Overview
What is MindManager?
MindManager is a mind mapping and project management tool that aims to boost users’ productivity. It is designed to facilitate a wide range of project types, and includes cross-platform functionality and 3rd party integrations.
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Your thought process will be clear and enjoyable.
A lifetime of use
Fantastic product for gathering, organising, updating and presenting information.
Good but expensive.
A good way to structure and visualize your information.
My Swiss Army Knife for years, my digital machine for the future
Bitter/Sweet: I love it but I can't share it.
Great software but now upgrades are too expensive.
Many functions to implement in order to survive
Evaluation Of the Latest Version of Mind Manager that works on my machine
MindManager is a great tool for thinkers
Excellent Product but too complicated to export and share with non-users.
MindManager for Information & Project Management in Healthcare IT Consulting
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MindManager for Microsoft Teams
$105
Annual Subscription
$179
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- No setup fee
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- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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What is MindManager?
MindManager aims to bring clarity and structure to plans, projects, and processes.
It helps users to transform scattered ideas and information into dynamic visual mind maps, flowcharts, concept maps, matrices and other diagrams. Users can also take control of their work, synthesize vast amounts of data, collaborate and communicate more effectively.
MindManager is a suite of visualization products that helps individuals and teams think more clearly, make better decisions, and get on the path to personal and organizational success.
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MindManager Integrations
- Zapier
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Teams
- MS Outlook
- MS Word
- MS Excel
MindManager Technical Details
Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android |
Supported Languages | English, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Chinese |
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(406)Attribute Ratings
- 8.2Likelihood to Renew21 ratings
- 8.2Availability5 ratings
- 8.2Performance4 ratings
- 7.6Usability16 ratings
- 8.2Support Rating13 ratings
- 6.4Online Training1 rating
- 7.3Implementation Rating4 ratings
- 8.2Configurability3 ratings
- 8.2Product Scalability4 ratings
- 3.6Ease of integration2 ratings
- 9.1Vendor pre-sale3 ratings
- 9.1Vendor post-sale3 ratings
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(1-5 of 5)Many functions to implement in order to survive
- Organizing information
- Analyzing information
- Preparing academic information to publish
- Brainstorming
- Work with academic information related to mathematics, geometry, physics, chemistry.
- Include symbolic manipulation of equations using LaTeX or otherwise
- Embed SQLite databases as attachments or otherwise, This could allow to store different versions of maps and many othe possibilities.
- Finish onece for all the documentation of the MindManager API
- Allow the possibility of working with the documented version of the API using Python
- Add AI capabilities to MindManager
- Automate the generation of mind maps from PDF files.
- Acces to Large Language Models from MindManager
- Include in MindManager the possibility of analysing YouTube videos using AI
- And many others..-
- Saved time
- improved quality
- improved accessibility of information
- Strategic Planning
- Brainstorming
- Knowledge Management
- Problem Solving
- Task and Project Management
- Project Planning
- Sales
- Knowledge management
- Brainstorming
- Automation without using the API
- Training
- Learning
- Documenting
- Scalability
- Ease of Use
- Implemented in-house
- The API was a disaster, year after year
- No Training
- Adding new topics
- Co-editing
- Smart Shapes
- Using the API
- Using the Map Index
- Managing tasks
- MS CRM
- IBM Watson NLU API
- Linkedin API
- SQLite
- Large Language Models APIs
- File import/export
- API (e.g. SOAP or REST)
- Very few in our case. Version 2022 had few improvements.
- I have no idea. They have not said anything yet.
MindManager Adds GPS to Your Maps
- Super easy to use; everyone gets the basics and the power behind mind mapping.
- Incredible flexibility to grow/expand on ideas and then to link them.
- Dashboards and Gantt charts are polished.
- MindManager is easy to use for publishing maps to non-users via browsers
- Multi-monitor support...could be my setup here but I struggle with super large maps and I find using a set of linked smaller maps to be less grief than scrolling around a large map but I would highly prefer seeing the bigger picture. That or some hotkeys to improve using a super large map.
- MindManager automatically adjusts the width of topics while typing...they are working on a way to turn that off; the workaround is either manually setting the width individually or using a 'match width' function.
- $400 for the ability to do a project mapped out or hierarchical.
- Ability to lay out all the tasks and Gantt them - included.
- Ability to share maps with anyone with a browser - included.
