions
  • GitHub
  • Slack
  • Figma
  • Loom
  • Miro
  • Sign up with email
  • Email domain verification
  • Cloud hosted
  • Google SSO
  • Self-hosted on-prem
  • Enterprise-grade ID and access management
  • Advanced admin controls and security
  • Community support
  • Email support
  • Priority support
  • Shared Slack channel with Zenhub team
  • Live guided onboarding for your teams

Enterprise

Custom
  • Team workspaces
  • Users
  • GitHub integration
  • Zenhub extension for GitHub
  • Connected GitHub organizations
  • Connected repositories
  • Number of issues
  • GitHub insights
  • Non-GitHub users can view GitHub Issues
  • Automated sprint planning
  • Planning poker
  • Estimates
  • Zenhub Projects, Epics, and Issues
  • Real-time roadmaps
  • Basic sprint reports
  • Velocity report
  • Sprint insights
  • AI suggested labels
  • AI acceptance criteria
  • AI sprint review
  • Workspace automations
  • Advanced reporting
  • Toggle public/private workspaces
  • Toggle public/private files
  • Smart pipelines permissions
  • GitHub
  • Slack
  • Figma
  • Loom
  • Miro
  • Sign up with email
  • Email domain verification
  • Cloud hosted
  • Google SSO
  • Self-hosted on-prem
  • Enterprise-grade ID and access management
  • Advanced admin controls and security
  • Community support
  • Email support
  • Priority support
  • Shared Slack channel with Zenhub team
  • Live guided onboarding for your teams

Basecamp vs Zenhub FAQ

Which one is cheaper?
Zenhub is the cheaper option, starting at $7/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 Zenhub 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. Zenhub: At $4.99–$7.50/seat, Zenhub undercuts Linear and sits well below Jira's mid-market pricing, positioning itself as the scrappy, developer-first alternative for teams already living in GitHub. They're not chasing enterprise-first buyers — they're trying to win bottoms-up in engineering orgs that find Jira overkill.

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