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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Podio

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/APodio is a cloud-based platform for organizing team communication, business processes, and reporting in project management workspaces; also it may be used as a light CRM platform. It enables workflow automation and integrations. It includes a free version and paid packages with additional features.

    $14

    per month per user

    Zeplin

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AZeplin, from the company of the same name, is a platform supporting collaboration in application development by engineers and designers by providing an API with popular collaboration, development and prototyping tools and creating a space where productions can be shared and reviewed.

    $15

    per month

    Pricing
    PodioZeplin
    Editions & Modules
    Plus
    $14
    per month per user
    Premium
    $24
    per month per user
    Free
    $0
    up to 1 project
    Advanced
    $15
    per month per seat (up to 50 projects)
    Basic
    $15
    per month per project
    Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PodioZeplin
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsA discount is available for annual pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    PodioZeplin
    Considered Both Products
    Progress ShareFile
    No answer on this topic
    Zeplin
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    89%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    78%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    86%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    75%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    PodioZeplin
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Podio and Zeplin
    Feature
    Podio
    7.7
    28 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Zeplin
    4.5
    4 Ratings
    53% below category average
    Task Management8.026 Ratings4.72 Ratings
    Resource Management9.522 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts2.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling6.523 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation10.026 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Team Collaboration7.528 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology9.016 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology9.012 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document Management8.524 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email integration6.022 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access6.523 Ratings4.12 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking7.014 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management9.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management9.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings6.24 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Podio and Zeplin
    Feature
    Podio
    6.3
    14 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Zeplin
    -
    Ratings
    Quotes/estimates6.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Invoicing6.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting8.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with accounting software5.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Podio and Zeplin
    Feature
    Podio
    -
    Ratings
    Zeplin
    6.7
    4 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Notifications00 Ratings6.74 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Podio and Zeplin
    Feature
    Podio
    -
    Ratings
    Zeplin
    4.9
    5 Ratings
    49% below category average
    Versioning00 Ratings7.12 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings3.23 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings4.35 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings4.92 Ratings
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    PodioZeplin
    Small Businesses
    Any.do
    Score8 out of 10
    Flock
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    KanbanFlow
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Troop Messenger
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Cisco Business Edition 7000 (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PodioZeplin
    Likelihood to Recommend
    2.7
    (42 ratings)
    8.1
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (17 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.4
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.2
    (6 ratings)
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PodioZeplin
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Progress ShareFile
    [Citrix Podios's] customer support is very quick and they provide you an option to convert your
    project into small tasks so that you can better assist your team and extract
    maximum work out of them hence I will totally recommend its usage. I could not think that keeping track of tasks could be this much easier and smart. It is a fully customizable tool that manages my tasks efficiently and deal with them effectively.
    Incentivized
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    Zeplin
    I still have some issues, especially with color integration between the style guide and also project. When we update the colors, it's not automatically sync to every project. Aside from that, zeplin solves my problem for hand-off design from design to developer. I set zeplin is source of truth design file
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Progress ShareFile
    • Very easy for people without coding or technical skills to set up and maintain information in "Apps".
    • Platform is very easy to learn and adopt--it's intuitive.
    • Project management potential is awesome--instead of having to fit your projects into a structure that is industry specific, you can build an app that tracks what you want, in the order you want it.
    • Has a "relationship" field that allows you to relate an individual item or record to a record in another app. It effectively gives some of the functionality of a relational database.
    • Very useful for information sharing when staff members are in different regions or places.
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    Zeplin
    • Ease in automatically building design style guides, saving time that might be spent on building style guides in another tool (such as InDesign).
    • Users can use Mac, PC, or web versions of this app to collaborate on a single project, enabling us to work with a wider pool of contractors.
