Drawtify vs. Ion, by Rock Content

As a filmmaker and designer, I've found that Drawtify is well suited for a variety of projects. One of the things I like most about it is its user-friendliness. Even if you're not a graphic design expert, you can still create professional-looking designs with this tool.One scenario where Drawtify is particularly well suited is for creating title cards and lower thirds for videos. The software's text and shape tools are easy to use and allow for a lot of customization, so you can create designs that perfectly match the aesthetic of your film.Another scenario where Drawtify shines is in creating animation. The software's animation feature is intuitive and easy to use, making it a great option for creating simple animations for your film's opening credits, transitions, and other visual elements.However, Drawtify is less appropriate for more complex and advanced graphic design tasks. It's not a professional graphic design software like Adobe Illustrator, it doesn't have all the features that a professional graphic designer would need. For example, if you're looking to create a detailed illustration or a complex logo, Drawtify might not have the advanced tools you need.Another scenario where Drawtify might not be the best choice is if you're working with a team of designers and need a more robust collaboration feature. Drawtify's collaboration feature is good, but it's not as advanced as some other design software.Overall, Drawtify is a great tool for beginners and those who are looking for an easy-to-use design software. It is well-suited for basic design tasks like creating title cards, lower thirds, posters, flyers, and simple animations. However, it's not the best option for more advanced tasks or for team collaborations.

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If you want to choose a quick start template and fill in the fields with your content, Ion will be fantastic for you. We've done this with whitepapers and quizzes and it's been great and extremely easy to use. If you have an exact idea of what you want, and a background in web development, you may get frustrated. Ion has some quirks that make it tricky to fully customize - everyone once in a while I really just want to go into the HTML and make some changes, but can't. If you are looking to reuse a piece of content for specific targeting (industry or account-specific), Ion is great. The dynamic substitutions are great and very helpful.

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• It has a stock of amazing business graphics.
• You can use Drawtify quickly and with ease
• Provides a plethora of professional design features

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• Quick Starts make it so easy to get started.
• Real-time updates are awesome and save a ton of wasteful process.
• The combination of user friendliness for simple things and the flexibility to do more complex things is great.
• Chat support is excellent and deeper-dive support has been super helpful.
• The ability to use these tools in the cloud or embedded has given us tactic flexibility.

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• high end graphics sometimes hampers the speed
• lag is occasionally seen while performing projects
• watermarks are kind of bothering
• expensive for early startups

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• Ion University, while stacked with a wealth of information, is difficult to navigate from a troubleshooting perspective. The tutorial videos are all very helpful, but they are also very long. Sometimes I would want to search for how to address a particular issue I was struggling with and it would be a two-minute segment buried in a 45-minute video.
• Again, getting back the self-guidance side of things. I think a lot of the tutorials are set up in a way that makes sense to Ion, but not as much to the end user.
• I think the controls admins use when creating new users could be a bit more straightforward.

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We use it for every landing page and we plan on only doing more dynamic content creation. We dont see that option coming in-house any time ever in the future. ION has a very robust platform for us to work with that really allows us to do more for our customers in regards to having the one-to-one conversation.

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Usability is straightforward, with extensive documentation and tutorials provided to ensure landing pages are built to specifications and can be optimized for performance. Built-in platform funnels give insight into customer dropoff, success/failures, and conversions (at a glance). Setting up a landing page can be done quickly and easily, with numerous integrations (CRMs like SalesForce, for instance) supported

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Sometimes the editor can be a little slow.

The ION support team is amazing. There has not been a single issue they they could not solve for me. If there is a feature or request that they do not have, they have even, on occasion, created custom scripts for our team. *Update 6/5/17 - ION has continued to delight on multiple occasions. I appreciate their attention to detail and ability to solve whatever issue I have. After 3+ years of use and support, ION still has my full endorsement.

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They offer a great amount of online training, videos, articles, etc. There is usually an answer available if you run into an issue. I would recommend taking advantage of the online training they offer. I wish I would have done it sooner.

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There were a lot of things we learned about the tool once we really got in and got our hands dirty. Being hands-on was essential for our team to be able to utilize ION in the most effective manner.

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Drawtify is a very easy tool in comparison to Adobe Suite. While Canva is easy but I don't like it due to redundant templates. Like if you have created something with Canva, everyone know that this has been created in Canva. Whilst the Drawtify templates are quite new. Also the motion graphics is a plus over all other platforms.

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I was not the decision maker to choose this over Uberflip, but the UI is much more appealing to me. It's incredibly easy to use, clean, and from a backend standpoint, it requires little to no tech savvy'ness. Our team has really enjoyed using it and has required no training what-so-ever.

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Separate client portfolios enable scalability, however, some elements are still grouped for all accounts so it's difficult to scale for an ad agency with multiple clients. Would prefer totally separate sections of the platform for all clients with each element housed separately.

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• More users able to use the software
• Easier for sharing files between colleagues
• Can be used on anyone's computer (software does not need to be installed/downloaded)

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• Though we have not had the service long enough to see any measurable outcomes, we've been able to create interactive web content faster than ever before
• The speed with which we can build interactive pages and re-use assets has been critical as projects we've done with Ion have made their way around and more and more internal clients have said "me too" for their own projects
• It is very pricey at $28K for the base annual subscription (dropping to $24k after the first year), so depending on your budgetary situation, that may make no sense for your team--but we had contract money set aside for a company to build us a microsite for around the amount, so we just used it for Ion instead and will now be building the microsite ourselves using it

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