Spent $200 on an editorial calendar tool and it burned me bad

I bought into the hype around Contently's calendar feature thinking it would fix my team's scheduling chaos. After 3 months of fighting with clunky workflows that didn't match how we actually plan things, I went back to a basic Trello board. The tool was supposed to save time but it just created extra steps for everyone. Has anyone else tried paid planning tools that totally missed the mark for content production?

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barbaraw478d ago

Three hundred dollars for a calendar tool?

the_kevin7d ago

Three hundred dollars for a calendar tool" is just the starting point, right? You know they're gonna hit you with add-ons for every little thing like reminders or team syncs. Before you know it, you're paying fifty bucks a month just to not miss a dentist appointment. I guess if you're running some big sales team it might make sense, but for most people it's just a calendar. A paper one costs a dollar and you can draw on it.

ruby_patel275d ago

oh man, $200 hurts but I've done worse. I spent almost that much on a "smart" meal planner app once and ended up just using a sticky note on my fridge. the irony is not lost on me that a calendar tool made my schedule more chaotic instead of less. at this point I'm convinced half these software companies just prey on people who want to feel organized but have no actual system. my favorite budgeting tool is still a spiral notebook from the dollar store, so maybe I'm not the target audience for fancy tech.