Adobe Workfront vs. ESTA

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Workfront
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Adobe Workfront, acquired by Adobe in late 2020, is a web-based project-management tool. It is designed for both IT and marketing teams, but can be implemented for any kind of project. Workfront offers all the features standard to project management platforms, as well as resource allocation, automation, and agile workflow.N/A
ESTA
Score 0.0 out of 10
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Pricing
Adobe WorkfrontESTA
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe WorkfrontESTA
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Adobe WorkfrontESTA
Considered Both Products
Adobe Workfront
Chose Adobe Workfront
Much increased functionality and templating aspects. While I liked JIRA's setup, the Workfront is so much more flexible. The moving away from Jira i was able to show the possibilities of what a full pm software could accommodate and how it all connected in. Also, the pluses of …
Chose Adobe Workfront
Ease of configuration seamless integration with other Adobe prodcuts
Chose Adobe Workfront
Adobe Commerce and Adobe Customer Journey Analytics
Chose Adobe Workfront
Microsoft 365 Business Premium
Chose Adobe Workfront
Adobe Workfront doesn't stack well with these other tools. monday.com and Airtable have great interfaces and are very easy to set up and use. That is what my team currently uses.
Chose Adobe Workfront
Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit (discontinued)
Chose Adobe Workfront
I like both Jira and Asana. They both help streamline campaign processes and provide visibility into the work being completed by multiple departments. However, with Workfront, it syncs with other Adobe products, giving it an edge over other products.
Chose Adobe Workfront
Adobe Workfront has been a great alternative to those other tools because it allows us to do everything the other tools can do, plus so much more.
Chose Adobe Workfront
Proofing was night and day. Automation doesn't compare.
Chose Adobe Workfront
AEM is a little bit easier to use. We selected Workfront as we already have a contract and relationship with Adobe through AEM services, and for integration purposes.
Chose Adobe Workfront
JIRA is better for the day to day type work that is done by individuals or teams, Adobe Workfront excels at the high level day to day work that is done by an entire organization.
Chose Adobe Workfront
Adobe Workfront reminds me of Filemaker Pro. Especially in the way you can customize it (and the way you have to build it - it's not an out of the box solution at all).
Chose Adobe Workfront
I like the look and feel for Adobe Workfront better. It's cleaner and easier to read my work order. Asana looks a bit TOO complicated to navigate and often time it's harder to find things.

But I do like Asana's tabs better than Adobe Workfront. I like Adobe Workfront's pin …
Chose Adobe Workfront
Adobe Workfront has far better reporting capabilities and communication options. It also has better and more in depth metaproperty options
ESTA

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Features
Adobe WorkfrontESTA
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Workfront
7.3
Ratings
5% below category average
ESTA
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Ratings
Task Management8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Resource Management7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts6.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Team Collaboration8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology6.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Document Management7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Email integration7.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access5.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking7.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Change request and Case Management7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Workfront
6.2
Ratings
22% below category average
ESTA
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Ratings
Quotes/estimates6.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Invoicing5.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Project & financial reporting6.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with accounting software5.80 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Adobe WorkfrontESTA
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
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Likelihood to Renew
6.5
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Usability
6.4
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Availability
9.1
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Performance
7.3
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Support Rating
10.0
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In-Person Training
5.0
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Online Training
8.9
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Implementation Rating
8.3
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Configurability
5.0
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Ease of integration
1.0
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Product Scalability
9.1
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Vendor post-sale
1.0
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Vendor pre-sale
1.0
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User Testimonials
Adobe WorkfrontESTA
Likelihood to Recommend
It works super well for creative brief intake and brand reviews. It took us more time than I'm willing to admit to get it all set up, but for our limited use case, it's working very well now. I'm not sure where it wouldn't be a good fit, honestly. As a newer user, it's still something I'm getting to know and learn.
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Pros
  • Fosters communication between team members.
  • Serves as a virtual "to do list" for me personally - I can track where I am with projects and what there is left to do, and when it's completed.
  • Sharing documents between team members that can be updated.
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Cons
  • Provide additional free training demonstrations
  • Allow more customization for hide unused tools
  • Allow nonusers to add requests, our organization has no need to add all 10,000+ team members to Adobe Workfront, but would like them to be able to send requests to our team
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Likelihood to Renew
Workfront is sometimes a bit clunky to use, but overall it works well for our teams when it comes to project management and collaboration across multiple, involved teams. It also has flexibility that allows us to adapt it to diverse use cases, some of which aren't necessarily always the first things that one would think of using workfront for.
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Usability
Workfront is overly complex, but it is functional as a tool to keep track of projects. It is a shame that sometimes it takes a lot of clicks to find anything. Workfront is slowly modernizing its interface but at the same time, hides certain information away thus making the experience feels worse.
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Reliability and Availability
Maintenance is required, but usually after work hours, Some days the proofing tool function is not operational, but this is a new function of the tool that WF is working out. the kinks on. Chrome is the best browser to use the system in and we find Firefox and Explorer lose some view functionality - Gantt Chart, Resource Grid
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Performance
I think overall, Adobe Workfront performs well. There have been some times when it doesn't load or run as quickly as our team would like. This is frustrating when it is such a crucial tool that our team utilizes on a daily basis. It can show our workflow when it lags.
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Support Rating
I know that this particular company has it's own Adobe Workfront employee that builds out things they need from the software, and meets with them regularly to troubleshoot. I'm not part of this process, but it's refreshing to see Adobe provide this level of customer service to people, and they're expedient.
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In-Person Training
It was from my boss, not a rep from AtTask.
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Online Training
The training is very easy to use and you can simply choose the topics included in the course(s) that are most important to your training needs. After each training course, you are tested on what you have learned. If you need a refresher course, they provide Course Catalogs as well as instructor-led courses & workshops.
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Implementation Rating
The most important thing that you can do when implementing Workfront is to have your back end data prepared ahead of time. What resources are in what departments? What amount of allocatable hours does each employee have? What are the cost models for each employee and resource? Having all of this information available will allow you to fully utilize Workfront's features.
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Alternatives Considered
Much increased functionality and templating aspects. While I liked JIRA's setup, the Workfront is so much more flexible. The moving away from Jira i was able to show the possibilities of what a full pm software could accommodate and how it all connected in. Also, the pluses of connectivity with the Adobe suite for our creative teams were excellent. From providing updates within other programs, it allowed a much more fluid working process and instant communication.
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Scalability
We have been using Workfront for about 3 years. During this time they continue to be a very stable project management system. Workfront's overall scalability is able to handle increased loads of work. When using Workfront for a project management tool for the web team, we store documents, images & video's without any issues. They work with their customer's to provide the best project management system in the market today! I highly recommend Workfront for all project management needs. Workfront strives to deliver unique technology solutions to growing companies!
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Return on Investment
  • Increased efficiency in threaded updates to Outlook emails - no time wasted looking for things in email vs Workfront - they automatically are in both places.
  • Time tracking allows us to average out how much time tasks & deliverable types take, allowing better long-term forecasting.
  • Planning has given us a system of record for campaigns, allowing us to easily find historic plans and/or view calendar views of upcoming ones.
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ScreenShots

Adobe Workfront Screenshots

Screenshot of Tasks in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Work Requests in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Review Functionality in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Adobe Workfront Planning