Basecamp vs Miro Comparison 2026
Both cover project management. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
Flat pricing that stops caring how big you get
The whiteboard remote teams actually open
At a glance
- Miro starts cheaper, at $10.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Basecamp | Miro | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $15 | From $10 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial (they differ) | 30 days | 14 days |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | None | None |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
Basecamp
Flat pricing that stops caring how big you get
Basecamp organises work as projects containing message boards, to-do lists, files and a chat room, and it has stayed close to that shape for twenty years. The reason to choose it is the pricing rather than the features: above a certain team size it is one flat monthly fee for everybody, and clients and guests are never billed at all. That makes it unusually easy to reason about for a studio that grows and shrinks. The free package runs a single project, which is a real way to test it rather than a demo.
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- Covers hiring & freelancers
Miro
The whiteboard remote teams actually open
Miro is an infinite canvas that a group can work on at the same time, and it became the default for planning work that does not fit in a document. For creators it earns its place on a content calendar laid out as a board, a video storyboard nobody has to rebuild in another tool, or a workshop run with a client who will never install software. The free plan holds three editable boards, which is enough to find out whether the format suits you. Paid plans are per member, so a collaborator costs the same as a founder.
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