Whimsical is a visual workspace application from the company of the same name in Denver, allowing users to create collaborative wireframes, mindmaps, flowcharts, and sticky notes.
$12
per month per editor
WorkflowMax
Score 9.2 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
WorkflowMax is a web-based project management solution.The platform offers end-to-end functionality standard to project management software, including time tracking, lead management, collaboration with external stakeholders, invoicing, integrations, and customizable reporting.
$20
per month
Pricing
Whimsical
WorkflowMax
Editions & Modules
Pro
$12
per month per editor
Business
$18
per month per editor
Enterprise
$240
per year per editor
Standard
$20
per month
Standard
$35
per month
Premium
$70
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Whimsical
WorkflowMax
Free Trial
No
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
17% discount for annual billing on Pro and Business plans.
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Community Pulse
Whimsical
WorkflowMax
Features
Whimsical
WorkflowMax
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Whimsical
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Ratings
WorkflowMax
9.3
Ratings
19% above category average
Task Management
00 Ratings
9.50 Ratings
Resource Management
00 Ratings
9.50 Ratings
Gantt Charts
00 Ratings
9.20 Ratings
Scheduling
00 Ratings
9.40 Ratings
Workflow Automation
00 Ratings
9.50 Ratings
Team Collaboration
00 Ratings
9.50 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology
00 Ratings
8.90 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology
00 Ratings
9.20 Ratings
Document Management
00 Ratings
9.20 Ratings
Email integration
00 Ratings
9.40 Ratings
Mobile Access
00 Ratings
9.20 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking
00 Ratings
9.60 Ratings
Change request and Case Management
00 Ratings
9.10 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management
00 Ratings
9.40 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
It's extremely well-suited for rapid wire-framing of concepts, as product teams can quickly collaborate on any idea and create a visual blueprint of it. Whimsical could provide more intuitive feature prioritization templates. The current templates lack the necessary detail and could be further enhanced from a UI/UX standpoint.
WorkflowMax is a good solution for the architecture and design profession in that it allows for multiple ways to track a project, apply time to a project, and invoice against a project. The ability to do staffing forecasting and future planning fills a need that most firms in this profession require.
Integration with inventory - there are a lot of companies out there which provide a service which includes selling items either purchased or held in stock or "kitted"
User permission levels need to be more flexible and ideally closely tied to Xero
Two way integration with Xero - ability to import invoices to specific jobs
Ability to save pdfs to purchase orders, invoices (like Xero)
Whimsical is overall very easy to learn and remember. One issue with the usability occurs when you attempt to move connected boxes around the workspace. Frequently connections break or do not add easily, causing further disconnects. You can manually fix these issues, but it's a oprobem that seems would have an easy fix
I reached out to support, as I was interested in possibly investing in the organization, and they quickly and happily informed me they are a bootstrap organization and do not take on investors at this time. The swift response and information readily available for my consumption was extremely helpful and shows how solid the team behind it is.
Decide how to breakdown your ongoing jobs - are they monthly recurring or annual broken into chunks? What are you going to give clients i.e. how will your proposals and invoices look?
ClickUp's mind mapping tool was very basic and hard to use from my perspective. Whimsical was by far easier and did what I wanted for a SaaS/cloud-based mind mapping tool. Xmind is fine as a desktop app, but updating the app was a pain whereas, with Whimsical I don't have to worry about that. Also, I wanted to continue working on a mind map wherever I was, even if I didn't have my laptop or device with me and Whimsical allows me to do that.
I'm not sure if it was by Ascentis or not, and it may have been an old version, but we used a program called Timekeeper. It was very outdated, difficult to use, and didn't provide easily producible reports. WorkflowMax is infinitely better to use for our business.
The time the company saves by using employees efficiently on each project makes the purchase of this software worthwhile. You can clearly verify how much time the staff spends on each project, with each client, and you can compare whether it is profitable or not the hours invested, thus increasing your profits.