Fenrir.Kitanashia said:
»guildwork only does all those amazing things if you are willing to pay for their premium service, if you are not willing to pay for their premium service it simply isn't that impressive nor is it amazing
I can only assume you've never used the bazaar feature in FFXIAH, which will show (generally) current prices of bazaars of people /checked by users running the guildwork client. Guess I can't expect anything different from a typical Mithra running around in male decintennial gear and a moogle suit.
Seriously though, there are quite a few benefits (in reference to non-premium) if it's used to keep track of linkshell stuff, and for communicating offline with other members. I could be wrong, but I think that's what it was originally designed for anyway.
Also, it sent me a notification when I had something in my "Wanted" on ffxiah and it became available on the auction house. I'm not sure if that's supposed to be a premium-only feature or not, but was pretty damn handy when I was trying to track down a pair of cursed pumps -1 a while ago.