Is product stream any good?

[Anonymous]

We are consdiering Productstream, we run 7 seats of IV, 15 seats of LT and 2 seats of Solidworks (globally) the other option we have (so far) is Innocielo Teamwork.
Both product will do what we want, in terms of function...

Has anyone any thoughts/comments on either and or our set up?

[ScottMe]

Kind of an opened question. I think it depends on a number of items.

What are the cost of each?
What features do you want?
Ease of use.
What is the cost and time to implement each?

Having just gone through this process, I found Productstream to give the most bang for the buck. For me it came down to either Productstream or Adept. Since we were already using Vault, the implemenatation and learning curve gave the edge to Productstream. Both were good products and similarly priced. Everything else seemed to be priced much higher.

[Anonymous]

I know it's not fair for me to add my opinion - I'm biased! But I think I
can give you some food for though. First off, Scott makes some great
points. It really comes down to what you're looking for. Productstream
does a ton of things right out of the box and for a price that is pretty
comparable to all the competition. As Scott mentions, a lot lower in many
(if not all) cases.

1. Scott also mentions it's built on Vault - super easy learning curve here
and you don't have to throw away your investment in it. (hardware, training,
version history, data loading!)
2. Since we're Autodesk we have the best chance of being fully integrated
and supportive of Inventor's features. The development teams work together
every release to ensure that we have the best compatibility we can. And I
can tell you, even for us, this is not simple! Often times Inventor needs
to implement changes for Vault and Productstream just to support a new
feature, something a non-Autodesk software can't do.
3. We release at the same time as Inventor / ACAD / Most ADSK software.
This means that you don't have to wait to upgrade these tools in order to
get the most out of new features or functionality
4. Support is done from the same company. Makes it easier to get issues
resolved when you run into them.

I won't dispute the merits of the other tools; they're all great in their
own ways and all have weaknesses in their own ways. You also have to look
at the future; software changes every day / month / year. If one tool does
something the other doesn't now... that doesn't mean it will not later.
This is why I always look at the above points for really any tool. Where is
the safest bet to invest.

Hope this in any way helps.

--
Brian Roepke
Sr. Product Line Manager
Data Management
Autodesk, Inc.

[Anonymous]

Like Brian, I'm biased too 🙂

But, there is definate truth to what Brian is saying here; The integration
level is much tighter. "Copy Design" anyone?

-Ryan

Ryan Small
SolidCAD
Autodesk Reseller

"Brian Roepke (Autodesk"; "Inc.)" wrote
in message news:5981812@discussion.autodesk.com...
2. Since we're Autodesk we have the best chance of being fully integrated
and supportive of Inventor's features.