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    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
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    Yes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    Chose Socialcast (discontinued)
    CA Flowdock, Igloo and SocialCast are similar tools that deliver essential features to build an internal social network.
    SocialCast is reliable and supported by VmWare. This can make people feel "safer".
    SocialCast has also a clean interface where you can find options and …
    Incentivized
    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.
    Incentivized
    Chose Socialcast (discontinued)
    I much prefered Slack to Socialcast. Slack had a better file sharing system and generally had a better looking interface.
    Incentivized
    Chose Socialcast (discontinued)
    Socialcast is definitely a better communication platform than Skype, and offers more project management tools than Slack.
    Incentivized
    Chose Socialcast (discontinued)
    We purchased Socialcast in 2009, so our information on competitors is no longer relevant.
    Chose Socialcast (discontinued)
    Yammer, Socialcast.
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    Project Management
    Comparison of Project Management features of Socialcast (discontinued)
    Feature
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    6.3
    4 Ratings
    Task Management7.74 Ratings
    Gantt Charts7.01 Ratings
    Scheduling6.33 Ratings
    Workflow Automation8.02 Ratings
    Mobile Access3.83 Ratings
    Search8.04 Ratings
    Visual planning tools3.43 Ratings
    Communication
    Comparison of Communication features of Socialcast (discontinued)
    Feature
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    7.5
    4 Ratings
    Chat8.74 Ratings
    Notifications8.24 Ratings
    Discussions8.14 Ratings
    Surveys8.73 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase6.14 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting5.01 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts7.02 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook7.92 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Socialcast (discontinued)
    Feature
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    5.7
    4 Ratings
    Versioning2.12 Ratings
    Video files7.23 Ratings
    Audio files7.23 Ratings
    Document collaboration6.74 Ratings
    Access control7.23 Ratings
    Advanced security features5.83 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive5.02 Ratings
    Device sync4.02 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Socialcast (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)