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    Adobe Workfront

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AAdobe 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

    Wrike

    Score8.5 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Wrike is a collaborative work and project management platform designed for enterprise organizations, built on the vendor's Wrike Work Intelligence® Graph data model. The platform provides a shared system for teams to plan, execute, and monitor projects across the enterprise, offering specialized modules for marketing, creative, product development, and professional services teams. Wrike Strategic Portfolio Management powered by Shibumi® (Wrike SPM) is an add-on module to the Wrike platform that…

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    Pricing
    Adobe WorkfrontWrike
    Editions & Modules
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    Wrike Free
    $0
    per month per user
    Wrike Team
    $10
    per month (billed annually) per user (2-15 users)
    Wrike Business
    $25
    per month (billed annually) per user (5-200 users)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe WorkfrontWrike
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Every premium plan begins with a 14-day trial period.
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe WorkfrontWrike
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    Workfront is more robust and versatile than Asana and Smartsheets, which is why we did not go with those tools. It is pretty comparable to Wrike in many ways. We use Workfront over Wrike because we are set up in Workfront already.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    We also use Wrike and Asana. Workfront is way better for in-depth reporting compared to Asana, but lacks the intuitive task management that Asana offers. Asana is just easier to use. Workfront is night and day better than Wrike in almost every aspect. Better reporting, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    This is apples and oranges. Wrike is an easy-to-use tool but now feels very basic compared to Workfront. It was too simplified for our needs, and did not allow us to break down large, high-level projects to the steps that we needed. Workfront allows for a lot more details and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    We have used Wrike - when we used it, it was not as advanced, but it may be updated now. We chose Workfront for its robust options - project and task management, resource management, financial and scope management, reporting, workflows, etc. Workfront is flexible in that you …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    Workfront beats them all hands down. Asana was too simplistic for our needs, Wrike was very clunky and didn't handle the finances very well. Clarizen didn't have document approvals and collaboration that we needed. Workfront was a great mix of ease of use, complexity, and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    I have used Jira, Trello, Microsoft Project, Excel, many task list mgmt. apps (Todoist, RTM, etc.), podio, wrike, and paper. I have never found a project management tool that can accomplish bringing corporate people all into the same system as well as workfront (for large …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    Adobe is very intuitive in its workflow automation and creation of the task workflows that can be used as templates for employees. That is harder to create in Teams unless there is [the] integration of another Microsoft product and more time spent on it by an IT professional. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    I would find that feature-to-feature comparisons and extensive features put Workfront at the same class level as Workamajig. It may come down to preferences and UX of the platform that would make for the ultimate decision on which to go with for project management needs. Asana …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    I am a consumer of Workfront for a couple of years now and am a major defender of this venture and the board apparatus for a few reasons. 1) I think that it's exceptionally natural for clients to utilize. 2) It is effectively tweaked dependent on the requirements of your …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    Workfront has better integration into the tools we use, like Adobe Creative Suite, Outlook, Salesforce, and our CMS and DAM. We needed a solution that could work well with our MarCOMM Stack and didn't need a whole lot of support. Although we're a small shop (license-wise) …
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    I haven't really used the other systems. I have only researched them and compared them against each other. I chose Workfront because I felt like the UX/UI and the breadth of what Workfront offers far outweighed the opposition.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    Workfront is more customizable and has better prioritization and reporting
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    When shopping for a project management system, Workfront was the clear winner for our group. The proofing tool, mobile app and product features were far superior to all other products we reviewed and saw demos of.
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    I prefer workfront but Service Now has better reports
    Incentivized
    Chose Adobe Workfront
    The team collaboration and communication tools won over our users!
    Incentivized
    Wrike
    Chose Wrike
    Ultimately, the choice between Wrike and Adobe Workfront will depend on the specific needs and requirements of your organization. If you are looking for a more comprehensive project management tool that includes features for team collaboration and integrations with other tools, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    Wrike is definitely more user-friendly than Workfront and more comprehensive than monday.
