Conceptboard Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 7.9 out of 10

Score

7.9 out of 10

Community insights

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Pros

Helpful Whiteboarding Feature: Many users have found the whiteboarding feature to be extremely helpful, allowing teams to use the tool as a virtual whiteboard for brainstorming sessions.

Availability of Templates: Users have praised the availability of templates in the tool, with many stating that they are pretty good and easy to use. The ability to drag and drop templates into projects has also been appreciated for its contribution to quick turnovers.

Valued by Design Teams: The tool has been highly valued by design teams as it provides assistance with UI/UX design tasks such as user mapping and workflows. This functionality has proven to be beneficial for designers working on various projects.

Reviews

21 Reviews

Too slow

Rating: 2 out of 10

Incentivized

August 24, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We both have to wait 3-5 minutes before the board loading. And yes, I do use paid option. Next, it constantly freezes when I try to delete some documents. Usually, it is a 20-30 pages PDF file with some additional pictures. Sometimes it takes me up to 20 minutes to select and delete some pages. And there is no button to clean the board completely. So I either have to choose each page separately and delete it, or try to do it in a bunch and wait for who knows how long.

I registered on this site and wrote this review and the board is still frozen

Pros

free unlimited trial
simple interface

Cons

Increase the responding speed
Make a button for "clear the board"

Likelihood to Recommend

I am an online math tutor. All I need from the whiteboard is the ability to share PDF documents with math problems and the student's ability to work with me, i.e., write/draw some simple shapes and numbers. Pretty simple, right?We both have to wait 3-5 minutes before the board loading. And yes, I do use paid option. Next, it constantly freezes when I try to delete some documents. Usually, it is a 20-30 pages PDF file with some additional pictures. Sometimes it takes me up to 20 minutes to select and delete some pages. And there is no button to clean the board completely. So I either have to choose each page separately and delete it, or try to do it in a bunch and wait for who knows how long.I registered on this site and wrote this review and the board is still frozen

Maryna Kuznetsova

in Corporate at Math Country Corp (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

A successful tool for small and changing groups

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

June 24, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are a small workshop collective working within the university. We provide professional workshop training to architecture students. We have been working with the Miro application for a long time and now we are looking for an alternative solution. Our goal is to ensure rapid cooperation and interaction, and to provide an environment where our students can interact comfortably without getting bored.

Pros

Pretty simple interface
A simple and successful video tutorial
Successful navigation features
A non-stop free hand drawing tool

Cons

The sticky note tool glitches and behaves as if it were moving on a grid.
PDF upload tool does not work fast. Maybe a PDF merge algorithm could be added.
The selection area is not visible when dragging the eraser tool.

Likelihood to Recommend

Despite its lack of features, it is a very stable tool. It has a nice UI/UX design. Therefore, it can be a good tool for basic level workers to run their jobs. Educating students about interfaces can take time as our focus shifts to undergraduates and regular students. For this reason, Conceptboard's very simple interface and short tutorial video are very useful. However, it may not be suitable for large projects as the slow operation of the upload tools stands out as a missing feature.

Burak Delikanlı

Research Assistant in Research & Development at Istanbul Technical University (1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Best tool for presentation

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

June 16, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Distributed teams from all over the world use Conceptboard for a variety of use cases. From running brainstorming sessions and remote workshops to project planning, from designing new products to facilitating agile processes. Conceptboard integrates seamlessly into existing workflows and speeds up your project pace. Empower your teams to manage sprints and iterations.

Pros

Real-time collaboration
Share with external stakeholders

Cons

takes forever for the board to load - once loaded, working in it is so slow.
all font sizes remain same - smart aligning and is not great at all

Likelihood to Recommend

Multiple users from the team can work together, Commenting and stickies are useful, Like the integrated icons feature. That it is so simple that every discipline can use it. That there is already a prepared template. The building blocks and templates are great. By using sections it is very easy to give every break-out room their own board to work on. Quick helpdesk.

Verified User

Executive in Information Technology (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

a great tool for collaboration for work teams

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

June 7, 2022

Pros

direct and fast service support
Easy compatibility with many other external companies
I can easily prepare a presentation and work on questions together between the information.

Cons

The client interface is less flashy and could use some updating.

Likelihood to Recommend

This is a participatory instrument that enables team meetings and helps teams conduct meetings in a positive way during a pandemic. It also helped me share data with my team faster. And it's much easier to use and cheaper. Real-time changes are shown when someone makes a comment. The best part of working from home as we can collaborate as if we were in the same office

Thomas Jhonson

Digital Operations Manager in Marketing at AT&T (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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User-friendly software for illustrations

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

June 3, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is very easy to use and especially during the online meetings and in-house discussion it resolves our problems and allows us to use this software instead of physical boards. Also very useful to generate PDF after using it. It is having almost the annotation symbols which we require during meetings.

Pros

Draws annotations.
Allows the whole team to work together.
Upload existing document and work on it by adding annotations.

Cons

To add more integration points like to save the document in well-known content management systems.
Add more annotations especially to handle security-related projects.
I believe the rest of the features are fulfilling the requirements.

