Item: Freehand by InVision
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with InVision Freehand

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Freehand mainly for 2 user cases:

Collaborating on Sketch of user interface design.
Publishing screens from Sketch to Freehand, and discussing with other designers, clients, and stakeholders.

During the covid remote working period, we used it more.

Pros and Cons

Pros

The UI wireframe are very 'sketchy', which focuses the discussion on content/interaction but not visual.
User can leave comments. (It's a great new feature.)
Easy to use, a lot of templates.

Cons

Stability. I encounter some bugs which make data unsaved. Fortunately the 'version history' helped me out.
Is it possible to add hotspot to make the UI clickable in Freehand?
Cannot rotate picture, it's quite annoying.

Return on Investment

Increase the collaboration between designers, product team and engineering team.

Alternatives Considered

MURAL (formerly Mural.ly)

Freehand is more a tool for design/ideation, whereas Mural is more a tool for workshop collaboration. Freehand benefits from its integration with other InVision tools and Sketch.

Key Insights

Do you think Freehand by InVision delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Freehand by InVision's feature set?

Yes

Did Freehand by InVision live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Freehand by InVision go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Freehand by InVision again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Sketch, MURAL (formerly Mural.ly), Axure RP

Well suited: to run a collaborating design session, ideation session, or collecting people's feedback.
Less appropriate: whiteboard collaboration on workshop. (Mural/Miro is more popular in my organization for that purpose.)

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Nice tool to collaboratively doing design/ideation.

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