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    Frontify

    Score7 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Frontify aims to simplify brand management with a platform that connects everything (and everyone) important to the growth of a brand. Offering plans for all company sizes, the vendor states Frontify is used by 4,000 brands globally. Frontify features: Cloud-based brand guidelines to ensure consistency across every touchpoint Digital asset management for centralizing all brand assets and essentials Creative collaboration to accelerate project…N/A

    Marvel

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMarvel is a prototyping and wireframing app.N/A
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    FrontifyMarvel
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    NoNo
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    User Ratings
    FrontifyMarvel
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    5.1
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    User Testimonials
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    Frontify AG
    Well suited to organization starting their journey of design system creation. It provides a ready to go foundation that requires minimum effort to set up and get going. It may be limited if scaling into thousands of design elements and multiple users - we have not tried at scale of more that 10's of users.
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    MarvelApp
    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.
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    Pros
    Frontify AG
    • It manages the visual aspects of a brand very well.
    • It is easy to use and update.
    • It converts the colors from hex to rgb and cmyk seamlessly.
    • It has a nice user interface.
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    MarvelApp
    • Easy to use with a fast learning curve
    • The handoff option allows developers to extract CSS code to copy design styles
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    Cons
    Frontify AG
    • I believe having an agency option would be great so that one could manage and build multiple brands for multiple clients.
    • Having sections for voice and personality would be great.
    • The ability to export a brand document to a .PDF to share with partners.
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    MarvelApp
    • 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.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Frontify AG
    Frontify is very easy to use and makes updating information a breeze. Frontify acts a central location to house assets and information for easy sharing. You can plug and play information and even white label the guide if desired
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    Alternatives Considered
    Frontify AG
    We've invested time building our own hosted interface, and recently begun exploring Figma for design system management too. The benefit of Frontify is it's easy public access. The downfall is integration with other systems required in the UX, Design, Product Management, and Development processes - something Figma supports well.
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    MarvelApp
    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.
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    Return on Investment
    Frontify AG
    • Solid cost benefit - the cost is not prohibitive for the value it brings
    • Overall value depends on internal federation of usage
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    MarvelApp
    • 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.
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    Screenshot of Brand Portal: Simplifies brand management with a platform that connects everything (and everyone) important to brand growth.Screenshot of Digital Asset Management: A centralized system for every digital asset, where anyone can find exactly what they’re looking for.Screenshot of Brand Guidelines: Keeping everyone in the loop and on-brand while saving time with accessible, editable, and up-to-date digital guidelines.Screenshot of Creative Collaboration: Workflows and project overviews so everyone can stay involved and up to date.Screenshot of Print & Digital Templates: Design templates once, decide what can be edited, and allow anyone to customize on-brand visuals on their own. Creativity meets control.