Alma Suite vs. Yamdu

My business is HR consulting. Best benefits: organize freelance consultants by projects and tasks.

Even for a small business like mine, Yamdu really felt like a one-stop shop for everything. It's hard to find a comprehensive software for film/video productions, but Yamdu has everything we need. The only thing that really held us back was the cost, ultimately. If anything, I would love a storyboarding feature that let you set the time per shot and build out a sequence in pre-production. I used Storyboarder for this currently and it's very helpful, especially for music videos, to be able to build out a storyboard, set a music/audio track to it, then play it back in real time and see the pacing of the shoot.

• Great for task administration.
• Customer service is friendly, pragmatic and always available.
• Organize freelance consultants by projects and tasks.

• Crewlists
• Callsheets
• Breakdowns

• Need to improve in the way it shows project development in time: Gantt chart, schedules, etc.

• More specific financial management reports.
• Creation of some instant messaging software for the team.

This is one of Yamdu's strongest points.

Better features for project development follow up than Asana and Wrike (previous choices)

At the time, there really wasn't anything else like Yamdu. Especially as, in Celtx's case, at that time they weren't doing Excel/CSV exports of shot lists in the A/V format, something we required for what we were shooting. I understand that StudioBinder has increased its featureset the past few years, but Yamdu always felt like the most robust option and more familiar with the film/tv world.

• Positive: Internal Communication and Collaboration

• Positive impact, centralized place with some good tools for film productions
• Negative impact, not that flexible and as expected and strict pricing policy with little flexibility