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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Kissflow

    Score8.3 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Kissflow is a low-code platform for custom application development tailored to business operations. Kissflow empowers process owners and IT developers to automate and build processes and applications for internal business operations.

    $1,500

    per month 50 Users

    Pipefy

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/APipefy headquartered in San Francisco offers their process management and workflow software providing processes for customer success, service desk, sales operations, and other processes.

    $22

    per month

    SmartStream Transaction Lifecycle Management

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AUK company SmartStream offers a process automation option.N/A
    Pricing
    KissflowPipefySmartStream Transaction Lifecycle Management
    Editions & Modules
    Small Business
    $1500
    per month
    Business
    $22
    per user, per month*
    Enterprise
    $36
    per user, per month*
    Unlimited
    Custom
    Starter
    Free
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    KissflowPipefySmartStream Transaction Lifecycle Management
    Free Trial
    YesYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—*Discounts available for annual billing.—
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    Community Pulse
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    Considered Multiple Products
    Kissflow, Inc (OrangeScape)
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    Pipefy
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    SmartStream Technologies
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
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    Would buy again
    8 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
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    Features
    KissflowPipefySmartStream Transaction Lifecycle Management
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Kissflow and Pipefy and SmartStream Transaction Lifecycle Management
    Feature
    Kissflow
    8.9
    3 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Pipefy
    -
    Ratings
    SmartStream Transaction Lifecycle Management
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    Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces9.03 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Security9.53 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform User Management8.93 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reusability9.03 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform Scalability7.93 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    KissflowPipefySmartStream Transaction Lifecycle Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (23 ratings)
    8.2
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.7
    (2 ratings)
    9.5
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    KissflowPipefySmartStream Transaction Lifecycle Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Kissflow, Inc (OrangeScape)
    We've used Kissflow [School Cloud] in order to track parent requests for transportation in the SpEd department. It has been user friendly for parents to input a request and staff to review, double check school sites and locations, and set up specific routes to meet the needs of students and communicate the info back to parents.
    Incentivized
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    Pipefy
    Pipefy is very well suited if you have a team doing any sort of process... for real! It simplified everything from our sales and marketing objectives/processes, to our onboarding and accounting side of things. Since you can share different pipes with others, it's easy to see where others are at in the process and move the card along while keeping others informed. It makes sure you don't miss any information or steps along the way, which is great if your process is detail-oriented. It is a little less appropriate for marketing efforts, but we still try to use it to keep track of things in a central space. Definitely best suited for sales, technical things, and accounting.
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    SmartStream Technologies
    TLM will be well suited for an organization's recon requirements. If the organization is able to afford the software, it will be worth investing the amount. The support for heterogeneous file formats is one of the key features. It can accept swift and flat files. The config screens for ingesting the data are very user-friendly. Overall the time taken for setting up a new recon is very less. TLM can be improved if they bring in some AI/ML algorithms for improved match rates.
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    Pros
    Kissflow, Inc (OrangeScape)
    • They know what they are. You aren't going to get a Workflow program that also wants to be a CRM. You will get the equivalent of an electronic assistant going from station to station, taking care of business and giving you the end result.
    • Paper. It reduces the amount of paper needed for menial tasks tremendously. You can automate an entire process. As an educational institution, you may still need paper copies, but you aren't waiting for John Doe to sign Line 3, then Jane Doe to initial, and so on and so on with a paper form.
    • Tracking. If you need to know where things are in the process, the fact that this program is dedicated to workflow makes it incredibly easy to identify where people are in the sales flow.
    • Customer appreciation. When your workflow is stronger, faster, and better, the customers feel it. They feel like you are right there with them and getting things moving.
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    Pipefy
    • Flexibility on process management.
