Curate

Pros: Professional appearance of proposal - Pricing and markup is consistent - Every detail of quoting is covered

Cons: Getting the photos of flowers and entering the library. Once it was done, it is so nice to use. It is a very large investment for a small shop.

Pros: Curate helps us streamline our workflow here at the Floral Studio. It has ease of use making it so we can all use it. The templates are useful and we are able to upload our own photos so our turnaround time for getting out an event proposal is fast fast fast.

Cons: We would love for Curate to be integrated with some of our wholesalers to give real time pricing. We could pull all of our information from there and just upload it to Curate. That would be amazing.

Pros: It simplifies our process by combining multiple software components into one space. From onboarding to signing clients, to proposals and contracts the software does it all. We especially appreciate that we can keep track of inventory and floral pricing when building recipes and design proposals.

Cons: Pricing his high as a Canadian, with the conversion. We do appreciate all of the features and have been able to simply our process into this one system.

Pros: Curate has drastically increased my productivity. The ability to create proposals from anywhere has made me a more responsive vendor & has led to a significant increase in bookings. I love adding the "Possibilities" to our proposals now! It allows our proposals to feel more customizable.

Cons: Sometimes, the UI is a bit clunky. It can be frustrating to sort & label photos in the gallery, which leads to me uploading duplicates (and triplicates) of the same photos sometimes. While I found the software fairly easy to navigate, it's been a bit of a learning curve for my boss.

Pros: I can customize all my labor and markup costs for different situations. I have all my flower prices in one place, and I can change them at any time if needed. The value Curate gives me in style alone is priceless; my clients love the look of my proposal and the ease with which they flow. The look of a floral proposal is so important - if the proposal doesn't look good, what is the bouquet going to look like??

Cons: They had a rough go of it when they switched over to their newest version. It was a rough 10 months, but I'm glad I stuck it out with them. They are back on track now.

Pros: The ease of floral ordering after setting up the floral design plan for a client. Not only does it provide a beautiful visual product for the client, but a swift, precise way of ordering for each event.

Cons: I do wish there were some things that were more customizable. You are confined to templates that do have room to bring in a few other way to customize, but are limited.

Pros: Curate is an all in one software that allows me to quickly create quotes. What used to take DAYS for me now can be completed in hours, a quick turn around time for customers. The calculations, flower library, and contract are all in one place.

Cons: The latest software version can be a bit hard to navigate. I did like the easy accessibility of the classic version.

Pros: Very complete with lots of features. From proposals, client profiles, recipes and database to payments it saves me hours a day

Cons: A few glitches here and there but nothing major, pretty good overall, customer service has worked well overall fixing any issues

Pros: It allows me to list all my rentals and alerts me if I overbook them. Its easy to add to the proposal and make changes.

Cons: When you print the PDF it doesn't place the clients name on the top of each page so its hard to keep things straight when you are managing several contracts in the week. Adding photos from Pinterest (which is huge for my business) is not as easy as it used to be.

Pros: I used to love curate!!!! The new migration is awful I am about to have a aneurysm trying to figure this out with no one to talk to!!!!!

Cons: nothing now! now looking at other easy to use software as i am writing this!!!!! why do this now in the height of wedding season!!!!

Pros: $78

Cons: This new migration is flawed, not working and full of bugs. Causes more stress and time and takes away man hours just to attempt to fix the problems they never addressed before launching. terrible and non existent customer service

Pros: We’ve been a customer of Curate for years. We loved their Classic software system. We’ve essentially built our business around it and now realize just how vulnerable that decision has made our company.

Cons: Forced migration into a new system that was not ready. The new system lacks many of the features of the original platform and no longer functions for our needs.

Pros: Professional templates Customer service, quick help when needed Product Library

Cons: Forms could be easier to use, might also be that we're not using them correctly

Pros: It's incredibly easy to create and send a beautiful proposal in under an hour. Plus, the customer service is highly efficient and responsive.

Cons: Flower choice catalogs can sometimes be difficult to understand, especially when they show several options in the same style.

Pros: That is has stream lined our work flow keeping all the important things in one place

Cons: Not really any cons we use all the features available and new ones are constantly coming out.

Pros: The software is fairly easy to navigate but not progressing to improve usability.

Cons: Go on their website and try to contact them. You can only schedule or sign up to spend money but if there is a problem there is no way to contact. I tried to cancel use of the product, I have no contract and they just continue to charge my card month after month. Finally a call and they said it automatically renews for a year without any communication or contract - what??? Only desperate and unethical people run a company like this - BEWARE

Pros: "Curate has been more than just a software provider for me; they have become a source of constant support and reassurance. The customer experience team, from the initial onboarding process to the ongoing refresher training sessions, has consistently exceeded my expectations. Their approachability and willingness to address any queries or feedback have made me feel truly valued as a client. Unlike some companies, Curate does not remain static in its policies and procedures; they actively seek to adapt and improve to better serve their clients' evolving needs. It's reassuring to know that they prioritize customer satisfaction and are dedicated to growing alongside their clients."

Cons: Generating a mood board before presenting pricing to clients would be incredibly valuable! While there is a limited mood board and color scheme included in the proposals, having the ability to create standalone mood boards before receiving final quantities from clients would greatly facilitate the initial client discussions. The challenges of incorporating recipes and verifying product availability from wholesalers can be cumbersome tasks that delay the proposal creation process, potentially resulting in clients choosing other florists who offer quicker responses.

Pros: Being able to calculate costs per recipie

Cons: Customer service, the system does not tell you if a client has signed the contract. not being able to add useful links of my company into the contract, etc.

Pros: Love how they are constantly updating and making their program even easier to use! Their customer support is outstanding!

Cons: There is nothing I do not love about Curate.

Pros: Curate does all the things I need it to do to be able to do my job in the most organized way. It allows me to provide a detailed, easy-to-read proposal to my clients, while maintaining our pricing structure and profit margins. The ability to have multiple recipes within one line item so I can divide out the florals from the candles and click the photos easily into the line item is amazing. The drag and drop feature for the media gallery and mood board area also cannot be overstated how easy that is!

Cons: Probably the price, but I do understand pricing to have a great product, which you have.

Pros: So easy to use. Helps save us time and money. [sensitive content hidden] was amazing on our call today! So helpful!

Cons: A little expensive. Wish it could be a little less expensive.

Pros: The staff has been the main reason I love this software. They have been so willing to help with onboard.

Cons: There are a few things I think could improve the product and the staff has been kind enough to listen to my feedback and have already implemented some of the changes.