Appspace Reviews

Pros

Appspace boosts employee experience, streamlines processes, and fosters a stronger company culture. It creates engaging and productive workspaces by merging digital signage, space management, and internal communications.

Cons

There is nothing to dislike about this platform.

Pros

The ability to perform more than just Digital Signage within the one licensing model is very valuable.
The ability to maintain data sovereignty through local region data centre deployment.
The ability to perform some level of device monitoring.
The ability to devolve admin control of content to local users.

Cons

No Multi-Factor Authentication
License model limits number of users - would prefer a license model solely based on Signage end-points Limited device monitoring/control - would like to see this expanded
Passport feature retains authentication credentials to other platforms. This needs to be built on a token-based authentication process for security purposes, so Appspace does not need to retain secure credentials to other platforms.

Alternatives Considered

ScreenCloud, embed signage and NowSignage

Reasons for Choosing Appspace

Limited capabilities in current platform.

Reasons for Switching to Appspace

We can achieve Power BI authentication without Appspace retaining credentials (ie. token sharing) via the local Appspace Partner's Azure Authentication service. The deployed data centre is located in our region, thereby retaining data sovereignty. The additional features (above Signage) that come with the subscription.

Pros

It was a clean easy to use interface. Quick setup

Cons

Support was weak and features promised were not available

Pros

Initially had a free plan that we used to do one digital sign.

Cons

Ended their free plan and we found another company that had a free plan.

Pros

The ability to curate many playlists at the same time through managing content in folders.
Having playlists aggregate different folders speeds up content deployment to a network with 100s of screens.

Cons

Optimal content management is contingent on hardware set up being done correctly. This isn't the software's fault but a consideration those managing content on a large non-uniform network of media players. Preview may show content perfectly but on site may have playback issues.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Acrobat

Reasons for Choosing Appspace

Other platform was no longer supported.

Reasons for Switching to Appspace

I was not involved in the selection process, but inherited the decision. I was brought in to the organisation once Appspace was selected.

Pros

We have been using Appspace for over a year, it was a little challenging at first because we had Windows 10 LTSB, we had to use the chrome extension. Easy to deploy and use.

Cons

For what we use Appspace I think the features are great. They need to make some improvements on support. Some of my team members were complaining on lack of support or follow up.

Alternatives Considered

ConnectedSign

Pros

We use AppSpace Digital Signage Solution and it is really very easy to implement and use.
We've integrated AppSpace module with our existing environment. Process is very easy and it works perfect.

Cons

I don't think I dislike anything about this software so far but I would like to see some patch which will help push media on existing or old Cisco as well as other video devices

Pros

Appspace is easy to delivery content to TVs throughout an entire enterprise. We have leveraged it in a variety of complex use cases on nearly 100 devices.

Cons

I wish it dealt with authentication better. It is really challenging to use sites that require any advanced authetication and therefore requires building expensive APIs.

Pros

Simple to use, schedule, and edit messages.

Cons

Converting landscape pages to the screen sometimes takes multiple edits to get it to display correctly without adding additional screens.

Pros

The Suite is packed with options.
It can create or augment many services for content management and distribution.
Supports a plethora of end point devices
There are a lot of OOTB templates to quickly edit and deploy
On prem or Cloud deployment options available

Cons

The price has increased significantly and some features require additional licensing

Pros

The ease of use, the templates/cards in the library that you can take advantage of and being able to set when you when your content displayed and when you want it archived automatically.

Cons

I haven't come across any issues so far that I would say are a con/downside of the product. There are a few features that would be nice to add but really the product is really very good overall.

Pros

Easy to use and configure. Supports a wide range of industry standard hardware. Suitable for beginners up to power users.

Cons

More granular permissions/roles would be nice. The developer seems to be devoting more resources away from core competencies of digital signage.

Pros

After Appspace is setup, it offers a lot of options in terms of customization. You can setup your displays to basically automate themselves after awhile. The GUI has a nice visual appeal, even though it is slightly confusing to navigate at times.

Cons

We had issues with getting videos to play over Appspace. They would be very laggy and play slowly or out of sync with the audio that went along with them. There are also a lot of minor quirk throughout Appspace that can make it difficult to navigate.

Pros

I like how you can show the same information in several different physical locations and the ease of use.

Cons

I am completely satisfied with the software and have no issues.

Pros

Makes it easy to update TVs throughout the facility. The interface is simple and fairly easy to navigate although sometimes it can be confusing to know which section (device, channel, etc.) you need to go into to make your desired edits. Overall, not to terribly hard to navigate through. The widgets feature is cool too!

Cons

Very expensive if you have a lot of devices you'd like to connect. Some devices show up as "offline" all the time even when they are infact online and working, this can make this confusing at times.

Pros

The features are very impactful on the Employee Experience. From the usage of conference rooms to digital signage applications we control what the employee sees when using and returning back to our offices. I like how Appspace is easy to use but yet so powerful.

Cons

Some of the templates and creating custom templates is a bit more difficult. It's not to a point where someone with less graphical experience can use the tool.

Pros

- easy to use interface - lovely UI
- excellent "status check" so you can easily see which devices are online - makes for easy troubleshooting

Cons

- some difficulties in scheduling content the way I would like to

Pros

We recently joined app space to create digital signage at multiple facilities throughout the city. This has been super helpful and easy! We absolutely love the functionality and backend of their platform

Cons

Some of the tutorial videos leave a little bit to be desired but if you dig around you can definitely find your way through