Zenkit

Avantages

It is a simple tool to work with where I can better manage each project that is being carried out with the work group in real time, giving precision in the tasks to be carried out.

Its installation execution is simple without problems with a powerful and secure software where the data is protected

Inconvénients

It has a free trial where not all the tools are active until it starts to be paid for by a plan

Avantages

I absolutely love Zenkit, and use it every day. I like how you can upload pictures and make notes on items and have dialogue over certain tasks. I really really love the product and it is a vital way for me to manage staff and keep ontop of tasks. Plus a great way to organise myself with current and future projects.

I would really like to bring the product to the greater estate and use for all elements of the company like the farming, Properties etc and use it as the format for the entire company. but we are restricted on members.

Inconvénients

To be fair, I havent had enough time to really see all the features and I am sure there is much more I can do with it.

What is frustrating is the lack of notifications when I or anther member add a new task- they have to go onto the app to see if there are any additional items I’ve added.. which is frustrating and of they don't check it, important tasks get missed.

I also would ideally like to add more people to the account as restricted in only a small amount of people, and the company is much bigger but that is down to cost.

Avantages

There is a lot of flexibility. It does a great job of allowing you to look at your data in different ways (e.g,, sorting, filtering, groups).

Inconvénients

The API and automation is lacking. It is hard to automate. I think AirTable has a much better API and automation system. Zenkit does have an easy system to click a checkbox and set a task to 'Done'.

Avantages

I like that Zenkit treats my list of issues as a database and provides me many ways to look at it and manipulated it. This was the initial hook for me and it's kept me hooked. I can view my issues as a list, a kanban board, a table, a hierarchy, and a mindmap. These are just the views I use. There are others. I haven't used the Gantt chart or the wiki views yet.

All of the good planning tools have the same basic fields -e.g. Title, description, the ability to leave notes and to attach things. It's this ability to turn my issues list on it's side so-to-speak and explore it that is amazing. It keeps my from getting overwhelmed by the details and lost in the forest.

The other thing I like most about this software is how flexible it is with the fields. For example each of my workspaces has what I call an anchor collection. I was able to add a custom field in each of my issues that allows me to link any one of the other issues in a workspace back to its anchor. I use this anchor as a way to collect information that anchors all of the issues to it. Sounds like a confusing workflow? The workflow isn't the point - it turns out that as I have gotten to know Zenkit I'm starting to lean away from the use of anchors and create more collections instead. The truly amazing thing here is that I had a low barrier to getting productive with Zenkit. I was able to morph the product to my workflow to get started. It didn't enforce "a way of thinking" on me.

Inconvénients

The user interface took a bit of getting used to. Your issues can become cluttered as you add more custom fields. I'm still getting used to how the filters work as well.

Alternatives envisagées 

TickTick

Pourquoi choisir Zenkit 

I had been making todoist work for me. I really liked the interface and it was pretty flexible. It didn't have all of the flexibility that I wanted but it was and is a rock solid product. There was a product change in a new release that broke my workflow in a way that was painful. It had to do with how the product handled completed tasks. I took a deep breath and took a look around and I found zenkit. It took a bit to get used of the look and feel but I was blown away because it looked at my issues in the way I want to look at them. I was using visual paradigm to help me visualize my projects with mind maps and flowcharts (BPMs). I still use it but this tool is overkill for what I use it for. It's targeted at software developers, but It has been the most flexible tool I've found for visualizing plans. It has been adding task lists,etc but like I said, it's overkill for my needs. I used Jira for a long time. I ran a local server on my PC. In my humble opinion it comes closest to doing what zenkit does as far as allowing you to slice and dice your data. It's also overkill. I had to administer it, maintain individual licenses for add-ons, etc. I had already moved away from Jira to Todoist before I switched to Zenkit. The Brain - I still use this daily but it's a data collector and not as good at being a planning tool. I tried to make it a planning tool during my search for a todoist replacement I looked seriously at toodledoo and tick tick also

Avantages

The standard views replace any kanban board out there, the other views add a lot more.

Inconvénients

Sometimes, performance is a little sub-optimal (especially on the app), but in the past two years a lot has happened and the team has improved this point already. Looking forward to the next updates.

Alternatives envisagées 

monday.com et Asana

Pourquoi choisir Zenkit 

Zenkit has all the features of Trello, Wunderlist, etc and adds a lot more.

Logiciel antérieur 

Trello

Avantages

Zenkit is very affordable with a sleek interface that is very intuitive. There is excellent documentation for its many uses as well as video tutorials and blogs that are invaluable to new users.

Inconvénients

The data storage limits are relatively low. Free users can store up to 1GB of file attachments, but "Plus" users ($9/mo) only receive 6GB.

