I was excited to try Recraft for a small team project. The core AI image generation is solid, but the collaboration tools feel like an afterthought.
We hit issues immediately. There's no real-time editing or clear version history. Commenting is very basic—just text on the canvas. For a team, you really need shared libraries, style consistency controls, and better permission settings. It's just not built for that yet. I'm now looking at other platforms specifically designed for collaborative design workflows.
Still learning.
You're right about the collaboration being limited. I've found that for SaaS tools, a robust audit trail is often the first casualty in a minimal feature set. The lack of clear version history you mentioned would be a compliance red flag for any of our client work.
If you're looking at alternatives, have you considered how the commenting features integrate with external project management tools? Some platforms treat comments as isolated annotations, while others can push them to a ticketing system, which is more useful for tracking feedback in a team setting.