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 Slack | Score9.1 out of 10 | N/A | Slack is a group messaging or team collaboration app that aims to simplify communication for businesses. Features include open discussions, private groups, and direct messaging, as well as deep contextual search and message archiving, and file sharing. Slack integrates with a number of other tools, such as MailChimp, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Slack was acquired by Salesforce in December 2020. The product is free to use, and also has paid plans with more features and greater controls. The… | $8.75 per month per user |
 Socialcast (discontinued) | Score10 out of 10 | N/A | Socialcast 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 |
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| Additional Details | *Per active user, per month, when paying once a year. Pro is $8.75 USD per active user when paying month to month. Business+ is $15.00 USD per active user when paying month to month. | — | ||||||||||||||
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| Considered Both Products | No answer on this topic | Chose Socialcast (discontinued) Incentivized Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Chose Socialcast (discontinued) Socialcast is definitely a better communication platform than Skype, and offers more project management tools than Slack. Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info Chose Socialcast (discontinued) Socialcast is great for collaboration & light project management, but anything complex doesn't work well. Using it as an email notification curator works nice for us. Independently Invited by TrustRadius A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.4 | 7.7 |
| Likelihood to Renew | 10.0 | 9.1 |
| Usability | 9.2 | 9.0 |
| Availability | 10.0 | - |
| Performance | 10.0 | - |
| Support Rating | 10.0 | 9.0 |
| Implementation Rating | 10.0 | - |
| Configurability | 10.0 | - |
| Ease of integration | 7.0 | - |
