Octopus.do — Create detailed visual sitemaps and get estimates

Great product! Would also be great if it included a time tracking feature to compare insights on how long each feature actually took - providing better data for future forecasts.

Octopus allows you to design the structure for websites and mobile apps, estimate man-hours and costs, and send it to clients in the form of a simple link. In a nutshell, Octopus is visual sitemap with Excel integration and just the bare minimum of necessary functions. A designer or project lead can use it to set up a structure, fill in sections of content, and then evaluate man-hours for each page. All estimates are then put into a table, where an hourly rate can be applied and the overall cost of the project can then be seen. Other stages are then added to this figure, including front end and back end development, management and other costs. Octopus makes the entire process of planning and evaluation easy and fun. An experienced client can use it to map out a structure themselves, and we simply add man-hour estimates—we have tried it several times. It also makes the process more transparent, which, from a client’s perspective, is always a good thing. The tool was launched in late February, tested on our projects, is now ready for others to use.

We've used Octopus.do at our agency to estimate a few projects. It's simple so it likely won't be of much use for estimating complex projects but anything that's a website is infinitely easier to estimate and explain with this tool.

Pros:

Easy to create plain-as-day design/development estimates that are tied to an actual sitemap

Cons:

None that I've yet encountered

Super handy tool for roughing out quick site maps with flexible estimates attached. At our agency, we can easily parse out design + development estimates for building websites.

Keep the good work and please, keep it simple. The whole estimate part is becoming relevant. Great job!!!!

Pros:

- The "block" system within the pages is game changer. - Interface is fast, minimalist and ergonomic.

Cons:

- I didn't find the way to duplicate a page. - Only one map structure is possible

Check out our article about VISUAL SITEMAPS AS THE EVOLUTION OF WEB DESIGN UNIFICATION IDEAS. https://octopus.do/journal/visua...

I really like the way it looks and how easy it is to use.

Pros:

Simple

Cons:

Not for free

Looks great, simple enough to use and straight to the point. Will help for quickly planning out sites.

We've been using it as our default sitemap tool for a month now, hereby I highly recommend you to try it out for yourself and see if it fits your narrative.

Pros:

I'm a simple man, I love simple tools. This is one of them. Intuitive, clean, easy to use. Support is super-quick and helpful as well.

Cons:

None yet, pricing is fair

Good app with future

Pros:

Great tool for for developers and their customers

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For me its cool

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Pros:

Fresh and promising product, one app to manage multiple tasks and entire project. It’s brilliant!

Cons:

No cons

I use it instead of old price proposal template and so far all clients liked the approach. Thumbs up!

Pros:

Easy sharing and neat look

Cons:

No cross-links

A useful product, I have long dreamed of such a this product for my projects! Thank you, it is 100% !!!

Will use it also as presentation planning tool with non-linear structure of slides

Pros:

Helps to structure your vision of a product and align it with client's vision also. Very intuitive and nice tool

Cons:

not yet found

Nice tool. why there's only 3 colors?

Showed this to our web team and project manager - #instantpurchase!

The convenient tool to explain to the developer as you see the page

It now takes a few minutes to get a map and estimate for a website project. Just what was needed!

Wow, i have never thought it could be that simple and quick to plan and calculate. Super!

WOW, good things! I missed such an application much time as a freelancer!