Adobe Workfront vs. CMW Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Workfront
Score 7.7 out of 10
N/A
Adobe Workfront, acquired by Adobe in late 2020, is a web-based project-management tool. It is designed for both IT and marketing teams, but can be implemented for any kind of project. Workfront offers all the features standard to project management platforms, as well as resource allocation, automation, and agile workflow.N/A
CMW Platform
Score 8.9 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
CMW Platform (formerly Comindware) is a business process management software centered on worklows to build automations. It implements a drag-and-drop interface along with Excel-style rules and forms.N/A
Pricing
Adobe WorkfrontCMW Platform
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe WorkfrontCMW Platform
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional DetailsComindware Tracker is available for purchase on a per-user subscription plan.
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Community Pulse
Adobe WorkfrontCMW Platform
Considered Both Products
Adobe Workfront
Chose Adobe Workfront
Trello is only a board tool, not too complete as Adobe Workfront to manage the entire workflow of a team.

Monday.com has a really nice interface and is intuitive but it is not good for complex processes.
Chose Adobe Workfront
While I consider Jira to have a somewhat different targeted use case from Adobe Workfront, they definitely overlap in some of their capabilities. As mentioned earlier, I find that Adobe Workfront is better at tracking progress and managing resources for larger projects that …
Chose Adobe Workfront
Adobe Workfront is integrated with Adobe Experience Manager to improve the ROI and sales by utilizing the digital content workflows.
Chose Adobe Workfront
Adobe Workfront was better suited for us because of the templating and user interface
Chose Adobe Workfront
We need the collaboration
Chose Adobe Workfront
My organization used Adobe Workfront due to familiarity with other Adobe products. But it was more manual than the system is replaced (DaVinci Workflow) so it was a struggle for my team at first. Using Asana currently, but we don’t have the full version with proofing so can’t …
Chose Adobe Workfront
Trello, Asana and Atlassian Jira
Chose Adobe Workfront
Workfront is 1000 times better.
Chose Adobe Workfront
Trello and Project Insight
Chose Adobe Workfront
Easier to use and more modern interface. Project Plans are much easier to manage as well.
Chose Adobe Workfront
Adobe Workfront offers a more organized UI with more personalization options. The approval and proofing flows are more convenient for us as we produce much of our creative work using other Adobe products. Overall, Workfront offers a clean and streamlined user experience that …
Chose Adobe Workfront
Adobe is so much easier to use as a large team
Chose Adobe Workfront
Asset Management for Jira
Chose Adobe Workfront
Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Experience Manager
Chose Adobe Workfront
we were already too invested in workfront.
Chose Adobe Workfront
It’s championed for an enterprise platform. Robust to be unique to different workstreams.
Chose Adobe Workfront
For me, Monday.com is a bit more intuitive and user-friendly oriented, but Adobe Workfront has more tools to administrate the available budget of the project, the utilization and occupation of the team members and the general progress of the project. However, it would be great …
Chose Adobe Workfront
Workfront is more comprehensive. The thing that sets Workfront apart is that using their api, we can write custom integrations over Workfront and design our own dashboards using that integration. This allows us to not only use tools provided by Workfront, but write our own very …
Chose Adobe Workfront
To manage the organization's work from project to project, the organization uses multiple project management solutions. In comparison to Jira, however, the only useful feature I found is the Gantt chart, which helps give a clear overview for multiple projects at once. Moreover, …
Chose Adobe Workfront
It's been a while since I've used another time and resource management platform, but I would say that Adobe Workfront takes the cake. Its newly refreshed user interface is simple to navigate, whereas other platforms can be quite confusing when "drilling down" on a project. …
CMW Platform
Chose CMW Platform
CMW Platform is a better fit than Asana for more complex workflows. While Asana is great for simple task management, CMW Platform offers deeper customization, advanced automation and better tools for handling multi-department projects.
Chose CMW Platform
CMW platform is much better designed in terms of workflows and automation when compared to others and the integration is also seamless. Besides, we chose this tool also because of its scalability and the support they provided in trial which made our belief stronger in them. …
Chose CMW Platform
IBM Business Automation Workflow
Chose CMW Platform
I've been the longest user of ZOHO until I switched to CMW. Zoho has a better customer support and is an inexpensive option. Rest of the functionalities are more or less the same.
Chose CMW Platform
Efficient use of platform unlike process maker that gets stuck. Excellent conditions of project, document, file management and sharing. Easy to use, access, editing, updating and able to share to everyone on the organization. The best part of CMW platform is the need to a tool …
Chose CMW Platform
CMW platform is a comprehensive work management system for larger organizations whereas Wordpress is primarily designed for web content management and may not be as robust in terms of features.The platform can scale to accomadate growing content demands. Compared to …
Chose CMW Platform
We are looking for the free tariffs for few days so that maximum organizations can utilise the services and understand the need of the same before final purchase or switch to Comindware tracker
Chose CMW Platform
We selected Comindware tracker based in the suggestions made by people from my area business
Chose CMW Platform
Comindware Tracker is useful and can be accessed through a web browser on iOS and Android devices, as well as Mac and Windows desktops. It is necessary to create, implement and modify our workflows, as well as to automate
Chose CMW Platform
it's way better than notion because it make various teams collaborate on various with ease of use and with hands on more features that is actually usefull for business as it has a great and fully customizable user interface with availability for mobile platforms it's not that …
Chose CMW Platform
Visual aspect of this tool is so awesome to manage and working with different flow diagrams is a breeze which is not possible in Jira or confluence
Chose CMW Platform
We implemented Comindware Tracker since it is easy to implement and has high security features. Additionally, it has electronic form design that doesn’t require IT environment involvement.
Chose CMW Platform
Comindware Tracker requires no coding to automate even complex tasks.

