Design & artwork project management made simple, stressless and trackable!
July 17, 2023

Design & artwork project management made simple, stressless and trackable!

John Fitzgerald | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Ziflow

We use Ziflow to help our studio and our clients manage the process of accurately reviewing and approving packaging designs and artworks for fast moving consumer goods. It acts as a single location where all project participants can add comments, submit and clarify queries and enable clear decision making in a timely manner. Before Ziflow, managing all the comments, queries and approval that came thru via email, phone calls, etc. was incredibly time consuming. Ziflow gives the project team a lot of that time back!
  • Simple and user friendly interface with little if no learning curve.
  • Accurate and specific change requests are especially enhanced when using the markup tools.
  • Nice to be able to assign who the decision maker is and also be able to change project participants easily, like when someone goes on holiday or sick leave.
  • SOCD (sent, opened, comment, decision) progress indicators provide an awesome 'at a glance' view of project participants activity.
  • Email notifications and integration with Asana is brilliant.
  • Sometimes when you have proofs that may have names that are similar, it can cause issues with integration on Asana.
  • Not often, but at times it can be slow to update Asana (but could be due to Asana or slow internet)
  • It would be good to be able to upload batches of files in one go without them becoming one file. (not sure if this can already be done and I missed this feature)
  • Make it clearer for users to make sure their comment or change request is captured and saved.
  • Time Saved - Ziflow easily gives each member of the team a full day back each week.
  • Enhanced PR for the agency as we have helped clients claw back some time for themselves as well and the project flow is 100% smoother and professional.
  • While it is not cheap, it is value for money and the ROI is easily 20% within the first 18 months.
A lot less effort and a lot less time managing emails and messages. That alone has been a game-changer. The process is also a lot less stressful as everything is tracked, so each project participant is fully aware of what they are accountable for. Proofing is also more efficient. Being able to pulse people in and out of projects is really awesome.
Our review and approval process is now entirely via Ziflow. Since Covid, my team has been working remotely and it would not have been possible to get thru projects as efficiently and effectively without Ziflow. It's the same for a lot of clients and Ziflow has helped them to collaborate, review and approve effortlessly.

Do you think Ziflow delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Ziflow's feature set?

Yes

Did Ziflow live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Ziflow go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Ziflow again?

Yes

Ziflow is similar to Proof HQ, which I have used but never had to implement. I prefer the Ziflow user interface
Being able to track who made what decision and/or comment and also when is vital. Also by removing any ambiguity on change requests, especially when using the markup tools, means even the most complex changes are clear and we can proceed with confidence to the next project stage. It is also nice to be able to upload a file to assist with comments and what they specifically refer to.

Ziflow Feature Ratings

File sharing
10
Annotations
10
Version management
10
Approvals
10
Templates
Not Rated
Mobile application
Not Rated