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    Abstract

    Score4.8 out of 10
    N/AAbstract, from the company of the same name headquartered in San Francisco, offers a collaboration tool for developers and others, featuring a version controlled master file set and approval workflow.N/A

    Zeplin

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/AZeplin, from the company of the same name, is a platform supporting collaboration in application development by engineers and designers by providing an API with popular collaboration, development and prototyping tools and creating a space where productions can be shared and reviewed.

    $15

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    Pricing
    AbstractZeplin
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0
    up to 1 project
    Advanced
    $15
    per month per seat (up to 50 projects)
    Basic
    $15
    per month per project
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    Pricing Offerings
    AbstractZeplin
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AbstractZeplin
    Considered Both Products
    Abstract
    No answer on this topic
    Zeplin
    Chose Zeplin
    Out of all of the products that I have used to support design-to-development handoffs, Zeplin is my favorite. It’s pretty lightweight and easy to use (once you get the hang of it). Zeplin also has a smooth interface and is, generally, clearer to use than other tools, such as …
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    Chose Zeplin
    Zeplin is a really nice lightweight app, that is easier to use than InVision for sharing purposes. InVision does primarily handle prototyping, which Zeplin does not do. Abstract is my product of choice but is also a slightly different tool — almost a GitHub for design. It …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    78%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    AbstractZeplin
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Abstract and Zeplin
    Feature
    Abstract
    7.8
    4 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Zeplin
    5.2
    2 Ratings
    39% below category average
    Workflow Automation7.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search8.93 Ratings5.22 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Abstract and Zeplin
    Feature
    Abstract
    8.7
    4 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Zeplin
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Chat10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications9.04 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Discussions8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase7.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Abstract and Zeplin
    Feature
    Abstract
    8.1
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Zeplin
    6.5
    3 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Versioning10.04 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Document collaboration8.53 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Access control6.24 Ratings5.23 Ratings
    Advanced security features6.92 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    Device sync9.13 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Flock
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    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Microsoft Viva Engage
    Score7.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Keep
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Google Keep
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AbstractZeplin
    Likelihood to Recommend
    2.1
    (4 ratings)
    6.3
    (20 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (4 ratings)
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AbstractZeplin
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Abstract
    • Large teams with dedicated design operations support
    • UX managers that want a facilitated workflow for their teams
    • Disciplined teams of individual contributors that want to adopt a process in their UI workflow
    • Cross-discipline teams that want a central collaboration space for reviewing and critiquing UI artifacts
    • If your files are named "FOR-REALS_FINAL_FINAL_FINAL_Super-Important-Project (copy).sketch"
    • If you're managing multiple pattern libraries
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    Zeplin
    I still have some issues, especially with color integration between the style guide and also project. When we update the colors, it's not automatically sync to every project. Aside from that, zeplin solves my problem for hand-off design from design to developer. I set zeplin is source of truth design file
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    Pros
    Abstract
    • Versioning for desginers
    • Collaboration between team members
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    Zeplin
    • Ease in automatically building design style guides, saving time that might be spent on building style guides in another tool (such as InDesign).
    • Users can use Mac, PC, or web versions of this app to collaborate on a single project, enabling us to work with a wider pool of contractors.
    • Accelerates the design-to-development workflow, as it’s very easy to import Sketch or Photoshop files through plug-ins, and HTML/CSS codes are automatically created based on designs.
    • Provides cross-platform specifications for web, iOS, and Android, which can save developers time in figuring out specifications beyond the “main platform" on their own.
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    Cons
    Abstract
    • Asset exports are not as great as Zeplin and others.
    • Filtering within files.
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    Zeplin
    • The uploading and syncing of assets is great for sketch and photoshop but we use illustrator and that can be cumbersome/tedious at times.
    • There are certain elements that have been a bit confusing to navigate at times, but for the most part, it's pretty user-friendly
    • More integrations
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Abstract
    No answers on this topic
    Zeplin
    Great tool
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    Usability
    Abstract
    Abstract has a difficult learning curve. If a feature-branch workflow is new to you, then it will take some getting used to. They make a lot of updates to the interface and these feature releases get ahead of their documentation. They rely heavily on an excellent customer support team and are present on various Slack channels to help design professionals with issues.
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    Zeplin
    Zeplin's component management and style guide help us to be consistent across whole product and it so easy to use for non-technical person. It is now easy to collaboration for designes between different teams like stackholders, product owner, UI/UX, developers and testers. Now there is only one point of reference is Zeplin so it is so easy to get details without asking designer or developer again and again.
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    Support Rating
    Abstract
    Abstract by nature is complex and has to respond to whatever changes in Sketch. So there are frequent issues. Support can be slow to respond and are not always helpful, but they are quick to find and patch the bugs. Overall, it's not the best support, but it hasn't been detrimental.
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    Zeplin
    Zeplin has classic support with a chat from the website. It's working fine, and we're also getting the support needed when needed. However, Zeplin is very good at closing the incidents and moving on. It was a while ago we had a case with their support so that it might have improved since then.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Abstract
    I purchased and administer Abstract. It was requested by our design department who evaluated it.
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    Zeplin
    Zeplin is great to inspect and share user interfaces, specifications and assets, perfect for developers. Tools like InVision and Marvel are much better to create prototypes for both developers, coworkers and even stakeholders, but they don't have this kind of feature (inspection) as Zeplin does. So each of them can be used for different purposes, offering different approaches to share and interact with layouts for apps and websites.
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    Return on Investment
    Abstract
    • Single source of truth for the team.
    • Could quickly get expensive with corporate accounts.
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    Zeplin
    • Development time has reduced as the design updates are communicated in real time to developers and they don't have to write the boilerplate code as it's already generated.
    • Employee engagement has improved as every stakeholder is aware about the design changes from the beginning and can give their inputs.
    • Designers save a lot of time as they don't to explicitly communicate when the update or publish their designs and also it just takes a couple of clicks to publish their designs. Also, lot of rework is saved as every stakeholder is involved right from the beginning.
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