With the proper server setup, no doubt you can get decent performance out of ActiveCollab. I’m thinking that on a dedicated quad core with SSD drives ActiveCollab should be quite sprightly. For the connection it also helps if the server were in country with a 20 MS ping time or less.

Why ActiveCollab is so sloppy, I have no idea. Even Basecamp in Chicago to Europe is not nearly so slow.

Hi Nirav,

We’ve actually completed stage one and are using it in-house as an add on tool to Basecamp at this point.

In the meantime, 37signals have released a lot of the missing functionality (project templates, todo list dates), so the pressure to move is not as high as it was. We will be releasing our add on soon: it’s called Ascent List.

We stand by to turn Ascent List into a full fledged solution if 37signals drop the ball again.

Thanks for asking!

@Alec: How are things moving along with the project? Did you release it?

With respect to AC performance I’ve found that with an excellent network connection and the proper server setup, the system works pretty well.

As others have said, AC will have to substantially improve its performance to be considered an alternative too – but for as long as alternatives are thin on the ground I guess it is viable on the ‘something is better than nothing’ test.

Regarding the site (www.esolveoffice.com), do you have any specific suggestions?

Thx –

Guy

I must say your website is unattractive as well. Certainly does not inspire confidence.

We are running a limited-time promotion that includes a 50% discount. With this offer, the entry-level version is $49/month, and includes unlimited projects and users. This pricing is very favorable and competitive with other online Project Collaboration solutions, but the benefit is the custom nature of the solution.

Dr. Guy Cortesi
President
eSolve Solutions, Inc.

We do allow users from Business 2 plans on to create custom domains, in these plans as well we also remove any TeamworkPM branding.

Sorry to hear about the import issue, you could try importing again as we may have fixed the issue you had. If not we could take another look at it and see whats causing the problems. There are a painful amount of things that can go wrong when importing over but we have managed to get a lot of people across with all their projects.

Sam

Thanks for stopping by.

You have definitely put a good effort in adding a lot of the features that people clamour for in Basecamp.

We actually tested teamworkpm.net very early but not even one project was brought over properly (i.e. your importer choked on the first project).

Thanks for the heads up on the API issue with files. We’ve kept our files external for that reason, but the links still won’t be in the projects. Very dastardly on the Signals part.

Do you allow people to manage projects on their own domains? i.e. http://projects.foliovision.com?

If you could add that kind of a feature, you’d probably find a lot of enthusiastic takers. And it’s not as difficult to manage as it sounds at first.

Typepad calls it domain mapping, and while they do rather a poor job of it, it can be implemented successfully.

Cordial regards,

Alec

We also decided 2 years ago to go about making our own product, back then the main reason was the lack of end dates on tasks, it just made it impossible to plan projects. So we went away and built our our system with all the fetures we felt were missing from Basecamp. Recently we added a Basecamp import tool but it’s stll 50/50 with bringing all projects over from basecamp as they do alot of thing differently from us so it’s a bit hit a miss but we are working through the issues all the time with the importer. There is also no way to bring over files as this section has been kept out their API full stop.

Still if your looking for a place to plan your projects while your building your own system let me know and I will sort you out with a good deal.
All the best and good luck with the build.

Sam