Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Workfront
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
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
Kanban Tool
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Kanban Tool is a visual project management application based on Kanban that helps companies visualize workflow, track project progress, analyze and improve business processes. Some key features include: time tracking and time reports, real-time collaboration and Kaban analytics.
$6
per month per user
KanbanFlow
Score 7.3 out of 10
N/A
CodeKick AB headquartered in Swedenoffers KanbanFlow, a kanban organized project management and collaboration workspace.N/A
Pricing
Adobe WorkfrontKanban ToolKanbanFlow
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Kanban Tool Team
$6
per month per user
Kanban Tool Enterprise
$11
per month per user
Kanban Tool On-Site Team
$720
per year per 10-user pack
Kanban Tool On-Site Enterprise
$1,320
per year per 10-user pack
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe WorkfrontKanban ToolKanbanFlow
Free Trial
NoYesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Adobe WorkfrontKanban ToolKanbanFlow
Considered Multiple Products
Adobe Workfront
Chose Adobe Workfront
To manage the organization's work from project to project, the organization uses multiple project management solutions. In comparison to Jira, however, the only useful feature I found is the Gantt chart, which helps give a clear overview for multiple projects at once. Moreover, …
Chose Adobe Workfront
I wasn't with this company when the buying decision was made. However, Workfront replaced Mavenlink, and what I could gather is Mavenlink was liked by users, but the owners and administrators wanted more reporting and more automation.
For me, Workfront is far superior to MS …
Kanban Tool

No answer on this topic

KanbanFlow
Chose KanbanFlow
I really like the simplicity and the subtasks found in KanbanFlow. It seems to be the easiest tool to get clients not using another method to use this without any challenges on their part.

