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Here at Spendbase our internal data shows that Zeplin is strongly valued as a design-to-dev handoff hub, especially in teams using Figma, Sketch, and XD.

Overall sentiment is very positive: most Spendbase clients rate Zeplin 4–5 stars, with a few neutral scores driven by missing “all‑in‑one” capabilities rather than quality issues.

Key strengths our clients highlight:

• Design–dev bridge
• Clear specs and auto‑generated CSS/HTML save developers a lot of time
• Easy asset export and downloads in multiple formats

• One-click publish from Figma/Sketch and smooth integrations with Jira, Trello, Slack

• Collaboration & organization

• Shared links for stakeholders, comments on specific elements, and flows/grouping of screens
• Works well as a “single source of truth” for UI specs and style guides

• Helps reduce back‑and‑forth over email and chat

• Business impact

• Faster delivery cycles, fewer misunderstandings
• Good pricing flexibility and a free tier that’s appreciated by smaller teams and students
• Often adopted as the default tool in agile product teams

At the same time, our internal data also surfaces recurring pain points:

• Missing or limited features
• No or limited prototyping; many teams still rely on other tools for flows and animations
• Weak asset management and search; no true global search across projects

• Some gaps in design system support (tokens, components, variables)

• UX and performance issues

• Learning curve for non‑designers; some features feel unintuitive
• Desktop app on Windows is perceived as weaker than on Mac
• Occasional issues with auto‑generated CSS accuracy and element selection

• Performance concerns in the browser and with large projects

• Strategic fit

• Some clients move fully to Figma once devs are comfortable working directly in it
• Zeplin is seen as excellent for handoff, but not for full project or product lifecycle management

From a Spendbase discount and optimization angle, this pattern suggests Zeplin delivers strong ROI for teams that:
– Have clear design–dev separation,
– Need reliable specs and asset delivery,
– But are comfortable keeping prototyping and complex collaboration in other tools.