B 
Basecamp
Deliberately unfashionable, and therefore hard to disrupt.
NOT REALLY
why this verdict
Keep paying — Anthropic has not replaced it
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the project mgmt job, so this one still earns its $15/mo.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Opinionated simplicity is a philosophy, not a feature list. Anthropic, February 24, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers not the job editorial call
- Parts of it. The job still needs the tool to get finished.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 1 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Trello.
- What the call is worth $180/yr
- $15/mo at the entry paid tier — $180 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- Anthropic
- Since
- February 24, 2025
- List price
- $15/mo
- Per year
- $180
The backstory
Basecamp sells a flat-priced, deliberately limited project tool with strong opinions about how teams should work. Its buyers are not comparing AI feature grids. The company's public scepticism of AI hype is itself part of the product positioning, and its customers appear to like it.
Escape hatches
L 
Linear For engineering-shaped work.
linear.app open_in_new T 
Trello Free and simple.
trello.com open_in_new1 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.