Bloomfire vs. Fugu

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Bloomfire
Score 8.4 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Bloomfire provides knowledge engagement, aiming to deliver an experience that connects teams and individuals with the information they need to excel at their jobs. Their cloud-based knowledge engagement platform aims to give people one centralized, searchable place to engage with shared knowledge and grow their organization's collective intelligence.
$25
per month
Fugu
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Fugu is an all-purpose team chat software that enables employees to communicate and collaborate from a single platform. Users can share ideas, discuss projects, and manage attendance with Fugu. The product easily integrates with the third party tools for effective management, and is available to use across platforms-Mobile (iOS, Android), Desktop (Windows, MacOS) and Web. Features include real-time messaging, open discussions, advanced search, unlimited message…N/A
Pricing
BloomfireFugu
Editions & Modules
Basic
$25.00
per month
Cloud Professional Plan
Free
Community
Free
Enterprise
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BloomfireFugu
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup Fee$25 No setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Bloomfire
-
Ratings
Fugu
8.7
Ratings
12% above category average
Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Search00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Bloomfire
-
Ratings
Fugu
8.4
Ratings
6% above category average
Chat00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Notifications00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Discussions00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Surveys00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Bloomfire
-
Ratings
Fugu
8.0
Ratings
2% above category average
Versioning00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Advanced security features00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
User Ratings
BloomfireFugu
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(0 ratings)
7.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BloomfireFugu
Likelihood to Recommend
I think Bloomfire is most appropriate in a medium to large business entity since onboarding can be difficult without an organized tool to prioritize job functions. It would be most well suited for positions that incorporate data analytics/reporting and consist of regular deliverables. So for example: if an accountant wants to learn how to compile a cash flow statement but also has to turn it into a client-facing presentation, there are resources specific to internal accounting and then separate resources (also in the accounting vertical) for data visualizations and client reporting.
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Fugu is a brilliant tool if the employee count is less when it comes to passing on messages within the organization, but it also has some cons with respect to its functioning. The calling feature used to rarely work, making it impossible to make a call when required. Also, the ios version was more prone to crashes.
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Pros
  • Quickly reach out to whatever employee segment you want to reach by posting a topic and it will send a notification to everyone in that group with a link to the posting.
  • Bloomfire saves all of the previous posts so in your free time you can go to the site, and explore the various range of topics others have posted. The information on there will only be as good as the person posting it, but it will be people within your company and industry posting it. So it will always be helpful.
  • Bloomfire is a place to be noticed by your peers. Have a great topic you want to express, my company allows all to post there as long as we keep it professional. So you can share your ideas or experiences in a safe and productive manner. But we do have some fun on there too!
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  • Communicating within teams.
  • Applying for leaves, and attendance was very easy.
  • Shortcuts to access everything.
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Cons
  • Providing more videos about the differences between the dental plans.
  • Providing more videos about the differences between the carriers in regards to med supp or med adv.
  • Providing more videos about processes and functions that we at AWL have to do on a daily basis.
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  • At times it used to crash making it impossible to use.
  • The UI part could have been much better.
  • The calling feature was not reliable.
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Likelihood to Renew
I am with a different employer now days where training is not part of my job description. If I ever found myself doing E-Learning again, Bloomfire would be the first interface I would recommend.
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Usability
Bloomfire is an easy-to-use platform for posting information and asking questions of my peers. It also has a user-friendly search capability. Yet like any other CMS, the secret to success rests in such items as the ability to use metadata to tag content or posts, and Bloomfire provides a wide range of options to make posting content and subsequently searching for it.
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Support Rating
I have not needed to pose questions to the support team yet, as it is a very simple piece of software to use, however, its help documents and the bot ready to answer questions let me know I am in good hands. The help center could load a little quicker, but that's my only complaint.
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Alternatives Considered
- Easier to use - Easier to upload new information - Easier to search - Easier to share Bloomfire search-ability means much less work trying to organize and categorize documents. That means easier upload, which means more information gets stored there and used.
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Fugu is good when it comes to interacting within a small organization; otherwise, not proper working of audio/video calls and notifications not coming on time may cause you to miss out on important information. It has got all the basic employee information available, thus making it very handy and very easy to use.
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Return on Investment
  • Feedback from users in being able to perform transactions for members has greatly improved.
  • There has been an increase in engagement of material presented in posts by learners in training classes.
  • Reps and agents say they feel confident they can easily locate information if ever there is a need on the front line.
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  • As it crashed down more often, productivity was affected at times.
  • Keeping a tab on one's leave, and attendance was very easy, making an employee know his balances and scheduling his work accordingly.
  • Notification, too, at times, used to not work, thus hampering productivity.
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ScreenShots

Bloomfire Screenshots

Screenshot of You are provided with a variety of options to brand your Bloomfire community, such as customizing its colors, displaying your organization’s logo, and building a custom Promo Bar. This creates an aesthetic that truly reflects your company’s culture.Screenshot of Bloomfire features an AI-powered search that makes sharing and searching for information a lot easier. It deep indexes every word in each piece of content, regardless of whether it’s a PDF, slide deck, video, or any other file type. The platform also creates tags for your content automatically. And if a video is uploaded, Bloomfire automatically transcribes it, making the spoken words searchable and allowing users to jump to the exact part of a video where certain keywords appear.

All of those features result in an easy and smart searching experience. There’s no need to navigate through folders or guess file names. All you need to do is perform a search like you would with Google. When searching, you can further narrow down your results based on categories such as author and content type.Screenshot of Bloomfire's AI enables you to search and find the video you are looking for based on its audio contents.Screenshot of Use Bloomfire while you work seamlessly across your favorite apps.