Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued) vs. Trainual

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Viva Goals (formerly Ally, or Ally.io) was a Strategic Goal-Planning & Execution Management software. Ally.io became a Microsoft brand after the October 2021 acquisition, and is slated for retirement December 2025.
$48
per year per user
Trainual
Score 9.7 out of 10
N/A
Trainual is a modern training manual for growing businesses. It provides one simple tool that aims to help users centralize processes and policies, automate onboarding and training, and build a foundation to scale faster. The vendor says Trainual is designed for small to medium sized businesses that are growing quickly and eager to document systems and processes, define step-by-step workflows, eliminate grey area between roles, and ensure that training happens consistently, every…
$119
per month
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
Microsoft Viva - Learn Module
$48
per year per user
Microsoft Viva - Insights Module
$48
per year per user
Microsoft Viva - Topics Module
$48
per year per user
Microsoft Viva Suite
$108
per year per user
Pro
$119
per month
Premium
$179
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)
Chose Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)
Microsoft Viva comes with Teams. The Monday board is helpful too, but I just like Microsoft Viva better
Chose Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)
Ally was preferred over the alternatives due to the following:
  • Quick turnaround by reps
  • Detailed product demo
Chose Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)
Again, Ally ranks very high and this is because they continuously work towards improving their software, platform and solutions. I believe that they have been very innovative and are adding important layers to help keep an OKR program culture relevant and beneficial to its …
Trainual
Chose Trainual
No comparison as it relates to many differences. You’re not able to create a portal or generate different classes to make the training fun like trainual it has been a lot easier for our team members to get caught up on any new products and other software that we used has not …
Chose Trainual
There were more user friendly features and a more streamline platform
Chose Trainual
Previously we created SOP's in Google Drive that we used for employee training but they were cumbersome to navigate through and were also in danger of getting deleted. They were plain Word documents and were not interesting to read. Trainual is SO much easier for new employees …
Chose Trainual
  • This is our first time using anything like this!
  • Previously we just wrote task items in shared Google documents. It was the best of what we could do at the time, but this is a whole different world, and we love it! Being able to integrate quizzes and photos and interactive video …
Features
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Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)
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Ratings
Trainual
9.4
Ratings
14% above category average
Course authoring00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Course catalog or library00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Player/Portal00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Learning content00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Mobile friendly00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Assignments00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Compliance management00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Learning administration00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Social learning00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
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Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Trainual
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 9.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Bridge Learning Platform
Bridge Learning Platform
Score 7.5 out of 10
iSpring Learn
iSpring Learn
Score 9.6 out of 10
Enterprises
Bridge Learning Platform
Bridge Learning Platform
Score 7.5 out of 10
Axonify
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(0 ratings)
9.7
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Trainual
Likelihood to Recommend
I believe Ally.io to be one of the best OKR software tools available and it can be deployed easily to small, medium, large enterprises. The tool is easily scalable and its implementation can be deployed without necessarily having a pilot test. I can not find scenarios where it would not be appropriate.
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Trainual is well suited for new hires. They can be introduced to our processes and products before testing and trying themselves. Trainual provides for a less jarring experience for anyone new to our team. Every time someone new starts it is imperative that they complete all the training modules within Trainual before doing some of the work themselves. It definitely allows for a smoother transition to the team and work life
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Pros
  • The default state of transparency. This helps in reinforcing the superpower of OKRs. In Ally.io, the default mode of any objective created is public (unless stated otherwise). This helps people across the organization to understand where and how the organization is progressing.
  • The above feature of transparency is also reinforced by the feature of creating dependencies. This allows for people to understand the parties involved in achieving a particular goal and creates accountability. It is clearly understood which party has not contributed enough and RCA can be done on the same.
  • It allows for integrating with a host of other tools such that the check-in process can be automated. This allows for reducing the effort of managers in terms of updating multiple tools.
  • The dashboarding feature has helped us in reducing effort spent in creating presentations for retros, planning, and demos
  • Ally.io's customer success team is among the best that I have worked it. Always ready to help, proactive, and up for the next challenge. They take the success of their customers extremely seriously. Kudos to the team for this attitude.
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  • Makes it easy to edit text
  • Easily locate documentation
  • Easy to add pdf's and videos to manuals
  • Easy to create new topics and steps.
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Cons
  • Accelerate integrations and add more integrations.
  • Ally.io has room for improvement in providing benchmark in-depth analysis across industries, same-size companies, etc.
  • Ally.io can still improve upon some of its product features and communicating the releases. Videos have been extremely helpful.
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  • The layout for all subjects is very overwhelming, and I'd love to be able to sort into folders or buckets.
  • I'd also like to be able to see all steps within ALL subjects in one area and be able to reorganize those with a simple drag and drop, instead of having to copy and paste text to move from one subject to another.
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Support Rating
No answers on this topic
During the entire sales process, the Trainual team was great to work with. After the sale, their onboard process was top notch as well and was very quick to answer any questions and actually were open to customizing the platform to meet our specific needs. They have been great this entire time.
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Alternatives Considered
Ally was preferred over the alternatives due to the following:
  • Quick turnaround by reps
  • Detailed product demo
  • Ease of use in comparison other tools
  • Clarity in terms of how Ally.io could resolve Crayon's existing issues
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No comparison as it relates to many differences. You’re not able to create a portal or generate different classes to make the training fun like trainual it has been a lot easier for our team members to get caught up on any new products and other software that we used has not been able to compare with the ease of use.
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Return on Investment
  • AI co-pilot makes it easier to be more direct and less "wordy"
  • Teams is a great program and I like how it's seamless and more advanced when you want to convert a file type.
  • Tasks section is great way to keep track of lists that I constantly forget. Now I just use my computer to keep track of my "to-do list"
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  • Trainual has very positively help us in on-boarding new employees! Everyone is provided the same information about company structure, mission, vision, etc.
  • Trainual has helped us solidify and keep consistent with our training of new employees. We are able to train people faster and they seem to be retaining the information better!
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