G2

Emilio d.

IT manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/28/2019

"KeyCreator admin perspective on floating licenses"

4.5/5

What do you like best about KeyCreator?

The flexibility it offers when using floating licenses combined with a good cost-benefit for multiple workstations over the network. We have a team of 8 engineers and 3 floating licenses, they have been working for several years now and got no problems at all. At this moment it seems capable of working with the most common file types, at least it covers 100% all we need based on our customers & suppliers requirements. I also like updates are releases regularly and included with maintenance fees. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KeyCreator?

It has taken quite some versions to be fully compatible with other CAD SW. We started using it when it was called CadKey. As an administrator I have found installation problems and support seems to get some time to get it completely fixed. I just think it takes more time than expected. Not bad, but could be better. Being a floating license it has been installed in a server, by policy we don't allow Internet access to servers, and making offline installations/updates/upgrades is quite difficult, maybe getting a standalone installation downloaded directly from my account would work wonders. From time to time the license manager seems to get stuck, not sure if it's because of Windows services or it's an actual fault of the manager, new versions have kept the same problem, it's not a big issue but happens once in a while. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering KeyCreator:

When we adopted the SW we had many compatibility problems, once again it was back then when it was called CadKey, support wasn't available in my country and fixing problems was very difficult. Today, support is available even though it takes some extra time when through e-mail. I would say to others you should give it a try. Learning curve is a bit high, but most of the CAD SW is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KeyCreator solving and how is that benefiting you?

It varies quite some. We do small jobs, from a simple plant layout to a full 3D model of a complete exhaust system. We are a manufacturing plant, and even though we DO have design, most of the time it comes from customers. When we have the option the engineers can get really creative using the tools at their disposal. When new engineers start working here (most of the time they are just graduates from university) they get introduced in the use of KeyCreator, in a matter of weeks they can do several different jobs, they're no experts but get good enough working with the SW. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.