G2 awards Screendragon – Explainer Blog
Welcome to our live G2 explainer blog for Screendragon. We have collected several G2 achievements and awards during the last couple of years. Therefore we think it’s time to summarise our recent success and keep tabs on our progress! Screendragon are a work management software vendor – but what does this really mean? The G2 categories and our relevant listings will help explain our solution!
Work management is the core Screendragon solution but this incorporates project management, resource management, agency management, and more. In addition to product performance, G2 also evaluate quality of services. This takes into account implementation, relationship management, usability, ease of business, and ease of admin.
Read on to see what solution and service areas that Screendragon has performed highly in, how we achieved our rankings and awards, and what this means in simple terms. We begin our explainer blog with a summary of Screendragon’s performance in G2’s most recent release – Spring 2023!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 – Latest News (Spring 2023 Release)
2 – Introduction to G2
2a – Who are G2?
2b – What vendors feature on G2?
2c – How do G2 rank vendors?
3 – G2 Awards & Badges
3a – G2 High Performer Categories
3b – G2 Badges of Excellence
3c – G2 Top 50
4 – G2 Comparison Report
5 – How Screendragon outperform the competition
1 – Latest News (April 2023)
The G2 spring release has been published which means winter is officially over! Spring is a time of change and Screendragon is altering the G2 landscape again. It was once said that ‘the colour of happiness is spring green’. This is an appropriate description for the latest G2 rankings where Screendragon shines brightly in the leader and high performer rankings. Here’s a quick summary of the latest awards that have been earned by the always evolving Screendragon solution!
#1 for Enterprise – Marketing Resource Management Grid®
Last year, Screendragon became the highest-ranking professional services automation solution for enterprises. Following on from this success, we’re proud to reveal that Screendragon is now the #1 marketing resource management enterprise solution too!
The G2 Grid® for Marketing Resource Management ranks vendors based on a series of product performance and customer satisfaction scores. Based on these metrics, Screendragon was the highest performer in the enterprise category in the spring release. Our performance in the enterprise category also earned Screendragon the Momentum Grid® Leader badge!
Marketing Resource Management – Users Love Us
As summarised above, Screendragon’s is now the leading professional services and #1 marketing resource management solution in the enterprise segment. Global agencies and Fortune 500 brands use Screendragon to schedule marketing projects, identify the optimum resource for the job, track time and progress, and ensure workloads and utilization are managed effectively.
In the G2 spring release, our esteemed MRM clients helped Screendragon earn awards for relationship management, usability, and implementation. As a result, Screendragon now features in the G2 Relationship and Usability indexes for top Marketing Resource Management vendors. What does this mean in simple terms? In short, our product delivers (see previous point) and the much-loved Screendragon team makes sure it does!
Resource Management – Most Likely to Recommend
Talent and time are the most precious resources in a creative team. However, in our upcoming State of Creative Operations 2023 report we will reveal that only 34% of creatives use resource management software. Does this mean that two thirds of creative teams still aren’t managing their resources efficiently? If you think it’s time to tune up your resourcing engine this year, then look no further than the ‘Most Likely to Recommend’ resource management solution on G2.
The Most Likely to Recommend award is an exclusive award based on customer satisfaction metrics. Our distinguished resource management clients have helped Screendragon earn a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 9.5 / 10. As a result, Screendragon now holds the joint highest NPS score for work management vendors on G2!
2. Introduction to G2
2a. Who are G2?
G2 is a peer review website that scores software products and vendors based on customer reviews. G2 collects reviews through its online community and vendors scores include data collected from online sources and social networks too. Before submitting a review, G2 users need to validate their role and relationship with the vendor in question. Additionally, G2 does not edit or filter reviews. Buyers trust G2 as customers i.e. users determine a vendor’s ranking.
2b. What vendors feature on G2?
Any vendor can feature on G2 but only the leading players in the industry feature in G2 grids, reports, and awards. Screendragon features in several highly competitive solution categories on G2. These include Work Management, Resource Management, Marketing Resource Management, Digital Asset Management, Online Proofing, and Professional Services Automation. Some of these categories have over 100 vendors competing so it’s important to stand out from the crowd!
2c. How do G2 rank vendors?
G2 use a comprehensive list of scoring methodologies to evaluate vendors. They measure usability, satisfaction, relationship, implementation, and product performance. As a result. vendors that score highly in these categories can obtain high performer awards (see 2a) and badges of excellence (see 2b). The market ranking includes criterion such as employee headcount and social following.
3. G2 Awards & Badges
3a. G2 High Performer Categories
Screendragon are proud to have earned High Performer awards in all of the following categories. Our website does not exaggerate when we proclaim to be an ‘end-to-end’ work management and creative operations solution!
Work Management (Momentum Grid® Leader)
G2’s work management evaluation focuses on productivity gains, collaboration, resource optimization, and remote work management. Screendragon’s automated workflows, AI assisted resourcing and forecasting, and advanced budget management hit the spot. These capabilities help companies increase productivity, reduce costs and improve speed-to-market! Our core functionality spans in-depth workflow customization with intelligent form structures and tasks. This is also supported by a robust reporting module and easy to use administrative tools.
With 116 vendors featuring on G2’s work management category this is a highly competitive market. However, Screendragon is flying up the ranks and we’re moving towards the leadership position. In light of our recent achievements, our Momentum Grid® leader award highlights the trajectory of our award winning software!
Marketing Resource Management (Momentum Grid® Leader)
Screendragon’s resource management module is fully integrated with our marketing project management software. Consequently, we can provide leaders with a live helicopter view of what their team is working on and what the timelines are. Screendragon’s heatmap capacity view offers managers insight into opportunities for new work and constraints for upcoming projects.
