Creativity 365 vs OpenText Hightail

Likelihood to Recommend

The platform is well suited for different situations depending on who is using it and with what purpose. It can definitely be used by freelancers for business-related projects, by illustrators and designers for brainstorming sessions and sketches, by students for studying, and by educators for teaching and research. But I think these apps aren't suitable for large-scale projects like editing a feature film or creating an animated feature film.

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Patrick Enderson

Illustrator

CartonkaDesign, 11-50 employees

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Hightail is my go-to source when I need to send large files that would never fit as regular attachments. That being said, sometimes there are files that would perfectly fit as attachments but I want the security that Hightail provides when sending sensitive or private material. It's very comforting knowing that the content I'm sending is only being received and viewed by the intended parties. It's also comforting for my clients when it's THEIR content that I'm sending for review.

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Daniel Shatzkes CEO Entrepreneur, Manufacturer, Musician

Founder/CEO

Gig Gear LLCMusic, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

Creativity 365

OpenText Hightail

Task Management

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Mobile Access

Search

Visual planning tools

Creativity 365

OpenText Hightail

Notifications

Discussions

Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts

Integrates with Outlook

Creativity 365

OpenText Hightail

Versioning

Video files

Audio files

Document collaboration

Access control

Advanced security features

Integrates with Google Drive

Device sync

Pros

The apps are super easy to use.
Creativity 365 software pack encompasses a wide range of functionalities, overlapping between each other to offer a complete toolset.
It is great for capturing and highlighting important website contents with PDF Markup.
Write-On Video is very helpful to spice up my videos and mash photos and videos together to create new content.

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Richard Perroset

Senior Marketing Leader

Covered CaliforniaInsurance, 5001-10,000 employees

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It’s great for sending large-sized art files for print
It’s secure and files can be easily tracked
I like that it tells you how long it will take for the desired file to upload

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Saryia Green

Marketing Coordinator

3SI Security SystemsSecurity and Investigations, 201-500 employees

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Cons

Since it's a content creation toolset, it would be great if there was a photo editing tool.

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Patrick Enderson

Illustrator

CartonkaDesign, 11-50 employees

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I wish the screen would auto refresh faster, but that could be an issue with our bandwidth or IT pipeline and not the product.
I'd like a quicker way to get people up to speed than giving them a link to watch a multitude of videos and tutorials.

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Richard Peterson

Senior Digital Marketing Specialist

BroanBuilding Materials, 5001-10,000 employees

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Support Rating

Creativity 365 10.0

Based on 1 answer

I contacted customer service once and got my problem solved very quickly.

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Patrick Enderson

Illustrator

CartonkaDesign, 11-50 employees

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No answers yet

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Alternatives Considered

Airtable has a free version that offers basic functionalities that Creativity 365 does not offer. Airtable integrates with 25 different applications and software to make collaboration easier, while Creativity 365 only integrates with 13. Even though key features of Creativity 365 and Airtable should matter you should also carefully explore the integrations provided by each product. Very often you will already be making use of various kinds of SaaS software in your company and it’s much more beneficial to choose software that integrates well with each other. If you do that you will be able to guarantee an effortless transfer of data between your teams and software used, which can significantly reduce the time spent on migrating between one solution and the next.

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Richard Perroset

Senior Marketing Leader

Covered CaliforniaInsurance, 5001-10,000 employees

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We looked at Dropbox because it's very well known in the industry and widely used. We didn't use it for a couple of reasons. First, our server security presented too many challenges and our IT director nixed the idea. Secondly, a lot of people used DropBox for personal use and we thought it could be confusing to have to navigate between the two choices. Hightail offers a single sign-in that can be shared amongst users so there is never a conflict between personal and professional use.

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Lisa Moughan

Global Marketing / Corporate Communication Manager

3SI Security SystemsSecurity and Investigations, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

It has definitely reduced work load times, and allows me more time to work on important projects.
The PDF mark up and the ability to write text over videos has made presentations a lot more efficient to create and thus is time saving.
Using NoteLedge to take notes and add photos to those notes helps with being better organized.

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Richard Perroset

Senior Marketing Leader

Covered CaliforniaInsurance, 5001-10,000 employees

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Team members can view and give feedback on videos, which is very useful.
The storage really can't be overstated. It's great.
It's generally pretty affordable for how much you can host on their server.

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Sarah Bandy

Executive Director

Youth Empowerment through Arts and HumanitiesNon-Profit Organization Management, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Creativity 365 Editions & Modules

—

Additional Pricing Details

Monthly $9.99 (*3-day free trial available) Semi-annually $39.99 Annually $59.99 (*14-day free trial available) Also, comes with a free stylus.** Quarterly plan with 7-day free trial to come in the following months. *Special and bulk purchasing options available for educational institutions and businesses. *Free trials only available on iTunes. **Free stylus details. Currently, new users subscribing to our Creativity 365 annual plan will receive an Adonit Dash 3 stylus. Once the free stylus has been shipped order is no refundable.

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

OpenText Hightail Editions & Modules

Edition

Lite	$0¹
Pro	$15²
Business	Custom²
Teams	$30³

100MB per file upload
per user, per month
per user/per month

Additional Pricing Details

Lite: Send large files with anyone. Files are limited to 100MB for each file size uploaded, 2GB storage max. Files expire after 7 days. Pro: Send large files with anyone and set advanced security permissions such as expiration dates and access codes. Files are limited to 25GB for each file size uploaded, with unlimited storage. Teams: Send large files, collaborate in real-time and manage creative projects with your team. The Hightail Teams plan allows you to purchase multiple users online (from 1-30 users per organization) and allows users to send file sizes up to 50GB with unlimited storage. The Teams plan also includes features such as file previews, organization, annotations, version control, discussions, follow-ups, approval routing and more. Business: Create unlimited visual project folders (called a Space) with collaboration and project management features such as approval routing and assigning to-dos, upload unlimited files up to 100GB each, protect them with access codes and manage user permissions., plus intuitive admin controls , detailed activity analysis for your entire company, advanced organization options and priority support.

Rating Summary

Creativity 365

OpenText Hightail

Creativity 365

OpenText Hightail

Creativity 365

OpenText Hightail

Likelihood to Recommend

Creativity 365

OpenText Hightail

Feature Rating Comparison

Task Management

Scheduling

Workflow Automation

Mobile Access

Search

Visual planning tools

Notifications

Discussions

Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts

Integrates with Outlook

Versioning

Video files

Audio files

Document collaboration

Access control

Advanced security features

Integrates with Google Drive

Device sync

Pros

Creativity 365

OpenText Hightail

Cons

Creativity 365

OpenText Hightail

Support Rating

Creativity 365

OpenText Hightail

Alternatives Considered

Creativity 365

OpenText Hightail

Return on Investment

Creativity 365

OpenText Hightail

Screenshots

Creativity 365

OpenText Hightail

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Creativity 365 Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

OpenText Hightail Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

Rating Summary

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