Shift - Great Tool For Agencies Or People With Multiple Clients or Accounts
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I use it in a web dev/digital marketing agency. So we have to switch between multiple accounts constantly. We use GSuite so with Shift, I can be logged in to as many accounts as I need to be, without having to be logging in constantly and out of them on Chrome. With one click, I can switch to a GMail account and have all the apps I need for that account logged into the same account simultaneously. It doesn't sound like much, but it saves so much time and hassle and improves productivity.
Pros
- Different Workspaces - You can have the same app in different workspaces but logged into different accounts.
- Easy to use for work and personal and keep them separate.
- Hundreds of apps to choose from.
Cons
- What's coming down the pipeline, most apps have a public roadmap you can see and make suggestions. Shift does not have that.
- You can suggest apps to be added, but there's no way to know when they are added. A new apps section would be helpful, or an email bulletin or something to say what has been added or is going to be added soon.
- Chrome extensions are available, but not all of them work fully or work at all with Shift. Which can be annoying. Password managers like 1Password in particular.
Likelihood to Recommend
For agencies or people with multiple clients or master accounts they have to go in and out of. If you have the same app but need to log into different accounts to use it for different clients. Say you have three different ChatGPT accounts for 3 different clients. You can have three workspaces in Shift with ChatGPT installed on all of them, but logged into the separate accounts. Two clicks and you're in the correct account.