Basecamp
- Project organization
- Integrate with email
- To-do lists
- File & document sharing
- Agenda and calendar views
- Notifications and check-ins (what have you worked on today?)
- When responding to a task, you can close your browser window and come back without sending and your note will still be there
- Backup data to Google Drive or Dropbox
- View and respond to tasks by email
- Free for education purposes: sign up for 30-day free trial and email the developers from your CUNY email
Cons
- No recurring tasks or to-do lists
- No time tracking
- No reporting features to track employee contribution, deadlines, productivity, time spent per project, etc.
Asana
- Real-time changes
- Set priorities and due dates
- Automatic updates to email
- Custom views and calendars
- Multiple workspaces
- Free
- View progress reports
- Color code/highlight key tasks
- Boards feature that allows teams to organize and manage tasks efficiently
- Web-based so there is no software to install
- Add tasks by email and sync to your Google calendar or iCalendar
Integrates with
- Google Drive
- HipChat
- Github
- WordPress
Slack
- Real-time updates and notifications
- Flexible channels and set-up
- Supports file uploads
- Use via web browser or desktop app
- Integrations with 3rd party apps like IFTTT, Google Hangout, Dropbox, etc.
- Can switch between multiple Slack teams
- Low resource usage (small footprint; won’t hog memory)
- Solid privacy policy
- Video call feature
- Ability to set a status
Trello
- Clean, simple layout with easy to understand instructions
- Share links to boards and invite outside members to view or collaborate
- Easily print your boards to PDF for future reference in physical format
- Drag and drop functionality and stickers to enhance boards
- iPhone and Android app
- Unlimited cards can be made
- Backs up your data