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    I think Wrike is better than both because it gives you more fields to clearly explain what is needed. I also like the email automation better on Wrike.
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    Wrike is a stronger platform, faster, easier to use, and better suited for our needs. it checks almost all the boxes where as almost every other platform has significant holes in the product.
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    They all have pros and cons, but Workfront is the most robust, while Asana is the middle ground for affordability that meets all our teams’ needs.
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    Wrike always works - it's always up-to-date, never down, and our one source of truth.
    I wish the mobile version of Wrike was more usable, but that's the only thing where Wrike may not be the front runner.
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    For its ease of use, Better project management, Project/task view, Ease of coordination with colleagues, its vertical layout for project updates and comments, and Logical layout.
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    So much better! It's so much easier to manage projects and tasks in Wrike. Input is easier, finding work and documents is easier. Everything about it is better. I would literally walk away from the computer in frustration at times while trying to find or add things to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    I like that Wrike is more simple. The walled garden approach of work front causes more issues than it solves.
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    wrike gets really granular with tasks and ownership, and allows you to automate particular project mechanics that other software does not do. Wrike is also very collaborative, with the ability to manage your own dashboard or create one for others that allows to easily …
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    We have not used Workfront enough to make a fair comparison. It just rolled out for us last month.
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    Wrike is competitive by offering a wide range of integrations with other popular tools and apps, allowing you to sync data, collaborate in familiar settings, and maximize efficiency. Its integration with apps like
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    I used Workfront at a previous job and found it to be overly complex and not user-friendly. I also used Jira, which I did not find as intuitive as Wrike. However, Jira did have a very useful capability to run reports on each project, showing the time that each contributor …
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    Wrike feels more cohesive with a wholistic approach. This is because to things like email notifications, scheduling capabilities, etc.
    Asana manages tasks well but feels like the daughter or son of Wrike, as it doesn't have as many features. Depending on your purposes, one may …
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    Wrike is better than average for detailed projects across multiple teams with multiple stakeholders, and for longer term projects like campaigns, with a lot of moving parts. It does require each user have more training to avoid breaking a small piece that throws the whole thing …
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    Wrike was as easy to use as any other online workflow management platform I have used. It was a very quick setup and quick training time vs other platforms I have used, which is a big advantage. It is a pleasure to use it and I would use it again.
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    Workfront was NOT user-friendly. It required extensive customization and user feedback was that it took a lot to upskill to use. Wrike won in the ease of use for our people.
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    Hands down Wrike works better for our team's needs. I have tried many PM tools, and Wrike is by far my preference. To the point that at my current job, I requested it in the interview process.
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    Over the last 7 years we have utilized several project management solutions and yet none of them could compare to the ease of implementation and the speed with which resources could ramp up as we found with Wrike. Our PMO credits the extreme simplicity yet fully functioned UI …
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    The advantage compared to MS Project is that Wrike is one tool, while MS Project needs Teams for conversation and is usable for project management, but not for task management and assigning. onepoint PROJECTS and Workfront are similar to Wrike. The decision for Wrike was a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    Wrike's interface is much easier to use and the ability to see projects move through the team to completion has been a game-changer for our team.
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    Here is why we went with Wrike over other tools:
    • Workfront - Wrike was a better price point at our usage level. It is more flexible and could be customized around our type of work. It is also faster to use
    • Asana - Wrike is much more robust in my opinion. Asset management, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    On a scale from 1 to 10, Wrike is a 7. It does online Agile PM tracking but has limited baselining, RoadMapping, and Gannt functionality.
    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    We switched from Asana in 2014 to Workfront because, at the time Asana had a wonderfully simple user experience, but lacked in-depth reporting and dynamic project templates.

