Likelihood to Recommend This digital version of a pin-up space is absolutely an improvement to my workflow. The input is so robust. What you do with it is where the magic happens. This program is best suited for team collaboration. It helps to discuss how/where the team will contribute information to it--whether that is discussing the templates or a plan of action. Otherwise, the workspace can tend to get messy. I like the idea of having a presentation mode, where some of the markups could be hidden. The idea of a working session with consultants or clients sounds appealing, but at the same time, there is a desire for a cleaned up, clear shareout.
Read full review It is well suited when people use it to sketch the first wireframes of the UX, like the Breadboarding technique from Basecamp. I used to work like that when modifying some UX. Our designers used to sketch over our current experience wireframe, and then we could discuss it by using the comments in Figjam or the Call feature at FigJam. That made it easy to discuss it. When building up group boards to discuss ideas, I use
Miro , once it has more native pre-sets that help conducts the discussion.
Read full review Pros Allows for a high volume of images and sketches to be put into the canvas Lets you drop in text, freehand sketching, and shapes quick and easy Can connect images and texts together using connectors, which can be customized Read full review One file, auto updated, no need to get latest Easy to preview Lack of client is benefit to some (not me) Read full review Cons You can use Zoom with Bluescape but it requires solid bandwidth and memory by users. A breadcrumb trail would be nice to watch students performance. I would like individual user analytics for each of my students to see where they’ve been and what contributions each has made. Read full review Less Rigidity Ability to work with Different Documents A light version of Figma Read full review Alternatives Considered We have Workware installed on different computers in our office that were supposed to be great for presentation but we had issues after a user connected their laptop then they no longer had access to our server. If they had files they needed for the presentation they had to save them to their desktop to make sure they were accessible.
Read full review Positive: FigJam is cheaper than
Miro and allows connecting with FigJam, where we design our user interfaces. FigJam is more complete and visually appealing than
draw.io , although
draw.io is free. FigJam allows calls, which both competitors do not. Negative:
Miro has more pre-set diagrams than FigJam and they are native and easy to use FigJam is paid, while
draw.io is not.
Read full review Return on Investment Especially in a remote work environment, Bluescape helps us continue collaborating without missing a beat Read full review I believe that creating professional projects inside a web app feels amateurish. Read full review ScreenShots