Jell Reviews

As a remote worker I needed an easy way to be able to share what I'm working on AND what I'm accomplishing each day.

I'd like a little better way to export my work, but the CSV works great.

Yes, you could do everything with a spreadsheet that Jell does, but the ease of dragging and dropping tasks, and the carryover from day-to-day makes this something you'll actually use. I can't imagine working without it now.

My team uses Jell every day. It's a great way to send status update to your team, either in place of or in addition to daily standup meetings. Jell can help you prioritize and plan the most important things for you to accomplish in a day, and check items off as they're accomplished throughout the day. It has an integration with Slack, which we use to communicate at my company. You can also input individual, team, and company goals in the system each quarter, along with KPIs and measurements for those goals. I also love the To-Do list feature that helps you keep track of things you might not accomplish today or this week, but still want to keep on your radar.

In the past I've wished there was a way to add meetings to Jell automatically from Google Calendar, but I think that might actually detract from the ultimate purpose of the software, which is to focus on the most important things you need to accomplish.

Team and company-wide visibility to your work, individual organization and prioritization, improve productivity

Easy UX, modern look and appearance, team customization. Ability to add team members to our company is great, as it gives us a look at what other teams in our company are up to.

Pricing is also extremely competitive out there, and has the ability to scale up to multiple team sizes.

The only issue that I've encountered was instability on the iOS app. This has since been resolved and I haven't had issues with it since.

Collaboration and team transparency. Prior to using Jell, it was difficult to get a better understanding of what my team and colleagues are doing at any given time.

I love using the checkin features. It is a great way to get information and updates from other employees on a reoccurring basis without having to annoyingly ask every week.

Jell can get annoying if everyone on your team doesn't buy in. If everyone isn't submitting their checkin and standup regularly then it doesn't serve a purpose.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

I love using the checkin features. It is a great way to get information and updates from other employees on a reoccurring basis without having to annoyingly ask every week.

Jell can get annoying if everyone on your team doesn't buy in. If everyone isn't submitting their checkin and standup regularly then it doesn't serve a purpose.

We're a remote team so having a place where everyone can come and submit their weekly checkins and have a place to keep track of their quarterly goals is awesome.

It has a very organized and simple structure. It is easy to set daily tasks and execute/ cross them out on a daily basis. The format is clean and not too hard to follow. If you like to make lists it's a great way to make it digital and it's also easy for management to follow.

I just don't really care for the product. It isn't something that I like to use and getting a slack message every time someone completes something in Jell is a little unnecessary.

Coming from a remote workspace, I think Jell is a great application to keep people on teams connected. You can see what others goals are as well as what they have already accomplished.

Our sales opps team has a million moving parts and sometimes it is hard to keep up with. We use Jell to keep track of all our daily tasks and have found that we are actually more productive and more satisfied when you can cross these tasks of your list.

It has a very organized and simple structure. It is easy to set daily tasks and execute/ cross them out on a daily basis. The format is clean and not too hard to follow. If you like to make lists it's a great way to make it digital and it's also easy for management to follow.

I just don't really care for the product. It isn't something that I like to use and getting a slack message every time someone completes something in Jell is a little unnecessary.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

We loved the interface of Jell and the idea of increasing visibility across departments through daily standups, but compliance was always an issue. Jell helped train our team to be mindful of the work we had on our plates, to plan ahead, and to make sure that other stakeholders across the organization were in sync with our goals for the day or week.

Jell provides good visibility into the various parts of the company, but it difficult to encourage compliance. Perhaps it was the frequency with which we encouraged participation, which could have been adjusted. Either way, while it helped establish a new benchmark for good communication, the tool quickly fell out of disuse.

While probably obvious, I think it's incredibly important to evaluate exactly what you're hoping to accomplish and then audit your team to decide whether the solution you've chosen to help you reach that goal, Jell in this case, will actually be adopted and used. Compliance is a huge issue in so many areas, and this one is no different. Don't underestimate the challenge—and value—of asking your team to adopt yet another new tool.

Our goal in using Jell was to increase communication and alignment. While our use of it didn't full realize those goals, it did help move us in that direction.

We loved the interface of Jell and the idea of increasing visibility across departments through daily standups, but compliance was always an issue. Jell helped train our team to be mindful of the work we had on our plates, to plan ahead, and to make sure that other stakeholders across the organization were in sync with our goals for the day or week.

Jell provides good visibility into the various parts of the company, but it difficult to encourage compliance. Perhaps it was the frequency with which we encouraged participation, which could have been adjusted. Either way, while it helped establish a new benchmark for good communication, the tool quickly fell out of disuse.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

Organization of to-dos

Customization capabilities

Integrations, specifically with Slack.

Compared to a Project Management tool, Jell lacks functionality that makes it pale in comparison if your team uses a separate tool for managing their to-do list action plans cross-functionally.

Daily reminders for specific to-do lists. Good for the individual who needs a tool to assist with "checking off" items for productivity purposes.