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Amjad M. avatar
Amjad M.
Civil Engineer - Engineering Planner
Maritime, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used the software for: 1-2 years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
3.0
Features
4.0
Value for Money
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
October 17, 2019

"Dream tool for multi-project MS Outlook users"

Overall: SimplyFile was so revolutionary that I've revised my workflow to work around it and with it, I managed to organize literally thousands of emails into the correct folders

Pros: - a revolutionary Outlook add-on that enables the user to quickly move/copy an email or thread into a specific Outlook folder. It also enables quick search to navigate to a certain folder. - As a civil engineer who manages several projects simultaneously, Outlook folders are the best way to keep everything organized. With SimplyFile, you select single or multiple emails, click a keyboard shortcut, then the app will show a window that proposes where the emails should go. Hitting enter will send them directly. - The add-on scans your mailbox so that it can intuitively predict the folder in which an email should be moved/copied to.

Cons: - Updating to newer versions requires purchasing a new license. - No new features have been added to V4 since my purchase in 2018

PHILIP L.
Evil Attorney
Law Practice, 1-10 employees
Used the software for: Less than 6 months
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
February 1, 2018

"Truly Amazing Software - has extra time saver features you really need to make Outlook work for you."

Overall: TIME! TIME! TIME! No more time wasted trying to organize my sent and received emails. This add-in makes organization feel like a play.

Pros: SimplyFile makes filing emails in Outlook incredibly easy. I can now stay organized and clear my inbox in a snap. With a click or two I can save an email to the correct client folder. In one simple operation I can send an email, move the original email to the correct folder, and also save a copy of my reply email to the same folder. So efficient. SimplyFile also allows me to easily "jump" to any Outlook folder, where I can review all outgoing emails which were saved there, as well as all of my replies. While some case management programs claims to assist you with organizing and saving your case-related emails, SimplyFile actually does it with style and ease. I have never found such an elegant solution. And if you are more hands-on, and perhaps rely on keyboard commands to work faster, it doesn't get any better [or faster] than this! Can you tell I am in love with this add-in? I am . They also offer QuickJump, which is equally brilliant, it allows you to "jump" to any Windows folder on your hard drive, bypassing the usual Windows File Explorer. No more drilling down to find a sub-folder. I can bypass the more cumbersome searching and clicking in my case manager and go directly to the folder by typing just a few letters of the folder name.

Cons: No cons. It just works. This add-in not only does exactly what it says it will do, but it includes other features I never knew I needed. I discovered "bonus features" which were saving me additional time within 30 minutes of installing the add-in. And after extensive use Outlook has yet to crash [something that has happened often with a few other add-ins].

Frank R.
Director of IT infrastructure
Non-Profit Organization Management, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
3.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
4.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
October 19, 2024

"Critical part of effective personal e-mail mgmt."

Overall: I keep e-mails in the inbox until they are handled and then saves them and my response in an appropriate folder for later reference - that means I have over one hundred folders without Simplyfile saving to these folder would not be vialble.

Pros: Picks the right folder everytime and saves me time in the proces ;-)

Cons: Does not work on the Outlook version and on the Outlook web - TechHit really needs to fix this!!!

Gary O.
Consultant
Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Customer Service
1.0
Features
3.0
Value for Money
1.0
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
May 17, 2022

"It's not worth it anymore - get QuickFile from Standss instead"

Overall: I had been using the product for many years and provided feedback that was often incorporated into new upgrades. However, when I upgraded the last time, I found that I was paying an exorbitant subscription for a product that was not been developed and had no new features (assuming I was interested in them). I tried to get support (and the [SENSITIVE CONTENT]) to return me to the previous version, but he refused. He also refused to refund me for the current version, which I no longer wanted.

Pros: It does the job well, quickly and effortlessly.

Cons: It's a scam. The old version4 works about the same as the current version, but it's forcibly disabled when you upgrade and you can't go back to it.