Ease of implementation and usage.
Chose CMW Platform
Error management. With the latest updates, many of my processes have been negatively impacted, generating communication errors, information flow errors, shipping errors, in short, errors.
Chose CMW Platform
Quite easy to setup. Did not require much IT support during the implementation phase.
Chose CMW Platform
Other software required dedicated IT personnel to set-up, implement and monitor it. But I was able to set up Comindware Tracker myself, without the need of much technical expertise.
Chose CMW Platform
I selected Comindware Tracker because it is very user friendly, and it can also be integrated with other applications. This software is very friendly and interesting in the creation of tables and templates.
Chose CMW Platform
Comindware Tracker has an advantage over other software because of its ability to create projects without any coding skills. It is also connected to the cloud, hence it stores all the projects online. Due to Comindware Tracker having templets it is easy to form a project.
Chose CMW Platform
We were looking for a platform that would allow us to facilitate the automation of processes and tasks, it was vitally important to manage the data more safely and reliably, thus reducing costs from the hiring of intermediate personnel in distribution and production chains. …
Chose CMW Platform
Comindware is an extremely competitive software as it is web-based and could be used even in the home office environment. Its simplicity and ease of use works as an advantage and makes it stand out among other alternatives. It is definitely worth considering for company …
Chose CMW Platform
It's cheaper and easier to work with.
Chose CMW Platform
Comindware Tracker provides information and excellent graphical interfaces. Also, they have an outstanding community and sales team.
Features
Adobe WorkfrontCMW Platform
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Workfront
8.6
Ratings
12% above category average
CMW Platform
-
Ratings
Task Management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Resource Management9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Gantt Charts9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Scheduling8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow Automation8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Team Collaboration8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Agile Methodology8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Support for Waterfall Methodology6.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Document Management6.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Email integration10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile Access8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Timesheet Tracking10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Change request and Case Management9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Budget and Expense Management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Professional Services Automation
Comparison of Professional Services Automation features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Workfront
6.0
Ratings
23% below category average
CMW Platform
-
Ratings
Quotes/estimates5.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Invoicing6.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Project & financial reporting6.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with accounting software6.40 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Adobe WorkfrontCMW Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
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8.0
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Likelihood to Renew
9.0
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9.1
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Usability
9.0
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7.5
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Availability
9.1
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-
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Performance
9.1
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-
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Support Rating
10.0
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8.5
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In-Person Training
5.0
(0 ratings)
-
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Online Training
8.9
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-
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Implementation Rating
8.3
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-
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Configurability
5.0
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-
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Ease of integration
1.0
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-
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Product Scalability
8.2
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-
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Vendor post-sale
1.0
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Vendor pre-sale
1.0
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User Testimonials
Adobe WorkfrontCMW Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
Workfront enables us to manage all our projects effectively while providing a comprehensive overview of team resources. The Resource Planner helps the team identify their capacity to determine whether they are over- or under-allocated. This information is crucial for project planning and ensuring team members do not experience burnout.
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CMW has less integration capabilities, this is something that can definitely be improved in the future. On a side note, the MS Outlook integration option is excellent. The UI is decent for its purpose and the platform is well suited for a range of business requirements - customer order management, document tracking and approval management. You name it, they have it.
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Pros
  • Routing. Workfront's capabilities to route tasks to multiple people far exceeds the capabilities of SharePoint in terms of back-end configuration required and ability to track task status.
  • Form Creation. Workfront forms have a better UX than SharePoint as well as the ability to customize forms based on certain responses.
  • Project Management Tracking & Reporting. The ability to track task and project statuses and send reminders/alerts when parameters are set are very helpful. Additionally, the reporting capabilities are very helpful when tracking multiple projects across multiple functions to deliver to leadership.
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  • Flexibility in our workflow automation. It’s easy to modify the existing processes when the need arises
  • Web forms creation without a single line of code
  • The parallel approval mechanism allows sending work items to a group rather than a single person
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Cons
  • Notifications (sometimes I am emailed when I am tagged, other times I am not)
  • Certain file formats do not render correctly in Workfront Proof (eg, .XLS files)
