Basecamp is a calm-company project tool built around 6-week Shape-Up cycles and to-do lists. SprintFlint is sprint-first for engineering teams: story points, velocity, capacity, retros, and MCP editor integrations — designed for the way agile teams actually ship.
| Factor | SprintFlint | Basecamp |
|---|---|---|
| Primary unit | Sprint (1–4 weeks) | 6-week Shape-Up cycle / project |
| Story points | First-class, with velocity rolled forward | Not native — to-dos with no estimation |
| Velocity tracking | Auto, capacity-aware | Not native |
| Retrospectives | Native module per sprint, action tracking | Hill Charts and check-ins, not retros |
| Burndown | Live per sprint | Not present (Hill Charts are progress-shape, not point-burndown) |
| AI / editor integration | First-class MCP server, 9 editor pages | API exists; agentic / MCP-style integration not standard |
| Pricing | £5/user/month flat | $15/user/month (or $299/month flat for unlimited) |
"We loved Basecamp for the rest of the company but were running our engineering sprints in a Notion database off to the side. Switching to SprintFlint just for engineering meant we could leave the marketing team in Basecamp and have a real sprint tool for the people who needed one."
— Head of Engineering, 14-person product team
Basecamp is a great tool — for non-engineering teams or shops that have committed to Shape Up. If your engineers run sprints, story points, velocity, retros, and MCP integrations are the wiring you actually need. £5/user/month flat.
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