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HCL Connections vs. Socialcast (discontinued)

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Socialcast (discontinued)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ASocialcast was an enterprise social networking and collaboration platform acquired by VMware in 2011. The platform allowed an organization's employees to share information and documents with co-workers in real time through a Facebook- or Twitter-like news feed. VMware announced its end of availability (EOA) effective May 2018.

    $250

    per month

    Pricing
    HCL ConnectionsSocialcast (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HCL ConnectionsSocialcast (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Features
    HCL ConnectionsSocialcast (discontinued)
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of HCL Connections and Socialcast (discontinued)
    Feature
    HCL Connections
    -
    Ratings
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    6.3
    4 Ratings
    Task Management00 Ratings7.74 Ratings
    Gantt Charts00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Scheduling00 Ratings6.33 Ratings
    Workflow Automation00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Mobile Access00 Ratings3.83 Ratings
    Search00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Visual planning tools00 Ratings3.43 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of HCL Connections and Socialcast (discontinued)
    Feature
    HCL Connections
    -
    Ratings
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    7.5
    4 Ratings
    Chat00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
    Notifications00 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Discussions00 Ratings8.14 Ratings
    Surveys00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings6.14 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of HCL Connections and Socialcast (discontinued)
    Feature
    HCL Connections
    -
    Ratings
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    5.7
    4 Ratings
    Versioning00 Ratings2.12 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings6.74 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings7.23 Ratings
    Advanced security features00 Ratings5.83 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings4.02 Ratings
    User Ratings
    HCL ConnectionsSocialcast (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (20 ratings)
    7.7
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.7
    (7 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)