    Incentivized
    Chose Wrike
    Wrike feels a lot like a more powerful Asana. And Workfront - well - we had a lot of issues with that system. It may have just been too big for our needs, but Wrike felt just right for an organization of our size with our needs.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    125 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    572 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
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    94%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    394 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
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    90%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Adobe WorkfrontWrike
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Adobe Workfront and Wrike
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    7.3
    421 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Wrike
    7.9
    977 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Task Management8.4421 Ratings9.1971 Ratings
    Resource Management7.3379 Ratings7.7840 Ratings
    Gantt Charts6.6331 Ratings7.3687 Ratings
    Scheduling8.0372 Ratings8.3852 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.5377 Ratings8.0843 Ratings
    Team Collaboration8.0400 Ratings8.8970 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology7.0271 Ratings7.9549 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology7.2279 Ratings8.0497 Ratings
    Document Management7.3378 Ratings7.5822 Ratings
    Email integration7.2323 Ratings7.9735 Ratings
    Mobile Access5.7312 Ratings7.5711 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking7.7299 Ratings7.5461 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management7.3300 Ratings7.723 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management7.2258 Ratings6.7356 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Adobe Workfront and Wrike
    Feature
    Adobe Workfront
    6.3
    240 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Wrike
    7.3
    365 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Quotes/estimates6.6133 Ratings8.21 Ratings
    Invoicing6.1115 Ratings6.629 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting6.8230 Ratings7.4360 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software5.9103 Ratings6.9221 Ratings
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    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe WorkfrontWrike
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (474 ratings)
    8.4
    (1012 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.6
    (63 ratings)
    8.5
    (109 ratings)
    Usability
    6.4
    (19 ratings)
    8.4
    (348 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    8.4
    (24 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    6.6
    (21 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (12 ratings)
    9.5
    (93 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.9
    (4 ratings)
    8.4
    (13 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.3
    (10 ratings)
    9.9
    (37 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (16 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (7 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    8.2
    (15 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe WorkfrontWrike
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    Since I work remotely from my laptop, when I am finished with work, I enter my hours and submit my time at the end of the week. It's quick, it's easy, and it helps me keep a record of how many hours of vacation and sick time I have used. But when I am on the go, it is a hassle to record my time on my phone because of the lack of responsive design.
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    Wrike
    Wrike helped us stitch PMO-related activities under one umbrella. The easy collaboration with multiple access types, combined with security access definitions, helped users across the organization contribute according to their roles. This helped provide the organization with multiple items to be reviewed in a single tool. This saved time in weekly review meetings by avoiding switching between multiple tools & files.
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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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    Wrike
    • Excellent dashboards that are easy to use and give amazing insights.
    • User friendly interface that is also easy to interact with.
    • Lot of integrations.
    • Robust project and task management features.
    • Facilitate seamless team collaboration and communication.
    • Highly customizable and multiple project views.
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • The product itself is very complicated and difficult to be stood up
    • Sharing and proofing workflows require multiple steps and layers
    • It may just be my organization, but the build feels a bit clunky and difficult to navigate, which deters many teams from using the tool effectively
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    Wrike
    • Email alerts sometimes send too slowly.
    • If you put a project on hold, it can be hard to find it once you are ready to return to it.
    • Sometimes there are too many steps/tasks and the main page can get cluttered.
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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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    Wrike
    I wish that Wrike had more drag and drop functionality that would be connected to assignee and also I wish that the finish date of a task would update to the date where you checked completed. It does not do that. Also finishing a task doesn't move the start date of the next task it "protects your time in that way", but our management team wants us to quickly see what we have down the pipeline rather than having to scroll down the list of upcoming tasks.
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    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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    Wrike
    We have project templates set up based on what job type is selected in our work request form. This helps save time by having specific tasks already on each job as it is opened. Then it's just a matter of scheduling the tasks based on the job request and current workload. As long as a due date is flexible, it's easy to shift specific due dates as needed.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    I have found that Adobe Workfront is a reliable resource, because in the post 6 years of using it, rarely has it been unavailable to our team. I think I could count on one hand the number of times the site has been down over my time using it with my team.
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    Wrike
    Over two years of (almost) daily usage without outages. Don't remember any errors. I give it 9 only because some Wrike plugins (for online document edit) are based on NPAPI architecture. These types of plugins are being phased out in new browsers, and NPAPI plugins are disabled by default in recent versions of Chrome so you have to do some browser adjustments when you switch browsers or move to another computer.
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    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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    Wrike
    Wrike tasks loads fine, but I hate clicking files and wait for a bit of time since it is powerpoint or word, Wrike assumes I want to open those on Wrike. My suggestion is to link it to office 365 so we do not need Wrike based decoder for PPTX and DOCX
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    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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    Wrike
    During my learning phase with Wrike, I initially struggled with setting up automation rules and request forms. However, Wrike support was always my go-to, resolving issues within seconds or minutes. Their assistance made the learning process much easier. My best experience was receiving step-by-step screenshots to follow, with the support team on standby until I was completely satisfied.
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    In-Person Training
    Adobe
    It was from my boss, not a rep from AtTask.
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    Wrike
    We had staff in person provide some training
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    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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    Wrike
    I love the Wrike training options. Wrike Discover has tons of courses, learning plans, certifications, etc. This is an area where Wrike definitely shines! I wish these resources were more in your face for new people, because it seems like a lot of coworkers didn't know all of this training was available to them.
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    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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    Wrike
    There are a lot of bells and whistles in Wrike, and not all of it is easy or intuitive to understand once it's plopped in your lap. It's easier when there are a few choice people who understand Wrike as a platform and articulate it in such a way where it makes it easy to pass it along to others in the group
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    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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    Wrike
    Jira did not at all help us get our work done as content creators. I think that was because Jira wasn't quite right for our uses. Wrike fits our needs so much better. I can't tell you enough the relief I felt when we adopted Wrike and I never had to use Jira again.
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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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    Wrike
    company purchase
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    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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    Wrike
    The sky is the limit for what can be done in Wrike. We started with 1 use case and within 5 months we migrated several key business practices over to Wrike because they were easier to manage. Use cases so far: process improvement, management review, corrective actions, maintenance requests, month-end financial closing, and document management. As we grow, it's easy to imagine putting even more into Wrike where it becomes a cornerstone for how we do business
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    Professional Services
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Wrike
    I do not use professional services.
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • 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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    Wrike
    • Different teams (e.g., contracting, compliance, provider relations) can view updates in real time, comment directly on tasks, and escalate items when needed.
    • Wrike allows us to template the contracting process (from intake to signature) to ensure consistency across payers and reduce administrative overhead.
    • Leadership can see the status of negotiations at a glance, identify bottlenecks, and prioritize resources accordingly.
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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

    Wrike Screenshots

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