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25 reviewers had the following to say about Filestage's features:
Overall I really like it - I would love for it to integrate with other project management tools I use like Basecamp.
Pros
Easy to mark up creative without having to download and upload so many PDFs - I can mark exactly where I want to see changes, and can clearly see how other reviewers have marked it up and if they have approved it.
Cons
It's easy to click into the wrong version and not realize there's a newer version that I should be reviewing instead - sometimes my notification emails come out of order, which causes this.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Free Trial
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
No more emailing PDF files to the client, client adding comments, resending it back, then inquiring about what portion of the document the client was referring to etc.
Pros
The interface is not overwhelming and I can quickly upload, add reviewers, and make comments all in record time.
Cons
As a freelancer, it can be a little pricey. However, it seems to already have paid for itself because my sanity is not impacted with having to email PDFs back and forth for small revisions.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
I was looking for an easy way to make files available to my customers for review.
Pros
- intuitive usability - easy online review & collaboration - directly in the web interface - clients can comment the content easily without need to register - easy upload of different versions - complete documentation about reviews and versions - very time-saving & transparent - you do not need to send emails back and forth - my customers love it as this tool simplifies our cooperation
Cons
No Cons :-) Only, I wish tere was the possibility to upload and review more file formats.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
You save time in your post-production process and offer clients a great tool. Saves their time and yours!
Pros
- Easy interface - Easy feedback - Documentation - Great customer service Easy interface, especially for customers.
Cons
Features for sorting projects: The interface improved a lot since I started, but there are small things, for which I use workarounds.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Thanks for the review!
Great collaboration on project files
Pros
Easy to use and understand for collaboration purposes - if somebody needs to leave feedback on a specific file that requires updates, it's simple to do this.
Cons
Some processes are a little slow/laggy, but it's not enough to impact my recommendation or overall workflow.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Happy clients! Easy to use, and very intuitive :)
Pros
-Very easy to comment the document -Very User friendly: we see bullets and the comment appears -Amazing to be able to see different versions of one document -One online link, one pop up to invite reviewers to see the document -Easy to create projects and invite a team to share projects -Possibility to upload pdf or images into the comments themselves (great!)
Cons
-We could have different colors for bullets points -All the team members should have access all the projects, without inviting them to see the projects?
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
I've been working remotely for 3 years and I've suffered from not having a tool to organise the review workflow. Now getting my worked reviewed takes less time and effort.
Pros
Easy to use, supports many file types, charged by active projects and not by file storage or number of files.
Cons
Sometimes it is a bit slow, specially for users that are force to use older browsers.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Quite impressive so far as it makes the coordination across team easier and hasslefree, especially at this time of pandemic - where "work from home" is the only option for our teams
Pros
Version control helps in checking all updates happened over time Export and share feedback with clients & teams Annotation tool helps in understanding the suggested changes or modifications Can define roles, tasks visibility and permission levels The option of adding attachments is an add-on
Cons
An option to switch between different tabs/assets without going back on the main homepage multiple times
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Fast and easy reviewing process
Pros
+ Easy to set up + Intuititve + Clear and quick user interface + Secure, even useable for content that requires NDAs + You can easily see that this tool is made by people who exactly know what the problem is to which their product provides the solution
Cons
- Not very cheap considering freelancers - Limited API at the moment (but I was told that there is more to come)
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Occasionally
Likelihood to recommend
It helps us to accelerate the review process with the video editors and it makes the feedback and the collaboration between all stockholders easy
Streamlined the approval process
Pros
I began using it just a few months ago to approve advertising material, add comments or add missing translations to our advertising material.
Cons
There are many notification emails generated after each step but then that is also a plus as you can track what you've done.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Pros
It's also helpful to be able to reply to specific comments so that all of the communication on that one piece is together.
Cons
One suggestion: There was one instance where there were a couple of unresolved comments on version 1, but we needed time to figure them out and in the meantime we moved onto version 2.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Monthly
Likelihood to recommend
Creating and collaborating with various range of content seems like a breeze.
Pros
Filestage gives us more clarity in all aspects of content collaboration and content process review. Our workflow now is more streamlined and we are able to execute things faster.
Cons
I have nothing to complain about specifically. Some bugs can occur when you are using a lot of plugins but that's pretty much normal.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Read my review!
Pros
We usually start off with a draft document, send a link to the client, have the client comment directly on the draft with questions/feedback, and then we can respond and/or add a new draft, then repeat the whole process until everyone's happy.
Cons
Clunky to use on mobile, an app would be great eventually, for even more on-the-go quick response ability.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Thanks a lot for your valuable feedback!
Best,
The Filestage Team
Customer communication for approvals had never been easier
Pros
This is the best way we found to share, comment and get approvals from clients.
Cons
It would be great if we could just enter URL and it scraped the page automatically. It’s a feature available in some of their competitors.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Filestage is a very helpfull tool to get feedback, because the customer can comment exactly the frame that needs to be changed.
Pros
- easy upload - clear layout - great comment tool - very friendly support - you can update your files to a newer version without any struggle
Cons
I'm very happy with this tool :)
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Occasionally
Likelihood to recommend
Pros
I liked the most, that our students marketing association could easily do the Corporate Design checks, which are necessary for us.
Cons
Sometimes I had the feeling, that some Comments on already uploaded Pictures weren't send as an email to the others, cause the notification on the right lower corner was missing sometimes.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Pros
Simple collaboration made easy Non-tech clients who love the experience Ability to branded the platform
Cons
Completely white label with a custom subdomain (design.asimpleclean.agency) and for emails to come from our email addresses
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Pros
The best feature about the software is that review links can be sent to anyone - internal or external, team member or non-team member.
Cons
We would even benefit more from using the software, if it was possible to comment and edit open file formats such as Word, Excel, Power Point.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Extremely easy to use.
Pros
Filestage has been a gamechanger for our company. My team spent a week researching and testing various platforms and options, and none came close to what Filestage offered. I highly recommend it.
Cons
Would like to see a few feature and UI tweaks, but nothing major.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Pros
I love how easy it is to upload, comment on, and share files.
Cons
Filestage meets our needs. I haven't encountered any features that are missing.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
They prefer Filestage because of the easy and intuitive design. The data security is another advantage over the competitors.
Filestage allowed all of us to look at one PDF and collaborate, which saved a lot of time.
Pros
Filestage allowed multiple team members to review and comment on a large PDF.
Cons
The hyperlinks didn't work after uploading to Filestage. (I believe this is being fixed in a future update.)
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
We use it to get an approval from our national team to flyer and other design elements.
Pros
This software is really use to use and very practical to communicate with people who are geographical distanced from each other
Cons
There is no email when a data is "freigegeben"
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Frequency of use: Occasionally
Likelihood to recommend
Pros
It helped us to get better and more organised feedback from our clients and to speed up the approval process.
Cons
An integration with our other tools would be nice.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
