Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued) vs. Unily

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
Unily
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Unily is the employee experience platform from the company of the same name in Lower Eashing, a digital workplace that aims to power better work for everyone. It can be used for internal communications, customer or employee portal.N/A
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
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Unily
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 …
Unily
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Microsoft Teams and Unily offer similar features and enable group members/colleagues to collaborate and share the news. Unily has a more developed search option and a useful feed. There is also an analytics feature and even a peer-to-peer recognition option where everyone can …
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The UI of Unily is really impressive and it's really easy to work in it. Also, Unily makes it really easy for all the staff especially the ones with non-technical skills to work and interact on the platform. Unily also makes it easy to communicate with the team in time and get …
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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8.7
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User Testimonials
Microsoft Viva Goals (discontinued)Unily
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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Unity is well suited for Sharepoint users like our team and other Microsoft applications. Widget users will appreciate what Unity has to offer and the experience it brings to your project. If you need instant and fast communication within your business, Thrive is what you are looking for. Messaging complements well.
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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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  • Collaborating with information and data for everyone.
  • Communication and messaging is easy to use.
  • Connects with other Microsoft applications like Sharepoint.
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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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  • Meetings management.
  • Users on boarding.
  • User management.
  • Broadcasting messages.
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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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The UI of Unily is really impressive and it's really easy to work in it. Also, Unily makes it really easy for all the staff especially the ones with non-technical skills to work and interact on the platform. Unily also makes it easy to communicate with the team in time and get rewarded for their effort.
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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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  • Time-saving.
  • Convenient.
  • Easy-to-use.
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