G2

Verified User in Supermarkets

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/7/2026

Guest users or non-business users of the software, not included in G2 scores.

"Flexible Permissions and Built-In Time Tracking That Keep Projects on Track"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Taskip?

What I like best about Taskip is how flexible its role-based permissions and automated task assignment work, and it bailed us out after a messy handoff issue with Heartland Grocery Distributors a few weeks back. Before we started using Taskip, we shared project notes across a generic spreadsheet, and anyone could edit anything. We were coordinating a fall promotion rollout for them, and our part-time marketing assistant accidentally changed the task owner while leaving a note. The notification didn’t go to the correct buyer liaison, so the artwork review task fell through the cracks. By the time we followed up, their shelf reset deadline was already tight, and they had to push their display date back. Now I can lock access properly: our buyers can view project details and leave feedback, but they can’t reassign tasks or tweak pipeline stages. New work items auto-route to the right team member the second a deal is confirmed, so there’s no more confusion on who owns what.

I also value the built-in time tracking that ties directly to each project and client profile, which saved us from a billing headache with Ohio Fresh Produce Co-op not long ago. Previously, our team logged hours on separate timesheets, and it was easy to forget to tag time to the correct vendor project. We put in extra hours adjusting their weekly flyer layout and curbside signage, but those hours weren’t attached to their account. We ended up absorbing that labor cost because we couldn’t prove the extra work for our invoice. Now every team member logs their time right inside the matching Taskip project card. All the hours stay attached to the client record, and we can pull those logs quickly when we build out our quotes and final billing. No more digging through scattered timesheet screenshots to justify extra work.

Sure, the AI suggestions are pretty basic and don’t always fit our grocery promotion workflows, but that’s not a dealbreaker. For our small supermarket team, the biggest win is the clean separation between viewer and editor access, plus the time tracking tied to projects. We juggle dozens of vendor marketing jobs and seasonal displays each month, and we can’t afford misassigned tasks or unbilled labor. Taskip keeps our team accountable, makes it simple to verify what work went into each vendor project, and takes a lot of the guesswork out of our daily marketing and buying coordination. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Taskip?

What I dislike most about Taskip is that its custom invoice line item logic is pretty limited, and it created a messy billing situation with Heartland Grocery Distributors recently. We often build bundled quotes for them that combine graphic design, shelf signage setup and ongoing promotional support, and we need separate line items for each service, plus tiered volume discounts for larger orders. Taskip’s invoice builder doesn’t handle conditional discount rules well. I tried to apply their pre-negotiated bulk discount only to the print materials portion, but the discount applied to the whole invoice instead. They got a bill that was lower than we agreed, and I had to void the invoice, rebuild it manually and hop on a quick call to clarify the correction. It ate up a lot of my afternoon when I was already swamped with weekly purchase order checks.

I also get annoyed by how the document version history works, which burned us with Ohio Fresh Produce Co-op last month. We uploaded revised flyer copy for their seasonal berry sale into their client portal. We needed to keep the old draft for reference, but every new upload overwrites the previous file without a clear, labeled version log. Our marketing team opened the file to finalize the design, grabbed the older unapproved text by mistake, and sent the proof to the co-op. They caught the outdated produce pricing before printing, but it eroded their trust and pushed our approval timeline back. There’s no simple way to lock older versions or leave quick notes marking which draft is approved.

I also wish the reporting dashboard could be customized more for our retail vendor projects. I want to pull a report that groups all active distributor work by promotion type, but the default reports can’t slice the data that way. I end up exporting CSV files and sorting them in Excel every time our store manager asks for a workload snapshot. We still stick with Taskip because the all-in-one client portal, task management and communication bundle fits our workflow really well. But these limitations mean I have to add extra manual checks on every quote, invoice and uploaded file, and those extra steps pile up fast during our busy holiday promotion season. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Taskip mainly fixes the chaos that came from spreading our vendor projects, client approvals and billing records across disconnected tools, and we learned just how costly that split data can be with Heartland Grocery Distributors a while back. Before we got set up on Taskip, we kept vendor quotes in our CRM, tracked design tasks in a separate project tool, and sent invoices out of our accounting software. We were putting together a monthly shelf promotion package for them, and our buying manager adjusted their contracted discount rate only in the CRM. The billing system never picked up that change, so we sent out an invoice calculated at the original price. We spent a lot of time backtracking, issuing credits and reassuring them we’d sorted out the terms. Now the quote, project timeline, client approvals and invoices all live on the same profile in Taskip. Any pricing change we make carries right through to billing, so there’s no mismatch between what we negotiated and what we charge.

It also solves the problem of losing track of client sign-off for marketing assets, which almost created a costly error with Ohio Fresh Produce Co-op. Back then, we shared sale flyers and signage proofs through regular email attachments. Threads got messy, and it was easy to overlook which version they’d approved. One time we missed their confirmation note buried in a long email chain and moved forward with outdated produce pricing on the signs. We caught it right before sending files to print, but it put us behind schedule. Now we upload proofs directly into their branded Taskip portal. They can leave feedback and submit formal approval there, and every action gets stamped on the project timeline. Anyone on our team can instantly see what’s been signed off, no scrolling through endless emails to hunt for confirmation.

I won’t sugarcoat it, the invoice discount rules and file versioning still have gaps that slow me down sometimes. But for our small supermarket team, the biggest benefit is having everything centralized. We don’t have extra staff whose whole job is to chase sync issues between half a dozen apps. Taskip keeps our vendor promotion projects, conversations and billing tied together, so we make fewer avoidable mistakes. That frees me up to focus on coordinating fresh produce deliveries and seasonal store planning, instead of constantly reconciling conflicting information across separate platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.