Great for Managers, Meh for Creatives.
September 19, 2023
Great for Managers, Meh for Creatives.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Wrike
As a creative/copywriter, my issues are readily apparent in this review request! To me, Wrike is so completely focused on management and project planning, that the interface with those who do the actual creative "work" are an after thought.Wrike is very good at lining up tasks and adjusting schedules, but not so good as an intuitive interface so someone like me, a writer, can grasp an entire project from a content point of view. For instance, often I'm talking to project managers and we can't seem to get on the same page because they have a different "view". When I receive a "task" through my "inbox" and click on it, the project may be there or it may not. If it isn't then I sometimes use the search function at the top of my dashboard, which may yield dozens of projects of various sorts related to my key words, or search through "Projects and Folders"...it can become looking for a project in a haystack! I will say that the to-do list is helpful as is the "get info" tab and "pinning" projects...the rest of the interface is not all that intuitive, at least to me with clipboards, tables, gantt charts,...etc. etc. Wrike's jargon is a bit confusing and I tend to ignore it. It almost seems as if English was not Wrike's first language. All in all, I would say Wrike is far more useful for planners and managers rather than creatives.
- informs me of "what's next" with. the to-do list
- allows me to keep current projects top of mind by pinning them
- Wrike does a good job of archiving earlier versions of projects
- I do like the "edit in Wrike" function in Word...when it doesn't hang up on me!
- Clunky and unintuitive interface, though it has gotten better.
- Inbox messages with "task" requests should link directly to the project...
- I don't use the shared dashboards at all...not sure how they would help me
- Lots of desktops and tasks "status" lists I tend to ignore because it's just too much to wade through...stick to my to-do list.
- Sometimes Managers and Creatives can't see the same thing because creatives don't have that "privilege"?
- Wrike does keep me organized and more efficient
- Wrike helps prevent confusion and wasted time with redundant editing or revisions.
- Wrike helps managers plan my work load and capacity more efficiently.
Do you think Wrike delivers good value for the price?
Not sure
Are you happy with Wrike's feature set?
Yes
Did Wrike live up to sales and marketing promises?
I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process
Did implementation of Wrike go as expected?
I wasn't involved with the implementation phase
Would you buy Wrike again?
Yes