# Basecamp vs Trello (slim)

> Basecamp scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Trello's 61.1 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Trello leads on reliability. Both do tasks create. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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Basecamp scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Trello's 61.1 (C), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Trello leads on reliability. Both do tasks create.

- Basecamp: B 67.9, rank #197 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/basecamp.min.md
- Trello: C 61.1, rank #375 of 722 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/trello.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 Schema & documentation, 80 against 63; Agent ergonomics, 65 against 52; Security & auth, 67 against 62; Maintenance & community, 82 against 48. Also Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card.
- Trello, good for Teams already on Trello that want an agent to create and move cards, set owners and due dates, comment and react to changes through webhooks. Ahead on Reliability, 83 against 74.

| Category | Basecamp | Trello |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 74 | 83 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 80 | 63 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 52 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 67 | 62 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 82 | 48 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 79 | 80 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Basecamp | Trello |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | 37signals LLC | Atlassian (Trello, Inc.) |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://3.basecampapi.com` | `https://api.trello.com/1` |
| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| 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 | Proprietary service under the Atlassian Customer Agreement, with API use under the Atlassian Developer Terms |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-07 | 2026-09-15 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-16 | no date given |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-16 | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |
| Popularity | 286 stars, 3.1k npm/wk, 1.9k PyPI/wk | none |