# Basecamp vs Redmine (slim)

> Basecamp scores 67.9 (B) to Redmine's 50.2 (D) for issues and tasks. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Basecamp scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Redmine's 50.2 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Redmine leads on payments & pricing. Both do issues and tasks.

- Basecamp: B 67.9, rank #237 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/basecamp.min.md
- Redmine: D 50.2, rank #777 of 950 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/redmine.min.md
- Basecamp, good for Teams already on Basecamp that want an agent to create and complete to-dos, move cards, post messages and comments, and read overdue work and assignments, either through the CLI or the REST API. Ahead on Reliability, 74 against 69; Schema & documentation, 80 against 32; Agent ergonomics, 65 against 51; Security & auth, 67 against 51; Maintenance & community, 82 against 73; Transparency & trust, 79 against 47. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where Redmine loses 4 points for them.
- Redmine, good for Teams that already run Redmine or want a free, self-hosted tracker with issues, time entries and wikis under their own control. Ahead on Payments & pricing, 60 against 30. Also Open source.

| Category | Basecamp | Redmine |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 74 | 69 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 32 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 51 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 51 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 73 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 79 | 47 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Basecamp | Redmine |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | 37signals LLC | Redmine project |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://3.basecampapi.com` | no (local only) |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary service under the 37signals terms of service. The CLI, the SDKs and the OpenAPI spec on GitHub are MIT, and the API docs are CC BY-SA 4.0 | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-09-30 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-16 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-16 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | 286 stars, 3.1k npm/wk, 1.9k PyPI/wk | none |