First of all, it is easy to use. Setting up a new project, adding team members, creating to-do lists are all simple. It also makes sense. Basecamp takes the step you usually go through in a project - setting milestones, task lists, sharing information with clients, and offers it in a way that makes sense even for the non-technical.
Basecamp offers some additional features - chat, "writeboards" which are collaborative text files with revision tracking and the option of hosting uploaded files on your own server, thus theoretically giving you unlimited storage.
But the real killer is the dashboard. The dashboard shows all of the important information from all of your projects in one easy display. With one glance you can see what has changed, what tasks are pending, and which milestones are approaching.
Basecamp really makes sense for small to medium groups that don't need to set permissions by file or area (once you give access to a project, team members have full permissions).
How it compares to Sharepoint: Sharepoint is much more flexible, from the way your workspace can be setup, to the permissions you grant team members. Basecamp is more basic, but much more user-friendly (and cheaper) than Sharepoint.
How it compares to Groove: Apples to Oranges - Groove is mainly P2P (peer to peer) while Basecamp is server-based. Oddly enough, however, on Basecampt you can't designate a file as "checked out" so that others know you are editing it. Of course, you can't on a P2P application either...
Basecamp plans run from $12 to $149 a month and they give you a 30 day free trial, during which you can upgrade or downgrade.
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