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InVision Freehand - Reliable but limited
May 25, 2022

InVision Freehand - Reliable but limited

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Freehand Pro

Overall Satisfaction with InVision Freehand

I used InVision Freehand for holding virtual retrospectives for teammates. Also, story mapping and other agile ceremonies. Lots of team use it for UX design and brainstorming. Many times we need to draw out a mock up and have the teams work around it or with it. The UX person will walk us through the mock up.
  • Easy to use.
  • Lots of plug in options.
  • Better formatting options.
  • Easier to share boards where people do not have to sign in.
  • Do not limit the amount of boards companies can have.
  • Mock up for UX.
  • Technology mapping.
  • Brainstorming
  • Sharing boards has been a challenge.
  • Having everyone log in in tough.
Figma is far superior. They have templates and great video integration. The template portion is the best. You can choose from many and even have a network of others that are creating templates for people to use. I am sure InVision Freehand has a lot of the same features, but they are not easy to find.

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

No

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

No

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?

No

Sharing boards was always an issue. Also, we were only allowed so many freehand boards per project. The main reason we stopped using InVision Freehand is that it only gave us so many admin licenses. We need more and the price was too much to upgrade. Please see into cutting costs for admins.

Using InVision Freehand

We switched over from InVision Freehand, so currently I do not think anyone uses it. We switched all of our boards over from freehand to Figma. The people that did use it were in the UX department and agile department.
  • UI design.
  • Agile Retrospectives.
  • Story Mapping.
  • Brainstorming sesh.
  • Agile retros.
  • Brainstorming
  • Just drawing funny pictures.
  • UI design.
  • Timelines
Figma seems to be a far superior product.

Evaluating InVision Freehand and Competitors

Not Sure
  • Product Usability
At first, it was simple and easy to use.
Setup easier sign in for users.

InVision Freehand Implementation

InVision Freehand Training

  • No Training
Yes, I thought it was pretty easy to learn without any training.

Configuring InVision Freehand

No, just perfect.
Play around and have fun. It will make learning fun.
No - there is no facility to customize the interface
No - the product does not support adding custom code
n/a

InVision Freehand Support

Never had to use it, maybe I should have when I was blocked with capabilities.
ProsCons
None
None
No, did not know it was a thing.
Not that I can think of.

Using InVision Freehand

Easy to use. Post its are easy and always seems like a simple, but great UI
ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Well integrated
Consistent
Quick to learn
Convenient
Feel confident using
Lots to learn
  • Post its
  • Drawing boxes
  • Adding pictures
  • Adding GIF.
  • Adding youtube videos.
  • No templates.

InVision Freehand Reliability

It would have been nice to have a wealth of templates to use or a network of people creating templates. Also, it was a challenge to get people to sign in.
Never seen an outage.
Loads very quickly. A lot better than Figma

Upgrading InVision Freehand