Ziflow

Avantages

It's ease of use. The software is very intuitive and east to use.

Inconvénients

Would be great if the watermark feature embedded when you download the files from Ziflow

Avantages

Ease of project upload and proof checking both at client end and designer end.

Inconvénients

Nothing as such, it is a great tool for proof management.

Avantages

Ziflow makes it extremely easy for our creative projects to go through the various stages of approval in our highly regulatory environment. Their team is always quick to jump in to help us set up workflows or fix major issues we may encounter.

Inconvénients

There have been some updates that have made a couple of extra steps, for example when you upload a new proof, the page does not stay on the proof that I was previously working on and you have to do a search for it.

Avantages

Everyone involved in the project can review, comment, approve and collaborate in one place in a really efficient and effective way. This has resulted in less stress and time managing changes and proofing.

Inconvénients

Hard to pick one negative to be honest but sometimes proofs with a similar name can cause issues between Ziflow and ASANA so you need to be careful how you name files in both.

Alternatives envisagées 

Adobe Workfront

Pourquoi passer à Ziflow

Preferred the user interface

Avantages

We needed a proofing tool to streamline our approval process internally and externally. I like that we can do internal reviews before sending proofs to clients. This helps me train my Senior staff to pay more attention to details and make sure they're catching any issues with proofs before sending to the client. Clients love the ability to see previous versions. The software also allows for accountability on updates. We're able to track if updates were made for clients and if clients missed updates.

Inconvénients

Overall the product is very intuitive, but with so many options in the proofing proces, onboarding can be difficult at first and training clients can take some time. But once everyone is on the same page on how the process works, it's a great tool and worth the effort.

Alternatives envisagées 

ReviewStudio, PageProofS'ouvre dans un nouvel onglet, Hightail et Filestage

Pourquoi choisir Ziflow 

GoVisually was a great and simple tool, but it didn't have enough features to accomplish the proofing process we wanted. If Ziflow can't do what you need, you're likely not to find a proofing tool that can do what you need. Ziflow is very robust and feature-rich.

Pourquoi passer à Ziflow

Nothing was as feature rich/robust enough to do what we needed. Ziflow got us the exact proofing process we needed.

Avantages

The organization and ability to have all proofs and feedback in one place. The reduction in emails lowered my stress level and now my whole team plus the client are always on the same page.

Inconvénients

It takes a bit time to learn how to use it. The good news is the support is fantastic so if we struggle we can get help right away. Some things were easy to figure out but others were a little harder. It's a pretty robust system.

Avantages

Ziflow is a great solution for sending out proofs both internally and externally to clients, it allows clients to easily mark up changes so that everyone is on the same page.

Inconvénients

The only con I have is that some features are not available on all plan levels, and therefore makes its more expensive for small teams like myself.

Avantages

Ease of use, convenience in sharing, proofing and collaboration.

Inconvénients

Nothing major. Don't remember any major downtime.

Avantages

It's ease-of-use on the client side when not all clients are very tech-savvy. The commenting system and approval process makes it easier on the clients which in turn makes it easier on us.

Inconvénients

The only feature I would really love that isn't already here is the ability to have a discreet file download link to the final artwork. Clients can download the original proof file, but if you need to provide print-ready art with crop marks etc, then you will need to utilize a separate service to send them the final file.

Avantages

As an animator, it is simply genius to be able to look at the clients comment in real time and with every comment timestamped. As an added bonus, I love the fact that they can simply point to something and Ziflow automatically makes an arrow pointing to the right stop. Not everybody is good at explaining what to change, but Ziflow definitely makes the process faster and simpler.

Inconvénients

I wish you could replace a file in a version without having to create a new version. If for example you imported the wrong file or you realise you made a mistake, it would be good to be able to switch the file (at least before the artist complete their auto-evaluation.

Avantages

A solution that works in many languages (Japanese also!) A very intuitive and powerful solution to collaborate on marketing projects. Ziflow is efficient and helpful in collaborating with our clients and our team. Ziflow has an API included in the cost of the license

Inconvénients

Lake of colors separation (Pantone) but in the road map

Avantages

Workflows
Activity Log
Ease of use
Features such as auto compare/compare, checking against previous versions, comments etc. that makes life easy for the team

Inconvénients

When someone takes a decision on the tool, a report should come out of it client wise for analysis for the operations team

Avantages

The easy to use software. In a few steps the PDF is sent to the customer. The email's are quick en clean.

Inconvénients

The option to view the comments at page number as a general setting. It's frustrating to when I want to read the comments I have to set the comments to order on page instate of date.

Alternatives envisagées 

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Pourquoi passer à Ziflow

It's a fine product and I have a overview to the jobs.

Avantages

Ease of use, ease of comments and review,

Inconvénients

The new screen, like the old one but able to toggle back to old screen

Avantages

An essential tool for monitoring and approving more than 250 documents at the same time.

Inconvénients

Creating workflows is very difficult. No basis or example is available. No support either from the Ziflow team.

Avantages

I absolutely love the interface of Ziflow. It's so easy to use and has become an important tool for myself and my team's everyday projects.

Inconvénients

I wish it was easier for those who are on the proof to download a pdf version of the file.

Avantages

This software is easy to use and easy to adapt. Our clients love it.

Inconvénients

I think everything is great. I can't think of any updates I would recommend.

Avantages

I love that it keeps all proofs in one place and my clients can review changes throughout the various versions during the review process.

Inconvénients

Setting up projects can be incredibly confusing until you learn the differences between the stages and the roles of reviewers, decision makers. There have been a few times we have missed feedback/comments because we set proofs up with the wrong decision makers.