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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Whimsical

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AWhimsical is a visual workspace application from the company of the same name in Denver, allowing users to create collaborative wireframes, mindmaps, flowcharts, and sticky notes.

    $12

    per month per editor

    YouTrack

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AYouTrack is a project management tool for agile teams. YouTrack allows one to track projects and tasks, use agile boards, plan sprints and releases, keep a knowledge base, work with reports and dashboards, and create workflows that follow business processes.N/A
    Pricing
    WhimsicalYouTrack
    Editions & Modules
    Pro
    $12
    per month per editor
    Business
    $18
    per month per editor
    Enterprise
    $240
    per year per editor
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    WhimsicalYouTrack
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details17% discount for annual billing on Pro and Business plans.—
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    Community Pulse
    WhimsicalYouTrack
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    Whimsical
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    JetBrains
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    WhimsicalYouTrack
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Whimsical and YouTrack
    Feature
    Whimsical
    -
    Ratings
    YouTrack
    7.4
    4 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
    Resource Management00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Team Collaboration00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings8.72 Ratings
    Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings8.72 Ratings
    Document Management00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Email integration00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings8.32 Ratings
    Change request and Case Management00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Professional Services Automation
    Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Whimsical and YouTrack
    Feature
    Whimsical
    -
    Ratings
    YouTrack
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Quotes/estimates00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Project & financial reporting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    FigJam
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    Score7.3 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Freehand by InVision
    Score7.7 out of 10
    Microsoft To Do
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    WhimsicalYouTrack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (10 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.5
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.7
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    WhimsicalYouTrack
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Whimsical
    It's extremely well-suited for rapid wire-framing of concepts, as product teams can quickly collaborate on any idea and create a visual blueprint of it. Whimsical could provide more intuitive feature prioritization templates. The current templates lack the necessary detail and could be further enhanced from a UI/UX standpoint.
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    JetBrains
    We use it for both support and project management alike. It's not as bloated or indeed as expensive as Jira, so unless you have particularly complex requirements, YouTrack fits the bill in pretty much the same use cases as Jira does.
    The interface is also a good deal nicer on the eye and less clunky than a lot of the Open Source (eg. Redmine) and enterprise (eg. Remedy).
    It does have a customisable workflow for things like ticket age alerts. We don't make a great deal of use of this and had found that it can take a little fiddling if you want something very bespoke but it is clearly quite powerful.
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    Pros
    Whimsical
    • Simple to use
    • Tons of uses
    • Can be customized with themeing
    • Can organize all your boards pretty much however you want
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    JetBrains
    • Customization of fields that helps us report on what's important to us
    • Notification options for issues followed so I never miss an update
    • Filtered views for focused work
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    Cons
    Whimsical
    • Kind of want to see some of the functionality of other similar apps like Miro but the app is great at what it does
    • Folder structure takes a little time to get used to
    • Nitpicking here but not a big fan of the default font
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    JetBrains
    • Displaying Data
    • Custonization
    • Organic
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    Usability
    Whimsical
    It's fairly intuitive, I rarely have any problems using the app. The layout is pretty user-friendly and easy to adapt to. There's a lot of tooltips to help with the various features and functions, so it's very easy to get self-help for the most part. Overally, I'm pretty happy and satisfied with the usage of Whimsical for mind-mapping.
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    JetBrains
    It is very intuitive. Its not hard to pick up learn. I learned it pretty quickly at the first startup I cofounded and love to use it when working on my other ideas.
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    Support Rating
    Whimsical
    I reached out to support, as I was interested in possibly investing in the organization, and they quickly and happily informed me they are a bootstrap organization and do not take on investors at this time. The swift response and information readily available for my consumption was extremely helpful and shows how solid the team behind it is.
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    JetBrains
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Whimsical
    Whimsical is so much easier and has a better interface, so I think it's more suited to our workflow if compared to other tools like Google Charts. I really love this tool and I'm looking to learn and use it even more, as it helps us optimize our time, planning, and delivering more efficiently.
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    JetBrains
    YouTrack is more cost effective than all the commercial options. It's way more powerful and easier to use than the Open Source ones. It's a good middle ground and it does everything we need. Our software projects are of moderate complexity and YouTrack handles them well. Likewise, when it comes to external users, we've had good feedback from clients. Many of these clients are non-technical and have expressed their relief at not having to use something like Jira which is often quite impregnable for such users.
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    Return on Investment
    Whimsical
    • We've been using free version, so it's a no brainer.
    • As it helps us focus on the information organization process, we don't lose time redoing work due to the lack of planning before doing design or code.
    • We can collaborate on the same project, so it's easier to get things done as we're working from home as well.
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    JetBrains
    • By documenting and prioritizing issues that impact our customers, we're able to deliver fixes that prevent customer churn.
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