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Milanote

Score9.2 out of 10

12 Reviews and Ratings

What is Milanote?

Milanote is a cloud-based collaboration software that aims to help creative teams manage projects. The platform offers users the ability to create private boards and share them with team members, allowing for easy collaboration on ideas. Milanote's various features such as storyboarding, creative writing, briefs, mind-mapping, note-taking and brainstorming enable teams to think through ideas while simultaneously organizing them in one central location.

In addition to its collaborative tools, Milanote provides a platform for collecting feedback from team members and ensuring service quality. By using Milanote's single space organization system, teams can keep track of their project progression in real-time and ideate more efficiently. Overall, this software product was designed with creatives in mind who need a robust toolset when bringing their ideas to life.

Categories & Use Cases

Top Performing Features

  • Task Management

    This includes the ability to plan, track, collaborate and report on tasks.

    Category average: 9.1

  • Resource Management

    Resource management is workload planning to maximize resources.

    Category average: 8.6

  • Team Collaboration

    Team collaboration capabilities let team members work directly with each other and provide team updates.

    Category average: 9

Areas for Improvement

  • Workflow Automation

    Workflow automation is the ability to route work requests along an approval process automatically.

    Category average: 8.6

  • Email integration

    Email integration allows work requests to be made directly from email.

    Category average: 8.3

  • Mobile Access

    Mobile access is the ability to access the software from a smartphone or tablet.

    Category average: 8

Where Productivity + Collaboration Go Hand In Hand

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Milanote mainly for personal organization and productivity. It allows me to view workflows in a tangible way. I also use Milanote alongside my fellow colleagues so we are better able to keep track of our various tasks in one place. It has truly been the greatest asset to my daily checklists!

Pros

  • Visual workflows
  • Ability to add links
  • Shared boards

Cons

  • More visually appealing (color + recommended options)
  • Sound desktop notifications when a new task is assigned
  • Slack integration

Return on Investment

  • Increased productivity
  • Ease of collaboration
  • Visual representation of team and individual goals

Usability

Other Software Used

Slack, Asana, Cognito Forms

Milanote is Great for Shortlists & Marketing Outlines!

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Milanote to organize creative projects, create shortlists, etc. It addresses communication and presentation issues that other applications cannot address.

Pros

  • Mindmapping
  • Creative Presentations
  • Marketing Plans
  • Moodboards

Cons

  • The ability to share the file

Return on Investment

  • The positive impact is the ability to outline projects that I share with the team as it saves time from having to use PowerPoint.

Alternatives Considered

Lucidchart

Other Software Used

Lucidchart, OneNote, Evernote