Screendragon has been a leader in the marketing and creative space for more than 15 years. This means our resource management tool is perfectly suited for creative teams. Our performance in the marketing resource management is further proof that we are the go-to work management software for marketing teams!
Resource Management (Grid® Leader)
G2 describes resource management as ‘software that tracks, schedules, and optimizes human and material resources required for project management’. Accordingly, Screendragon’s resource management capabilities are wide-ranging and help teams from a variety of backgrounds. Screendragon’s most popular resourcing features are drag ‘n’ drop scheduling, real time resource calendar, AI assisted talent profile utilization, and pipeline and capacity planning.
Managing people and time is the foundation for work management and Screendragon has always stood out in this area. In addition to our leader position in the Momentum Grid®, Screendragon is the highest performer in the Resource Management Grid®! If you’d like to see why our customers rate us so highly in resource management then why not schedule a 30-minute tour of our software?
Professional Services Automation (#1 for Enterprise)
We’re proud to have received awards for our product offering in work management, marketing resource management, and resource management. However, it is our performance in the professional services automation category that is taking pride of place.
Among our professional services customers are a host of global agency networks such as McCann World Group, Landor & Fitch, Arc Worldwide and Interbrand as well as many fast growing small agencies . Agencies use Screendragon’s agency management solution to create new ways to increase collaboration, productivity and compliance. They can do this while removing silos, duplication of efforts and costs. Screendragon is ranked #1 among Professional Services Automation vendors in the enterprise space!
Digital Asset Management
While Screendragon may not have all the features of a traditional DAM vendor, it does possess many of the key qualities that most customers need. This includes the ability to store, share, tag and organize digital assets. Screendragon’s asset management is used by clients to create brand libraries, apply meta tags, build training knowledge bases, and share content with colleagues and partners.
3b. G2 Badges of Excellence
While G2 ‘High Performer’ awards focus on product performance, G2 badges are awarded for top class service and support. So, you have read why our product is so highly rated. It’s now time to see why our team is also world class!
Best Meets Requirements / Easiest to do Business With
Screendragon offers a vast array of capabilities (see our High Performer awards) which means we tick the boxes for most buyers. While Screendragon is a flexible product with powerful configuration capabilities, we never expect clients to work things out for themselves. Every client is assigned a solution expert whose primary role is to listen to your needs and ensure that Screendragon fits perfectly for your business.
Best Usability
Screendragon is a powerful work management tool with a lengthy list of features. Nonetheless, our brilliant development team keep user experience and customer success at the heart of everything we do. This means that Screendragon is a tool that can be learned and used by anyone (not just project managers!). It is simple in design while being sophisticated in performance.
Our latest award for ‘Best Usability’ is based on Screendragon’s performance in customer satisfaction, meeting requirements, and user adoption. Subsequently, this badge is proof that there’s a big difference between making a simple product versus making a product simple!
Best Support
Screendragon is a unique player in the work and creative management segment as most of our staff are customer service focused. We have a dedicated team of project managers, business consultants, and configuration specialists. Our project managers work with clients on a regular basis to maximize the value of Screendragon and optimize its performance. If you ever encounter a roadblock within the system (and we’d like to think you won’t!) you will not have to wait in line or go through red tape to get hands on support. We are always there when you need us.
Best Relationship
At Screendragon, we put immense value on customer support (see our award above!). When clients choose to work with Screendragon it is the beginning of a prosperous relationship for both parties. This contrasts to the seductive sell and swerve philosophy of many companies. Our greatest asset is our people and this resonates strongly in client feedback. We go to the nth degree to make sure our solution works brilliantly for your company. As a result, our clients tend to put great trust and value in our service.
Easiest Setup
Adoption rates are greatly affected by onboarding time and user experience. As outlined in our awards for ‘Best Support’ and ‘Easiest to do Business With’ we guarantee a smooth transition for new clients. Our implementation competencies are not exclusive to our highly acclaimed solutions experts though. Screendragon’s product is built to be fit for purpose which means adoption time is quick and implementation is pain-free. Our user-friendly UI and agile software are very intuitive, so it never takes long to start seeing the benefits of the system!
Easiest Admin
Screendragon has been built from the ground up to be configurable and cater for different ways of working that exist. Practically every aspect of the platform can be managed using web-based admin tools. This flexibility and intuitiveness will excite project managers and admins as much as CMOs and creatives!
Users Love Us & Most Likely To Recommend
Based on everything we said above, it might become clear why more and more companies are choosing Screendragon to manage their work and creative operations. Our passion for design, client first approach, easy implementation, and cutting-edge technology are transforming operations at Fortune 500 companies and Global Agencies and our clients love us for it!
As of Spring 2023, Screendragon holds the exclusive ‘Most Likely to Recommend’ for both Professional Services Automation and Resource Management. This has culminated with Screendragon earning a joint highest NPS score of 9.5 / 10. Thank you to our wonderful clients that have recommended Screendragon so abundantly!
4. G2 Vendor Comparison Report
We have effused Screendragon’s capabilities in our awards and badges summary above – but how do we stack up against the competition? Our G2 comparison report compares the top players in the industry across key product and service indicators. You can download it for free below!
5. See why Screendragon outperform the competition
We hope you’ve seen enough to justify learning more about Screendragon. If you want to see why our product scores so highly on G2 and other review websites then why not see the real thing in action? You can schedule a short product introduction with one of our solution experts below. Feel free to tell us what you’d like to see or what you need to know and we’ll show you why Screendragon is a perfect fit!
