Best free or cheap project management software? Myself, partner, workers

[LegitAM]

Hey guys, we're on the hunt for a good project management software that will allow us to update different phases of orders internally between myself, a partner, and our different laborer tasks.

We currently utilize a google excel doc where we just mark "X" for the phase (setup as a column) that is completed, however we'd like something more effective and text based.

I've tried basecamp before, but I'm not quite sure how much i like it. What are other alternatives?

 

[natewitt]

Google it moron

 

[mont7071]

Check out smartsheet.com, its simple to use, basically works like an online shared spreadsheet, with some nice advantages over Google docs.

 

[hakkairu]

 

[geomark]

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