- Putting all info into a MindMap allows for very quick and intuitive (re)sorting of the information...something that would be much too painful in Word
- As for other 'mindmapping' software, MindManager is the most feature-rich, professional application of the lot
- MindManager goes beyond just mindmapping and allows for actually sorting and using the information much more readily and intuitively than lesser programs
- MindManager is constantly improving the integration between desktop and mobile, user and non-user
- Strategic Planning
- Brainstorming
- Process Mapping
- Education & Training
- Knowledge Management
- Meeting Management
- Problem Solving
- Task and Project Management
- Project Planning
- Brainstorming and then prioritizing
- Project Management and Tracking
- Knowledge Base - Storage
- Knowledge Base - Dissemination
- Publishing Maps and sending as HTML
- Embedding multiple maps in HTML and sent as one big (non-editable) map
- Integrating Tasks with Outlook is on the docket
- Resource allocation
- Integrating with office and committees
- Custom filtering to dashboards (eg for office, committee, even down to the person level)
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
- Prior Experience with the Product
- Vendor Reputation
- Existing Relationship with the Vendor
- Positive Sales Experience with the Vendor
- Analyst Reports
- Third-party Reviews
- Implemented in-house
- None with MindManager
- Some issues getting Olympic product to work with TrendMicro AV but my understanding is that was due to an IT managed platform
- Online training
- Self-taught
- Just getting going...no fanfare to start mapping
- Adding formatting
- Printing maps
- Publishing and sharing maps
- Scrolling large maps (but I really could rotate my monitor to portrait mode)
- Microsoft Outlook for tasks
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel
- Publishing and Sharing of maps
- Better ability to scale Snagit attachments
- Brainstorming
- Process Mapping
- Knowledge Management
- Meeting Management
- Problem Solving
- Project Planning
- Great to segment things out (projects, organizational charts, processes, workloads, etc) and gives you a full picture of the job.
- It is user friendly, simple to use, and powerful.
- MS Office and Teams integration is great. Allows for easy collaboration.
- Great GUI and visuals
- Excellent method for project planning and brainstorming
- It can be difficult to print your mind map in a font that is large enough to easily read.
- Certain features for first-time users are a bit daunting and there is a slight learning curve.
- The help options can be enhanced.
- Improved collaboration
- Saved time and efforts
- Improved productivity of project managers
- Linking individual Outlook e-mails to your mind maps
- Map the contents of your files and folders
- Manage information quickly and logically
- Drag and drop within the map sometimes is tricky, making placement, or rearrangement of items frustrating
- Microsoft Project integration does not exist
Great project management application!
- Strategic Planning
- Brainstorming
- Process Mapping
- Knowledge Management
- Problem Solving
- Task and Project Management
- Project Planning
- Project planning, being able to quickly identify tasks.
- Solutioning across multiple departments at a high level.
- Process flow visualization.
- Workflow creation functionality.
- Saved time
- Identify tasks quickly
- Developing workflows
- Outlining processes
- Go live prep
- Go live prep
- Agile sprint planning
- Change Management
- Project timelines
- Project workflows
- Team organization
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Don't know
- not sure
- Self-taught
- thought process flow
- planning
- gnat chart
- n/a
- Microsoft visio
- File import/export
- Not sure.
- N/A
Give Me MindJet MindManager or NeverMind
- First and foremost, it is a great way to brainstorm and bring ideas together in a visual way. You can quickly organize these thoughts and idea, link them, prioritize items if needed and add graphics and call-outs to give more direction on what needs more focus and refinement.
- As a Manager, I need to be able to report on progress to my internal customers and stakeholders. MindManager lets me create project status reports and dashboards that are well organized and easy to read. The ability to then export to an interactive PDF for delivery via email is a great feature. The person reviewing the PDF doesn't need MindManager, yet they can interact with the elements as you designed them.
- I have been creating instructional materials for various types of businesses and MindManager is a very good tool for laying out the steps in a business process or showing the process flow of a particular application or software project. MindManager lets me create these steps visually while being able to show relationships and other details. I can then save these as PNG files for use in other documents and web pages.
- When I first started using MindManager, it was very easy to add main topics to the Central Topic. Floating topics were easy to align and use. With the newer versions, some of that control seems to have been lost. It is harder to align and move your main topics around like before.
- When you exported to the MindManager Viewer ( interactive PDF ) everything stayed aligned just as you had created it. The Viewer document doesn't seem to keep things as aligned. As you expand items, they jump around forcing you to scroll more.
- In order to keep up with the times, I would like to see more of an effort to be able to export to something more portable such as HTML5 and JavaScript. While Flash will be around in other fashions, the need to have information on mobile devices is pushing the use of other technologies.
- MindManager has improved overall communications with my customers. I can quickly update a dashboard and send it out. At a glance, my customers can see the status, risks and mitigation plan, and next steps and delivery dates.
- As a learning tool, many of my students have commented that the visual style of MindManager has made learning more interactive and memorable.
- As a tool for creating online job aides, the information needed can be accessed more efficiently and faster allowing for a quicker time to resolution.
- MindGenius,SmartDraw
- Implemented in-house