Hi guys,
wanted to ask if someone can share their opinions on different project management / time tracking web tools , for example like ProWorkFlow or Producteev ?
Would like to find one to have quote / invoice module and integrated guest / client access with ability to comment uploaded files , also tracking versions would be really cool feature to have.
Also TeamWork is quite cool, though it’s invoicing module is very simple , but it has versioning of files , what is really good feature.
Any ideas ?
I haven’t seen one that does it all, however I use Freshbooks, ConceptShare, and Bidsketch.
We use function point. it’s ok, a little clumsy, but I gather it automates a lot of stuff we previously had to do manually.
also we tried http://www.reviewstudio.com/
for image review, and i liked using it, but by and large we just do all of that via email and printouts/scanned in sketches.
Marking up videos and images with it are great. Just need to be transferred into a list in FP that can then have each contributers effect on time tracked seperately
Quite interesting stuff.
Bobby , with conceptshare - you are registered for one user and client can enter and comment without registration ?
I quite like reviewstudio , looks really nice , even better than conceptshare. Does it have custom branding except the subdomain ?
I’ll check it out, thanks. I also looked at Cage, which looked good.
Also
ftrack does all that besides quoting and invoicing but maybe that is added at some point. It excels at everything else though. In a less secure environment than ours the client rewview stuff is really cool.
Cheers,
Thorsten
Supposed to, yeah - it’s one of the features. dont know to what extent as it was only used for exceptions rather than every job and that didn’t matter.
Also
http://www.proofhq.com
Use this at work , main disatvantage is that it is Flash based and quite expensive.
For now i have 4 options i like - proworkflow , reviewstudio , teamwork and ftrack.
If Ftrack includes review studio and project management than it’s a real advantage , i should check that out.
Also cool is that deadline has integration with ftrack !
for one user, isn’t it free? Flash based is bad; a lot of my clients use iPads.
Bobby Parker www.bobby-parker.com
Nope , maybe it was some time before. Now i contacted them , and this is their answer
Thanks for your interest in ProofHQ!
The smallest edition is a 5 user seat. So, I’ve provided an outline of the standard edition pricing you’ve requested, as well as some resources to help in your evaluation of ProofHQ below:
5 users / 100 monthly proofs = $55 monthly or $600 annual USD
55$ monthly is quite a lot for dying-flash core i think…
Too much, I agree. Others are between $10 and $25 a month, and up.
Bobby Parker www.bobby-parker.com
Ftrack looks really cool. Though i do not understand one thing. Client needs user creation or i can make like a guest - invite , for commenting for example ?
Free for small studios
Interesting , though i registered but dashboard loads completely white..
ha , connected with facebook - it works.
One disadvantage is that i need to create separate proof for each image. For example i have a project of 9 buildings - i need to render them front and back. Now imagine bombardement of 18 links to client 
Too bad there is no one link for project proof , like in FTrack. I like it more and more 
There is built-in webreview for internal reviews and the clientreview. They are different things (and rightfully so). You would simply select the versions that you want to have reviewed by the client in the webinterface and add them to a client review session via right click. You can then manage that session. You can simply invite clients by adding their email (and have ftrack invite them). They get a link with an encoded id. They do not need ftrack users.
Then the client can review the shots, approve or send them off to rework and add comments and annotations in the webinterface. Once done there is a feature for you to transfer the feedback back into your shots. You can either directly send it back or edit it (because client feedback is only ever so goof you know 
).
Here is a video of the workflow: https://vimeo.com/114147237
Cheers,
Thorsten
Thanks for explanation , Thorsten , was confused a bit with internal and client review sections.
Ftrack is my favorite for now really , 25$ is quite good price for so much functions.
for me, who has clients that struggle with simple email, less is more.
Hah i totally agree with you , Bobby , though review section here is really easy to understand and to follow, it can be done from anything as it is HTML5. Thanks Thorsten for pointing on that !
Also its integration with deadline is really cool , i plan to make a nice chain of production , that’s the right tool for it. The metadata wich you can add to any project is awesome feature - you can add any info to it for later processing , like quote , invoiced / not invoiced / payed / payment pending. New level of control !
I’m also looking for something like this. As Bobby mentioned, less is more. I need something that is VERY SIMPLE to use for clients (and free). It’s very difficult to read handwriting on a scanned image!
Can somebody maybe post a screenshot of one of these review sites with interface over the job please? (any past job is fine)