Basecamp is a project management and team communication tool known for its deliberately simple, opinionated design: to-dos, message boards, schedules, documents and chat.

Does Basecamp include invoicing?

No. Basecamp focuses on project coordination and communication; billing and time invoicing are handled in separate tools.

How is bettro different?

bettro adds the commercial layer Basecamp omits: proposals, time tracking, invoicing and a client portal, all connected to the same client record.

Who should stay with Basecamp?

Teams whose main need is calm internal coordination — and who are happy handling proposals and invoices elsewhere — may prefer to stay.

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Looking for a Basecamp alternative?

Basecamp is dDeliberately simple project hubs — to-dos, message boards, schedules and group chat in one calm place — and for many teams that's exactly right. But if your studio's work starts where Basecamp's strengths end, it's worth looking at what a tool built for creative client work does differently.

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Why studios start looking beyond Basecamp

Nobody switches tools for fun. Studios usually start shopping when the tool they have was built for a different operating model than the one they run. With Basecamp, that tends to sound like:

Built for a different centre of gravity
Basecamp's strength is dDeliberately simple project hubs — to-dos, message boards, schedules and group chat in one calm place. If your week revolves around client delivery rather than that, the fit starts to strain.
The client experience is an afterthought
Studios tell us clients end up seeing internal boards, threads or portals that were never designed for them — and the studio ends up translating.
Commercial and delivery live apart
Proposals, time and invoices in one place; projects and client conversations in another. Reconciling them becomes someone's part-time job.
You assemble the studio system yourself
General tools are flexible by design, which means the studio's operating model has to be built and maintained — tTeams that want less software, not more, and value calm over configurability

What bettro does instead

bettro is a client workspace for creative studios: the relationship and the delivery in one place, with a client-facing side that's designed to be seen.

Client work needs proposals, time tracking and invoicing attached
Clients deserve a branded portal rather than a seat in your internal tool
You want the commercial and delivery story in one client record
A branded client portal, so clients see progress, files, decisions and invoices — never your internal workspace.
Leads, proposals, projects, meetings, time and invoices connected around one client record.

Switching from Basecamp: a checklist

Changing systems is mostly a data and workflow decision. Work through these before moving a live client.

1.Map Basecamp projects to bettro clients and projects
2.Decide which message-board threads are records worth keeping
3.Plan how clients move from project guests to portal users
4.Run one client end-to-end in bettro before migrating the rest — the workflow differences show up fastest in real work.

Questions about leaving Basecamp

What is Basecamp?: Basecamp is a project management and team communication tool known for its deliberately simple, opinionated design: to-dos, message boards, schedules, documents and chat.
Does Basecamp include invoicing?: No. Basecamp focuses on project coordination and communication; billing and time invoicing are handled in separate tools.
How is bettro different?: bettro adds the commercial layer Basecamp omits: proposals, time tracking, invoicing and a client portal, all connected to the same client record.
Who should stay with Basecamp?: Teams whose main need is calm internal coordination — and who are happy handling proposals and invoices elsewhere — may prefer to stay.

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