BLUE Software vs Loftware Smartflow comparison

The Esko product portfolio supports and manages the packaging and print processes for brand owners, retailers, designers, premedia and trade shops, packaging manufacturers, and converters. For 9 out of 10 retail packages, Esko solutions are used in packaging management, asset management, artwork creation, structural design, prepress, 3D visualization, flexo plate making, workflow automation, quality assurance, sample-making, palletization, supply chain collaboration and/or the production of signage and displays. The Esko solutions consist of an extensive suite of software and two hardware product lines: CDI flexo computer-to-plate imagers and Kongsberg digital cutting systems, complemented with professional services, training and consultancy.

Loftware Smartflow is a cloud-based Artwork Management Solution that automates the packaging artwork creation and management to significantly lower costs, reduce mistakes, improve collaboration and speed time-to-market. Loftware Smartflow transforms project management, streamlining the packaging to shelf process by bringing accountability and structure to the process. Loftware’s comprehensive digital platform enables global organizations to manage packaging artwork and the end-to-end business processes, mitigating risk, improving control, compliance, traceability and reducing complexity.