Cisco Business Edition 7000 vs Zeplin

Likelihood to Recommend

Its well suited for small to medium scale deployments if the infra is in-house. Webex and other SaaS solutions are in demand these days and are cost-effective too, but if for some reason your deployments need a locally-managed data center, then go for the BE7K or the BE6K depending upon your requirement.

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Consultant in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees

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Zeplin is, overall, really great for what it’s known for: design handoffs to development teams. Thus, it’s an excellent tool for scenarios in which the design and development teams do not work very closely. Because it allows users to use the tool on various platforms, it’s also great for teams in which there are in-house and remote (or contract) staff working on a single project. The tool is pretty lightweight once users are on-boarded, so it’s also great for larger teams. However, it can take significant time to onboard people to it, so it might not be great for more rushed projects. It also doesn’t have a ton of functionality beyond supporting design handoffs, so one might choose a more inclusive tool, such as Figma, to support more steps in the design process. Finally, Zeplin is costly and its rates are pretty inflexible, so this might not be the most ideal tool for more cash-strapped teams who want to use Zeplin for more than one project at a time.

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Professional in Research & Development

Education Management Company, 51-200 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Zeplin

Task Management

Gantt Charts

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Mobile Access

Search

Visual planning tools

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Zeplin

Chat

Notifications

Discussions

Surveys

Internal knowledgebase

Integrates with GoToMeeting

Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts

Integrates with Outlook

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Zeplin

Versioning

Video files

Audio files

Document collaboration

Access control

Advanced security features

Integrates with Google Drive

Device sync

Pros

All in one platform that includes all the Cisco UC services in one appliance.
All the services are ready to use and preconfigured.
Tools available improve productivity and user experience.

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Paraprofessional in Social Media

Education Management Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Provides dimensions across iOS, Android and Web which saves developers from a lot of guess and check when implementing designs
Allows for easy download of digital design assets for developers to easily organize and implement
Great user experience in terms of the product itself and a great value for your money
Automatically generates CSS for web designs which is AMAZING!

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Brad Henderson

Co-Founder/Chief Janitor

CrispComputer Software, 1-10 employees

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Cons

Licensing should be easy and collaborative.
Management interface should be provided with redundancy.
I've came across difficulties while I installed Windows server on BE6K. It's hard to gather Windows server keys.

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Engineer in Customer Service

Telecommunications Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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It would be better if it has a dedicated web application
It's not the easiest tool to learn and start working with
It would be awesome if it had more features turning it into an all-around tool for mockups and prototypes

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Raphael Sanguinete

Creative Director

RebuliçoEntertainment, 1-10 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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Zeplin 8.2

Based on 1 answer

Great tool

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Hernán Silva

Senior Front-end developer

Velocity PartnersInformation Technology and Services, 201-500 employees

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Usability

No score

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Zeplin 8.0

Based on 1 answer

Zeplin is not a fully functional prototyping software system, but having the ability to add notes to help explain what actions are expected allows me to rate it high.

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Ray Flores

Software Engineer

LendEDUFinancial Services, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

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Zeplin 8.3

Based on 7 answers

Zeplin has classic support with a chat from the website. It's working fine, and we're also getting the support needed when needed. However, Zeplin is very good at closing the incidents and moving on. It was a while ago we had a case with their support so that it might have improved since then.

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Christopher Fritz

Head of Global IT

VerticMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I’m a user of both systems and it’s difficult to say whether one is better than the other for features. Cisco is much more user friendly and has a better interface. I think both are suitable for large businesses, but it’s more about preference of the front end. Security features may be lagging with Skype.

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Verified User

Engineer in Professional Services

Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering Company, 10,001+ employees

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Zeplin is great to inspect and share user interfaces, specifications and assets, perfect for developers. Tools like InVision and Marvel are much better to create prototypes for both developers, coworkers and even stakeholders, but they don't have this kind of feature (inspection) as Zeplin does.So each of them can be used for different purposes, offering different approaches to share and interact with layouts for apps and websites.

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Carlos Eduardo de Souza

Co-founder & Manager

Coopers Digital ProductionInternet, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

We were able to sell it to many customers and has proved beneficial always.
Less number of complaints.
Amazing support from Cisco TAC.

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Ujjwal Goel

Senior Build & Design Consultant

BTTelecommunications, 10,001+ employees

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Development time has reduced as the design updates are communicated in real time to developers and they don't have to write the boilerplate code as it's already generated.
Employee engagement has improved as every stakeholder is aware about the design changes from the beginning and can give their inputs.
Designers save a lot of time as they don't to explicitly communicate when the update or publish their designs and also it just takes a couple of clicks to publish their designs. Also, lot of rework is saved as every stakeholder is involved right from the beginning.

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Annie Jain

Consultant

Tata Consultancy ServicesInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Cisco Business Edition 7000 Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Zeplin Editions & Modules

Edition

Free	$0¹
Organization	$12¹
Enterprise	Contact sales team
Team	$6³

per user per month
per user per month

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Rating Summary

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Zeplin

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Zeplin

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Zeplin

Cisco Business Edition 7000

Zeplin

Likelihood to Recommend