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Any good alternatives to basecamp for a startup/side project?

#1

Post by trustfundbaby »

We've been using basecamp for the project we're working on, and of course we're bumping up against the limits of the free plan.

I was thinking about upgrading to the basic plan, but just found out it is now $24 a month (I remember it being $10), which is something we can clearly not afford at this stage.

This isn't a rant against 37Signals or anything like that (though I think they should have more options to cover folks like us). I just want to know what hn'ers out there are using to project manage their startups.

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#3

Post by sokoloff »

I'm not a basecamp user, but if $24/mo is make-or-break, I'm not sure how much you believe in the startup.

I'm not saying you must blindly buy crap or else you don't believe, but if Basecamp is working for you, I'd pay the money instead of burning time on finding a substitute. (Said differently: what is your time worth to investigate and to port your data over the new system and/or to live with the losses while you have two systems of record?)

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#4

Post by noahc »

sokoloff wrote: post #3

I'm not a basecamp user, but if $24/mo is make-or-break, I'm not sure how much you believe in the startup. I'm not saying you must blindly buy crap or else you don't believe, but if Basecamp is working for you, I'd pay the money instead of burning time on finding a substitute. (Said differently: what is your time worth to investigate and to port your data over the new system and/or to live with the losses while you h…

Interestingly, His name is "trustfundbaby."

However, it should be noted that he may be from another country where $24/month is extremely expensive.

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#7

Post by trustfundbaby »

noahc wrote: post #4
sokoloff wrote: post #3

I'm not a basecamp user, but if $24/mo is make-or-break, I'm not sure how much you believe in the startup. I'm not saying you must blindly buy crap or else you don't believe, but if Basecamp is working for you, I'd pay the money instead of burning time on finding a substitute. (Said differently: what is your time worth to investigate and to port your data over the new system and/or to live with the losses while you h…

Interestingly, His name is "trustfundbaby." However, it should be noted that he may be from another country where $24/month is extremely expensive.

> Interestingly, His name is "trustfundbaby."

Thats the joke. Get it?

Re: Any good alternatives to basecamp for a startup/side project?

#9

Post by trustfundbaby »

sokoloff wrote: post #3

I'm not a basecamp user, but if $24/mo is make-or-break, I'm not sure how much you believe in the startup. I'm not saying you must blindly buy crap or else you don't believe, but if Basecamp is working for you, I'd pay the money instead of burning time on finding a substitute. (Said differently: what is your time worth to investigate and to port your data over the new system and/or to live with the losses while you h…

> I'm not a basecamp user, but if $24/mo is make-or-break, I'm not sure how much you believe in the startup.

Many people believed in their startup and they still failed spectacularly ... so belief doesn't mean anything to me.

I like data, facts ... you know ... that sort of thing. So we're proceeding cautiously spending as little as we can till we see an opening, then we'll run like the wind.

Basecamp is nice, but its simply not worth $24/mo to us. For the money I'd spend on that in a year, I could get a html person to convert our designs into html/css so I don't have to do it ... thats worth more to me at this point.

Also, The plans go from free (0 projects) to Basic (15) ... surely there is a middle ground (4 ... 8 projects) there that is being missed ... not that they care, but I don't see why they'd pass up that revenue.

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