ProofForge vs Workflow
ProofForge
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| Figure | ProofForge | Workflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | A$29/mo | $16/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Design Proofing Software | 8.2 (#8) | 7.7 (#20) |
| Approvals | The client approval workflow includes an audit trail. | Reviewers can approve work without creating a Workflow account. |
| Purpose | ProofForge is artwork proofing software for print shops and sign makers. | Workflow helps designers collect, organize, and act on design feedback in one place. |
| Security | The privacy policy says files are kept in private buckets and accessed through temporary signed URLs, with encryption in transit and at rest and row-level security policies. | Workflow says it uses backups, redundancies, and encryption, and encrypts data transmitted from the public internet, with some edge-case exceptions. |
| Version history | Users can compare revisions side by side and track version history. | Review pages keep past comments and versions together. |
Plans
In their own words
ProofForge
ProofForge has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Workflow
Workflow gives designers a place to collect, organize, and act on design feedback. It runs on the web and as an extension. For website reviews, people can open a shared link and leave comments directly on a live page; Workflow attaches an automatically captured screenshot to each comment. It also accepts feedback on PDFs, videos, Figma designs, newsletters, and more than 30 other media types. Review pages keep earlier comments and versions together, and reviewers can approve work without a Workflow account. Voice and video feedback are built in. A one-way Figma sync sends Workflow comments to Figma, while the Pixel Perfect Chrome extension overlays a design image on a live webpage to help spot visual differences. The free plan includes unlimited projects and reviewers, but after 14 days an upgrade is needed to start something new. Standard costs $16 a month per seat on annual billing. Videos have a 100 GB limit; each additional 100 GB costs $5. Workflow says it does not work on single-page applications or apps such as Google Docs.