Octopus
p/octopus
Lightning⚡️fast visual sitemap builder
Karl Plaude
Octopus.do — Create detailed visual sitemaps and get estimates
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Designers and PMs use Octopus to prototype website and app structures, calculating project costs on the fly. It’s lightning fast and easy to use!
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Jason
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.
Jason

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

Mathieu PREAU

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

Jack Whiting
Looks great, simple enough to use and straight to the point. Will help for quickly planning out sites.
Andrey Antar
WOW, good things! I missed such an application much time as a freelancer!
Nathan Guo
amazing tool! kill the exact painpoints!
LUCAS ZODE
Nice tool. why there's only 3 colors?
Karl Plaude
@zoneofdesigners we plan to add more colours in future releases
James Welch
Showed this to our web team and project manager - #instantpurchase!
Lachlan Kirkwood
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.
Karl Plaude
@lachlankirkwood hmm, will think about this feature. Feel free to add it to our Nolt board https://octopus.nolt.io
Karl Plaude
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.
Karl Plaude
@adithya Thank you. You can find the link to Pricing by clicking on About button in the bottom left corner and scroll to footer.
Alex Vasilevsky
Check out our article about VISUAL SITEMAPS AS THE EVOLUTION OF WEB DESIGN UNIFICATION IDEAS. https://octopus.do/journal/visua...
Elena Vasilevskaya

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

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

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

Eugene Dugaev
It now takes a few minutes to get a map and estimate for a website project. Just what was needed!
Irina Varnina
Wow, i have never thought it could be that simple and quick to plan and calculate. Super!
Timofey Panov
WOW, looks great!
Karl Plaude
@tim_panov thanks!
Mario Biancolella
Please! add a vertical view and a collapse mode! Please! 🙏🙏🙏
Andrejs Antonovs
The convenient tool to explain to the developer as you see the page
Karl Plaude
@andrejs_antonovs Thanks, good user scenario
Andrejs Antonovs

Good app with future

Pros:

Great tool for for developers and their customers

Cons:

For me its cool