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Side-by-side comparison

Basecamp vs Linear

Complaint records and Risk Scores compared. Both are in the Project Management & Collaboration category.

Basecamp and Linear have identical Risk Scores (100/100). Read the complaint breakdowns below to compare the types of issues each product has accumulated.
Product A

Basecamp

Opinionated PM tool from 37signals with controversial leadership

100
Severe
out of 100
11 documented warnings
Project Management & Collaboration
Full Basecamp record →
Product B

Linear

The engineering-first project tracker — fast, opinionated, increasingly loved

100
Severe
out of 100
19 documented warnings
Project Management & Collaboration
Full Linear record →

Complaint category breakdown

Higher numbers in each row indicate more documented complaints in that category. Bold = more complaints than the other product.

Complaint type Basecamp Linear
BBB Complaints — 1
Lawsuits & Legal Action — —
Misleading Marketing 3 2
Customer Complaints 3 8
Churn & Retention 2 2
Billing Problems 2 3
Support Failures 1 3

Severity breakdown

Severity Basecamp Linear
Critical — —
High 4 —
Medium 5 10
Low 2 9

Read the full records

Basecamp full review → Linear full review → Basecamp complaints → Linear complaints →