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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Function Point Productivity Software

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AFunction Point is a project management software built specifically for ad agencies, design studios, and marketing departments.

    $46

    per month per user

    MindGenius

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AMindGenius is a project management software built around capabiliities such as map creation, meeting management, and strategic planning.

    $16

    per month

    Pricing
    Function Point Productivity SoftwareMindGenius
    Editions & Modules
    Agency (30-49)
    $46
    per month per user
    Studio (10-29)
    $48
    per month per user
    Boutique (5-9)
    $52
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Call for Pricing
    per month per user
    MindGenius20 Online
    $16/month or $160 annual
    MindGenius20 Subscription
    $160 first year - $56 year two onwards
    MindGenius20 Perpetual
    $256 one-time cost
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Function Point Productivity SoftwareMindGenius
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsCustomers save 11% on annual billing. Demo’s available.—
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    Features
    Function Point Productivity SoftwareMindGenius
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Function Point Productivity Software and MindGenius
    Feature
    Function Point Productivity Software
    7.9
    6 Ratings
    3% above category average
    MindGenius
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Task Management8.86 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Resource Management8.85 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team Collaboration7.96 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology7.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology8.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management5.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration7.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access6.34 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking8.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management8.15 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management8.56 Ratings00 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Function Point Productivity Software and MindGenius
    Feature
    Function Point Productivity Software
    9.0
    6 Ratings
    16% above category average
    MindGenius
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Quotes/estimates9.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing9.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting8.86 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Function Point Productivity SoftwareMindGenius
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Function Point Productivity SoftwareMindGenius
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Function Point Productivity Software Inc.
    Well suited in:
    • Project management from estimate creation to final billing.
    • Time tracking per job.
    • Delegating tasks internally (and externally if choosing to use this feature).
    • Creative agency environments where jobs have many moving parts and employees working on.
    • Customer contact information management.
    • Internal creative collaboration (brainstorming).
    • Management oversight allowing team leads to review hours logged per employee to each job.
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    MindGenius Ltd.
    [It's] Wonderful for small group or individual planning, brainstorming, explaining, projecting etc. It is also great for reporting or sharing findings of outcomes whether research or business related. It has a free viewer so that if you are presenting on a different computer, the viewer will allow the visuals to be shared. It is not ideal for collaboration unless everyone has this software.
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    Pros
    Function Point Productivity Software Inc.
    • Time tracking - like several time tracking solutions, FP uses a clock that will track in real time so that you do not need to remember how long you worked on a project to input later.
    • Dashboards - I love FP's dashboards that let me track my personal utilization, the utilization of my team members and all of my open tasks.
    • Reporting - FP's reports provide insight organization-wide into how we are doing and where we (as an organization) are spending our time. As with any reporting, though, it is important to manage the cleanliness of your data to make the reporting useful.
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    MindGenius Ltd.
    • GOAL SETTING: Because of the available templates, it is easy to set goals and then revisit them for revision or follow through. I like to brainstorm while I set goals and then come back and annotate my goals with changes, improvements, or add/substract them as needed.
    • STRATEGIC PLANNING: MindGenius is terrific for working through ideas and parameters. I can either use a freelance screen or a template and brainstorm through the goals that I need to meet. Then I can branch out from each objective with the required facets of each one. I am visual so color coding and using shapes to organize the parts of the objective (i.e. the resources needed, people/stakeholders that are involved, missing pieces etc.). When organizing a project or research, I find it invaluable.
    • BRAINSTORMING: MindGenius is a wonderful visual to use in a small group or classroom to brainstorm or record ideas. I also adjunct teach and I find MG a wonderful visual for planning a paper or demonstrating how to support ideas in a paper or to verify that research is completed properly. it is a teacher's must-have.
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    Cons
    Function Point Productivity Software Inc.
    • Function Point often provided reports that were inaccurate due to bad calculations. The support team would work with us to troubleshoot these issues, but the fact remained that calculations were wrong.
    • Function Point was purchased by a new parent company that increased prices over their nearest, superior, competitor, pricing themselves out of the market.
    • Function Point's interface is dated, as is its code base.
    • New features are being implemented not as software revisions or upgrades, but as new for-pay features.
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    MindGenius Ltd.
    • MindGenius is not as intuitive as I would like it to be. Although there is a quick-key stroke or movement that will replicate a shape or field if I want to make a parent or child block, I never remember what it is. I always use the manual insert by clicking with the mouse and it takes longer. If CONTROL ENTER created a new shape field like "the last one" or the one where the cursor is blinking, that would help considerably.
    • Changing the default visuals for a template or making a new template is overly time-consuming. Although I understand these details may only matter to someone as ULTRA-VISUAL a I am, if the font is too small or the shapes need to be visually altered, there is not a way to quickly grab those boxes and change the settings in one fell swoop. Although there is a way they can be changed, I have to navigate inside this and then inside this to get to the screen and then I have to figure out which changes the lines or the inside color of the shape etc. These details are a little overwhelming.
    • It would be great if I could make one shape in the font and layout I want and then replicate that pattern to other shapes or apply a different color scheme to it entirely. If these features already exist, i cannot find them and I consider myself to be rather tech savvy.
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    Support Rating
    Function Point Productivity Software Inc.
    • Receive weekly emails from FP team about new features being added and webinars to review.
    • Always extremely reliable and quick to respond with answers to questions or concerns.
    • Includes function for their clients to make recommendations to their platform.
    • Allows for customization on the back end to provide the best solution/functions for each client.
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    MindGenius Ltd.
    No answers on this topic
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    Function Point Productivity Software Inc.
    Workamajig was NOT a good fit, after over a year of back-end setup. FunctionFox didn't have the financial integration capabilities we needed, but we used it for years and were happy with the service and support. FunctionPoint brought together the 30,000-foot view of the projects and resources with a simplified process for getting day-to-day jobs into the queue, which was essential for our organization.
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    MindGenius Ltd.
    I have not used another product like MindGenius. Although I use Microsoft One Note for sometimes making lists that sync across my PC and my devices, I do not have another mind-mapping programming. MindGenius only has an app for iPad and without accessibility on iOS, I have not been able to use it for my daily TO DO lists etc that I would otherwise do. I use One Note for that role since MG does not have a phone app
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    Return on Investment
    Function Point Productivity Software Inc.
    • We have a much more timely and accurate sense of our financials since switching to FunctionPoint
    • Our team is more efficient at tracking time, and we are much more able to track resources and profitability
    • Our accounting manager is able to use Quick Books in a much more efficient manner than previously
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    MindGenius Ltd.
    • I have not tracked the positive or negative impact of MG on my overall business objectives. I have successfully used it in the aspects of my personal and professional management.
    • MG helps me stay on track with my research and personal editing. It keeps me accountable so that I meet my deadlines. Although I have not applied a dollar value to it, it helps me signficantly.
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