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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ShotGrid

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AShotGrid is a production management and review toolset for VFX, animation, and games teams. ShotGrid is equipped to handle creative production tracking needs, supporting teams from large to smaller studios.

    $45

    per month per user

    Expesite (discontinued)

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AAccruent offers Expesite as a project management platform focusing on the needs of real estate developers, construction, and facilities maintenance.N/A
    Pricing
    ShotGridExpesite (discontinued)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ShotGridExpesite (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    ShotGridExpesite (discontinued)
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Autodesk ShotGrid and Expesite (discontinued)
    Feature
    Autodesk ShotGrid
    -
    Ratings
    Expesite (discontinued)
    5.3
    1 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Autodesk ShotGrid and Expesite (discontinued)
    Feature
    Autodesk ShotGrid
    -
    Ratings
    Expesite (discontinued)
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Invoicing00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    ShotGridExpesite (discontinued)
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    Frame.io
    Score9 out of 10
    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ShotGridExpesite (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ShotGridExpesite (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Autodesk
    ShotGrid seems to be well suited for a video team for reviews and project tracking. It may not be well suited for Project managers who need to see the bigger picture of the project.
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    Discontinued Products
    Expesite seems to be a good program for a client to communicate with their general contractor. It allows the GC to log in to one portal to handle all forms of communication rather than having to email certain things and use DocuSign for others and follow up via email to make sure that tasks are completed.
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    Pros
    Autodesk
    • Uploads videos efficiently
    • allows annotation within the video
    • setting custom filters
    • creating Gantt chart with inputs from each editor and animator
    • adding versions to shot/asset
    • adding assets to a shot
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    • Provides a dashboard where you can see all jobs that are going on with a particular client.
    • Makes submitting and tracking change order requests simple.
    • Makes tracking the status of pay applications simple.
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    Cons
    Autodesk
    • Ordering comments made by different people by timecode/frame number, instead by the time and date the comment was made
    • Being able to move an uploaded video from shots to assets and vice versa. Right now we have to re-upload but lose any comments made already if they were in the wrong place
    • Custom filters are great but they could get a little confusing with all the options. Might help with guidelines or a place we could ask what we want and someone could answer with the best way to achieve those specific filters we want
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    Discontinued Products
    • User-friendliness. My biggest gripe about Expesite is that nothing is intuitive. I wouldn't intuitively think to look for anything in the place that I can actually find it. For example, why would I go to my "inbox" to see where all of my jobs are? I would think that would be what the dashboard would be for.
    • I understand it's a security measure, but changing the password so frequently gets challenging and this is the only program that I use that it changes as often as it does..
    • Finding documents on Expesite is a nightmare. As a GC I need to be able to quickly log in and see if there are any brand new documents that I should be aware of, and perhaps I'm just using it wrong, but I haven't found any easy way to do that. It's very frustrating to have to dig through all of the files to figure out what has been updated.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Autodesk
    For education, we can't see ourselves using anything else that comes at a cost
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    Discontinued Products
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    Usability
    Autodesk
    It's UI/UX is very robust. There's a lot of functionality but it's not very intuitive or intuitive. I spend time with new hires and contractors to overview ShotGrid for a day and revisit after a week or two. Questions always arise down the line
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    Discontinued Products
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    Alternatives Considered
    Autodesk
    Wipster had limitations on video uploads, which was a major drawback. One thing we liked with Wipster was how we can see comments made in order on the timeline while watching the video.
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    Discontinued Products
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    Return on Investment
    Autodesk
    • We spend less time going back and forth with different stakeholders on shots and assets
    • We don't have to pay services that only provided trial versions
    • There is unlimited video uploading which was not the case with wiz
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    Discontinued Products
    • It has made communicating with our important clients easier by centralizing the communication.
    • It has made submitting change order requests quick and simple.
    • It has helped to speed up the accounting process because we can log in at a glance and see a status.
    Incentivized
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