Likelihood to Recommend

It was well suited during the online discussions, in-house meetings, teams collaborations really made it easy for all of us to work on the same project and annotate and design the technical diagrams. We mainly used it with customer meetings where we easily illustrated the diagrams and represent them to the customer and other stakeholders.

Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology (501-1000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Transformation of boring team discussions

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

June 1, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Conceptboard helped in bringing the entire organization on one single platform. It's audio/ visual call feature allowed us to stay on the same page and we can even determine who has made what changes which allowed us to figure out any change in plans. The good thing about the entire platform was it allowed us stay visually connected with each other with best of technology and also provided the best visual experience as a whole. The major problems with any other platform was we were not getting clear insights of the changes made by one team members as multiple teams and team members were involved, with this platform most of our issues were resolved on a single go. We can use it even more in the upcoming days with increased number of people.

Pros

We can determine the exact person in the team if he or she has made any changes in a particular board which helps everyone to be on the same page.
Storytelling was made easy. Now we don't need to go on multiple platforms like google meet, online spreadsheet etc. in order to make certain document
Audio / visual calling feature is amazing. You just need a reliable internet connection.
Eliminating manual errors through digital scrum
Ease of collaboration between different team

Cons

Physical touch is missing for remote teams
Gives no idea about the past implementation of a certain project/ process
Expensive as compared to other service providers

Likelihood to Recommend

It is best suited for Mid size companies or startups who are into design thinking and related fields.

This tool on a whole can get bit expensive for large organizations as they require multiple features under one single package.

Verified User

Professional in Sales (51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Great tool to foster brainstorming for project development

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

May 31, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It's a nice tool to start a new project (I use it in software development but it can apply to all areas). We can do all the brainstorming in a collaborative way. All team members can participate, including the customers. We can combine diagrams, kanban cards, build timelines and to-do lists together as well as attach files to the workspace and have a central database to discuss and review ideas.

Pros

Create boards with unlimited canvas
Add diagrams, building blocks, icons
Embed videos and audios, attach files
Version control

Cons

When you leave the tab for a while, it seems it gets stuck, and we need to F5 the whole page
There are enough shapes to start a draw, but the variety of shapes could be improved

Likelihood to Recommend

If you want to document a project in a formal way, maybe that's not the case for using Conceptboard. I see this tool as a great help for starting a project, especially when you need to draw the ideas with the customers. Also, this helps to remap the processes with the developers, and discuss technical aspects of the projects by drawing technical diagrams that help to bring clarity on how the project is going to be developed.

Verified User

Employee in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

One of the best workshop tool

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

May 26, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use ConceptBoard to make workshops with our client and work out solution design, brand naming/identity definition, products evaluation, product/service strategy and team building activities. Especially after the pandemic the need for software like ConceptBoard has increased to support any team exercise with a design oriented approach. ConceptBoard is one of the best software to collaborate e visualize any artifact realized collaboratively.

Pros

Work collaboratively
Visualize concepts and designs
Wireframing

Cons

Integration capabilities are sufficient but must be improved
Media content upload isn’t so good

Likelihood to Recommend

ConceptBoard is perfect to drive workshop and work collaboratively on product or service designs. It could be used to sketch quick wireframes of web interfaces. It is well suited to handle more than 20 users simultaneously on the same board.

Verified User

Consultant in Information Technology (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Conceptboard is perfect for easy collaboration for beginners.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

May 26, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Conceptboard is a very easy tool to use for collaboration. It is clean visually with simple controls that most people are able to use. You can have multiple workspaces and almost unlimited space to brainstorm and share ideas with team members. Former software has flaws; Conceptboard is simple to navigate and work with.

Pros

Easy navigation.
Aesthetically pleasing.
Efficient.

Cons

More customizing features.
Interface integration.
Minor updating issues.

Likelihood to Recommend

Anytime where ideas are being shared, you need a workspace to put those ideas into action. If you want easy-to-use software that allows for unlimited collaboration with others, Conceptboard is what you are looking for. For smaller teams or those who won't utilize the software very often, this is not necessary.

Verified User

Employee in Sales (11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Must buy software for team productivity and collaboration online!

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

May 25, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Conceptboard is cheaper than Stormboard. Also, the user interface and reactiveness is slightly better than other team collaboration tools.

Pros

Team collaboration Board is dynamic
Calling options available
User interface feels and looks good.

Cons

Embedded media should have more options for customizing
Integration options are less
Uploaded graphics get unaligned

Likelihood to Recommend

Conceptboard has better UI. Also, the user interface design and reactiveness are much better than other team collaboration tools. On top of that, it also offers calling options for both audio, video, and screen sharing as well. In comparison, other collaboration tools lack these calling features and sharing options. But Stormboard was better in terms of graphics and pictures uploaded to it in my opinion.

Verified User

Analyst in Engineering (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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Too slow

Rating: 2 out of 10

Incentivized

August 24, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I registered on this site and wrote this review and the board is still frozen

Pros

free unlimited trial
simple interface

Cons

Increase the responding speed
Make a button for "clear the board"

Likelihood to Recommend

Maryna Kuznetsova

in Corporate at Math Country Corp (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience