HCL Connections vs. Lightning Tools Social Squared Discussion Board
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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 HCL Connections | Score9 out of 10 | N/A | Connections 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 |
 Lightning Tools Social Squared Discussion Board | Score10 out of 10 | Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees) | Social Squared is a SharePoint Discussion Board App that can be deployed across SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams. Social Squared improves productivity and efficiency by providing structured discussion forums for employee and student discussions. For Microsoft SharePoint Social Squared is a SharePoint discussion board application where users can post questions within relevant forums and receive answers to their questions from subject matter experts. The… | $2,200 per year per installation |
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| Additional Details | — | Prices stated are minimum per installation for "stock" products. $2.20 per user/year on top of base price. Enterprise editions can be amended to suit business needs if deemed necessary, additional costs incurred and TBD. All packages include free technical support. Free upgrades available to latest versions of tool as they are released. | ||||||||||||||
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.0 | - |
| Likelihood to Renew | 7.7 | - |
| Usability | 9.0 | - |
| Availability | 10.0 | - |
| Performance | 9.0 | - |
| Support Rating | 8.0 | - |
| Implementation Rating | 7.3 | - |
| Product Scalability | 7.0 | - |