A couple of problems I’m seeing at the moment -

Date stamps on entrys are incorrect – to the extent that if I choose a completion date it will have moved it back by one day when I view the item later. The ActiveCollab site says they are working on this.

Uploading anything other than the smallest of files fails to complete. Also there’s no way of knowing how close to completion the upload is.

Still, for free beta software it’s off to a good start. I used to have a Basecamp acccount but just didn’t use it enough to justify the expense. Being able to host the service on my own site is very cool.

Creating projects is quick and can be done with minimal information.

Then you can easily add or edit tasks, people, time or budget estimates, notes, documents, etc. on the project at your convenience – from a simple edit screen or from a various “live” places within the software.

It also a lot of the things you mentioned in your review, specifically, things like collaborative issues/message thread area, easy document management, sophisticated permissions and notes on tasks.

A detailed screen-shot tour is available on the website.

You can also go to site itself and ask for access to a live demo system to try it out. (Here is the direct link http://www.vertabase.com/contact.html.) You’ll receive an email with the access information.

If you like ease-of-use and quick and easy set-up but are looking for more “serious” project management functionality, but still want quick and easy set-up, sophisticated permissions, notes, collaborative issues and ease of use take a look at our product, Vertabase Pro (http://www.vertabase.com).

Creating projects is quick and can be done with minimal information.

Then you can easily add or edit tasks, people, time or budget estimates, notes, documents, etc. on the project at your convenience – from a simple edit screen or from a various “live” places within the software.

It also a lot of the things you mentioned in your review, specifically, things like collaborative issues/message thread area, easy document management, sophisticated permissions and notes on tasks.

A detailed screen-shot tour is available on the website.

You can also go to site itself and ask for access to a live demo system to try it out. (Here is the direct link http://www.vertabase.com/contact.html.) You’ll receive an email with the access information.