Alternatives envisagées 

Airtable

Pourquoi passer à Zenkit

Zenkit was more intuitive to learn and less expensive overall. Airtable does offer more data storage, however.

Avantages

Zenkit interface is highly configurable, which makes it ideal to collaborate with team members with different technical backgrounds. One of the most amazing characteristics though is that any data can be relational - pretty much like in a RDB - and you can create your own data structures to organize yourself as you prefer.

Inconvénients

The mindmap representation is a bit different of what one's used to find in mindmapping-related software, but this seems to be mostly due to web components limitations.

Alternatives envisagées 

monday.com, Taiga et Asana

Pourquoi choisir Zenkit 

Trello was too restricted in terms of organization (especially nested and cross-related project items)

Logiciel antérieur 

Trello

Pourquoi passer à Zenkit

Best customization overall.

Avantages

After only using Trello for project management for years I decided to explore various other options to help optimize the management of our project. Zenkit is super user friendly with loads of templates and documentation to get you started. I am really looking forward to use the full potential of this great piece of software.

Inconvénients

I do not have any cons when using Zenkit, so far I have only had an excellent experience.

Avantages

Intuitive familiar by Trello cards interface. With style. User-friendly, easy to navigate, scalable. Various useful functionalities.

Inconvénients

Not sure, the only thing I noticed is the constant comparison with Trello.

Alternatives envisagées 

Trello

Pourquoi choisir Zenkit 

To try something new at work.

Logiciel antérieur 

Trello

Pourquoi passer à Zenkit

Ease to start working and involve in process with Zenkit.

Avantages

Zenkit is outstanding at task & project management. It's super customizable and easy to use. Our business can't live without it!

Inconvénients

The only con to using Zenkit is that it's not free, HOWEVER, in life, there's no such thing as a "free lunch" or free-anything that's of value.

Avantages

It is full-featured and powerful, while being easy to use. It has more fields and options that its competitors - which makes it more useful and flexible.

Inconvénients

Great for task mgmt, not as much for large project mgmt.

Avantages

This is the most effective tool/environment that I have found for navigating between a big picture "concept" (blue sky) view/conversation about a complex issue through the detailed work of executing tasks and delegating assignments for people to complete on a timely basis.

In my past, I have had difficulty helping executives to understand the many moving parts to create a thorough solution.

However, using Zenkit, I have been able to help people who are "visiting" an issue to understand/sponsor/champion a go-forward plan which captures their emotional as well as verbal support. More importantly, I have found the success to be repeatable – not just a one-off with a single personality-type.

Inconvénients

The mindmap view has been critical to my success. However, because Zenkit can only print the mindmap view from a screen capture copy, I am often not comfortable handing out hardcopies because the image sometimes blurs (the online view is fine - I manage the browser setting).

My one wish is that Zenkit would offer an output version which can expand without pixelating.

Avantages

Very flexible. The different views over the same data really sold it for me. I can brainstorm with a mind map, work on individual tasks on a Kanban board, use a grid for mass maintenance, all over the same data with much less setup overhead than something like Notion.

I even use it to plan my holidays

Inconvénients

Most of my "leasts" have been addressed. I was frustrated initially with the lack of an API, but they were just prioritising development and this is now released. The mind-mapping took a bit of getting used to compared to say, FreeMind, but not having to re-key anything going from Brainstorm to Kanban made it worthwhile.

Avantages

Zenkit ist really easy to use, works on alle divides, the mobile version makes it easy to do even Wunderlist-kind of small task and get the good feeling of „get shit done“.
The complexity of Zenkit makes ist also possible to work on full srum-type projects.

Inconvénients

I do not have reals cons. In the two years of daily use of the software, a couple of bugs and wishes occur, were sent to zenkit‘s costumer relations and were fixed immediately.

Avantages

I love how simple it is to use Zenkit. A lot of project management software often times have a lot of features and an over-complicated user interface. A lot of the time I find myself clicking aimlessly just to accomplish a simple task. What I love about Zenkit is it's simplicity, its ease in creating projects, to-do's within said project, linking to-do's to other projects, too, and having it all stored in an easily accessible sidebar, without any clutter. It gets straight to the point.

Inconvénients

Zenkit is a webapp, and as such, is amazing at storing all your projects and to-do's online, so if you need to access them from another computer, you can do so. This is always a plus, but an app would be very helpful, too. In those times of disconnecting from the internet or having a website blocker on my browser for productivity, having access to the site without having to tinker too much with my blocking app would be great.

Avantages

It's very easy to use, has a lot more features for organizing and filtering tasks than other similar programs, and interfaces well with other applications.

Inconvénients

I would like for there to be more themes/colors to choose from without having to pay too much.

Avantages

Zenkit has quickly become my favorite task and project management app. It combines the strength of several different utilities into one incredibly convenient package.

