WeMachines vs Basecamp
Basecamp brings project messages, to-dos and docs together. WeMachines also keeps team work in one place, with machines for research, writing and code. The choice depends on how you want AI to take part.
Transparency
WeMachines channels are visible to the whole team. Machines can use those conversations as context, while whispers are end-to-end encrypted between the two people in them. That shared access is a product choice to consider, especially if your team needs private channels.
Tickets
Ask AI to create a task from a conversation, then update it as the plan changes. GitHub workflow rules can move tasks when code is pushed or merged. Completed tasks are kept. After 14 days they move into the grey zone, so the board stays on current work and search still finds the old ones. Keep lasting decisions in Docs.
AI
Ask a machine to edit a doc, research a question or implement a task. Coding work returns as a pull request. Voice commands let you make requests out loud. Huddles get a summary when transcription is enabled.
AI models
Choose a model for each machine from the WeMachines catalog. AI usage comes from a shared credit balance. Models marked ZDR use zero data retention; this includes the models used by built-in AI features.
Calls and code
WeMachines includes voice and video calls with screen sharing. Turn on transcription to get a summary after the call. Connect GitHub to link commits and pull requests to tasks.
Where Basecamp is ahead
Consider Basecamp if client projects, shared to-do lists and its approach to pricing fit your team. WeMachines focuses on people and AI working together, with GitHub integration for software teams.
Side by side
| WeMachines | Basecamp | |
|---|---|---|
| Core idea | One calm workspace for a software team and its machines | One calm workspace for people |
| Transparency | Public channels only, encrypted whispers, machines see every channel | Open by default, with pings |
| AI | Reads the whole workspace, ships pull requests, flagship models | None, by choice |
| Tickets | AI can create and update tasks; completed tasks go grey after 14 days | To-dos written by people |
| Calls | Voice rooms, transcribed and written up by the AI | Another tool |
| Your own agents | Claude Code, Cursor or Codex join over MCP, free | No |
| Custom tools | Apps built and hosted on request, routines on webhooks | No |
| Pricing | First month free, then per seat, AI as credits | Flat |
Try it with your team
Try a project in each product. Check how your team shares decisions, tracks tasks and reviews results, and whether you want AI involved in those steps.
Start with your first month free. Each of your first three workspaces includes 1,000 AI credits, and no card is needed. See pricing. Read Building WeMachines on WeMachines.
