500apps vs. Adobe Workfront

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
500apps
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
500apps is a business platform designed to offer value to every department in growing businesses. With its application suite of 50 apps, 500apps enables work in all department categories such as Marketing, Sales, Support, HR, Developers, Collaboration, and Productivity management. The company's vision is to enable growth in global SMBs through the software applications suite. In addition, this infinity suite can be accessed for $14.99/month with all product categories, no feature caps, access…
$14.99
per month
Adobe Workfront
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
Adobe Workfront, acquired by Adobe in late 2020, is a web-based project-management tool. It is designed for both IT and marketing teams, but can be implemented for any kind of project. Workfront offers all the features standard to project management platforms, as well as resource allocation, automation, and agile workflow.N/A
Pricing
500appsAdobe Workfront
Editions & Modules
500apps Infinity Suite
$14.99
per month
500apps Infinity Suite
$14.99
per month
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
500appsAdobe Workfront
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsUnlimited Access to 50 apps, No Feature Caps, 24x5 Email, Chat, and Phone Support, & Single Sign-On No tiers. Honest pricing. Cancel anytime.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
500appsAdobe Workfront
Features
500appsAdobe Workfront
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
500apps
-
Ratings
Adobe Workfront
8.6
Ratings
12% above category average
Task Management00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Resource Management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Team Collaboration00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Document Management00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Email integration00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Change request and Case Management00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
500apps
-
Ratings
Adobe Workfront
6.0
Ratings
23% below category average
Quotes/estimates00 Ratings5.10 Ratings
Invoicing00 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Project & financial reporting00 Ratings6.40 Ratings
Integration with accounting software00 Ratings6.40 Ratings
Best Alternatives
500appsAdobe Workfront
Small Businesses
Teamwork.com
Teamwork.com
Score 8.9 out of 10
Stackby
Stackby
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Teamwork.com
Teamwork.com
Score 8.9 out of 10
InEight
InEight
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprises
Planview AdaptiveWork
Planview AdaptiveWork
Score 7.4 out of 10
InEight
InEight
Score 8.3 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
500appsAdobe Workfront
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(0 ratings)
8.9
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
1.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
500appsAdobe Workfront
Likelihood to Recommend
I think it is well suited in the IT and HR/administration areas. As it offers a large services related to communications and data management systems. Also in educational institutions we can use the service as well. Hospitals and medical systems will be the top most benificiries of these softwares as data tracking and monitoring of patients will be efficient.
Read full review
Workfront enables us to manage all our projects effectively while providing a comprehensive overview of team resources. The Resource Planner helps the team identify their capacity to determine whether they are over- or under-allocated. This information is crucial for project planning and ensuring team members do not experience burnout.
Read full review
Pros
No answers on this topic
  • Routing. Workfront's capabilities to route tasks to multiple people far exceeds the capabilities of SharePoint in terms of back-end configuration required and ability to track task status.
  • Form Creation. Workfront forms have a better UX than SharePoint as well as the ability to customize forms based on certain responses.
  • Project Management Tracking & Reporting. The ability to track task and project statuses and send reminders/alerts when parameters are set are very helpful. Additionally, the reporting capabilities are very helpful when tracking multiple projects across multiple functions to deliver to leadership.
Read full review
Cons
No answers on this topic
  • Notifications (sometimes I am emailed when I am tagged, other times I am not)
  • Certain file formats do not render correctly in Workfront Proof (eg, .XLS files)
  • It can be difficult to manage projects if you have not been assigned the correct permissions.
Read full review
Likelihood to Renew
No answers on this topic
All that I've said already is why. I suppose the clearest way to say it is that at this point? I cannot imagine running the 300+ active projects in eMarketing without AtTask; it simply wouldn't be possible and even more; I wouldn't imagine why we'd try to find an alternative tool when we have one meeting our needs.
Read full review
Usability
No answers on this topic
For my needs, it's easy to jump in and out of, make changes and update projects, and check in with my employers. I haven't used to it create my own projects, they're created by my employer as we go, I suspect it's not hard to use in that way, but I don't have first-hand knowledge.
Read full review
Reliability and Availability
No answers on this topic
Maintenance is required, but usually after work hours, Some days the proofing tool function is not operational, but this is a new function of the tool that WF is working out. the kinks on. Chrome is the best browser to use the system in and we find Firefox and Explorer lose some view functionality - Gantt Chart, Resource Grid
Read full review
Performance
No answers on this topic
Workfront's performance has been very good. Everything always feels very fast and snappy in my experience. We have integrated it with custom scripts to create folder structure for media managing our projects. It works very well.
Read full review
Support Rating
No answers on this topic
I haven't directly interacted with the Workfront support team, but my sense, from speaking to the person in our organization who's job this is, is that they are generally very responsive to support requests, and very supportive an pro active in making sure that those requests are taken care of in a timely manner.
Read full review
In-Person Training
No answers on this topic
It was from my boss, not a rep from AtTask.
Read full review
Online Training
No answers on this topic
The training is very easy to use and you can simply choose the topics included in the course(s) that are most important to your training needs. After each training course, you are tested on what you have learned. If you need a refresher course, they provide Course Catalogs as well as instructor-led courses & workshops.
Read full review
Implementation Rating
No answers on this topic
We have implemented and integrated Workfront into three departments (R&D, Marketing, and IT). All have experience overall performance gains in productivity. R&D has developed a record number of new products, while streamlining and reducing workloads. Complex projects are now easily managed and delivered. Marketing has expanded the management of media and collateral, implemented more campaigns and increase brand value. IT projects are all now visible and managed. Helpdesk is being converted to the system allowing for better visibility and management of day to day requests from our growing company
Read full review
Alternatives Considered
The user-friendly UI is excellent. In contrast to other platforms, I am able to build my chatbot in a matter of minutes. I finally chose Botup. It's the most user-friendly and cost-effective chatbot software available, thanks to its intuitive user interface and first-rate customer support. I advise you to use the 500apps all-in-one suite instead of wasting time and money seeking third-party integrations for your company
Read full review
While I consider Jira to have a somewhat different targeted use case from Adobe Workfront, they definitely overlap in some of their capabilities. As mentioned earlier, I find that Adobe Workfront is better at tracking progress and managing resources for larger projects that cross a number disparate teams or stakeholders. Meanwhile, Jira is better for tracking individual projects within a single team or smaller tasks, something that can be a bit harder to do at scale in Adobe Workfront.
Read full review
Scalability
No answers on this topic
We have been using Workfront for about 3 years. During this time they continue to be a very stable project management system. Workfront's overall scalability is able to handle increased loads of work. When using Workfront for a project management tool for the web team, we store documents, images & video's without any issues. They work with their customer's to provide the best project management system in the market today! I highly recommend Workfront for all project management needs. Workfront strives to deliver unique technology solutions to growing companies!
Read full review
Return on Investment
No answers on this topic
  • Positive - we get more work done in a timely fashion because all team members are using Workfront.
  • Negative - projects can get held up quickly due to user error (e.g., someone not using Workfront or checking notifications)
  • Positive - we have a good gauge of where personally we are with projects, and how are team members are spending their time.
Read full review
ScreenShots

500apps Screenshots

Screenshot of 500apps Infinity SuiteScreenshot of Infinity Suite dashboardScreenshot of Compatibility with multiple OSScreenshot of Dashboard CustomisationScreenshot of Dashboard Personalization

Adobe Workfront Screenshots

Screenshot of Tasks in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Work Requests in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Review Functionality in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Adobe Workfront Planning