One of the key concepts that sets Zenkit apart is the ability to change views. Go from viewing tasks in standard "To Do" lists to a two-level Kanban (Trello-style) board with a single click. Feel like laying the items out in a mind map? One more click away. Need to batch update items or schedule them on a calendar? Zenkit can do that too with additional views.

As you dig deeper, you find even more functionality. Link collections together to plan projects, track inventory, or follow sales leads. This is honestly where it leaves other systems in the dust. I have the ability to set up projects, connect them to weekly priorities, and then assign the next actions on a master task collection and easily switch between them all.

I really can't say enough about this incredible piece of software!

Inconvénients

As a non-profit, I would love to have the ability to add more people to our team without paying more, but that is more about me being cheap than about the software or pricing itself.

Avantages

The ability to change views of the information you input. For some thoughts I like lists, for others mind-maps are more appropriate, so I like to have the ability to change that on the fly without much hassle if I need to. It works just as expected. I like the ability to add your own fields to the cards and that everything is searchable. What I also appreciate is that you can choose how much detailed information the elements should have. This always depends on the use case I am working on, so I like that option. The app is responsive and snappy. Also, markdown & html support ! Customization is also all quite nice. Errors patches are deployed quickly and support is responsive.

Inconvénients

Sometimes it's a little buggy, but not in work-stopping ways. One time the "Add Item" on the kanban view was below the kanban-cards so I couldn't reach it. However I could still use the "+" button and the error disappeared after a few days. Other than that, there have a been just a couple of times where the site was down, but after a while it worked again. Integrations using Zapier are still not that advanced (altough I don't if the developers can do anything about that). Anxiously waiting for the Android App.

Avantages

Converted from Trello because of the views.
However, Trello is better when showing images. With Trello the image displays nicely in the cards, but with Zenkit you have to click on the card to see the full image.
I like the fields options, especially the reference fields.
I am also converting some Evernote projects because I like the visual representation with Zenkit.

Inconvénients

After using Zenkit for an hour of so my computer (MacBook Air) gets bogged down. I have to restart the computer. When I use the program on my iPad I don't have the memory problem.

Avantages

I enjoy the fact that the software can be easily adapted to our specific needs. This improves functionality and really is a benefit to us.

Further, it is very ease to use on different devices - with full functionality - thereby enabling work on the go.

Inconvénients

The high degree of functions to be tailored to your needs make the tool also slightly difficult to fully grasp in the first place. It takes some times to get fully used to how it worked with best.

Avantages

Zenkit offers a very good suite to manage software development while keeping a simple and intuitive design.

Inconvénients

There are some features that it's main competitors has that they doesn't have, but what I've seen is that with time they are getting that.

Avantages

It is an extremely versatile product, as I can change to my calendar, list of tasks, Kanban, ... with just one click! New features have been added since I first started using it, and I love it more and more. Additionally, as I use it just for me personal, it is free!

I currently use it for organising my tasks related to my PhD, as I am working on different projects at the same time. I tried using Asana and Trello as well, but they are not as versatile as Zenkit!

Inconvénients

The recent addition of the Mind Map is not exactly as I would want it. I would like to add different mind maps to one project, but all nodes should be linked to each other, which makes it impossible to create multiple mind maps. Also, the root I would make, would be the name of my project, and I find it annoying that it would show up in my Kanban/lists. Anyway, this is still a very small annoyance, and I do not use the mind map anyway.

Avantages

The agenda and tasks organisation from one presentation to an other are really useful ! We can still use it as a Trello and then have a clearer arrangement as a calendar. Using the french version, I can also say it is rare to have an app translated as Zenkit and made us choose it instead of an other app to organise our activity.

Inconvénients

A shortcut from my Gmail box as Trello for Gmail could be a plus.
I still use Trello with the IT team : they have lots on datas on Trello and are used to it and I can give them the infos from customers directely from my mailbox.

Avantages

Really cool idea for having different views with same data: like table, kanban, list, calendar, mindmap.
Moving from Trello with all data in 1 click
Clean design
Great help docs
Really cool templates for a major of tasks
I like their hero, Zen.
It's easy to put all the info
Good app for Android
Filters
Comments
Formulas
Members field
Reference field

Inconvénients

Leak of integrations (for example i want integration with G Drive to add files)
Not haing all views on the mobile app (but their update it once a week)
You can't add files to your table.

Avantages

I used to start doing everything with Trello where before I just had normal To-Do lists all over the place. Then I found Zenkit and loved all the additional features that Trello doesn't have. It's super customizable so that you really can accustom the tool to your liking and way of working. It structures our whole Startup Team and my private life.

Inconvénients

There is still a lot of movement, since Zenkit also is a startup. The layout changes often, there are some bugs from time to time and the features still keep changing and advancing. On the other hand that can be a Pro if you want a system that's still innovating and evolving.