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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Xmind

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AHong Kong based Xmind offers their diagramming tool featuring a range of templates, alternate brainstorming and presentation modes, a clip art library, and export to a wide variety of file types (e.g. PDF, JPG, Word or Excel, etc.).

    $5.99

    per month

    Zeplin

    Score7.5 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
    XmindZeplin
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    up to 1 project
    Advanced
    $15
    per month per seat (up to 50 projects)
    Basic
    $15
    per month per project
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    XmindZeplin
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    XmindZeplin
    Considered Both Products
    Xmind
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    Zeplin
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    78%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    XmindZeplin
    Mind Mapping
    Comparison of Mind Mapping features of Xmind and Zeplin
    Feature
    Xmind
    7.5
    2 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Zeplin
    -
    Ratings
    Cross-Platform Compatibility7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Templates8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Import and Export Options9.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time Collaboration Tools8.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Drag-and-Drop Capabilities9.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notes and Attachments7.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Color and Style Customization5.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Presentation Mode7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with Task Management6.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mind Map Revision History4.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Xmind and Zeplin
    Feature
    Xmind
    -
    Ratings
    Zeplin
    4.5
    4 Ratings
    52% below category average
    Task Management00 Ratings4.72 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings6.24 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Xmind and Zeplin
    Feature
    Xmind
    -
    Ratings
    Zeplin
    6.7
    4 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Notifications00 Ratings6.74 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Xmind and Zeplin
    Feature
    Xmind
    -
    Ratings
    Zeplin
    4.9
    5 Ratings
    48% 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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    User Ratings
    XmindZeplin
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    8.1
    (22 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    XmindZeplin
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Xmind
    Definitely well suited to generate our total client profiles clearly presenting and displaying insights into particular clients.
    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
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    Pros
    Xmind
    • Hierarchical breakdown of information.
    • Visually pleasing diagrams.
    • Fast and responsive UI.
    • Generating Markdown (.md) files for the mindmaps.
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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
    Xmind
    • A few steps are needed to mark a label for each customized branch.
    • Branch customization, such as line width and style, could be improved.
    • Customization, such as a different shape of nodes, would be good.
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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
    Xmind
    No answers on this topic
    Zeplin
    Great tool
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    Usability
    Xmind
    Commands and controls extremely easy to navigate and use. Ability to import mindmaps and collaborate also contribute to a very pleasant usability experience
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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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    Support Rating
    Xmind
    The support around a bug in the tool which prevented the correct printing of diagrams. Support came back after a few days, and there was no workaround. Eventually, the bug was fixed in a future release. The company does not pay much attention to user forums. With better support and plugin mechanism for user contributions, the product would be more convincing.
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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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    Alternatives Considered
    Xmind
    This is the first tool of its kind that I have used, however it's simple UI and low learning curve make it very beginner friendly
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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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    Return on Investment
    Xmind
    • Increased productivity of employees.
    • Provided structure and clear thought processes.
    • Reusable content.
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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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