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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

    Perforce P4

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/APerforce P4 (formerly Helix Core) is the company's version control and peer code review solution. Perforce offers add-on products for code review for free, and Git support products.N/A
    Pricing
    FrontifyPerforce P4
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    FrontifyPerforce P4
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    FrontifyPerforce P4
    Considered Both Products
    Frontify AG
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    86%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    86%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    FrontifyPerforce P4
    Version Control Software Features
    Comparison of Version Control Software Features features of Frontify and Perforce P4
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    Frontify
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    Ratings
    Perforce P4
    7.9
    1 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Branching and Merging00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Version History00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Version Control Collaboration Tools00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Pull Requests00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Code Review Tools00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Project Access Control00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Automated Testing Integration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Issue Tracking Integration00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Branch Protection00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    FrontifyPerforce P4
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Acquia DAM (Widen)
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    User Ratings
    FrontifyPerforce P4
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    6.5
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.6
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
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    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
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    9.0
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    Performance
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    6.0
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    Support Rating
    -
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    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    7.0
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    User Testimonials
    FrontifyPerforce P4
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Perforce Software
    While Perforce Helix is the best version control software out there, it can also be used to track your documentation, training videos and materials, and requirements. If you have strict compliance requirements, it can be used to ensure that those requirements are satisfied. Perforce Helix is incredibly flexible and can meet the needs of individual users as well as companies with thousands of users.
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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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    Perforce Software
    • The branching mechanisms in Perforce allow for an enormous codebase to be duplicated into release versions weekly with little impact upon things such as the speed of queries against the version control.
    • Action triggers permit such things as automated builds of software versions, dynamic messaging when issues are identified either within or prior to a build process, and much more.
    • Locking provides the ability to prevent modifications of stable, tested versions in order to ensure validity when they are released.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Perforce Software
    • Perforce tends to feel backwards in how it approaches certain tasks, like branching and integrating - even once you figure out how it wants you to perform these tasks, you will likely forget when it comes around to the next time you need to do them again.
    • Perforce has a higher price tag, comparatively.
    • Perforce make some tasks very easy, and yet other tasks very difficult - it doesn't always seem to have found its target user's proficiency.
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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
    Incentivized
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    Perforce Software
    We are fully committed to our use of Perforce. It works well within our organization and our desire to share our code base with our customers. Their support staff are responsive, inquisitive, and eager to improve their software. I feel like we have a direct line to their design/feature team as they often solicit our feedback.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Frontify AG
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    Perforce Software
    With Perforce Helix, you can use it via the command line, via P4V, or any of the other APIs included with the product. It is extremely easy for new users to get up and running. Users of Perforce Helix only have to pull in the files of interest to them. Also, Perforce is very easy to script and integrate into your CI/CD pipeline. Streams allows you to have pinpoint control of your workflow, and P4Search is the absolute best--I wish Perforce (the company) would talk more about this. It is absolutely fabulous!
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Frontify AG
    No answers on this topic
    Perforce Software
    In our large environment, Perforce is rarely "down". We have regular maintenance windows and from time to time Perforce can feel a little slow, but its always available. Tech support has always worked with our engineers and IT department to make sure that any real performance or stability issues are addressed quickly.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Frontify AG
    No answers on this topic
    Perforce Software
    I had two representatives from Perforce contact me after downloading it but never responded when I had questions. I also had a difficult time finding good training material for getting started. There is a lot of available support material when running into issues, though, because of how many large companies use it.
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    Implementation Rating
    Frontify AG
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    Perforce Software
    This rating is related to setting up an environment from an existing Perforce repository. Initial setup of Perforce as the repository for the company was done by a separate team long prior to my inception.
    Incentivized
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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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    Perforce Software
    Git is great, I love Git. But it's not great for dealing with binary assets, even when using Git LFS. Locking is not as simple as on perforce. Git presents some problems on using for non-tech people it can get overwhelming and tech people have to come by and help.
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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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    Perforce Software
    • Decreased our implementation costs by allowing versioning and back out of customizations made in the field.
    • saves developers time through automation of changes between branches - they think less of the plumbing and have more time to write code.
    • Downside is training/managing expectations of new developers who come in assuming they will use Git.
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    ScreenShots

    Frontify Screenshots

    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.