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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Brandfolder

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ABrandfolder, from Smartsheet since the 2020 acquisition, supports brands' content and creative assets with adigital asset management software that helps organize, control, create, distribute and measure creative assets across hundreds of formats including 8K video, documents, images and 3D.N/A

    Perforce P4

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/APerforce P4 (formerly Helix Core) is the company's version control and peer code review solution. Perforce offers add-on products for code review for free, and Git support products.N/A
    Pricing
    BrandfolderPerforce P4
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    BrandfolderPerforce P4
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    BrandfolderPerforce P4
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Brandfolder and Perforce P4
    Feature
    Brandfolder
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Perforce P4
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data exportability5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content analytics7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    DAM Features
    Comparison of DAM Features features of Brandfolder and Perforce P4
    Feature
    Brandfolder
    7.9
    1 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Perforce P4
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    Ratings
    Uploading assets7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Downloading assets9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Categories10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset storage10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset sharing10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset search9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Tagging system10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content editing6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Embed codes8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Metadata7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collections10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    User access7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow automations5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Related asset discovery2.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Version Control Software Features
    Comparison of Version Control Software Features features of Brandfolder and Perforce P4
    Feature
    Brandfolder
    -
    Ratings
    Perforce P4
    7.9
    1 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Branching and Merging00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Version History00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Version Control Collaboration Tools00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Pull Requests00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Code Review Tools00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Project Access Control00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Automated Testing Integration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Issue Tracking Integration00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Branch Protection00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    MediaValet
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BrandfolderPerforce P4
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    6.5
    (15 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.6
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BrandfolderPerforce P4
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Smartsheet
    It is so well suited for a cloud based DAM. It's loads so fast, works well in every browser. With remote work now it is so easily for our team to upload, organize, share, and view analytics on our assets. The best feature is the templating system which allows your designers to take what they design in Adobe Indesign and denote which areas are editable and it keeps the formatting, style, and fonts to the end user. The only other options on the market would require the designer to rebuild the design on a separate platform like Canvas. I wish the platform did more to help with handling videos. It doesn't display the runtime on a video, the specs, or play captions inline with the video. I also wish it would do media pushing to social media platforms.
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    Perforce Software
    While Perforce Helix is the best version control software out there, it can also be used to track your documentation, training videos and materials, and requirements. If you have strict compliance requirements, it can be used to ensure that those requirements are satisfied. Perforce Helix is incredibly flexible and can meet the needs of individual users as well as companies with thousands of users.
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    Pros
    Smartsheet
    • Documents such as contact lists and cooperative programs
    • Featured listings, agents, and maps are just a few examples of creative advertising concepts
    • Provides organization
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    Perforce Software
    • The branching mechanisms in Perforce allow for an enormous codebase to be duplicated into release versions weekly with little impact upon things such as the speed of queries against the version control.
    • Action triggers permit such things as automated builds of software versions, dynamic messaging when issues are identified either within or prior to a build process, and much more.
    • Locking provides the ability to prevent modifications of stable, tested versions in order to ensure validity when they are released.
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    Cons
    Smartsheet
    • If you have a large collection of images, like we do, and you go 2 or 3 pages deep and select an image, then close the image, the collection snaps back to page 1. It's pretty frustrating.
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    Perforce Software
    • Perforce tends to feel backwards in how it approaches certain tasks, like branching and integrating - even once you figure out how it wants you to perform these tasks, you will likely forget when it comes around to the next time you need to do them again.
    • Perforce has a higher price tag, comparatively.
    • Perforce make some tasks very easy, and yet other tasks very difficult - it doesn't always seem to have found its target user's proficiency.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Smartsheet
    No answers on this topic
    Perforce Software
    We are fully committed to our use of Perforce. It works well within our organization and our desire to share our code base with our customers. Their support staff are responsive, inquisitive, and eager to improve their software. I feel like we have a direct line to their design/feature team as they often solicit our feedback.
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    Usability
    Smartsheet
    No answers on this topic
    Perforce Software
    With Perforce Helix, you can use it via the command line, via P4V, or any of the other APIs included with the product. It is extremely easy for new users to get up and running. Users of Perforce Helix only have to pull in the files of interest to them. Also, Perforce is very easy to script and integrate into your CI/CD pipeline. Streams allows you to have pinpoint control of your workflow, and P4Search is the absolute best--I wish Perforce (the company) would talk more about this. It is absolutely fabulous!
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    Reliability and Availability
    Smartsheet
    No answers on this topic
    Perforce Software
    In our large environment, Perforce is rarely "down". We have regular maintenance windows and from time to time Perforce can feel a little slow, but its always available. Tech support has always worked with our engineers and IT department to make sure that any real performance or stability issues are addressed quickly.
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    Support Rating
    Smartsheet
    No answers on this topic
    Perforce Software
    I had two representatives from Perforce contact me after downloading it but never responded when I had questions. I also had a difficult time finding good training material for getting started. There is a lot of available support material when running into issues, though, because of how many large companies use it.
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    Implementation Rating
    Smartsheet
    No answers on this topic
    Perforce Software
    This rating is related to setting up an environment from an existing Perforce repository. Initial setup of Perforce as the repository for the company was done by a separate team long prior to my inception.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Smartsheet
    Brandfolder has the best UI/UX for the end user and the administrator. The UI/UX is modern and not just a recreation of a folder system like old OS file systems. Brandfolder is so visual based and loads so quickly that makes it easy for users to find their assets quickly. The templating is totally unique when compared to other options on the market. The tagging system, duplicate detection, collections, and stacking files into an asset makes the platform efficient to manage and use
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    Perforce Software
    Git is great, I love Git. But it's not great for dealing with binary assets, even when using Git LFS. Locking is not as simple as on perforce. Git presents some problems on using for non-tech people it can get overwhelming and tech people have to come by and help.
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    Return on Investment
    Smartsheet
    • Cut down on time doubling time on assets
    • It took a long time to set up and train.
    • It is very expensive.
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    Perforce Software
    • Decreased our implementation costs by allowing versioning and back out of customizations made in the field.
    • saves developers time through automation of changes between branches - they think less of the plumbing and have more time to write code.
    • Downside is training/managing expectations of new developers who come in assuming they will use Git.
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