Trello has card dependencies, which is a nice touch. Trello also has a lot of add-ons, but …
Features
Adobe WorkfrontKanban ToolKanbanFlow
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Workfront
7.3
417 Ratings
6% below category average
Kanban Tool
6.3
13 Ratings
20% below category average
KanbanFlow
8.4
4 Ratings
8% above category average
Task Management8.6416 Ratings8.513 Ratings7.84 Ratings
Resource Management7.4374 Ratings6.48 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Gantt Charts6.5329 Ratings1.03 Ratings6.33 Ratings
Scheduling8.0368 Ratings6.411 Ratings4.84 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.5375 Ratings7.511 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Team Collaboration8.1398 Ratings6.413 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology6.8270 Ratings7.311 Ratings3.34 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology7.2278 Ratings3.96 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Document Management7.3376 Ratings6.59 Ratings8.03 Ratings
Email integration7.3318 Ratings7.39 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Mobile Access5.7308 Ratings8.510 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking7.8294 Ratings8.06 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Change request and Case Management7.3296 Ratings8.28 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management7.1254 Ratings3.04 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Workfront
6.2
239 Ratings
22% below category average
Kanban Tool
5.7
6 Ratings
30% below category average
KanbanFlow
9.7
3 Ratings
22% above category average
Quotes/estimates6.5132 Ratings5.55 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Invoicing5.9114 Ratings5.55 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Project & financial reporting6.6229 Ratings3.04 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Integration with accounting software5.8102 Ratings9.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
Adobe WorkfrontKanban ToolKanbanFlow
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(379 ratings)
8.5
(13 ratings)
8.0
(5 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
6.0
(61 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
6.4
(19 ratings)
9.1
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(9 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(12 ratings)
8.3
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.9
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.3
(10 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
5.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
10.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
1.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(3 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
1.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
1.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe WorkfrontKanban ToolKanbanFlow
Likelihood to Recommend
Adobe
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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Shore Labs
Kanban is well suited for a fast-paced working environment for larger teams who want continuous communication with users. Kanban is good for rapid development and daily meetings for updates and statuses. Kanban is less suited for smaller teams or groups who don't require collaboration and constant communication with involved users. Kanban is time-consuming and it takes additional effort outside of your regular work to maintain and manage the tool.
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CodeKick AB
Most of the project management software in existence today is focused on agile/sprint based processes. If your team happens to use Kanban instead, KanbanFlow is one of the best options for tracking work. It's quick to get started and learn and has a manageable feature set that won't overwhelm anyone.
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Pros
Adobe
  • 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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Shore Labs
  • It provides a good basic overview of where tasks are on a timeline (particularly helpful for a pull-based approach).
  • It provides a good collaborative space to have multiple folks commenting on multiple tasks.
  • It does a good job of managing very basic visual elements of an agile development cycle.
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CodeKick AB
  • Project monitoring with detailed management reports.
  • Keep the team organized, focused on projects and demonstrate your goals in the tool.
  • Simultaneous collaboration of the team in activities.
  • Intuitive and user-friendly interface to use. Ease of learning how to use the tool.
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Cons
Adobe
  • 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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Shore Labs
  • Kanban does not show the task or story clearly. You have to open the project separately to view the details of the project.
  • Kanban gives a higher level project management view but it lacks customization and personal settings features.
  • I would like to see Kanban provide mobile access to their tool, data, and board. This would be very useful for all companies and provide an increase in efficiency and productivity.
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CodeKick AB
  • I'm not sure if it has this or not because I've only been using it for about 6 months but we haven't quite figured out how to archive things. We have lots of data on that main page from Q3 and Q4 of last year but we need to figure out how to get it away from our main page so we can focus on new things this quarter
  • I know when I was first added there were a few things the admin had to do in order to do that. All I remember is that it wasn't simple for them to get me hooked up. They had to do a few steps and then I was granted access. I don't know what exactly but I had to wait.
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Likelihood to Renew
Adobe
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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Shore Labs
We are more likely than not to renew our use of Kanban. Even with its limits, it still is a good product that fulfills our needs.
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CodeKick AB
No answers on this topic
Usability
Adobe
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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Shore Labs
The integration with Teams is well suited. This works wonderful for my
company. Our team can easily prioritize tasks based on their importance.
It help our team identify and reduce inefficiencies in workflow. With
great visibility in data our team can make informed decisions. Ensuring
clear accountability and responsibility of team members
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CodeKick AB
No answers on this topic
Reliability and Availability
Adobe
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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Shore Labs
No answers on this topic
CodeKick AB
No answers on this topic
Performance
Adobe
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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Shore Labs
No answers on this topic
CodeKick AB
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Adobe
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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Shore Labs
This is the best tool I had a chance to work with- since I started to use it I saved a lot of time and I made my work go smoothly.
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CodeKick AB
No answers on this topic
In-Person Training
Adobe
It was from my boss, not a rep from AtTask.
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Shore Labs
No answers on this topic
CodeKick AB
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Adobe
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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Shore Labs
No answers on this topic
CodeKick AB
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Adobe
Most people learn as you go, a lot of this stuff requires trial and error throughout so my suggestion is to provide as much information in the upfront and keep it as simple as possible. You can add other tools and features as you go but everyone should have the basics down so no bad habits can start to develop. Be persistent with everyone, and don't be afraid to correct and talk through steps again so everyone is on the same page
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Shore Labs
No answers on this topic
CodeKick AB
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Adobe
Adobe Workfront blows the other systems out of the water. It just delivers more - out of the gate, and at every quarterly update. Innovation is top of mind, and meeting customers' needs is key. We have been extremely satisfied with Workfront and look forward to all the new features on the horizon, especially AI.
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Shore Labs
We've only tried JIRA Agile and KanbanFlow before. Kanban Tool was the one that our team actually liked and enjoyed working with. Also - it's been much easier to get started with and to understand than some of the other two (JIRA in particular). Although JIRA has many more features that we would have possibly used, the user feedback on it was so poor we were afraid that the negativity would create time wasted and less "job satisfaction" amongst the team.
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CodeKick AB
I really like the simplicity and the subtasks found in KanbanFlow. It seems to be the easiest tool to get clients not using another method to use this without any challenges on their part. Trello has card dependencies, which is a nice touch. Trello also has a lot of add-ons, but I find them to be a little glitchy. Kanban Tool has really nice reporting and analytics.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Adobe
As I stated earlier, I didn't have to pay for Workfront myself- I'm a user under a large organization. I know it's not cheap to implement, I don't know how the price scales for a small-business, but I do like the product enough that I'm going to look into it in the future for my own company.
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Shore Labs
No answers on this topic
CodeKick AB
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Adobe
Our organization has thousands of users that use Workfront and it seems to hold up very well. I have not encountered any issues using it and I think it makes it very easy for multiple people to be involved in a project and keep things organized and clear for everyone involved.
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Shore Labs
No answers on this topic
CodeKick AB
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Adobe
  • Resource Management - Year over year, we were able to validate time and money saved by the implementation of Workfront by more than 2%, saving in non-working dollars and 9% savings in working media dollars.
  • Organization Restructuring and Automation- We also restructured our teams and implemented automation based on our analysis of how and what we spend our time on and the ROI for our respective business units.
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Shore Labs
  • Better communication and organization of ongoing projects.
  • We are a very small team, with many areas to work on. Having everything in one system gives us a lot of visibility.
  • Greatly reduced costs from using other tools that were much more expensive.
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CodeKick AB
  • Creating visibility of the status of all open work items
  • Allowed for self-service ownership of projects by stakeholders
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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

Kanban Tool Screenshots

Screenshot of Visual project management tool - Kanban board from Kanban Tool.Screenshot of The collection of Power-Ups form Kanban ToolScreenshot of Kanban Tool board example, with My Work widget, Recurring and Postponed Tasks visible in the side panel. User's own background selected.Screenshot of Kanban Tool  board example. Default light theme applied.Screenshot of Kanban Tool - an open card view, with comments in the side panel. The choice of what fields show on cards is with the user.Screenshot of Kanban Tool's free Power-Ups  for user's own activation.