Cisco Webex Social (Discontinued) vs. Yamdu

For the most part, this is a great software solution for the average user. For consulting it's ok, but [there aren't] that many reach features.

Incentivized

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.

• Easy to use.
• No special setup.
• Doesn't require any special hardware.

Incentivized

• Crewlists
• Callsheets
• Breakdowns

• Recording feature cannot record phone sound just computer sound.
• Recording feature does not generate a file with "known" extension, it needs specific player.

Incentivized

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

This is one of Yamdu's strongest points.

It is simpler to use compared to other tools. Microsoft has a great product but there are a lot of bugs. And compared to GoToMeeting it has more features.

Incentivized

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.

• It is good, helps tremendously and saves a lot of time in case you have to go see what user is doing or understand what they are trying to achieve.
• Great user experience.
• Users like it.

Incentivized

• 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