    • Internal automations and connections to different data bases and boards.
    • Easily connection with external programs through API's.
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    SmartStream Technologies
    • Matching Rules are easy to implement
    • Dashboards are user friendly and customizable
    • Supports multiple file formats for easy data ingestion
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    Cons
    Kissflow, Inc (OrangeScape)
    • Workflow Design: There isn't a copy/paste function when creating the workflow, and you can't move a workflow task between parallel branches. This becomes a pain point when an item has 98% of what you need, but you can't copy it and place it in another branch to make the last tweaks. Instead, it needs to be completely recreated
    • Interface: While I like the current design features, which make it easy for an end-user to find their tasks and items, it would be nice to also have some flexibility within the platform. Things like being able to groups apps under a category or tailoring the look and feel of the page a little more would be a welcome addition.
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    Pipefy
    • I would like to be able to add a due date without a time attached.
    • I would like to see completed tasks be deleted after a set amount of time.
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    SmartStream Technologies
    • Data Archival
    • AI and Machine Learning for better match rate
    • Better reporting capabilities
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Kissflow, Inc (OrangeScape)
    Really love the product. Was pleasantly surprised that it has been easy to use for parents
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    Pipefy
    No answers on this topic
    SmartStream Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Kissflow, Inc (OrangeScape)
    The system has room to grow as it's limited by not being able to edit POs after they've been approved. The system is great for registrations and syncing to other systems while including the attachments. The reporting from Kissflow is also easy to setup to link to other platforms such as Looker
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    Pipefy
    No answers on this topic
    SmartStream Technologies
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Kissflow, Inc (OrangeScape)
    I haven't encountered a need for support with KiSSFLOW. It's not a perfect platform, but it's functional, dependable, and reasonably intuitive. I can't fault a support team just because their product works!
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    Pipefy
    Pipefy support is pretty good. There were a few instances where the agent didn't really understand what I was trying to get help with, but that was only once. Every other time it has been pretty fast and efficient. They are also very kind and understanding. I don't think they need much help in that dept
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    SmartStream Technologies
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    Alternatives Considered
    Kissflow, Inc (OrangeScape)
    KiSSFLOW is much easier to set up, less coding and easier to explain to those that are being trained. The company already had SharePoint, but it is a very difficult system to set up. A class had to be taken, along with getting books in order to understand the process of the workflow. With KiSSFLOW, it is simple to understand, the helpdesk is quick with their response, help topics are laid out simply and you can even talk with someone on that side to ask your questions. Overall, KiSSFLOW is a much easier workflow and system to use.
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    Pipefy
    We started using software we already had (such as Slack and Sheets) but this software is not actually ideal to manage processes, which led to errors, miscommunication, and execution problems. Trello is good for managing demand but offers no process customization or approval and Jira is too focused on development for our needs, and also hard to customize.
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    SmartStream Technologies
    Excel was used as a traditional recon tool using macros for matching. There is no room to scale up the recons using excel. The recons are cumbersome and take a lot of time to complete. There are more chances of manual errors. No UI to create a good user experience. Overall all negatives compared to TLM
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    Return on Investment
    Kissflow, Inc (OrangeScape)
    • The only real hard number savings that we have had with KiSSFLOW is the money we have saved in forms being printed, especially multi-part forms. So for a small college like us that it probably in the $5000 to $10000 per year range. We have certainly saved money in increased efficiencies of the processes that we have moved to KiSSFLOW. But that is harder to calculate.
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    Pipefy
    • Our processes are more organized and we are not missing any steps.
    • We are able to touch base with customers easier since we have all potential/missed clients in one pipe, with automated alerts (i.e. it has been 60 days since contact with this customer).
    • We are able to keep track of customer billing changes easier.
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    SmartStream Technologies
    • Recons completed within SLA's
    • Improved match rates
    • User friendly dashboards
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    ScreenShots

    Kissflow Screenshots

    Screenshot of overall efficiency monitoringScreenshot of workflow trackingScreenshot of process metricsScreenshot of the drag and drop form builderScreenshot of a parallel branches workflowScreenshot of where to change file permissions