If you want to start with simple, sensible, and supportable REAL project management you can succeed with VPMi Express ($5/user/month).
For most companies, VPMi Express is less then Basecamp, open source, and 1/10th the price of Daptiv Express - and oh so much more functional including:
- Project Management
- Issue Management
- Timesheets
- Document Management (including check in/out, versions)
- Project Financials (with Profit/Loss Calculations)
- Status Reporting
- Gantt Charts
- Filters and Reports
There are no hidden costs and never any charges for the number of projects, disk space, bandwidth, or some of the other nonsense I see out there.
When you are ready to step up to supply/demand resource management, governance, program management, Microsoft Project integration, and portfolio management you can instantly upgrade to VPMi Professional.
Both are free for first 30 days and we have an extensive video training collection to help you get started.
Some other things you might be interested to know about us:
- We use top of the line fully redundant Dell PowerEdge 1950 Servers with hot spares on-site
- All servers our housed in the US at CoSentry (our cage is right across from PayPal and Bank of America) – best datacenter in the US
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We use Iron Mountain and have a hot backup datacenter in St. Louis for every imaginable contingency
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All servers have dual gigabit connections and are monitored by an impressive network operating center with 24/7/365 support
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Only full time US employees with full background checks and security clearance/training ever provide support or have access to your sensitive production data
Your projects and your security are important. Please consider a $5/month investment in your project management an investment well spent.
PS: I know Basecamp is the darling of the press but honestly I am not impressed with their products, price, or infrastructure. Basecamp doesn’t hide passwords (right click on the Admin page and view source), has no Gantt view, no profit/loss, no task end dates, no task dependencies, and you can’t download your data if you ever want to switch.
This has been our life's work and we have 30,000 users around the world over the last 10 years.
I wish you luck in whatever you land on and you can feel free to write us with any questions you might have.
Warm Regards,
Nick Matteucci, Co-Founder VCSonline.com
VPMi = Simple Sensible Supportable SaaS Project Management
sales@vcsonline.com