Initial Assessment: Evaluate your current design and development workflows to determine integration points.
Account Setup: Create organizational accounts and invite team members.
Integration & Training: Connect Sympli with your design tools and train your team on its features.
Design Export & Collaboration: Begin using Sympli for design export, version control, and developer collaboration.
Testing & Feedback: Conduct pilot tests to ensure smooth workflows and gather user feedback.
Full Rollout: Implement system-wide based on pilot results.
Customisation
Workflow customizations: Adjusting how design assets are exported, reviewed, and shared.
Integration flexibility: Connecting with CI/CD pipelines and favorite tools.
Branding & UI: Some options to customize the user interface to match company branding.
API access: For advanced users, APIs are available to create custom workflows or integrations.
Role-Based Access: Customize permissions based on roles within your team.
Additional Costs
Setup Fees: Usually included in subscription plans, but large enterprise deployments might incur setup or consulting charges.
Subscription Fees: Monthly or annual licensing based on the number of users or features.
Maintenance & Support:
Basic support is typically included
Premium support, dedicated account managers, or onboarding support may incur additional costs.
Additional Features: Extra features like dedicated hosting, premium integrations, or custom API access often come with additional charges.
Training
Onboarding & Training: Sympli generally provides onboarding assistance to new users, which may include tutorials, webinars, and documentation. Larger enterprise clients might have dedicated onboarding support or training sessions.
Documentation: Extensive online resources, including user guides, FAQs, and best practices, are available on their website.
Customer Support: Basic support is typically included with subscription plans via email or a support portal.
Premium Support: Higher-tier plans or enterprise agreements may offer:
Dedicated account managers
Priority support
Personalized onboarding sessions
Regular training webinars and resources
Security Measures
Data Encryption: Data in transit and at rest is usually encrypted using industry-standard protocols
Access Control: Role-based access management helps control permissions within teams.
Data Privacy: Sympli adheres to relevant data privacy standards such as GDPR or CCPA where applicable.
Secure Hosting: Hosted on secure cloud infrastructure with compliance certifications (e.g., ISO/IEC 27001, SOC2).
Regular Security Audits: Conducts periodic security assessments and updates to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.
Updates
Release Schedule: Sympli typically releases updates every few months, focusing on:
New features
Improvements
Bug fixes
Update Management: They roll out updates progressively, often with notifications and release notes.
Version Control: Users can update their software via the platform, with clear instructions for installation.
Legacy Support: Older versions are usually supported for a transition period if needed.
Data Ownership and Portability
Ownership: Users generally retain ownership of their own design assets, project files, and any data they upload or create using Sympli.
Data Use: Sympli states that they do not claim ownership of user data and only use it for providing and improving their services.
Portability: Organizations usually have the right to export their data and assets in standard formats, allowing for data portability and migration to
Scaling Up / Down
Scaling Up: Sympli’s subscription plans typically support scaling organizations by increasing the number of user licenses or features.
Scaling Down: Plans can usually be adjusted downward during contract renewal or via account management.
Flexible Plans: Many plans are designed to be flexible, with adjustments based on the organization’s evolving needs, often requiring notifying Sympli or through their billing portal.
The terms & conditions for contract renewal and cancellation
Renewal Terms: Contracts are often renewed automatically on a periodic basis (monthly or annually) unless canceled beforehand. Users are usually notified before renewal.
Cancellation: Users can typically cancel subscriptions with a specified notice period (e.g., 30 days) before the renewal date. Specific policies may vary depending on the plan and country.
Refunds & Termination: Refund policies and termination procedures are detailed in the terms of service; generally, ongoing subscriptions are billed until the end of the current billing cycle.
Compliance
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) for data protection if applicable globally
SOC 2 (Service Organization Control 2) for security and confidentiality
ISO/IEC 27001 for information security management systems