Likelihood to Recommend Marvel is a very strong tool in scenarios where designers seek to quickly create simple prototypes on their desktops using a simple, intuitive interface. It offers “just enough” functionality to create somewhat realistic designs to present to stakeholders and other designers. However, there’s a limit to how “realistic” those designs can be, given that Marvel has somewhat limited functionality around animations. Marvel is not a strong option for those who want to create very complex prototypes with many animations, or for those who want to edit prototypes on their tablet or phone. Marvel is a jewel for simplicity but starts to be difficult to use when creating complicated designs. For creating more complicated prototypes, I would recommend a more robust tool, such as Axure.
Read full review I love Origami and have always recommended the software to other designers. I use Origami on a daily basis, especially when working on new packaging designs. It's nice to see how a box/package looks live while working on moving elements around in the artwork along with making sure dielines work properly and there won't be much work needed on the vendor's end to adjust dielines.
Read full review Pros Easy to use with a fast learning curve The handoff option allows developers to extract CSS code to copy design styles Read full review Proper view of closed or open box Control of adding degree of angle for flaps to see how a box looks open or closed High resolution exports from Origami to other softwares Love the new capability of being able to add multiple boxes for a group render/image Read full review Cons I really miss being able to duplicate, make a copy of the prototype I'm working on. Sometimes, I want to make a comparison with detail changes and without being able to duplicate it is difficult. Compared to other similar services, I feel the animations could be more fluid and smoother. It could have more free sophisticated icons and images. Read full review It can be glitchy at times Challenging dielines can sometimes be difficult to render in Origami unless you trick it Large files with a lot of elements can slow down the software Read full review Alternatives Considered Ultimately,
InVision was just a better fit for our company's needs. It's probably faster to create prototypes using Marvel, but
InVision 's collaboration features (comments, notes, etc.) are much more robust, which was helpful for our large team spread across multiple continents.
InVision also offers more advanced features, and Marvel felt a little too limited for our overall business needs.
Read full review Origami is a faster/easier way to view and render 3D views of packaging files--especially the instant gratification when adjusting artwork and or dielines before rendering out to other softwares. Other than
Blender being free, this software is much easier to use for unexperienced users. Someone can learn Origami in matter of minutes--that's how easy it is.
Read full review Return on Investment It helped me improve my productivity. It took me lot of time to manually design mockups earlier when I used Adobe Photoshop to do it. Because of quickly creating mockups, now I provide my clients with more than 4-5 options which is welcomed by clients and make them happy. Definitely the ROI and improved, because of time saved and happy clients. Read full review No negative impact Price is great Saved us time and money in dieline creation Saved us time on rendering out DAE files from origami to other softwares for rendering Read full review ScreenShots