All this does not preclude Zoho Projects from being a useful cloud tool -- but you will need to know exactly what you are willing to pay when you explore this product.

Overall, these three tools each offer unique ways to help you manage your time and projects.

AceProject is by far the most comprehensive and granular in nature, but for organizations that are looking for more collaboration than project management, it may be too much.

Basecamp is much more about the collaboration, and if that's what you are looking for, it's a great tool that lets you do just that. It doesn't get in the way with a lot of cumbersome project tracking.

Zoho Project is closer to to AceProject in functionality and while it provides a streamlined and easy interface, its pricing plans are complicated enough to warrant closer inspection when considering this cloud solution.