    • Accelerates the design-to-development workflow, as it’s very easy to import Sketch or Photoshop files through plug-ins, and HTML/CSS codes are automatically created based on designs.
    • Provides cross-platform specifications for web, iOS, and Android, which can save developers time in figuring out specifications beyond the “main platform" on their own.
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    Cons
    Progress ShareFile
    • More filter options for calendars.
    • Customizable views for Relation fields.
    • Full featured Podio mobile App for iPad.
    • A customizable profile status – would love to work with Podio in silent mode (logged in while working, but "not available" for requests when in heavy work mode)
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    Zeplin
    • The uploading and syncing of assets is great for sketch and photoshop but we use illustrator and that can be cumbersome/tedious at times.
    • There are certain elements that have been a bit confusing to navigate at times, but for the most part, it's pretty user-friendly
    • More integrations
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Progress ShareFile
    Podio customer service is great. The cloud and mobile service is fast (almost instant, continuous syncing). With a solid user base, and backed by Citrix, this is a serious business solution. They're also constantly working on improving and making it more powerful. I anticipate it only getting better
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    Zeplin
    Great tool
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Progress ShareFile
    It takes a while to understand how to wield the power of 'relationship' fields and unlocking the flow of data across Podio apps and workspaces. Once the lightbulb comes on, the options and builds are effortless and limitless. Because of the unrestrained customization, you truly start with a blank slate and must endure a potentially frustrating learning curve to crack to (no)code. But once you get it, all the power is readily at your fingertips.
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    Zeplin
    Zeplin's component management and style guide help us to be consistent across whole product and it so easy to use for non-technical person. It is now easy to collaboration for designes between different teams like stackholders, product owner, UI/UX, developers and testers. Now there is only one point of reference is Zeplin so it is so easy to get details without asking designer or developer again and again.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Progress ShareFile
    I have not experienced any down time
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    Zeplin
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Progress ShareFile
    It works all the time and if I have a question, support get back to me ASAP
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    Zeplin
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Progress ShareFile
    Podio support was always responsive and very quick to provide answers and assistance during the history of using this product, their support team has always been top notch. There have been several cases where calling podio support a feature was not available and they provided either workaround solutions or added the features straight into their roadmap.
    Incentivized
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    Zeplin
    Zeplin has classic support with a chat from the website. It's working fine, and we're also getting the support needed when needed. However, Zeplin is very good at closing the incidents and moving on. It was a while ago we had a case with their support so that it might have improved since then.
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    Implementation Rating
    Progress ShareFile
    Could of got more help sooner and mapped out structure after the 1st month. Future planning
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    Zeplin
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Progress ShareFile
    I have not yet found a permanent solution that meets all of our needs. We continue to use different tools across our different departments, and none of our tools really communicate with one another to our satisfaction. We remain optimistic, however, that a company will emerge that embraces an abstract, highly customizable interface and also provides exceptional customer service with an open-minded development team that does not simply say no to everything by default.
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    Zeplin
    Zeplin is great to inspect and share user interfaces, specifications and assets, perfect for developers. Tools like InVision and Marvel are much better to create prototypes for both developers, coworkers and even stakeholders, but they don't have this kind of feature (inspection) as Zeplin does. So each of them can be used for different purposes, offering different approaches to share and interact with layouts for apps and websites.
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    Scalability
    Progress ShareFile
    As you business grows, so does Podio. There seems to be no limit to the workspace and apps you can create on the platform
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    Zeplin
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Progress ShareFile
    • Podio is great for task assignment and tracking. The ability to enter and assign tasks from mobile and track their completion saves me several phone calls a day.
    • Podio outdoes email as my go to place to search for information. The ability to forward emails into the system, organize by projects and contacts, and search it all saves considerable time and confusion.
    • Podio has considerable potential to reduce overall admin time spent organizing information (filing, tracking, etc) The ability to keep a single record of a given piece of information without being tied to email vs file structure works very well.
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    Zeplin
    • Development time has reduced as the design updates are communicated in real time to developers and they don't have to write the boilerplate code as it's already generated.
    • Employee engagement has improved as every stakeholder is aware about the design changes from the beginning and can give their inputs.
    • Designers save a lot of time as they don't to explicitly communicate when the update or publish their designs and also it just takes a couple of clicks to publish their designs. Also, lot of rework is saved as every stakeholder is involved right from the beginning.
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