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[jimbroski]

I have used Rampage, Nexus and PSM workflows. I worked at two other shops that were Rampage and one that had PSM. The PSM was pretty stable besides the bottleneck issues.

When I started using Rampage I found the workflow to be extremely fast and efficient. It ripped just about anything you put in its way, unless it was a really corrupt pdf or ps file. Hardly ever did I have to call support and when I did it was a great experience.

Where I am now we recently went from Delta to Nexus. At first I knew nothing about Nexus, as time went on I started realizing the huge mistake upper management did by switching to Nexus. Nexus modular workflow is very clunky and complex. You are limited with impositions, it flags just about anything you put thru there. Then you have to configure the workflow extensively to get anything to rip. It has been a very bad experience to say the least.

Then you call support and either you get some tech that is in training or you wait three hours to here from someone. It has happened so many times when the techs come out to the shop and while they are assisting with your issues they are receiving tech support calls from other people.
They also have a tendency to blame issues on the desktop applications.

It would be a poor management decision for anyone who is considering switching to Nexus unless you are trap happy shop that has 2-3 hours to turn-around jobs.