  • It can be difficult to manage projects if you have not been assigned the correct permissions.
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  • I would like to see Comindware Tracker come in a free pricing tier.
  • I would like to see Comindware Tracker offer more granular roles to be assigned to workflow users.
  • I would like to see Comindware Tracker integrate with more ERP systems and to offer more import/export/migration capabilities from other workflow management systems.
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Likelihood to Renew
All that I've said already is why. I suppose the clearest way to say it is that at this point? I cannot imagine running the 300+ active projects in eMarketing without AtTask; it simply wouldn't be possible and even more; I wouldn't imagine why we'd try to find an alternative tool when we have one meeting our needs.
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Very likely.
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Usability
For my needs, it's easy to jump in and out of, make changes and update projects, and check in with my employers. I haven't used to it create my own projects, they're created by my employer as we go, I suspect it's not hard to use in that way, but I don't have first-hand knowledge.
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As I mentioned in my whole review that it is making opration smoother it's capabilities to automate repetitive tasks, reduce manual errors,and improve productivity.Its low code approach allows us to create business apps quickly and easily without requiring extensibe programming knowledge.although it has lots of positive points but there are some issues which is barrier to become perfect that's why I give 8
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Reliability and Availability
Maintenance is required, but usually after work hours, Some days the proofing tool function is not operational, but this is a new function of the tool that WF is working out. the kinks on. Chrome is the best browser to use the system in and we find Firefox and Explorer lose some view functionality - Gantt Chart, Resource Grid
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Performance
Workfront's performance has been very good. Everything always feels very fast and snappy in my experience. We have integrated it with custom scripts to create folder structure for media managing our projects. It works very well.
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Support Rating
I haven't directly interacted with the Workfront support team, but my sense, from speaking to the person in our organization who's job this is, is that they are generally very responsive to support requests, and very supportive an pro active in making sure that those requests are taken care of in a timely manner.
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It's more of drag and drop functionality. It is quite easy to set up. Creation of form is very easy. Support Team of Comindware Tracker is good and very friendly. It is efficient in terms of task management, project management, team management, vendor/client tracking.
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In-Person Training
It was from my boss, not a rep from AtTask.
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Online Training
The training is very easy to use and you can simply choose the topics included in the course(s) that are most important to your training needs. After each training course, you are tested on what you have learned. If you need a refresher course, they provide Course Catalogs as well as instructor-led courses & workshops.
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Implementation Rating
We have implemented and integrated Workfront into three departments (R&D, Marketing, and IT). All have experience overall performance gains in productivity. R&D has developed a record number of new products, while streamlining and reducing workloads. Complex projects are now easily managed and delivered. Marketing has expanded the management of media and collateral, implemented more campaigns and increase brand value. IT projects are all now visible and managed. Helpdesk is being converted to the system allowing for better visibility and management of day to day requests from our growing company
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Alternatives Considered
While I consider Jira to have a somewhat different targeted use case from Adobe Workfront, they definitely overlap in some of their capabilities. As mentioned earlier, I find that Adobe Workfront is better at tracking progress and managing resources for larger projects that cross a number disparate teams or stakeholders. Meanwhile, Jira is better for tracking individual projects within a single team or smaller tasks, something that can be a bit harder to do at scale in Adobe Workfront.
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Other than trying Comindware Tracker it is newer to me, I have used Adobe software multiple times and are familiar with their products. I won't stack Comindware Tracker against them because they both are amazing. I like using Comindware tracker because it is easy to use and is great for me, it helps optimize and maintain my workflows.
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Scalability
We have been using Workfront for about 3 years. During this time they continue to be a very stable project management system. Workfront's overall scalability is able to handle increased loads of work. When using Workfront for a project management tool for the web team, we store documents, images & video's without any issues. They work with their customer's to provide the best project management system in the market today! I highly recommend Workfront for all project management needs. Workfront strives to deliver unique technology solutions to growing companies!
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Return on Investment
  • Positive - we get more work done in a timely fashion because all team members are using Workfront.
  • Negative - projects can get held up quickly due to user error (e.g., someone not using Workfront or checking notifications)
  • Positive - we have a good gauge of where personally we are with projects, and how are team members are spending their time.
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  • Reducing time managing tasks and projects by automating workforce without involving manual procedures.
  • Sequential and parallel creation of process steps and multichannel models.
  • Drag and drop capability ease web form designs that are easy to export to MS Excel and Word.
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ScreenShots

Adobe Workfront Screenshots

Screenshot of Tasks in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Work Requests in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Review Functionality in Adobe WorkfrontScreenshot of Adobe Workfront Planning

CMW Platform Screenshots

Screenshot of Graphical Workflow BuilderScreenshot of Drag'n'drop Web-form DesignerScreenshot of Collaboration toolsScreenshot of Workflow automationScreenshot of Workflow trackingScreenshot of Outlook intergration