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Chatter (discontinued) vs. HCL Connections

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Chatter (discontinued)

98 Reviews and Ratings

HCL Connections

52 Reviews and Ratings

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Chatter (discontinued)

    Score9.3 out of 10
    		N/AChatter was a collaboration platform with integration into the business process and the ability to conduct actions like approving expense reports and creating support cases from the activity feed itself. It was acquired by Salesforce and is currently discontinued.N/A

    HCL Connections

    Score9 out of 10
    		N/AConnections from HCL Technologies (formerly from IBM, acquired by HCL in 2018) is a collaboration tool and employee digital workspace with key features like social analytics, blogs, document management, and a social network.N/A
    Pricing
    Chatter (discontinued)HCL Connections
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Chatter (discontinued)HCL Connections
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Chatter (discontinued)HCL Connections
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    Joseph C. Chang
    Senior IT Specialist in Information Technology at Prudential Financial (Financial Services, 10,001+ employees)
    Chose Chatter (discontinued)

    Chatter is superior to IBM Connections because it has private messaging, a cleaner UI, and polls. Also, the nomenclature of Chatter is easier to understand than that of IBM Connections, which is too "techy" for the layman.

    Chatter is on par with Microsoft Yammer as they are …

    Incentivized
    HCLSoftware
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Chatter (discontinued)HCL Connections
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Chatter (discontinued) and HCL Connections
    Feature
    Chatter (discontinued)
    8.3
    52 Ratings
    HCL Connections
    -
    Ratings
    Task Management8.836 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts8.019 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling7.930 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.932 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access8.049 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search7.944 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools8.833 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Chatter (discontinued) and HCL Connections
    Feature
    Chatter (discontinued)
    8.4
    54 Ratings
    HCL Connections
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    Ratings
    Chat9.050 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications7.153 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions8.151 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys8.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase8.036 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting9.013 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts8.920 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook9.023 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Chatter (discontinued) and HCL Connections
    Feature
    Chatter (discontinued)
    8.5
    48 Ratings
    HCL Connections
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    Ratings
    Versioning8.828 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files8.833 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files7.930 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration8.941 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control8.034 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features8.929 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive9.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device sync8.027 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Chatter (discontinued)HCL Connections
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (56 ratings)
    9.0
    (20 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    7.7
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.6
    (27 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)