Reasons for Switching to SimplyFile: Not prepared to pay an expensive subscription for a one-off product. The developers of QuickFile continue to maintain the product to a high level with continuous upgrades for no extra charge. It only costs $50 for the basic version. I bought the Pro version ($100), the main feature difference (among others) is batch filing.
Atlee H.
Partner
Machinery, 11-50 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
September 17, 2021

"Get your emails filed in not time flat!"

Overall: Save hours of time and frustration filing emails to specific folders or jumping to various mailboxes and folders.

Pros: This is the absolute fastest and easiest way I have ever seen to get emails filed into the correct folder. No matter if you have 10 folders or 200, getting any email to the correct folder is only a few keystrokes and milliseconds away. Need to jump to a different folder? SimplyFile can help with that too! Just hit your shortcut key for that, type a few letters of the name and boom, you can be there. Just an utterly indispensable tool once you get used to it!

Cons: The only cons I can think of is that occasionally it will create an extra copy of an email, leaving one copy in the sent or drafts folder while another copy is filed in the correct folder. They also went to a subscription model which I understand, but still don't like. :)

Reasons for Switching to SimplyFile: This is much, much faster!
Susan K.
HR
Individual & Family Services, 11-50 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
February 2, 2021

"Inbox Zero - Done"

Overall: Love it. Inbox zero - all day, every day.

Pros: I love this product. SimplyFile allows me to maintain email filing systems that I would never bother with otherwise. In the past, this has meant a folder for every client (400+); currently, a folder for every employee. The purpose of filing is not to 'put in' but to 'get out'. Without SimplyFile, I would have a file "Employees" which I would have to trawl through to find specific emails. With SimplyFile, I can easily (oh, so easily) file outgoing and incoming emails to correct employee folder and I can find that folder simply - regardless of what I've called it.

Cons: Takes a little bit to understand how to use it and there's a bunch of features I've never used.

David G.
President
Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Used the software for: 2+ years
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
December 6, 2019

"Great product, save a lot of time."

Overall: Love it, it is definitely one of those under-appreciated products. I have referred it to multiple clients.

Pros: Fabulous product that is absolutely essential for my daily use of Outlook. Even with the vast improvement of the search funtion I still prefer to use a structured folder set up. SimplyFile makes it extremely easy and saves me a lot of time and money. I would pay them more for this but don't tell them that :)

Cons: The only con and it is fairly minor is that when you get a new computer you can't export your settings but rather the system has to learn again. But to be fair it does do a scan which is mostly effective.

Reasons for Choosing SimplyFile: Simple to use, works wonderfully well, saves me a lot of time - is that enough reasons?
Amber K. avatar
Amber K.
Paralegal
Used the software for: Less than 6 months
Overall Rating
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
5.0
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
June 28, 2018

"Fantastic Filing System"

Pros: We've connected our SimplyFile to outlook and to Amicus Attorney. The app allows us to save emails in their associated folders that we can then access in outlook in the folders or in Amicus. Having it connected to Amicus means that we can access everyone in the firm's emails for a particular client in Amicus.

Cons: Sometimes the predicting feature doesn't work great. It can be frustrating when you file emails for a certain client all the time and the software still doesn't recognize which folder it should go in. For the most part it's pretty good but sometimes it fails.

April D. avatar
April D.
Small Business Owner
Individual & Family Services, Self-employed
Used the software for: Less than 6 months
Overall Rating
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Customer Service
5.0
Features
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
Likelihood to Recommend
10/10
Reviewer Source
Source: Capterra
July 27, 2021

"Best software!!"

Overall: My overall experience with SimplyFile has been great and I would and have recommended it to anyone that has issue with there emails

Pros: This software let me organize and keep my email clean. It’s also let’s me go from email to email with a click it’s the best easy platform I have ever use

Cons: There is nothing I don’t like about this software it’s has save me hours of work and make me like using my email